Keynote Speeches |
We Are Gifts to One Another,
African Immigrant Social and Economic Development Agency, Fort Wayne, IN |
Going Out From Here, Indiana Campus
Compact Regional Meeting, Indianapolis, IN |
In the Still and the Quiet: Where
the Real Work Is Done, Women of Color Conference, Part II: What's
Happening Sister? Indiana University South Bend |
Dr. Dé Bryant presented the keynote address to the first annual fundraising dinner of the African Immigrant Social and Economic Development Agency (AISEDA), Fort Wayne, IN on 2 December 2006. She spoke about the nature of community -- that people are its parts and the sum of its parts. Drawing from examples of her work with the Social Action Project (SOCACT), she stressed that healthy communities are most powerful because of their diversity. She applauded the work of AISEDA for bringing together peoples from so many different backgrounds and cultures to achieve a common goal.
Dr.
Dé Bryant created a call-and-response in the style of the freedom marches of the Civil Rights Movement for the closing of the Indiana Campus Compact, 8th Annual Lily Colloquium, Indianapolis, IN, 23 April 2004. Throughout the day, participants wrote their thoughts about how to reconnect citizens into everyday politics -- and stop leaving the fate of the nation solely in the hands of professional pundits, consultants, and lobbyists. She merged their thoughts into a litany which participants spoke to the rhythm set by clapping hands and stomping feet.
Dr. Dé Bryant was a keynote speaker at the Women of Color Conference, Part II: What's Happening Sister? Indiana University South Bend, 29 March 2003. She told the audience that taking time out to be still is the foundation of doing good works. Our sense of urgency about the issues that lay before us may tempt us to stay in constant motion, trying to accomplish ever more each day. To work without ceasing does not mean that one should never stop. Constant motion does not serve us well because it is in our silence that we can hear the deepest, most important messages.
Contact:
Dr. Dé Bryant,
Director
Social Action Project
Psychology Department, Indiana University South Bend
1700 Mishawaka Avenue, South Bend, IN 46634
(574) 520-4447 -- tel (574) 520-4538 -- fax
dbryant@iusb.edu