Global Education Center

Global Education welcomes Tamarind Jam, a duo of poet educators for a reading event in the Black Arts in America project series. Partial support for for the project is funded through Humanities Tennessee's General Grant Program.

Join Global Education to explore the power of Flamenco, Blues, Spirituals and Capoeira with panelists from Flamenco Louisville, Memphissippi Sounds, Settles Connection and Grupo Balanca Capoeira. The event is part of the Black Arts in America project partially funded by Humanities Tennessee's General Grant Program.

Global Education welcomes Jaki Shelton Green, poetry teacher, Duke's Center for Documentary Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill Writer-in-Residence, and NC Poet Laureate for an evening of poetry and discussion. The event is part of the Black Arts in America project partially funded through Humanities Tennessee's General Grant Program.

Join the Global Education Center for an afternoon of wisdom and stories with the Graceful Soul Storyweavers, representing the value and power of oral traditions for societal change. Part of the project series Black Arts in American, partially funded by Humanities Tennessee's General Grant Program.

Global Education Center is hosting an event in its Three Roots of Appalachia project that includes a presentation of Scots-Irish traditions by Dr. Jane MacMorran, a reading from "Black Indian: A Memoir," by Shonda Buchanan, and a moderated conversation with both MacMorran and Buchanan. Click here for more information and the complete project series.

Join the Global Education Center for an evening of reading and discussion with Cherokee poet and author, Mary Leuana Christensen. The event is part of the "Three Roots of Appalachia: Indigenous, Black, Scot-Irish" program series, partially funded by Humanities Tennessee. Visit the Global Ed website for more information.

Join the Global Education Center for a screening of We Will Speak, an award-winning film exploring Cherokee language preservation, and a discussion with the filmmaker. The event is part of the "Three Roots of Appalachia: Indigenous, Black, Scot-Irish" program series, partially funded by Humanities Tennessee. Visit the Global Ed website for more information.

Join the Global Education Center for a screening of the documentary, King Coal, followed by a discussion with the filmmaker. For more information, visit: http://www.globaleducationcenter.org/ The event is one of the Three Roots of Appalachia series partially funded by Humanities Tennessee.

Join the Global Education Center for a reading with Colleen Anderson, whose focuses on the stories quilts tell, alongside a quilt exhibit by the Zuri Quilting Guild. For more information, visit:http://www.globaleducationcenter.org/ The event is one of the Three Roots of Appalachia series partially funded by Humanities Tennessee.