2022 NBCC TENTATIVE Schedule of Events

Thursday, August 4th

–Noon: Registration opens on CC or 4th Floor

–1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.: Vendor exhibits and bookstore open

–3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.: Meet and Greet with vendors      

Friday, August 5th

— 7:15 a.m.: Registration opens on CC or 4th Floor

— 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.: Welcome breakfast

— 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.: Kalisha Buckhanon

— 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.: Donna Hill

— 9:30: a.m. to 10:30 a.m.: Cheryl Polote-Williamson

— 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.: TaRessa Stovall

— 10:15 a.m. to 11:30 Panel: Want to Write a Book? Here’s How?

Moderator: Monica Michelle.

— 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Panel: Black Women’s Health

After Covid, sponsored by the Black Women’s Health Imperative

— 12:30 p.m. to 1:30: LUNCH on our own

— 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.: Inner Fitness Workout with Tina Lifford

— 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.: Tia Williams

— 2:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.: Travis Hunter

— 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.: Malaika Adero

— 3:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.: Blacc Topp

— 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.: Pat Tucker

— 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.: Victoria Christopher Murray

— 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.: NBCC exclusive: Screening of Carl Weber’s TV show

— 9:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.: Mary B. Morrison aka CelebHoneyB hosts The Punany Paradise Pajama Jam with Numbiya Aziz.

Saturday, August 6th

9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.: SPECIAL EVENT to be announced

10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.: Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant

10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.: Turning Your Pain to Pages: The Anatomy of a Memoir, featuring Angie Ransome Jones, Elizabeth Savage, Stevin “Hedake” Smith, Tamiya Davis

11:00 a.m. to Noon p.m.: Tamika Christy

11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.: Vanessa Riley

11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: K. Reshay

12:30 p.m.  to 1:30 p.m.: LUNCH on our own

1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.: Carl Weber

2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.: Denene Millner

2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.: Monyetta Shaw

2:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.: Cerece Rennie Murphy

3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.: Curtis Bunn, Keith Harriston, Patrice Gaines

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.: Daniel Black

7:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.: Featured Authors Red Carpet event.

8:00 p.m. to 9:45 p.m.: NBCC Awards Dinner honoring Tina Lifford

Sunday, August 7th

9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.: Worship service

10:45 to 11:45 a.m.: NBCC wrap-up with Curtis Bunn