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Dr. Marvin Dunn

Zen and the Art of Overtown - Lessons Learned

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Add to Calendar 2020-09-21 19:00:00 2020-09-21 19:00:00 Zen and the Art of Overtown - Lessons Learned Topic: Zen and the Art of Overtown: Dr. Marvin Dunn Time: Sep 21, 2020 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meetinghttps://fiu.zoom.us/j/95724347580?pwd=VU9mK3BhZXIwTCtML3g1WWxpY1NIZz09 Meeting ID: 957 2434 7580 Passcode: 4Q8&Ka One tap mobile +13017158592,,95724347580# US (Germantown) +13126266799,,95724347580# US (Chicago) Dial by your location         +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)         +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)         +1 646 876 9923 US (New York)         +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)         +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)         +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 957 2434 7580 Find your local number: https://fiu.zoom.us/u/adyl3Ee5lJ Join by [email protected] Join by H.323 162.255.37.11 (US West) 162.255.36.11 (US East) 115.114.131.7 (India Mumbai) 115.114.115.7 (India Hyderabad) 213.19.144.110 (Amsterdam Netherlands) 213.244.140.110 (Germany) 103.122.166.55 (Australia) 209.9.211.110 (Hong Kong SAR) 64.211.144.160 (Brazil) 69.174.57.160 (Canada) 207.226.132.110 (Japan) Meeting ID: 957 2434 7580 Passcode: 581433     Broadcasting Live The Betsy [email protected] America/New_York public
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The Betsy Hotel presents the 9th Annual Overture to Overtown Festival  (this time, Virtual!). Sponsored by The Betsy Hotel and FIU MBUS. Curated by Carole Ann Taylor and Deborah Briggs.

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The Betsy Hotel presents the 9th Annual Overture to Overtown Festival  (this time, Virtual!). Sponsored by The Betsy Hotel and FIU MBUS. Curated by Carole Ann Taylor and Deborah Briggs. Join us for a journey through the history of Overtown, a four-part experience that includes music, poetry, scholarship, and imagery.

Lessons Learned

With Special guest Dr. Marvin Dunn, Faculty member at FIU, Department of Psychology, founder and director of Roots (an Overtown urban gardening program) is also founded the Academy for Community Education (later re-named Dr. Marvin Dunn Academy for Community Education), a Miami-Dade County high school for at-risk youth in the Miami Dade County Public Schools. Dr. Dunn is the author of Black Miami in the 20th Century (University Press of Florida, 2016).

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