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Multicultural Genealogical Center Speaker and Light Lunch
February 1 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
FreeThe Multicultural Genealogical Center in Chesterhill will host Trevellya “Tee” Fordahmed, as she speaks on “The Shifting Paradigm and the Number Three”.
Southeastern Ohio is but a microcosmic representation of an environment that experiences change when some-one, group or entity projects their thinking on how something should be organized, reorganized or revamped. This presentation reveals how years ending in the number three (3) consistently mark a major shift in worldview and practice. In essence, these years upend and replace the existing paradigms.
Trevellya “Tee” Fordahmed, PhD, serves as the Communication/Media Director for
the Mount Zion Black Cultural Center in Athens, Ohio, and is a Professor Emerita in
the College of Arts and Humanities at West Virginia State University (WVSU).
Her extensive portfolio includes short productions for both WVSU and Ohio University, as well as a promotional video for Mount Zion. Currently, she is working on “Athens Black Wall Street, Episode 2”, the second installment of a three-part docuseries that chronicles the decline of Black landmark structures in Southeastern Ohio’s River Valley along the Underground Railroad, and efforts to preserve the last one standing: the 1906 Mount Zion Baptist Church, renowned for its invaluable stained-glass windows.
Among her many academic publications are the cultural studies anthology Generation to Generation, Maintaining Cultural Identity over Time, and Nature of a Sistuh: Black Women’s Lived Experiences in Contemporary Culture.
Tee’s international experience encompasses study tours for students and faculty to
countries such as West and South Africa, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Mexico, Russia,
and Zimbabwe.
Tee achieved a Ph.D. in Mass Communication from Ohio University, an MA in
Interpersonal Communication from New York University, and a BFA in Theater Arts
from the Art Institute of Chicago