2009 Coming Back & Moving Forward Conference for Black Princeton Alumni, October 22-24, 2009

Some 650 alumni, faculty, staff and guests gathered on campus for an engaging and emotional weekend of reconnecting with the University and one another during the Coming Back & Moving Forward conference, October 22-24, 2009.



If you were unable to attend, or want to relive the excitement:

• View videos from special moments of the weekend, including:
  
  
  • Remarks by Robert K. Durkee ’69, Vice President and Secretary of Princeton University, citing the significance of the conference in the history of the University;
    
    
    
  • A conversation with President Shirley M. Tilghman, in which she speaks on the current state of the University and her vision for coming years;
    
    
    
  • Keynote addresses by Michael Eric Dyson *93, Cornel West *80 h76 h94, and Eddie Glaude *97 h83.
    
    
    
• Watch the documentary, Looking Forward: Reflections of Black Princeton Alumni , created by Melvin McCray ’74 based on alumni interviews from the 2006 conference.

• View candid photos from the conference weekend on a site that allows you to share photos with friends and order keepsake copies.

• Order the group photo taken on the steps of Blair Arch.

• Add your information to the Black Princeton Alumni Directory, hosted by the Association of Black Princeton Alumni. This opt-in, searchable online database resource for the community will include updated contacts and career information.

• Review a listing of the weekend’s events, by checking out the conference schedule [PDF].