Celebrate Talks

Hosted by NECAT (Nashville Education, Community, and Arts Television) which his powered by the Nashville Downtown Library, The new “Celebrate Talks” Tent will give Festival attendees an opportunity to hear more in depth about relevant tops, programs, and services. Middle Tennessee nonprofits, companies, and organizations will have an opportunity to give short presentations, which will be lived-streamed, in an intimate setting.

Located west of the Parthenon, near the Info Tent.

How to View

The talks will air live on Nashville Comcast channels 9, 10, and 19. Folks can also view live via the NECAT streaming app channels (downloadable via Roku).

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Schedule

TIME NAME MESSAGE
10:00 am Amber Mitchell-Spencer
10:15 am Maricruz Flores Aztec dancers & Catrinas Tennessee
10:30 am Chris Alford
10:45 am Indie Pereira Services and Volunteer Opporities with Inspiritus
11:00 am LaToniza Pritchard We Go Public Transit Quick Ticket
11:15 am Pratisksha Wasnik Mehendi/henna ancient art, its importance in Indian culture and the science behind it.
11:30 am Stephane Thank you for the opportunity
11:45 am Jen-Jen Lin Chinese Americans from Taiwan, China, Singapore, Malaysia, and many other countries.
12:00 pm Speeches
12:30 pm Jocelyn Hernandez OFS offers free and confidential services to people from all backgrounds and languages experiencing interpersonal violence or abuse.
12:45 pm Vlad Betancur Intensive English Center
1:00 pm Carmen Hernandez Small original family business from Paramonga, dedicated to preparing Peruvian sweets, such as alfajores, pionono, meringues, and chocotejas
1:15 pm Mel'Keta The Art of Raqs Sharqi—understanding and making the difference
1:30 pm Max Rykov Nashville International Center for Empowerment
1:45 pm Jacob Aparicio The work we do with the Tennessee Human Rights Commission
2:00 pm Tabeer Taabur
2:15 pm Grace Tseng The inspiration behind Mama Yang and Daughter, and our authentic Taiwanese cuisines
2:30 pm Arkan Doski Sidqi Ariazy singer and guitar player
2:45 pm Jada Barnett Turnip Green Creative Reuse's mission to foster creativity and sustainability through reuse.
3:00 pm Isiah Thomas How we started as a business, and the Guyanese recipes that we have in all our dishes.
3:15 pm Bhairavi Dhandapani
3:30 pm Sainadh Mallula Nashville based photographer and cinematographer shares his journey of light through the years.
3:45 pm Windship Boyd
4:00 pm Mike Bright
4:15 pm Jenn Garcia & Aurora Arroyo Abundio
4:30 pm Mary Moran
4:45 pm Amelia Sabchareun
5:00 pm Alejandro Rivera Experience moving to Nashville from Puerto Rico