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Uncovering the Story of DuSable: A Chicago Visionary

Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable (c. 1745-1818) is regarded as the first permanent non-native settler of what would later become Chicago, Illinois. Recognized as the city’s founder, the site where he settled near the mouth of the Chicago River around the 1780s is memorialized as a National Historic Landmark, now located in Pioneer Court.  DuSable was born to a French father and a Black African slave mother in Saint Domingue (present day Haïti).
The AATF is delighted to welcome the DuSable Heritage Foundation to our 2025 Convention.

Marc O. Rosier

The author of "Chicago's Authentic Founder" and the upcoming "Gather Around, Gather Around...", and a history teacher in the Chicago area for over three decades.

Dr. Courtney Pierre Joseph

An Associate Professor of History and African American Studies at Lake Forest College. Her specializations are in African American history and culture, Haiti and its diaspora, women and gender studies, and Hip-Hop culture. As a public historian and scholar, Dr. Joseph has spoken and published extensively. She is diligently working on her first book, titled Invisibly Visible: A Community History of Haitians in Chicago. 

Schedule at a Glance

This schedule is tentative and subject to change

Time Event
9h00 AATF Opening & Awards Ceremony
10h00 Opening Session
11h45-13h00 Welcome Luncheon (by ticket only, click HERE for more information)
13h15-14h15 Sessions
14h30-15h30 Sessions
13h15-16h15 Workshop #1 (runs concurrently with sessions and requires separate ticket purchase, information HERE)
16h00 Exhibit Hall Opening
18h00 Exhibit Hall Closes
19h00

Palmes (ASFAP) dinner (by invitation only)
 

  Dinner Group (with local guide, click HERE for more information)
Time Event Time Event
7h30-8h30 Teacher Recruitment & Retention Commission Breakfast (by ticket only, click HERE for more information) 7h30-8h30 Concours Local Administrators Breakfast (by invitation only)
8h30-9h45 Sessions 8h30-11h30 Workshop 2 (runs concurrently with sessions and requires separate ticket purchase, information HERE)
9h45-10h30 Exhibit break and tombola Workshop 2
10h30-11h30 Sessions Workshop 2
11h30-13h00 Lunch break  11h30-13h00 Editor's and Commission Chair Luncheon (by invitation only)
13h00-14h00 Sessions 13h00-16h00
14h00-14h45 Exhibit break and tombola
14h45-15h45 Sessions
16h00-17h00 Dictée  
16h00 & 18h00 Walking Tour (by ticket only, click HERE for information)  
17h00 Dinner group (by local guide, click HERE for more information)  
19h30-21h30 Karaoke  
Time Event Time Event
7h30-8h30 College & University Commission Breakfast (by ticket only, click HERE for information) 7h30-8h30 SHF and JAF Sponsor Breakfast (by invitation)
8h30-9h30 Sessions 8h30-11h30 Workshop 3 (runs concurrently with sessions and requires separate ticket purchase,  information HERE)
9h30-10h00 Exhibit break & tombola Workshop 3 
10h00-11h00 Sessions Workshop 3 
11h00-12h30 Lunch break 11h00-12h30 Déjeuner en français (by ticket only, click HERE for information)
12h30-13h30 Sessions
13h30-14h00 Exhibit break & tombola
14h00-15h15 Sessions
16h00 & 18h00 Walking Tour (by ticket only, click HERE for information)
17h00 Dinner group (by local guide, click HERE for more information)
19h00 Beauty & the Beast at the Cadillac Palace Theatre
Time Event Time Event
7h30-8h30 Promotion of French Commission Breakfast (by ticket only, click HERE for information) 7h30-8h30 Chapter President Breakfast (by invitation)
8h30-9h30 Sessions 8h30-11h30 Workshop 4 (runs concurrently with sessions and requires separate ticket purchase,  information HERE)
9h45-10h45 Sessions Workshop 4 
11h00-12h00 Sessions

Workshop 4

Art Institute of Chicago event - 2h00

Join friends and colleagues to see the Impressionist galleries in a private guided tour. Click HERE for further details

Session Schedule

This schedule is tentative and subject to change. The full, detailed schedule coming soon.

The following commissions and special interest groups will be presenting sessions at the 2025 AATF Convention
  • Advocacy
  • Culture
  • DLI
  • FiES
  • Colleges & Universities
  • French for Specific Purposes
  • Middle School
  • Technology
  • Promotion
  • Cinema
  • Société Honoraire de Français & Jeunes Amis du Français
  • Grand Concours / National French Contest

Additional details including full description, session date & time, location, etc. will be available in the convention app

Session Room Map

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