About #CDE3121
Mark your calendars for November 13–15, 2026 (Friday–Sunday) for #CDE3121, a virtual Prince symposium celebrating three albums that don't always get their due: Chaos and Disorder (1996), Emancipation (1996), and 3121 (2006).
All three days will be fully virtual. Registration links and the latest details are posted on the announcements page and the schedule at a glance. Both are subject to change.
Please consider donating to DIVAS (Digital Interactive Visual Arts Sciences) for Social Justice, a 501(c) nonprofit that empowers youth living in underserved communities to use technology and visual arts to promote social justice and become change-makers in their communities. DIVAS currently serves New York City and South Minneapolis.
This symposium is dedicated to De Angela's dearest and oldest Prince friend, Ricky Wyatt (1971–2025).
Past Symposia & Other Events
#EroticCity40 Symposium (2024)
#TripleThreat40 Symposium (2023)
#DPSDVC Prince Diamonds & Pearls Super Deluxe Virtual Celebration (2023)
#SexyMF30 Virtual Symposium (2022)
#PRNAlumni5 PRN Alumni Foundation's 5-Year Anniversary (2021)
#W2AVC Welcome 2 America Virtual Celebration (2021)
#1plus1plus1is3 Virtual Symposium (2021)
#SOTTSDC Sign O' The Times Super Deluxe Celebration (2020)
#DM40GB30 Virtual Symposium (2020)
#Lovesexy30BK Lovesexy Symposium (2018)
Origin Story
In 2017, De Angela L. Duff was introduced to Mable Ivory by Deanna Martin in front of Webster Hall in NYC, after a performance by The Revolution. Spontaneously, they decided to grab some dinner. De Angela casually mentioned that she very much wanted to watch the Sign O’ The Times film together with some Prince friends in a small screening room at NYU. Mable responded, “Why do you want to do that, when it can be much bigger?” And that is how it all began.
De Angela owes immense gratitude to Mable for encouraging her to think on a grander scale and to Deanna for introducing her to Mable. She is grateful for the journey and indebted to Mable Ivory for getting her to dream bigger. With Ron Worthy also on board, the Peach + Black panel and screening was born within weeks.
In response to the reception of the event, De Angela realized that this work was important to the Prince community and for exposing new people to Prince’s full body of work.
The original peach + black panel of Zaheer Ali, Anil Dash, Miles Marshall Lewis, and Elliott Powell, moderated by De Angela herself, has convened in every Prince symposium that De Angela has created since. She is eternally grateful for their continued participation and Prince passion.
#CDE3121 marks De Angela’s 17th Prince event and 12th Prince symposium. Her mission is to keep Prince’s name on the lips of the children and in constant and critical dialogue.
The Estate of Prince Rogers Nelson is not affiliated, associated, or connected with the ‘Prince #CDE3121 Virtual Symposium’ nor has it endorsed or sponsored the ‘Prince #CDE3121 Virtual Symposium.’ Further, the Estate of Prince Rogers Nelson has not licensed any of its intellectual property to the producers, advertisers, or directors of the ‘Prince #CDE3121 Virtual Symposium.’