Conference Booklet - uclgbtia

conversational panel is designed to break down the rhetoric of the "We Are a Family" mantra perpetuated withinQueer Circles, and refocus the attention to the ways in which cultural hegemony is replicated in the community.The panelists will talk about their first-hand encounters with Institutional White Supremacy by putting theUniversity under the microscope, thereby viewing it as microcosm of the world at large. Are University officesreally designed to aid Queer people of Color? Come to this panel to find out…Liberating Our Bodies HMNSS 1501Cadelba Lomeli-Loibl, UC Davis Staff, cglomeli@ucdavis.eduAngie Cazares, UC Davis StaffCan our bodies be liberated from our experiences of policing, colonization, occupation, enslavement, andgenocide? How does this history affect the way we love, desire and have relationships- with ourselves, with otherpeople of color, with white folks? Come explore issues of body image and sexuality within queer people of colorcommunities. This workshop is for self identified, people of color only, in hopes of creating a more comfortablespace.Media Boot Camp HMNSS 1405Graham Webster, Campus Progress, gwebster@americanprogress.orgTired of having your event or campaign ignored by the news, while the latest poodle contest gets first pagecoverage? Enlist in Campus Progress’s Media Boot Camp, and make sure that you have the grit, guts, and tacticsto get noticed and covered. These workshops cover the basics, such as writing press releases, timing, building amedia list, and contacting "new media" like blogs. It also includes messaging exercises and more.Rainbow Freedom Writers HMNSS 1400Tania Hammidi, UC Riverside Graduate Student, thamm001@student.ucr.eduWrite your way through your memories and aspirations for LGBTIAQ identity! For stage performers, performanceartists, writers, poets and those who integrate the arts into their group, this workshop will combine physicalexercises designed for the artists, with writing. Bring pen/pencil and paper, or computer. No experiencenecessary. NOW is the time to write. NOW is the time to speak up. NOW is the time to remember and recreate.Sexual Politics for Asian Pacific Islanders HMNSS 1404Daniel Kang, UC Irvine Graduate Student, LGBT Resource Center, kangdh@uci.eduA workshop for Asian and Pacific Islander (mixed heritage API implied) identified LGBTQIA folk. This workshopseeks to create a common ground and safe space for API to discuss sexuality. A civil/human rights framework willbe introduced when engaging intimacy and sexuality on an interpersonal and political level.Session 2 – Saturday 10:20am - 11:30amAsian/Pacific Islander Queer Caucus: Let's Build Community! HMNSS 1400Robert Imada, UC Santa Cruz, Asian American / Pacific Islander Resource Center, rimada@ucsc.eduTam Welch, UC Santa Cruz, Lionel Cantú GLBTI Resource CenterThis is a safe space/caucus session for LGBTIQQ Asian/Pacific Islander persons to gather, build community, andnetwork. Community members will help determine the focus of the discussion. Two staff persons will help tofacilitate. The facilitators would like to ask the session participants: “What do you want?” Please respect thisspace for Asian/Pacific Islander identified persons. LGBTIQQ API folks welcome.BDSM: Consensual Fun SPROUL 1102Mike Van Horn, Avatar Club, MVHHome@aol.comAlan Stroik, Avatar ClubOlga, LARAWWPage 13