IOOV 2023 Unity Through Diversity: The Power of Unity LGBTQIA+ BIPOC Health Conference Guide

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INTRODUCTION UNITY THROUGH DIVERSITY Unity Through Diversity: The Power of Unity is a biennial health, wellness, and capacitybuilding national conference for LGBTQIA+ Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC). The focus of the 2023 conference is “The Power of Unity,” and its purpose is to lift up the voices of LGBTQIA+ BIPOC communities, while promoting social justice, healthy sexuality, violence-free living, social activism, and safer spaces. As In Our Own Voices celebrates its 25th year of strengthening and empowering our communities, we look forward to making this Unity Through Diversity the most impactful one yet. Our collective liberation and personal freedom lies within a political unity that goes beyond the constraints of gender and sexuality. Unity Through Diversity: The Power of Unity brings you conversations towards a more holistic, inclusive, and intersectional movement that includes advocating for economic justice by recognizing that not all LGBTQIA+ BIPOC face the same oppression and marginalization. Increasing access to basic needs, education, healthcare, housing, and employment must be struggles in which we all engage. Equity, racial, social, gender and economic justice must be our overarching goals. We accept legal equality as a necessary first step in the struggle for social justice but it, alone, is not justice. At a time when LGBTQIA+ protections at the legislative and judicial levels are quickly shrinking. LGBTQIA+ BIPOC communities face the compound effect of being doubly marginalized– our struggle is far from over. Throughout the years we have lost family and community members to hate crimes, HIV/AIDS, suicide, bullying, the criminal legal system, and homelessness. Additionally, the disproportionate incarceration rates among People of Color, particularly among the Black community, and the racial profiling that is so prevalent in our society continues to put the safety of our most vulnerable communities at risk. We must heal from historical trauma and internalized oppression in order to support each other and promote LGBTQIA+ BIPOC leadership. There is power in unity, and our power depends on our unity. Without it, issues that affect our communities are left in the hands of those who are the most distant and disconnected from our issues and the disparities we face. We must address that which divides us in order to embrace that which unites us. We must channel our unified power in order to increase our visibility and voice. We must build the just society we envision. We must organize. We must lead. As LGBTQIA+ BIPOC, we have the power to heal, to organize, and to deliver a unified voice. Together, we can identify, own, and be transparent about our need for personal, community, and institutional power. We invite you to claim your space, your voice, your community, your power. UNITY THROUGH DIVERSITY 2023 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 A MESSAGE FROM OUR CEO 4 KEYNOTE ADDRESS 5 SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE 6 GENERAL INFORMATION 7 8 HOTEL FLOOR PLAN OUR PRESENTERS + WHOVA APP 9 THURSDAY WORKSHOPS 11 FRIDAY WORKSHOPS 15 SATURDAY WORKSHOPS 19 SPIRITUALITY TOWN HALL 20 21 22 ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES HIV TESTING INFORMATION A SPECIAL THANK YOU Get the most out of your conference experience by joining us on Whova, our official event app! 23 OUR VENDORS 24 OUR SPONSORS 25 HALLOWEEN UNITY HOUSE BALL & PAGEANT 2 UNITY THROUGH DIVERSITY 2023
Page 4 and 5: A MESSAGE FROM OUR CEO Tandra LaGro
Page 6 and 7: SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE Wednesday, Oct
Page 8 and 9: HOTEL FLOOR PLAN UNITY THROUGH DIVE
Page 10 and 11: THURSDAY WORKSHOPS OCTOBER 26, 2023
Page 12 and 13: FRIDAY WORKSHOPS OCTOBER 27, 2023 9
Page 14 and 15: FRIDAY WORKSHOPS OCTOBER 27, 2023 1
Page 16 and 17: SATURDAY WORKSHOPS OCTOBER 28, 2023
Page 18 and 19: SATURDAY WORKSHOPS OCTOBER 28, 2023
Page 20 and 21: SUNDAY SPIRITUALITY TOWN HALL OCTOB
Page 22 and 23: HIV & Hep C Testing & Counseling Te
Page 24 and 25: THANK YOU TO OUR VENDORS ...AND OTH
Page 26 and 27: OCT 28 THE CATEGORY IS... HALLOWEEN
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