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01-27-2004, 12:52 PM
Just passing the word along:
First Annual Women Of Color Mixed H/E/R (Heritage, Ethnicity, Race)
Conference
March 26 and 27th 2004
Albuquerque, NM
The First Annual Women of Color Mixed H/E/R Conference in Albuquerque
call for proposals has been extended to January 23rd. For more information
about the conference please go to our website www.unm.edu/~wocmxher or email
us at wocmxher@unm.edu
First Annual Women Of Color Mixed H/E/R (Heritage, Ethnicity, Race) Conference Visibility and Voice WOC Mixed h/e/r conference committee invites proposals of papers, panels, round tables, forums, art/performance works and workshops on the theme
of
VISIBILITY AND VOICE We have chosen this theme as a way to address and provoke discussion on essential and often under represented issues concerning women's diasporically constructed identities and experiences from the local to the global. It is our aim to recognize, examine and celebrate these experiences in academic, community, artistic and
spiritual discourse.
At the first annual conference in Albuquerque on March 26 & 27, 2004, we will engage, dialogue and acknowledge the complexity of our identities
as women of color mixed h/e/r, from all age groups. We welcome proposals
that discuss, present and engage all aspects of women of color mixed h/e/r identities and their construction as well as innovative/
non-conventional approaches to the understanding of identities of women of color mixed h/e/r in all their manifestations.
Possible topics (Not exhaustive by any means)
• What's in a Name? Why Women of Color, Why Mixed h/e/r Designations?
• Global/World Economic Policies and Their Impact Locally/Domestically
• Organizing Across Borders
• Life in the Academy
• Health Issues/Women's Rights
• Holistic Medicine
• The U.S. Health System
• Mothering/Midwifery
• Lesbian/Dyke/Bi/Queer/Trans Issues
• Pop Culture
• Women of Color Mixed h/e/r under the Bush Administration
• Community Activism: Integrating University & Community Concerns
• Performing/Visual Arts
• Creative Writing: W.O.C Mixed h/e/r and Language
• Biography/Autobiography: Writing the "Self"
• Women & Spirituality
• Information Systems and Technology
• Psychotherapy/Psychology and Self Help
• Middle/ High School Identities and Networks
WORKSHOPS
• Traditional Medicine
• Writing (Poetry, Non-fiction, Fiction, Biography, etc.)
• Activism
• Education: Addressing WOC Mixed h/e/r in the Classroom
• Empowering Children of Color Mixed h/e/r
• Sexual Abuse
• Artistic Expression for WOC Mixed h/e/r (Song/Dance/2D/3D Image Making)
• Performance Work
For further information on the conference, requirements, applications
and help with proposals, visit our website: www.unm.edu/~wocmxher or
Contact: Women's Resource Center MSC06 3910 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131 (505) 277-3716
E-mail: wocmxher@unm.edu
First Annual Women Of Color Mixed H/E/R (Heritage, Ethnicity, Race)
Conference
March 26 and 27th 2004
Albuquerque, NM
The First Annual Women of Color Mixed H/E/R Conference in Albuquerque
call for proposals has been extended to January 23rd. For more information
about the conference please go to our website www.unm.edu/~wocmxher or email
us at wocmxher@unm.edu
First Annual Women Of Color Mixed H/E/R (Heritage, Ethnicity, Race) Conference Visibility and Voice WOC Mixed h/e/r conference committee invites proposals of papers, panels, round tables, forums, art/performance works and workshops on the theme
of
VISIBILITY AND VOICE We have chosen this theme as a way to address and provoke discussion on essential and often under represented issues concerning women's diasporically constructed identities and experiences from the local to the global. It is our aim to recognize, examine and celebrate these experiences in academic, community, artistic and
spiritual discourse.
At the first annual conference in Albuquerque on March 26 & 27, 2004, we will engage, dialogue and acknowledge the complexity of our identities
as women of color mixed h/e/r, from all age groups. We welcome proposals
that discuss, present and engage all aspects of women of color mixed h/e/r identities and their construction as well as innovative/
non-conventional approaches to the understanding of identities of women of color mixed h/e/r in all their manifestations.
Possible topics (Not exhaustive by any means)
• What's in a Name? Why Women of Color, Why Mixed h/e/r Designations?
• Global/World Economic Policies and Their Impact Locally/Domestically
• Organizing Across Borders
• Life in the Academy
• Health Issues/Women's Rights
• Holistic Medicine
• The U.S. Health System
• Mothering/Midwifery
• Lesbian/Dyke/Bi/Queer/Trans Issues
• Pop Culture
• Women of Color Mixed h/e/r under the Bush Administration
• Community Activism: Integrating University & Community Concerns
• Performing/Visual Arts
• Creative Writing: W.O.C Mixed h/e/r and Language
• Biography/Autobiography: Writing the "Self"
• Women & Spirituality
• Information Systems and Technology
• Psychotherapy/Psychology and Self Help
• Middle/ High School Identities and Networks
WORKSHOPS
• Traditional Medicine
• Writing (Poetry, Non-fiction, Fiction, Biography, etc.)
• Activism
• Education: Addressing WOC Mixed h/e/r in the Classroom
• Empowering Children of Color Mixed h/e/r
• Sexual Abuse
• Artistic Expression for WOC Mixed h/e/r (Song/Dance/2D/3D Image Making)
• Performance Work
For further information on the conference, requirements, applications
and help with proposals, visit our website: www.unm.edu/~wocmxher or
Contact: Women's Resource Center MSC06 3910 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131 (505) 277-3716
E-mail: wocmxher@unm.edu