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This Anti Trans Moment – Resisting the Right and the Center

When: Thursday April 27, 2023 from 7-9 p.m.
Where: Wriston Auditorium

Paisley Currah is a Professor of Political Science and Women’s & Gender Studies at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center of CUNY.

Currah has written widely on transgender issues; he is the co-founder of the leading journal in transgender studies, TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly. Currah’s book, Sex Is as Sex Does: Governing Transgender Identity, was published May 2022 by NYU Press.

Currah has advocated for transgender rights at all levels of government. He was a founding board member of the Transgender Law and Policy Institute, served on the founding board of directors of Global Action for Trans Equality, and sat on the advisory board of Human Rights Watch’s LGBT Program.

He Didn’t Want Any Of That: Considerations in The Study & Theorization of Black Boys’ Sexual Victimization in the U.S.

When: Thursday April 20, 2023 @ 7 p.m.

Where: Warch Campus Center, Cinema

On Thursday, April 20, at 7 p.m., special guest speaker Dr. Tommy Curry will speak for Sexual Assault Prevention Month, with a talk titled He Didn’t Want Any of That: Considerations in the Study & Theorization of Black Boys’ Sexual Victimization in the U.S.

Dr. Tommy Curry is a Professor of Philosophy and the Personal Chair of Africana Philosophy and Black Male Studies at the University of Edinburgh.

Community Conversations: Food Sovereignty: Revitalizing Ancestral Foods and Knowledgeways in Indigenous Communities

When: Wednesday April 19, 2023 @ 4:30 p.m.

Where: Warch Campus Cinema

The Office of Diversity, Equity and inclusion presents the 2022-2023 DE&I Community Conversations Series: Race, Racism and Justice. The fourth talk in the series will cover how Indigenous people around the world are revitalizing ancestral foods and knowledge, ways to promote healthy eating, robust local economies, and more resilient communities.

Employee Resource Group Informational Session

Date: April 3, 2023

Time: 3:30- 5:00 p.m.

Location: Viking Room

Come hang out and learn about Employee Resource Groups (ERGS) with other Lawrence faculty and staff.

Heavy appetizers and one (1) complimentary drink token will be provided. Additional drinks available for purchase with a credit/debit card.

Questions? Contact Helen Boyd Kramer (helen.boyd@lawrence.edu).

Diversity Day Series: The Appleton Migration

Tuesday, March 28
5-6 p.m.
Appleton West High School – Library

Appleton, WI was a sundown town until 1973. This Diversity Day Series Segment focuses on the lives and experiences of women of color in the Appleton community.

Lawrence’s own Dr. Brittany Bell, dean of students, will be a part of the panel of speakers, along with Sarah Long-Radloff and Yvette Dunlap.

Seating is limited! Register by filling out this form.

Questions? Contact Kempton Freeman, Cultural Adviser
freemankempton@aasd.k12.wi.us

Request for Participants in Research Study

Christina Holmgren, adjunct faculty at the University of St. Thomas, is conducting research for her dissertation.

Calling on Black Undergraduate Students

About the Study

I am conducting research for my dissertation on how the rhetoric utilized by Donald Trump during both his presidential campaign and election might have impacted the racial identity construction and development of Black students.

You can help!

As a participant in my study, I would be asking you to:

  • Share general demographic information.
  • Participate in two, 60-minute interviews focused on your lived experience during the presidential campaign and election of Donald Trump.
  • Allow our interviews to be audio recorded.
  • At the second interview, provide two separate photographs:
    • One meant to represent your understanding of your racial identity development before the presidential campaign and election of Donald Trump.
    • One meant to represent your understanding of your racial identity development after the presidential campaign and election of Donald Trump.

Qualifications

Participants should:

  • Identify as Black or African American.
  • Be traditional undergraduate students.
  • Live in the US during the presidential campaign and election of Donald Trump.
  • Be willing to share their lived experience as a Black student during the presidential campaign and election of Donald Trump.

Interested in participating?

Or know someone who is? Please reach out or fill out this survey.

Christina Holmgren
walk7281@stthomas.edu

Author George M. Johnson Talk in Green Bay

Thursday, April 6
7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Register today!

GSAFE and host UW-Green Bay Pride Center are pleased to present the return of Safe Schools, Safe Communities: State Conference on LGBTQ+ Youth.

Safe Schools, Safe Communities will feature a variety of speakers and workshops facilitated by local and regional experts. Conference participants will gain critical skills, tools, knowledge, and connections to help lead and support efforts to create safer, more inclusive environments for LGBTQ+ youth across Wisconsin, especially LGBTQ+ Youth of Color and Transgender and Nonbinary Youth. Our target audience includes adults who work with youth and their families.

The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is happy to help students attend this event if interested. We can arrange transportation and help with the conference fees. 

Let Helen Boyd-Kramer ( boydh@lawrence.edu ) know if you’re interested in attending.

Conference Schedule

  • 7:30-8:30 a.m. – Registration
  • 8:45-9:30 a.m. – Opening
  • 9:45-10:45 a.m. – Workshop
  • 11 a.m. – Keynote & Q&A with George M. Johnson
  • 12 p.m. – Lunch & book signing
  • 1-2:15 p.m. – Workshop
  • 2:30-3:45 p.m. – Workshop
  • 4-4:30 p.m. – Closing

About the Keynote Speaker: George M. Johnson

Our event is being headlined by award-winning and New York Times Bestselling Author, George M. Johnson. Their books “All Boys Aren’t Blue” and “We Are Not Broken” are critically acclaimed, but have been under scrutiny and challenged for including frank discussions and content relating to race, sexual orientation, and gender identity. They will be providing our keynote address with a Q&A, along with a stand alone workshop and book signing.

Pre-Conference Sneak Peek of Wisconsin Pride Documentary

We are partnering with PBS Wisconsin for a pre-conference sneak peek of the first hour of the documentary, Wisconsin Pride, which chronicles our state’s LGBTQ+ history. A collaboration between PBS Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Historical Society, this groundbreaking and essential documentary is set to premier later in June 2023. Along with an advance screening of part of the documentary, the event will also feature a panel and discussion. The sneak peek is only open to conference attendees and invited special guests. Sneak peek seating is currently limited and will be made available to attendees based on when they register.

Questions? Contact Maren Phalen (maren@gsafewi.org).

NAfME Queer Theory and Music Education Symposium

April 7-8, 2023

Lawrence University’s National Association of Music Education presents its 6th annual symposium! All events are free and open to the public. You can fill out this RSVP form prior to the events (not required).

Itinerary

Friday, April 7

8:30 p.m. – LGBTuben
Memorial Chapel
Join us for a special performance by LGBTuben!

“The Lawrence Graduate Bayreuth Tuben Quintet is a tuben horn quintet that, fluid by design and inclination, is comprised of at least six members who identify as, know, or would like to know, someone who is LGBTQ+.

Informed by our decidedly un-Wagnerian values of inclusivity, diversity, and visibility, the LGBTuben Quintet aims to build and expand the cannon for our flexible ensemble and advance a non-hierarchical agenda that includes affecting positive social change and creating broader representation for the historically underrepresented.” 

Saturday, April 8

All events will take place in Lawrence University Conservatory, Room 163.

8:30 a.m. – Coffee
Join us for coffee and an assortment of breakfast pastries before we begin our day of learning!

9 a.m. – Ben Hiles
Ben Hiles ’22 presents his research on queer theory and music education.

9:30 a.m. – Dr. Gould
Dr. Elizabeth Gould presents her research on queer theory and music education.

“Associate Professor Elizabeth Gould teaches philosophically-based courses in music and music education. Her research in gender and sexuality in the context of feminism and queer theory has been published widely”

Her work includes: 

  • “Companion-Able Species: A Queer Pedagogy for Music Education.”
  • Homosexual Subject(ivitie)s in Music (Education): Deconstructions of the Disappeared.
  • “Dis-Orientations of Desire: Music Education Queer.”
  • Lead Editor. Exploring Social Justice: How Music Education Might Matter.
  • “Thinking (as) Difference: Lesbian Imagination and Music.”
  • “Legible Bodies in Music Education: Becoming-Matter.”

11:30 a.m. – Lunch with Professor Julie McQuinn
Professor of Musicology Julie McQuinn will facilitate a casual discussion about what we’ve learned thus far over lunch. 

Lunch will not be provided. Food is available for purchase in the Andrew Commons. Several options are also available within walking distance on College Avenue. You are also welcome to pack your own lunch! 

1 p.m. – Jessica Pruett, Gender Studies
Jessica Pruett presents an overview of queer theory and shares how queer theory shapes her pedagogy in the classroom.

2 p.m. – Talk with Dr. Gould
Dr. Gould leads us in a discussion to wrap up the event. We will reflect on our learning and imagine how we can bring this learning into our classrooms.

Community Conversations – The More Things Stay the Same: A Critical Race Theory Explication of Crime and Punishment

Wednesday, March 8
7 p.m.
Wriston Auditorium

The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Lawrence University presents the 2022-23 DE&I Community Conversation Series: Race, Racism, and Justice.

The speaker is Dr. Wendy Leo Moore, an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Texas A&M University. A sociologist and lawyer, her work focuses on the provocative intersections of race, the law, and legal institutions.

This talk will cover how with the creation of a militaristic system of policing, a commitment to punitive response to social problems, and the proliferation of a prison industrial complex, the criminal justice system has become the most subversive and dangerous power of the state to control and oppress BIPOC people and communities.