This conference is organized
by faculty from


Chicago State University

Columbia College Chicago

DePaul University

The Graduate Center, CUNY

Northwestern University

Roosevelt University

University of Chicago

University of Connecticut at Storrs

University of Illinois at Chicago
RACE SEX POWER
April 11-12, 2008
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

This two-day conference will bring together activists,

artists, scholars, and students from a variety of fields

to debate, discuss, and share their experiences, ideas,

and practices concerning/relating to Black and Latina/o

sexualities. The Conference will address questions of

art, black-brown dialogues and coalition building,

desire, public health, pleasure, and sexualities, among

other topics. The Conference organizers encourage and

welcome any and all activists, artists, students, and

scholars who are working on the subject from a wide

variety of perspectives. The purpose of the Conference

is to create a community of diverse individuals who

labor on this subject in multiple ways and to bring this

community into the fray of conversations about

sexualities.

Announcements!



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Presenters include:
  Joycelyn Elders
  Frances Aparicio
  Sonia Baez-Hernandez
  C.C. Carter
  Staceyann Chin
  Gloria Gonzalez-Lopez
  Ramon Gutierrez
  Rhodessa Jones
  Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes
  Mark Anthony Neal
  Charles Nelson
  Coya Paz
  Nicole Perez
  Urvashi Vaid



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