Join friends and colleagues from a wide range of disciplines, backgrounds, and institutions as we explore "Intersect This!: Poverty and Privilege Through the Lens of Gender and Sexuality". This one-day conference will present scholarly and creative work by feminist activists, writers, scientists, scholars, as well as visual and performing artists, that examines the challenges confronting feminism and the Women's and Gender Studies discipline in the current political and cultural climate. Through an intersectional lens, we will examine new ways of feminist thinking and leading that can provide hope, change and community during complex times. The Conference keynote will be noted LGBTQ+ activist, playwright and slam poet, Staceyann Chin. Jamaican-born Staceyann Chin is best known as a co-writer and original performer in the Tony Award Winning Russel Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway, for which she received a 2003 Drama Desk award. She is currently the Poet-in-Residence at The Culture Project. In 2009, Scribner published her memoir The Other Side of Paradise. Her work has also been in Essence, Jane, The New York Times, The South African Times, and many other publications. *Oakton students: Thanks to a generous grant from the Student Government Association, the $15 fee will be waived for students who register by March 4, and use the required Oakton student promotional code. Students who do not have the code may still have the fee waived by registering in person and submitting a Fee Waiver Form on campus. Forms may be submitted at the Office of Student Life, room 1530 (Des Plaines) or A160 (Skokie), Chell Coonen, Division III Office or Lindsey Hewitt, room 2526, (Des Plaines), 847.376.7044. Forms are available at these locations as well. For more information, visit the WGS Conference site, or contact Lindsey Hewitt at 847-376-7044, or lhewitt@oakton.edu.
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