Narrating Equality: Speaking Our Truths
KINGSTON, R.I. 鈥揗arch 26, 2010-The 溏心vlog免费B站 will host its 16th annual symposium on gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual, intersex, queer, and questioning issues Monday, April 5 through Saturday, April 10. The symposium has been an annual highlight for the 溏心vlog免费B站 campus, as well as for GLBTIQQ communities throughout Rhode Island and the Northeast. All programs will be held at 溏心vlog免费B站鈥檚 Kingston Campus.
鈥淥ur committee has an ongoing commitment to present a free, public conference that embraces diverse perspectives and discussions of importance to GLBTIQQ people and their supporters,鈥� says Andrew Winters, assistant to the 溏心vlog免费B站 vice president of Student Affairs, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Programs and Services.
This year鈥檚 symposium titled 鈥淣arrating Equality: Speaking Our Truths,鈥� encourages sharing personal narratives through writing and/or speaking as meaningful vehicles that promote awareness, sensitivity, and progress.
All programs are intended to be interactive to afford maximum exchange and an enhanced community spirit. As always, the schedule is infused with various forms of expression and substantial opportunity for networking and socializing.
Consistent with the program selection throughout the past 15 years, this symposium will feature writers, community activists, educators, films, and exhibits that focus upon and celebrate GLBTIQQ people and issues. Topics will cover a broad range to include racial, gender, and sexual identities, marriage equality, spirituality, GLBTIQQ history, health issues, coming out, and more.
Each year the Symposium Committee seeks to identify diverse voices that have not been previously heard. This year, University of Vermont Professor Brian Joseph Gilley, author of Becoming Two-Spirit: The Search for Self and Social Acceptance in Indian Country, University of Nebraska Press, will present sessions dealing with GLBTQ identities and issues among Native American communities. He will also lead a discussion about the University of Vermont ALANA U.S. Ethnic Studies Program, which he chairs.
For more information, contact Winters at Andrew@uri.edu or 401.874.2894.
COMPLETE PROGRAM SCHEDULE: http://www.uri.edu/glbt/symposium/2010/symp2010.htm.
DIRECTIONS: To find symposium locations, go to 溏心vlog免费B站鈥檚 interactive map at http://www.uri.edu/home/visitors/finder/index.php.