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The 3rd Annual Trans-Forming Feminism Conference is currently in its planning stages. This one-day conference is to be held at the State University of New York at New Paltz (SUNY New Paltz) on April 22, 2006.
We are looking to create a conference that will explore the issues connecting and dividing the Transgender and Feminist communities. We want to address the fears, myths, and misunderstandings that often keep these movements from building coalitions together, as well as the bridges that stand firm in connecting these movements. We want to hear lots of different voices, for as we all know, there is no one voice that speaks for everyone.
We are looking for new, innovative, dynamic, refreshing, and honest proposals for workshops, papers, panels, and performance pieces. We are especially interested in receiving proposals that further explore the gender-queer community, multi and pan sexual communities, the exploitation of race, class, ableism and the queer and feminist communities, third wave feminism and its interactions with other feminist roots, the "not trans enough" phenomenon, trans-phobia within the feminist-lesbian communities and any and all relevant films.
The deadline for submitting proposals is February 18, 2006.
PROPOSALS MUST INCLUDE:
FOR EACH WORKSHOP:
-A one page description of presentation, including how it relates to the conference theme, and the topics and activities the presentation will include, as well as any relevant experience of presenter(s).
-Specific format of workshop/presentation (lecture with question and answer, discussion group, brief presentation with discussion/activity, etc…).
-A 100 word or less abstract of presentation for use in the conference program.
FOR EACH PRESENTER:
-Preferred name
-Mailing address
-Phone
-E-mail address
-A 50 word or less biography for use in the conference program.
-Funds requested for travel reimbursement
-Funds requested for lodging reimbursement
-Funds requested for materiel's reimbursement
-Funds requested for honorarium
-Any special needs/considerations
-Social security number and legal name (only for presenters requesting funds- required by State University of New York from all individuals applying to receive funding, non-US residents must include comparative identification code. To give SS# over phone please contact Kris at 603-566-3489)
Proposals can be E-Mailed to:
transformfeminism@gmail.com
Or snail mailed to:
Trans-Forming Feminism Conference
C/O Kristopher Corey
PO Box 443
New Paltz, NY 12561
*For more information, please visit:
http://www.transformfeminism.com