Midwest Feminist Conference

Saturday, October 6

9:00-10:15am

Registration

10:30-12:00pm

Welcome & Opening Plenary

12:00-1:30pm

Lunch (on your own)

1:30-2:45pm

Workshop Session I

Researching for Feminists: Finding and evaluating information resources
Hey girl, I know you want gender eqyuty, but I still think White Feminism Sucks. Dynamics of Privilege, Power and Oppression in Feminist Organizing
Theatre as an Educational Tool
Following the Mothers: My Pilgrimage from La Madonna di Montevergine to El Santurario de Chimayo
Weightless: Free to be me
Legislative attacks on our bodies: Speaking out for reproductive justice

3:00-4:15pm

Workshop Session II

Working with Media
GET BIG: The Hoop Woman's Guide to Living Freely and Fully
Feminist Advocacy in Anti-Violence Work
The Danger of a Single Story-Digital Storytelling for Women and Youth
Breaking out of the Ivory Tour: Making Feminism Assessable and Relevant to Working Class Women and Women of Color
Get Out Her Vote! Why We Need Feminists at the Ballot Box

4:30-5:45pm

Skill-Sharing Session

6:00-7:15pm

Dinner (provided)

7:30-9:00pm

Keynote Speaker: Andrea Gibson

9:00-9:30pm

Book Signing

9:30-11:00pm

Film showing/Night entertainment

Sunday, October 7

9:00-10:15am

Workshop Session III

The Stereotype Tarp
Rethinking Marriage: Stepping Stones to Equality
Where are the Women?
Identifying and Dismantling Male Supremacist Culture
Feminist Collective Action: Challenging the Current Sex Ed Curriculum
Feminism and trans phobia -- fighting for trans inclusion and being a trans ally in the movement

10:30-11:45am

Workshop Session IV

Collective Memory Work: A feminist approach to revolutionary Pedagogy
The Revolution will not televised…Unless Amy Poehler's There
PEACE: Peer Educator Acting for Change and Equality
Campus-based sexual assault support center: Reality, perception and learning from experience

12:00 -1:30pm

Feminist Entrepeneur Panel & Closing Remarks

If you are interested in presenting on a particular topic at the conference, please fill out this application form (pdf) and return to Laura Kacere or Laura Schultz.