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Schedule of Events #unconference2015
There is no cost to attend or participate. Meals Included, but please register.
April 17-18, 2015
The Morgan House at the First Unitarian Universalist Church Campus
1808 Woodmont Blvd., Nashville, TN
Friday, April 17
5 p.m. Session I 10 Things to Know About Tennessee’s Criminal Justice System, Meghsha Sqawsan, Esq. and Will York, Esq. Registration & Socializing Registration & Socializing 6 p.m. Session II Dinner Dinner with Dr. Marisa Richmond, Fighting for Transgender Equality Dinner 7 p.m. Session III Racism is War Roundtable with Sizwe Herring, Elizabeth Barger, Jane Hussain, Joel Kachinsky, Mwafaq Aljabbary, Juan Canedo Making Protest Art (hands-on) with Marie Campbell and Nathalie Van Balen Radical Wellness and Social Justice with Jardana Peacock 8 p.m. Session IV The White Non-Profit Industrial Complex: A Very Critical Introduction and Analysis with Beth Foster, Emily Green-Cain, and Tennessee Anti-Racist Network participants Open Mic Speakout! Music 9 p.m. Session V Radical Tactics, with John Michael Carico Open Mic Speakout! Music 10 p.m. Open Mic Speakout! Music |
Saturday, April 18
Space for meditation and reflection will occur at 7 a.m. A classroom is available all day for impromptu sessions with the assistance of facilitator Ali Bellos. 7 a.m. Breakfast 8 a.m. Session VI Kara Tragressor and Struggle Sisters, Mass Incarceration and Women 9 a.m. Session VIII Prison Abolition with Rev. Jeannie Alexander, No Exceptions Prison Collective Faith-Based Anti-Oppression Work, Beth Foster, Mercy Junction 10 a.m. Black Lives Matter: Get Active, Get Organized, Fight Back – A Panel Discussion with Jessica A. Sutton, Taneisha Gillyard, Andrea Flores, Rondriquez White, Joshua Crutchfield, and Carlin Rushing Radical Acts of Self-Empowerment, Oceana Glantz 11 a.m. Session X The Intersection of Race, Gender, and Sex: A Discussion of Issues Facing Trans Women of Color, with LaSaia Wade and River Johnson of the TNTJ Project Radical Acts of Self-Empowerment, Oceana Glantz Noon AmRen: A Brief Preview, with Daryle Jenkins of One People’s Project Lunch Lunch with Dr. Angela Sutton, White People in the Dismantling of White Supremacy: A Brief History 1 p.m. Session XI Towards Collective Liberation, a workshop with Chris Crass 3 p.m. Session XII Our State of Hate: A Case Study of AmRen, with Daryle Jenkins of One People’s Project and the Tennessee Anti-Racist Network 4 p.m. Caravan to Montgomery Bell State Park for direct action against AmRen |
1808 Woodmont Blvd., Nashville, Tenn.
"Don't be in such a hurry to condemn a person because he doesn't do what you do, or think as you think or as fast. There was a time when you didn't know what you know today."
-Malcolm X
-Malcolm X