we are SUPER excited about this week's SAAM keynote events with Mia Mingus!
Women at Noon Keynote Lecture
Wednesday April 25th
12:00 - 1:00
LSC Grey Rock Room
Blurb:
It is always better to speak. Come
to this lunchtime session to learn about the survivor experience, on-going work
to end sexual violence and what bystanders can do to shift conditions that
perpetuate violence. This session is designed to serve as an introduction that
will leave participants with an understanding of why survivor leadership is
critical for our movements.
About Mia:
Mia Mingus is a queer physically
disabled woman of color, korean transracial and transnational adoptee writer,
organizer and community builder. She was raised in St. Croix, USVI, lived 12
years in Atlanta, GA and has recently moved to Oakland, California. Through her
work on disability justice, reproductive justice, queer liberation, and
transformative justice; she recognizes the urgency and barriers for oppressed
communities to work together and build alliances for liberation.
She believes in building community
and queer family, healing and transformation. She knows that love, care and how
we treat each other (including ourselves) are political. As her work for
liberation evolves and deepens, her roots remain firmly planted in ending
sexual violence. Mia is currently working at generationFIVE, an organization
working to end child sexual abuse within five generations. At gen5, she is
working to create transformative justice responses to child sexual abuse that
do not rely on the state (i.e. police, prisons, the criminal legal system) and
actively cultivate community safety, resiliency and healing. Before gen5, Mia
was a co-founder and Co-Director of SPARK Reproductive Justice Now, in Atlanta,
GA.
Take Back the Night (TBTN)
Wednesday April 25th
6pm
LSC Sculpture Garden
This
internationally recognized rally and protest creates an atmosphere of
empowerment, while raising awareness about sexual violence. The event begins
with a speak-out at the LSC and ends with a march to Old Town Square where keynote
speakers include Mia Mingus and Denver’s own Suzie Q!
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