"I Am A _______": Voices from the Movement, 2019 Intersectionality Conference

SCHEDULE

Please note you may attend any individual session if you cannot join for the full conference. Please select the morning or evening ticket to indicate this preference.

8:00-8:45 Practicing Wellness: Yoga
8:45-9:00 Break
9:00-10:30 Beyond Education: Intersectionality and the Classroom
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:45 Health Panel
11:45-12:00 Break
12:00-1:30 Lunch Panel: Equal Pay for Equal Work

1:30-4:00 Afternoon Recess

4:00-5:00 Policy Perspectives: The Next Frontiers of the Movement

5:15-6:00 Session 1: Community Forum: Safe Spaces for Women of Color

5:15-6:00 Session 2: Practical Allyship

6:00-6:15 Break
6:15-6:45 Evening Keynote Address, Aisha Moody-Mills, a leading voice in marriage equality with over 20 years of experience building campaigns for people of color, transgender, and women candidates.

6:45-8:00 Evening Reception

Our esteemed panelist speakers include:

• Robbin Chapman, Harvard University Associate Dean for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
• Vivian Williams-Kurutz, Founder/Executive Director of the Harlem Wellness Center
• Sherine Andreine Powerful, Gender Equality and Family Planning Team for the Gates Foundation
• Lex Chandra, the GRIOT Circle
• Katherine W. Phillips, Columbia Business School, Director of Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics
• Amanda Gonnetilleke, Software Engineer and Lead Organizer for Women’s and AAPI employee resource groups at Disney Streaming Services'
• Alex Johnson, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Helsinki Commission
• Dr. Sadaf Jaffer, the first South Asian, Muslim woman to become mayor in the United States
• Andrea Standford, Deputy Spokesperson of the U.S. Mission to the UN

The annual SIPA Intersectionality Conference engages policymakers, scholars, advocates, organizers, activists, and students to discuss the complex ways that gender, race, class, immigration status, sexual orientation, and other identities further perpetuate power inequities in the everyday life of women of color, particularly black women. The conference aims to amplify the voices of marginalized communities and highlight issues that are oftentimes under-studied and underreported in mainstream channels. Drawing on the work of Kimberly Crenshaw, this year’s conference brings together speakers, panels, and workshops to share their perspectives and strategies on how society can best address the continued social, economic, and political inequities across a wide range of topics including: wellness and health, educational and professional life, the body of politics, and domestic and international policy.

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