Intersections: Sexuality, Gender, Race and Ethnicity

Morgan State University Women and Gender Studies Program and Bmore Proud

Academic Symposium

Intersections: Sexuality, Gender, Race and Ethnicity

Saturday, March 12, 2011, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

University Student Center Rooms 210 and 212

Morgan State University

1700 E. Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD



Keynote Speaker: Antonia Randolph, Ph.D.

“Wayne Loves Baby and Other Queer Lessons from Hip-Hop: Notes toward a Race and Sexuality Research Agenda”

Dr. Antonia Randolph is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Delaware, with joint appointments in Black American Studies and Women’s Studies. She is a cultural sociologist whose research focuses on race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, popular culture (particularly hip-hop), and education. Her recent research has examined race, gender and masculine embodiment in rap music and how race affects teachers' perceptions of students and schools. Her book tentatively titled The Wrong Kind of Different: Race, Ethnicity and the Meaning of Diversity in American Schools is scheduled to be published by Teachers College Press in 2012.



Session Themes include:

Stereotypes and Marginalization

Reaching Women of Color—Resistance and Risk

Queer Cultural Studies

Drawing Connections—Teaching Sexuality, Gender and Race

Sexual Identities—Complex, Contextual, and Fluid

Queer Women, Marriage, and Religion

Plus a roundtable discussion on developing LGBT Studies Programs at our institutions



Presenters:

Matthew Bartolomei, West Chester University

Andrea Brown, Genevieve Carminati, Deborah Stearns, Montgomery College

Derwin Campbell, Dwayne Dubarry, Lorece Edwards, DrPH, Elizabeth Gunn, Ph.D., Shalon Irving, Ph.D., Morgan State University

Chiara Corso, Anna Loup, George Washington University

Robyn Epstein, Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park

Beverly Greene, Ph.D., St. John’s University

Michele K. Lewis, Ph.D., Winston Salem State University

Judy Lombardi, Ph.D., Independent scholar

Laura Amber Arnetta McCrae, M.Div., Wesley Theological Seminary/Three Sisters Movement

Tera Mikula, Ph.D., Heather Rellihan, Ph.D., Carolin Woolson, Anne Arundel Community College

Leticia Romo, Ph.D., Towson University





Registration Form (please print, enclose check, and mail) Registration Deadline: March 1, 2011



Name _____________________________________________________



Address ___________________________________________________________________________________



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Registration fee (includes continental breakfast and lunch):



__Faculty/Staff ($25)

__Graduate Student ($10)

__Undergraduate Student (free)

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Please check here if you would like a vegetarian meal ____



Enclosed is $_____



Please make checks payable to Morgan State University and send to:



Carolyn James, Administrative Assistant

Counseling Center, CGW 202

Morgan State University

1700 E. Cold Spring Lane

Baltimore, MD 21251





Parking: The University Student Center parking garage is accessible from E. Cold Spring Lane, just east of Hillen Road. Parking is $3 for the day in the University Parking Garage, which is attached to the University Student Center. Park on level 3 to enter the building on the same floor as the symposium. Pay for parking on site.





For more information, call Claudia Leight, (443)885-3130.
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Marriage Equality in Maryland

Many people in Maryland and across this country believe THIS is the year that a Marriage Equality Bill will pass in the Maryland legislature.

An anti-Equality group has already mobilized in our state. THEY ARE AFRAID that our legislature, which is more heavily Democratic than it has been in years, will pass a marriage bill this year. We in the LGBT community are more excited than ever before. We have momentum with us and it is growing.

PFLAG Baltimore County working cooperatively with Equality Maryland and a representative will present a discussion about Marriage Equality and the work that needs to be done in the next 90 days. Please come and listen. If you can help once or twice for an hour in the next few weeks (even in a minor way) you can be part of this CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY.

Many Maryland voters, some from your district, have been part of “Lobby Day” in Annapolis for the past few years. We meet with our delegates and senators in a group from our district to discuss our support for LGBT civil equality. We need your help if you have done this before and we need your help even if all you do is come with us to help fill the room. If this is your first time you do not need to speak unless you want to. We need to fill our delegate’s offices with supporters.

I would like to personally and publically thank everyone who has been a part of this effort in the past and invite you to join us this year. This is urgent and more important than ever.

The PFLAG meeting will be held at Towson Unitarian Universalist Church on January 25 at 7pm, & Lobby Day will be held in Annapolis on February 14th.

Contact me if you have any questions: Mark Patro 443.255.1484
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