PROGRAM

Photo by Dagmar Shultz

Confirmed Speakers:

Meena Alexander, Asha Bandele, Amina Baraka, Rich Blint, Cheryl Clarke, B. Cole, Johnnetta Betsch Cole , Blanche Cook, Clare Coss, Tami Gold, Jewelle Gomez, Melinda Goodman, Ange-Marie Hancock, Jennifer Hayashida, Elizabeth Lorde-Rollins, MD, Dawn Lundy Martin, Rosalind Petchesky, Robert Reid-Pharr, Lynn Roberts, Aishah Shahidah Simmons, Donna Weir Soley, and Ronaldo Wilson.

DUE TO HIGH DEMAND FOR THIS OCT. 12th EVENT, REGISTRATION HAS REACHED CAPACITY AND IS NOW CLOSED!

This event will be Livestreamed, here: https://new.livestream.com/roosevelthouse/audrelorde

Friday, October 12, 2012
9:30am – 6:30pm
ROOSEVELT HOUSE
47-49 East 65th Street
New York, NY 10065

Maps and Directions to Hunter College

PROGRAMME

9:00am - 9:30am REGISTRATON AND COFFEE 9:45am - 9:55am WELCOME BY JENNIFER RAAB President, Hunter College 10:00am - 10:10am WELCOME BY RUPAL OZA Director, Women and Gender Studies Program, Hunter College 10:30am - 12:00pm PANEL I: AGE, RACE, CLASS, SEX: INTERSECTIONALITIES

Panelists: Johnnetta Betsch Cole
Rich Blint
Ange-Marie Hancock
Aishah Shahidah Simmons Moderator: Jeremy M. Glick  12:00pm LUNCH 1:30pm - 3:00pm PANEL II: THE EROTIC AS POWER: ACTIVISM, HEALTH, LIFE Panelists: B. Cole
Blanche Wiesen Cook
Elizabeth Lorde-Rollins
Robert Reid-Pharr
Lynn Roberts Moderator: Rosalind Petchesky 3:15pm - 4:45pm PANEL III: POETRY IS NOT A LUXURY Panelists: Cheryl Clarke
Jewelle Gomez
Melinda Goodman 
Donna Weir Soley Moderator: Meena Alexander 5:00pm POETRY READINGS Panelists: Asha Bandele
Amina Baraka 
Clare Coss
Dawn Lundy Martin
Ronaldo Wilson Moderator: Donna Masini 6:30pm RECEPTION