The Southeast Regional Unity Conference
APRIL 9 - 11, 2010
Last year's schedule
(to download the schedule with locations, click here)Friday, April 3, 2009
3:00 - 7:00 pm Registration Open
5:00 - 5:30 pm Speed Greeting
5:30 - 7:00 pm Welcome Dinner/Networking
7:00 - 7:30 pm Conference Opening and Welcome
8:00 - 10:00 pm Gender Fucking Cabaret, featuring a dozen incredible local performers! (Cat's Cradle)
10 pm - 12 am Tim'm T. West (Cat's Cradle)
12am - closing! Dance Party with DJ Lady Factual of the j'cougarz (Cat's Cradle)
Saturday, April 4, 2009
8:30 - 1:00 pm Registration Open
9:30 - 10:45 am Breakout/Workshop One
11am - 12:15 pm Breakout/Workshop Two
12:15 - 1:30 pm Lunch/Networking/Community Art Making
1:30 - 3:00 pm Peterson Toscano in "Transfigurations: Trangressing Gender in the Bible"
3:00 - 3:15 pm Break/Networking
3:15 - 4:30 pm Breakout/Workshop Three
4:45 - 6:00 pm Breakout/Workshop Four
6:00 - 8:00 pm Dinner on your own
8:00 - 9:45 pm Scott Turner Schofield in "Debutante Balls"
10 pm - 12 am Screening of "Pick up the Mic: the (r)evolution of HomoHop", followed by a Q and A with Tim'm West
12:00 - 2:00 am Unofficial After Party at the Station, music by the j'cougarz!
Sunday, April 5, 2009
5:00 - 5:30 pm Speed Greeting
5:30 - 7:00 pm Welcome Dinner/Networking
7:00 - 7:30 pm Conference Opening and Welcome
8:00 - 10:00 pm Gender Fucking Cabaret, featuring a dozen incredible local performers! (Cat's Cradle)
10 pm - 12 am Tim'm T. West (Cat's Cradle)
12am - closing! Dance Party with DJ Lady Factual of the j'cougarz (Cat's Cradle)
Saturday, April 4, 2009
8:30 - 1:00 pm Registration Open
9:30 - 10:45 am Breakout/Workshop One
11am - 12:15 pm Breakout/Workshop Two
12:15 - 1:30 pm Lunch/Networking/Community Art Making
1:30 - 3:00 pm Peterson Toscano in "Transfigurations: Trangressing Gender in the Bible"
3:00 - 3:15 pm Break/Networking
3:15 - 4:30 pm Breakout/Workshop Three
4:45 - 6:00 pm Breakout/Workshop Four
6:00 - 8:00 pm Dinner on your own
8:00 - 9:45 pm Scott Turner Schofield in "Debutante Balls"
10 pm - 12 am Screening of "Pick up the Mic: the (r)evolution of HomoHop", followed by a Q and A with Tim'm West
12:00 - 2:00 am Unofficial After Party at the Station, music by the j'cougarz!
Sunday, April 5, 2009
9:30 - 10:45 am Breakout/Workshop Five
10:45 - 11:45 am Brunch/Networking
12:00 - 1:30 pm Micia Mosely in "Where My Girls At?: A Comedic Look at Black Lesbians"
1:30 - 3:00 pm Closing Plenary: A Roundtable Discussion on Performance Activism
*conference schedule is subject to change
Workshop Schedule
(to download the workshop schedule with descriptions in pdf form click here)
SATURDAY
Workshop Session 1 (9:30 - 10:45 am)
Defending Marriage (3201)
Drag 101 (3203)
Trans and Trans Policy 101 (3205)
Transforming the Workplace: Being 'Out' in your Career (3206A)
Gay in the Media (3206B)
Sweet or Unsweet? Gay or Straight? Do you have to decide? (3209)
Workshop Session 2 (11:00 am - 12:15 pm)
Mapping Our Rights: An Interactive Advocacy Tool for Legal Change (3201)
To a T: An Interactive Performance Workshop on Our Trans & Queer Communities (3203)
Gay in Gitmo: Bridging movements for immigration and LGBT rights (3205)
Queer Masculinities in Performance (3206A)
Bridging the Gap: Making Health Services Inclusive of Diverse Gender Identities (3206B)
Bi One, Get One Free!: Sexual Labels in a Postmodern World (3209)
Workshop Session 3 (3:15 - 4:30 pm)
QueerPraxis: A Panel of Papers (3201)
Difference, Unity, & Struggle: Building Queer Community & Power (3203)
Gender Fucking and Fucking (3205)
Laughing in the Mirror: An Exploration of Race, Gender & Sexuality Through Humor (3206A)
The Spirit of Transgender (3206B)
Better Advocacy with The Advo.kit (3209)
Workshop Session 4 (4:45 - 6:00 pm)
Creating Change in your Community (3201)
That's So Queer: The Disabled Body And Ways to Crip Up Your Queer Politics (3203)
Between the Sheets: Tips for a Healthy Sex Life (3205)
Trans Surgery Show and Tell (3206A)
Homo No Mo?!? Orientation, Gender and the Ex-Gay Movement (3206B)
Inviting College Campuses to join the NC People Of Color LGBT & Allies Network (3209)
SUNDAY
Workshop Session 5 (9:30 - 10:45 am)
Strategies for Intersectional Organizing: Building a Queer Labor Movement (3201)
Beyond the Clubs and .Coms: Creating Inclusive Communities for Gay/Bisexual Men (3203)
Utilizing a Queer Identity to Escape the Gender Binary (3205)
Page to Stage: Making Performance for Social Change (3206A)
LGBTQ Oppression and Socialism (3206B)
Building a State of Equality in North Carolina (3209)
SATURDAY
Workshop Session 1 (9:30 - 10:45 am)
Defending Marriage (3201)
Drag 101 (3203)
Trans and Trans Policy 101 (3205)
Transforming the Workplace: Being 'Out' in your Career (3206A)
Gay in the Media (3206B)
Sweet or Unsweet? Gay or Straight? Do you have to decide? (3209)
Workshop Session 2 (11:00 am - 12:15 pm)
Mapping Our Rights: An Interactive Advocacy Tool for Legal Change (3201)
To a T: An Interactive Performance Workshop on Our Trans & Queer Communities (3203)
Gay in Gitmo: Bridging movements for immigration and LGBT rights (3205)
Queer Masculinities in Performance (3206A)
Bridging the Gap: Making Health Services Inclusive of Diverse Gender Identities (3206B)
Bi One, Get One Free!: Sexual Labels in a Postmodern World (3209)
Workshop Session 3 (3:15 - 4:30 pm)
QueerPraxis: A Panel of Papers (3201)
Difference, Unity, & Struggle: Building Queer Community & Power (3203)
Gender Fucking and Fucking (3205)
Laughing in the Mirror: An Exploration of Race, Gender & Sexuality Through Humor (3206A)
The Spirit of Transgender (3206B)
Better Advocacy with The Advo.kit (3209)
Workshop Session 4 (4:45 - 6:00 pm)
Creating Change in your Community (3201)
That's So Queer: The Disabled Body And Ways to Crip Up Your Queer Politics (3203)
Between the Sheets: Tips for a Healthy Sex Life (3205)
Trans Surgery Show and Tell (3206A)
Homo No Mo?!? Orientation, Gender and the Ex-Gay Movement (3206B)
Inviting College Campuses to join the NC People Of Color LGBT & Allies Network (3209)
SUNDAY
Workshop Session 5 (9:30 - 10:45 am)
Strategies for Intersectional Organizing: Building a Queer Labor Movement (3201)
Beyond the Clubs and .Coms: Creating Inclusive Communities for Gay/Bisexual Men (3203)
Utilizing a Queer Identity to Escape the Gender Binary (3205)
Page to Stage: Making Performance for Social Change (3206A)
LGBTQ Oppression and Socialism (3206B)
Building a State of Equality in North Carolina (3209)