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Call for Presentation and Workshop Proposals

Date: September 1st 2009

 
From Abortion Rights to Social Justice: Building the Movement for Reproductive Freedom - April 9-11, 2010

The Civil Liberties and Public Policy (CLPP) and Population and Development (Pop.Dev) programs are accepting individual presentation topics, strategic action session and full workshop applications for our annual national, activist conference, From Abortion Rights to Social Justice: Building the Movement for Reproductive Freedom. 

Proposals are due: September 28, 2009. 

 CLPP and Pop.Dev’s annual April conference for students and community activists connects young people to reproductive rights and social justice organizations and campaigns locally, nationally, and internationally, and provides them with information, analysis, and “how-to” organizing to bring back to their own campuses and communities. The conference presents a broad, intersectional analysis of the issues and links reproductive rights to civil liberties, LGBTQ rights, environmental justice, peace and security, immigrant rights, youth liberation, disability rights, access to health care and child care, and freedom from violence and abuse. Individual presentation topics are consolidated into panels that are 1 hour 30 minutes or 2 hours in length. In the past, workshops have been generally composed of 3-4 speakers who speak for 8-10 minutes each, followed by a question and answer period facilitated by a workshop moderator. Please note, we generally do not support Power Point presentations. Audio/visual and interactive components are encouraged. We will also consider interactive full workshop proposals. Please note, however, workshops slots are limited.

New for 2010!

Conference participants come from a range of backgrounds—some will be hearing about these issues for the first time, others will be long-time activists or academics. In response to requests for basic information on a variety of topics, we are hosting a number of introductory 101-type workshops. Please indicate on your proposal if you are also interested in facilitating an introductory workshop, and include the topic and a brief description of the proposed content.

For more conference and workshop information, please visit our 2009 Conference web page.

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For more information on Pop.Dev, visit popdev.hampshire.edu

Presentation and Workshop Proposal Guidelines

Please have proposals in by September 28, 2009. Please note that for our 2010 Conference, we will not be offering speaker honoraria. Please also keep in mind that we receive many more proposals than we can include in the program; we will be in touch with you regarding your proposal status by November 15, 2009.


If you are submitting a proposal to speak on a panel, please include the following:

  1. Name, organizational affiliation and brief bio of presenter
  2. What are the focus topics of your presentation?
  3. What main points will you address?
  4. Explain how your issue is connected to reproductive rights and the broader social justice movement, and how you would make that connection in your presentation.
  5. If you have previously presented this same information (at other conferences, panels, etc.), please indicate the workshop title, topic(s) and where it has been presented.
  6. Can you or your organization cover your travel costs? If not, where will you be traveling from?

If you are submitting a full workshop proposal, please include the following:

  1. Name and brief bio of workshop presenter(s)
  2. Workshop title, topic(s) and where workshop has been presented in the past
  3. Explain how your issue is connected to reproductive rights and the broader social justice movement and how you would make that connection in your presentation.
  4. Format of workshop: Include the approximate time for each component (i.e. introduction, interactive activity, question and answer, discussion). Workshops slots are 1 hour 30 minutes and 2 hours in length.
  5. Can you or your organization cover your travel costs? If not, where will you be traveling from?


Send workshop proposals to: Ellen Gattozzi, Program Assistant CLPP Hampshire College Amherst, MA 01002 ebgCLPP@hampshire.edu fax: 413-559-5826


You can also download the application information in a PDF version!