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Most of the conference events are held in the Franklin Patterson Hall (FPH) and Robert Crown Center (RCC) buildings on the Hampshire College Campus. 

FRIDAY, APRIL 9

3:00-4:00pm Registration, FPH

4:00-6:00: Workshops, FPH

6:00-7:30: Dinner break, conference registration, RCC

7:30: Breaking Silences: An Abortion Speak Out, RCC

10:00: Open mic, Red Barn

SATURDAY, APRIL 10

8:15-9:00am: Registration and Light Breakfast, RCC

9:00-11:30: Speaking Out for Reproductive Freedom, RCC

11:30am-1:00pm: Lunch, RCC

1:15-2:45: Workshop Session 1, FPH

3:15-4:45: Workshop Session 2, FPH

5:15-6:45: Workshop Session 3, FPH

6:30-7:30: Dinner, RCC

Saturday Night Entertainment TBD

SUNDAY, APRIL 11

8:30-9:00am: Light breakfast, FPH

9:00-10:30: Workshops, FPH

10:45am-12:15pm: Closing Plenary, FPH

 

 

Workshop Information

 

Here you can find information for each of the workshop slots including workshop titles and speakers.

KEY: (moderator*, speaker, speaker)

 

Friday, April 9 - 4:00-6:00pm Workshops

 

  • Criminalization of Sexuality (Nerissa Kunakemakorn*, Gabriel Arkles,  Angel Brown, Deon Haywood, J.D. Rosario)
  • Feminine-tastic (Helen Hua, Bianca Laureno, Jos Truitt, Tonya Williams*)
  • HIV/AIDS in the US (Wanda Hernandez, Tim Horn, Unique Robinson, Coco Jervis*)
  • International Reproductive Rights Roundtable (Nada Ali, Francisca Amanda Centeno Espinoza, Mutinta Muyuni, Patricia Orozco Andrade, Betsy Hartmann*, Cinthya Amanecer Velasco Botello)
  • New Eugenics ( Amanda Allen, Jennifer Hamilton, Jessica Lehman, Jacqueline Luce*)
  • Reproductive Justice 101 (Akira Cespedes Perez, Charlie Rose)
  • Resisting the Right (Pam Chamberlain, Aryn Kinnetz, Carol Mason, Meg Stern, Marissa Valeri, Marlene Fried*)
  • SSEX (Cherisse Scott)
  • Strategic Action Session: Organizing for Health Care Access (Eesha Pandit and Juno Obedin-Maliver)
  • Street, Interpersonal and State Violence (C. Angel Torres, Zimryah Barnes, Lindsey Bartgis, Shira Hasaan, Juliana Valente, Davi Koszka*)
  • Translate Gender (Translate Gender: Shannon Sennott, Tones Smith)

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Saturday Workshops 1, April 10 - 1:15-2:45pm

  • Blogging for Change (Miriam Perez, Jos Truitt)
  • Community Responses to Environmental Injustices (Krista Harper, Mickie Imanguli, Kathleen Sanchez, Meredith Crafton*)
  • Demystifying Reproductive Health (Kale Edmiston, Lauren Mitchell)
  • Disability Justice (continued in Workshop slot 2) (Mia Mingus, Sebastian Margaret)
  • Economic Justice (Alexandra Cawthorne, Elizabeth Eisenberg, Kenyon Farrow, Jon Weissman*)
  • Gender and Militarism (Nada Ali, Patricia Hynes, Paki Wieland, Laura Reed*)
  • HIV/AIDS Internationally (Joya Banerjee, Tim Horn, Mimi Melles, Jill Lewis*)
  • How the Right Took Power (Pam Chamberlain)
  • How to Holla Back: An Introduction to Combating Street Harassment (Megan Lieff)
  • Human Rights (Jill Adams, Liz Kukura)
  • The Politics of Reproductive Safety (Jessica Lehman, Judy Norsigian, Malika Redmond, Danielle Bessett*)
  • Positive Sexuality/The Politics of Sexual Practice (Toni Bond Leonard, Gina de Vries, Kaitlin Nichols, Cyree Johnson*)
  • Prisons as Agents of Reproductive Oppression (Gabriel Arkles, Diana Kasdan, Theresa Martinez, Amanda Scheper)
  • Strategic Action Session: Organizing on Campuses (Scott Jelinek, Alicia Johnson)
  • The Intersections of Immigrant Rights and Reproductive Justice (Amanda Allen, Celeste 'Cele' Spink, Seth Wessler, Jeff Napolitano*)
  • Trans 101 (Gunner Scott)
  • Translate Gender (Translate Gender: Shannon Sennott, Tones Smith)
  • Youth Activism (Gabriel Foster, Crystal Guerra, Ali Nininger-Finch, Akira Cespedes Perez*)
  • Youth Rights (Sunyata Altenor, Cinthya Amanecer Velasco Botello, Anna-Kaye Rowe, Edith Sargon*)

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Saturday Workshops 2, April 10 - 3:15-4:45pm

  • Abortion Care
  • Art and Activism (Javiera Benavente, Kamil Peters, Diana Whitten, Carla Wojczuk, Kara Lynch*)
  • Climate Justice (James Boyce, Chris Cuomo, Nia Robinson, Diana Wu, Betsy Hartmann*)
  • Contraception 101 (Hampshire College Sexperts: Raphael Serota, Maggie DeBevic, Maya Dobjensky, Thea Henney)
  • Demystifying Reproductive Health (Kale Edmiston, Lauren Mitchell)
  • Disability Justice (continued from Workshop slot 1) (Mia Mingus, Sebastian Margaret)
  • Egg Donation (Edith Sargon)
  • Globalization (Noah Enelow, Robert Prasch, Smita Ramnarain, Frank Holmquist*)
  • Healthcare for All (Liza Fuentes, Eleanor Hinton Hoytt, Coco Jervis, Eesha Pandit*)
  • International Reproductive Rights Roundtable (Nada Ali, Fransisca Amanda Centeno Espinoza, Mutinta Muyuni, Patricia Orozco Andrade, Margaret Cerullo*)
  • Manifesta (Jennifer Baumgardner, Amy Richards)
  • Messaging (Nerissa Kunakemakorn, Thanu Yakupitiyage)
  • Reproductive Justice 101 (Akira Cespedes Perez, Charlie Rose)
  • Reproductive Justice Report from the Red States (Carol Mason, Natalye Tate)
  • Sex Work and Feminism (Melissa Gira Grant, J.D. Rosario, Shira Hasaan, C. Angel Torres, Corinna Yazbek*)
  • Strategic Action Session: Helms Amendment (Kristen Anderson, Ali Nininger-Finch)
  • Strategic Action Session: US Social Forum (Christi Ketchum-Bowman)
  • Trans Feminism (Gina de Vries, Lilianna Angel Reyes, Jos Truitt, Gunner Scott*)
  • Youth Organizing in Latina(o) Communities (Kenia Morales, Miriam Perez, Celeste 'Cele' Spink, Cinthya Amanecer Velasco Botello)

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Saturday Workshops 3, April 10 - 5:15-6:45pm

  • A Primer on the Economic Crisis (Robert Prasch)
  • Abortion Access International (Fransisca Amanda Centeno Espinoza, Ali Nininger-Finch, Mutinta Muyuni, Patricia Orozco Andrade, Cinthya Amanecer Velasco Botello, Margaret Cerullo*)
  • Building Community Resistence to Militarism (Sarah Hunter, Katy Sanchez, Paki Wieland)
  • Classism 101 (Rachel Rybaczuk)
  • Cleaning Your Cock (Cyree Johnson)
  • Empowering Birth (Zimryah Barnes, Marianne Bullock, Mary Mahoney, Juno Obedin-Maliver, Marisa Pizii*)
  • Environmental Activism (Diego Angartia-Horowitz, Michael Ash, Kate Shapiro, Sue Darlington*)
  • Harm Reduction (Deon Haywood, Timothy Purington, Unique Robinson, Amy Jordan*)
  • Media Radicals (Melissa Gira Grant, Bianca Laureno, Thanu Yakupitiyage, Misty Perez Truedson*)
  • North/South Unequal Relations (Cruz Bueno, Latoya Lee, Diana Wu, Manuela Picq*)
  • Political Organizing (Mollie Fox, Tonya Williams, Causten Wollerman, Christi Ketchum-Bowman*)
  • Politics of Family Creation (Seth Wessler, Mia Mingus, Miriam Yeung*)
  • Reproductive Justice and Religion (Toni Bond Leonard, Lloyd Steffen, Sapna Pandya, Marissa Valeri*)
  • Rethinking Reproductive Rights (Kenyon Farrow, Jaime Grant, Celeste 'Cele' Spink, Carmen Vazquez*)
  • Self-Help
  • Sex Ed Living for Tomorrow (Jill Lewis)
  • The Criminal Justice System and the Prison Industrial Complex (Jack Cole, Theresa Martinez, Amanda Scheper, Jane Simkin Smith, Katie Bryson*)
  • Unusual Suspects (Mon!que Wright)

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Sunday, April 10 - 9-10:30am Workshops

  • Abortion Doulas
  • Abortion Funding and Access 
  • Grassroots Organizing (Edith Sargon)
  • Masculinities (George Gathigi, Davi Koszka, Miriam Perez, Causten Wallerman*)
  • Mother's Rights (Lisa Andrews, Charlie Rose, Imani Walker, Alexandra Cawthorne*)
  • Politics of Population Control (Liza Fuentes, Betsy Hartmann, Jacqueline Nolley Echegaray, Banu Subramaniam*)
  • Sex Ed! EMERJ (Sunyata Altenor, Gabriel Foster, Kenia Morales)
  • Working in the Movement (Jill Adams, Juno Obedin-Maliver, Crystal Guerra, Nia Robinson, Carmen Vazquez, Dahlia Ward, Eesha Pandit*)

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Breaking Silences Speakers

Friday evening of the conference will feature Breaking Silences: An Abortion Speak-out. This is a space for people who have had abortions to share their stories in a safe and supportive environment. If you have had an abortion and would like to participate, please call 413-559-6976 or e-mail us. No matter what your experience, all are welcome.