Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 15:20:20 -0800 From: frivera@uclink4.berkeley.edu (Francesca Rivera) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * NEXT WEEK IS THE 7TH ANNUAL UCLGBA CONFERENCE ! * * If your haven't registered yet, don't worry, you can register at * * the door. This message contains the most recent conference schedule * * Please forward this to any interested parties. We apologize for * * any duplication of this message. * * * * Questions about registration or housing? Contact either: * * Francesca Rivera: frivera@uclink4.berkeley.edu * * James Betbeze: james@nature.berkeley.edu * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * You are cordially invited to: The 7th Annual Conference & General Assembly of The University of California Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Association (UCLGBA) February 16th-18th, 1996 at the University of California, Berkeley This year's theme is: "Queer Safe Space: Scholarship and Solidarity in an Age of Diversity" All interested individuals, whatever your background or affiliation, are invited to attend. PROGRAMS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE; All session workshop locations TBA. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Friday, February 16, 1996 12:00-5:00 p.m. Registration/Check-In - MLK ASUC Student Union Building, UC Berkeley Chinquapin Room 2:00-3:15 p.m. Session I 1. Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Approach for Realistic Change Agents 2. Faculty Works in Progress 3. Making the University Safe for Students 3:30-5:00 p.m. Session II 1. Out in Academia, faculty panel 2. Positive and Under 30 3. Conflict Happens: An Intergroup Communication Workshop 4. Affirmative Action & Why Queers Should Care 5:30-6:30 p.m. Welcome Reception 6:30-7:30 p.m. Steering Committee Meeting 8:00-12:00 p.m. Entertainment/dance/movies, TBA ---------------------------------------- Saturday, February 17, 1996 8:00-9:30 a.m. Registration/Check-In - Genetics Plant Biology Building, UC Berkeley 9:00-9:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast 9:30-12:00 p.m. Keynote/General Assembly Welcome from Nicholas Jewell, UCB Welcome from UCOP Update from UCLGBA Keynote: Susan Stryker. Transsexual lesbian activist Susan Stryker is co-author of Gay by the Bay: A History of Queer Culture in the San Francisco Bay Area, due in April from Chronicle Books. 12:00-1:00 p.m. Lunch Caucus - People of Color/Multi-racial People 12:00-1:00 p.m. Registration/Check-In 1:00-2:30 p.m. Session III 1. Domestic Partnership and the University of California 2. Transgender Education 3. No More Nice Girl: Unlocking Your Desires 4. HIV, AIDS, and People of Color 5. Queer Media in the '90s 6. Creating and Nurturing Communities 2:45-4:15 p.m. Session IV 1. Transgender Human Rights 2. Digital Queers 3. Creating and Running a Resource Center 4. None Of The Above/All Of The Above: 'It's Not Over 'Til The Bisexuals Speak' 5. Regenerating Gay Men's Sexuality & Culture in an Ongoing Epidemic 6. Queer Spiritual Journeys: Christianity and Beyond 4:30-6:00 p.m. Performance Space 4:30-6:00 p.m. Session V 1. The Gifts of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual People...If We Could Only See Them 2. Fighting the Right 3. Gay & Lesbian Transgender Men & Women 4. Becoming whole: coming out to self and others 5. Racism within the LGBT Community/Fighting Oppression 6. Queer Grads of Color 6:00-7:30 p.m. Steering Committee Meeting 8:00-10:00 p.m. ENTERTAINMENT Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Hall, UC Berkeley Alix Dobkin, feminist folksinger, and Voices: Bay Area Lesbian Choral Ensemble ---------------------------------------- Sunday, February 18, 1995 8:30-9:30 a.m. Coffee, Tea, and General Assembly 9:45-11:15 a.m. Session VI 1. Careers and Queers: Dealing with Work, Job, and Career Issues 2. The Imagery of Coming Out 3. "The Pull": Successfully managing the interesection of race/ethnicity, gender, and sexual Orientation 4. Men's Body Image 11:30-1:30 p.m. Closing Keynote, Brunch, and Celebration Closing Keynote: Anthony K. "Van" Jones, founder and director of Bay Area PoliceWatch, a project of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil rights