Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 13:09:17 -0800 From: gary@iglhrc.org (Gary Wu) Subject: THE 1st U.S. CHINESE TONGZHI CONFERENCE SCHEDULE ************************************************************ International Chinese Comrades Organization & The Tongzhi Conference Committee present THE 1st U.S. CHINESE TONGZHI CONFERENCE CONFERENCE SCHEDULE Friday, June 26 PRE - CONFERENCE DAY 9:00 am - 10:00 am BREAKFAST The Tongzhi Conference Committee & Conference Sponsors TBA 10:00 am - 1:30 pm SIGHTSEEING TOURS Location to be announced. 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm OPEN FORUM & WORK SESSION 1 The Tongzhi Network Defining Purpose & Design The Tongzhi Conference Committee ICCO Office (IGLHRC) 3:45 pm - 5:00 pm OPEN FORUM & WORK SESSION 2 The Tongzhi Network Implementation & Maintenance The Tongzhi Conference Committee ICCO Office (IGLHRC) 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm WELCOME RECEPTION The Tongzhi Conference Committee & Conference Sponsors Studio Shanghai West @ 119 Collingwood Street Saturday, June 27 8:00 am - 9:00 am REGISTRATION & INFORMATION ICCO & Participating Organizations UCSF S-157 9:00 am - 10:00 am OPENING CEREMONY Welcome Alex Louie, San Francisco Rally Speech Koko Lin, San Francisco Keynote Address Dr. Chou Wah Shan, Ph.D., Hong Kong UCSF Cole Hall 10:15 am - 11:45 am WORKSHOPS (Session 1) ROMANCE (Intra-Racial & Cross-Cultural Relationship Issues) You Yun, Chicago David Y.C. Chan, San Francisco Lucky Choi, San Francisco UCSF Cole Hall TONGZHI IN THE MEDIA Guo-Juin Hong, Ph.D. Taiwan/San Francisco UCSF S-159 VOICES OF LESBIAN TONGZHI 1 Yu-Shyuan A-Ji, Taiwan Chyi-Tian Sheau-Sheng, Taiwan Koko Lin, San Francisco You Yun, Chicago UCSF S-163 VOICES FROM YOUNG QUEERS Members of AQUA (Asian & Pacific Islander, Queer & Questioning, 25 & Under, Altogether), San Francisco Ching-Ning Wang, Taiwan UCSF S-172 11:45 am - 12:45 pm LUNCH UCSF Campus Cafeteria 12:45 pm - 2:15 pm PANEL DISCUSSION / FORUM (Session 2) FAMILIES AND TONGZHI Daniel Bao, Steve Law & their families Members of PFLAG UCSF Cole Hall 2:45 pm - 4:15 pm WORKSHOPS (Session 3) SOCIAL & POLITICAL ACTIVISM You Yun, Chicago Yu-Shyuan A-Ji, Taiwan Chyi-Tian Sheau-Sheng, Taiwan Koko Lin, San Francisco Tan Chong Kee, Singapore UCSF Cole Hall SEXUALITY IN CHINESE CULTURE: THE PAST & PRESENT Fang-Fu Ruan, Ph.D. Oakland UCSF S-159 TOO YOUNG OR TOO OLD? (Ageism in the Tongzhi Community) Michael P. Mau, Ph.D. Hawaii UCSF S-163 SAFE SEX AND HIV AMONG TONGZHI Members of Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center: Lavender Dragon Society UCSF S-172 LOVE MAKING TECHNIQUES FOR TONGZHI (Open forum for gay & bisexual men only) Moderator to be announced.. UCSF S-174 LOVE MAKING TECHNIQUES FOR TONGZHI (Open forum for Lesbians & bisexual women only) Moderator to be announced. UCSF S-176 4:15 pm - 5:45 pm WORKSHOPS (Session 4) LIVING IN AMERICA: A DOUBLE MINORITY Helen Zia, Oakland Mike Song, San Francisco Henry Koo, Vancouver, Canada UCSF Cole Hall VOICES OF LESBIAN TONGZHI 2 (Open forum for Lesbians & bisexual women only) UCSF S-159 CONTEMPORARY CHINESE TONGZHI LITERATURE Tan Chong Kee, Singapore UCSF S-163 OPEN FORUM FOR ALL UCSF S-172 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm FREE TIME - suggested activity Dyke Parade (6-7pm Castro Dist.) 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm CLOSING CEREMONIES Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy 10:00 pm - 2:00 am DANCE PARTY Club Jaded Sunday, June 28 9:00 am - 3:00 pm PARADE PARTICIPATION LGBT Freedom Day Parade ******************************************************* We are extremely grateful to the University of California at San Francisco for providing us with the venue facilities by which this conference is made possible. We thank A Different Light Bookstore, located at 489 Castro Street in San Francisco, for co-sponsoring our Tongzhi book exhibition/sale throughout the conference. We are pleased to acknowledge American Airlines as our domestic and international carrier and we thank them for their generous support to our conference travel needs. ******************************************************* THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Dong Au, David Chan, Ping-Ying Chang, Lucky Choi, Ingrid Dudek, Eddie Jen, Don Jong, Max Lau, Alex Louie, Maria A. Mireles, Lisa Rofel, Mike Song, Brian Yen-Shan Wang, Gary Wu, Liu Xing, Christopher Young. ******************************************************** 1st US Chinese Tongzhi Conference 1360 Mission Street, Suite 200 San Francisco, CA 94103 Phone: 415-255-8680 Fax: 415-255-8662 Email: nanfeng@geocities.com or gary@iglhrc.org Or women contacts: pingying@yahoo.com or iedudek@uclink2.berkeley.edu Web Site: http://www.comrades.org