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A Critical Feminist Conference in Response to Hurricane Katrina

Hosted by University at Albany Women's Studies Students*

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Wednesday, November 30 - The Women's Building, 79 Central Avenue
  • 6 pm - Opening Reception
  • 7 pm - Poetry Performance by Students enrolled in WSS 360 (Feminist Social & Political Thought)
Thursday, December 1 - Humanities B39, Uptown Campus
  • 7 pm - Performance, "Feminist Idol," by Students enrolled in WSS 360 (Feminist Social & Political Thought)
Friday, December 2 - Standish Room, 3rd Floor Science Library, Uptown Campus (Full Program)
  • 12 noon - Luncheon
  • 12:45 pm - Welcome: Janell Hobson, Instructor of "Feminist Theory" and Assistant Professor of Women's Studies at UAlbany.
  • Opening Remarks: Alysha Cooley, BA/MA student in the Department of Women's Studies, UAlbany.
  • Introduction of Keynote Speaker: Daniel Santore, MA student in the Department of Sociology, UAlbany.
  • 1 pm - Alice Green, Keynote Speaker.

Keynote Address - Rethinking Home, Family, & the Nation: Hurricane Katrina's Wake-Up Call
  • Break
  • 2:15-3:30 pm: SESSION 1 - DISPLACEMENTS AND RECOVERY
    • Amy Scott, Panel Moderator and MA student in the Department of Women's Studies, UAlbany
    • Nefertitti Jackmon, MA student in Africana Studies, UAlbany, Hurricane Katrina: The Cultural Shock of Relocation and Resettlement.
    • Nora K. Yates and Ross D. Levi, local advocates for Empire State Pride Agenda, Working for Equality and Justice in the Recovery of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Evacuees: Using New York's Response to Disasters for LGBT Families as a Model.
    Break
  • 3:45-5:00 pm: SESSION 2 - CITIZENSHIP AND THE POLITICS OF EXCLUSION
    • Erica Hunter, Panel Moderator and PhD student in the Department of Sociology, UAlbany.
    • Shihoko Nakagawa, MA student in Women's Studies, UAlbany, Redefining Autonomy: Through an Example, Bethel, one Group Home for People with Mental Diseases in Japan.
    • Kwame Ntiamoah, MA student in Africana Studies, UAlbany, Citizens Left Behind by Katrina.
  • 5:00 pm: Closing Remarks - Erin Mulrooney, MA student in Women's Studies, UAlbany.

This event is co-sponsored by the Department of Women's Studies (in particular by students in courses WSS 360 - Feminist Social and Political Thought - and WSS 565 - Feminist Theory) and Holding Our Own/The Women's Building. Special thanks to Debbie Neuls, our administrative assistant, for assisting us with publicity materials. Special acknowledgments also go to Carmen Rau, director of Holding Our Own, and Naomi Jaffe, former director of Holding Our Own, for allowing this conference to open at the Women's Building and for collaborating with UAlbany students. Finally, the following conference organizers in WSS 565 (Feminist Theory) deserve our recognition:

  • Publicity Committee: Christine Bogacz, Jessica Horowitz, and Sylvia Perez.
  • Paper Selections Committee: Courtney Allensworth, Erica Hunter, and Michelle Majury.
  • Scheduling Committee: Anne Bink, Ana Desiwijaya, Hilary Flagg, and Shihoko Nakagawa.
  • On-Site Committee: Alysha Cooley, Erin Mulrooney, Daniel Santore, and Amy Scott.

Donations to be collected for Hurricane Katrina Relief

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