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Southern Girls' 2001 Agenda

Meals listed as outside will be served in Foy Union Ballroom in case of bad weather.

Friday
4:00 - 9:30pm Check-in on 200 floor of Foy Union (signs should point the way)
5:00 - 6:00pm Dinner in Foy Union ballroom - snacky foods
6:00 - 7:30pm Welcome and introductions - Foy Union Ballroom Panel: Southern Women's Radical History and Future
7:30 - 8:30pm

Workshop Block A

9:00pm

Rock show

At The Green Bean, 1650 S. College Street, Suite C featuring: 1945, Shoddy Puppet Company, The New Robot Theory, mars killed mary, Cuddle Core, and Nicki Sutherland.

Saturday
8:00 - 9:00am Breakfast available inside
9:00 - 9:50am

Workshop Block B

  • Gender Bias in Our Schools - Merissa Lulling (Dothan, AL) - Exhibit Lounge
  • Prison Book and Prisoner Art Projects - Morgan and Margo (Philadelphia, PA) - Room 203
  • From Wedded Wife to Lesbian Life - Tonya (Mena, AR) - Room 208
  • Tara Dance - Sarah Thorsen (Atlanta, GA) - Quad Center (2 hours)
  • sew yer own damn clothes - cheyenne (Louisville, KY) - Room 202
  • holistic healing as an act of resistance - paris hatcher (Greenville, NC) - Room 246
  • big girls: big beautiful women in the adult entertainment industry (VIDEO) - sara mccool (Pittsburgh, PA) - Room 213
10:00 - 10:50am

Workshop Block C

  • DIY Pet Care - Cassidy (Gainesville, FL) - Room 202
  • How to Cover a Protest and Not Get Killed or Arrested - Reagan Jones (Washington) Room 203
  • Peer Education for Men and Ending Violence Against Women - Charlie and Brett (Auburn, AL) - Room 208
  • ecofeminism now!: theory and action - helen matthews (Boston, MA) - Exhibit Lounge
  • Racism and Heterosexism: Making Connections - Jason Mallory (Fort Worth, TX) - 213
  • Introduction to Healing Touch - Michelle Mendias (El Paso, TX) - Room 246
11:00am - 12:20pm

Workshop Block D

  • men's sexual health - john gerken (Little Rock, AR) - Room 202
  • wimmin of colour unite! - Asha Leong (Atlanta, GA) - Room 203
  • From Crap to Fertilizer: To Be a Good Artist Ya Hafta Be a Bad Student - Jenfish Superstar (Bloomington, IN) - Exhibit Lounge
  • Queer and Trans Youth in the South - Garrett Aden Boardman and Lindsey Morrison (Jacksonville, FL) - Quad Center
  • herbal health and healing - margie and alanna (Gainesville, FL) - 213
  • The Art of Women Looking: A D.I.Y. Womens Health Workshop - Megan Graham (Gainesville, FL) - Room 246
  • Internet Literacy - Michelle (Ducky) Cook (Atlanta, GA) - meets at Cafeteria Balcony then goes to the computer lab
  • Guerilla workshop space open in room 208
12:30 - 1:30pm Lunch outside - Curry Tofu Stirfry on Rice (in Ballroom in Case of Bad Weather)
1:30 - 2:20pm

Workshop Block E

  • Who Needs Lenses? DIY Pinhole Photography - Derrick Clevenger (Cincinnati, OH) - Room 203
  • What makes a prisoner political? - Liz Green (Birmigham, AL) - Room 208
  • Queer Politics, yesterday, today, and tomorrow; from the inside, out - Anthony R. Martinez (Opelika, AL) - Exhibit Lounge
  • @ Boy's view of "The difference gender makes". sexism and men. - Joy Toujours (Pittsburgh, PA) - Quad Center
  • Boycott Taco Bell - Francisca Cortez (Immokalee, FL) - Room 213
  • Internet Organizing - Natasha Murphy and Elena Chmielewski (Athens, GA) - Room 202
  • Beyond Killing Us Softly: The Strength to Resist (VIDEO) - erin (Boston, MA) - Cafeteria Balcony
  • Preparing for the IMF Protest - Nikoli Jones (Black Mountains) - Room 246
2:30 - 3:20pm

Workshop Block F

  • sexism in the activist community- a case study - queer liberation front (Richmond, VA) - Room 202
  • Beyond Coalitions: Building Radical Cross-movement Alliances - Helen Matthews (Boston, MA) - Room 203
  • FragmentsofaDisparateMovement: Exploring"thirdwave"feministactivism - Amy Renigar (Atlanta, GA) - Room 208
  • I FEEL GOOD!! Body Image Struggles and Art as a Conversation Starter - Alicia Grogan-Brown (Takoma Park, MD) - Exhibit Lounge
  • the destructive power of girl - girl competition - facilitator TBA - Room 213
  • Cheerleading for the Revolution - Katie O'Connell (Athens, GA) - meets in Cafeteria Lounge and then goes outside
  • Ostracization of Bleeding Women - Amy Kwasnicki (Philadelphia, PA) - Room 246
3:30 - 4:50pm

Workshop Block G

  • sexism in the punk/hardcore/metal scene - davin (Eugene, OR) - Room 202
  • rural women and tranny collectives - mat defiler (Liberty, TN) - Room 203
  • "Lilith's Inviolable Purity" - ken gunther and Shaelyn Chaminade (Jupiter, FL & Section, AL) - Room 208
  • Femme-dom: how to be a radical powerhouse AND fancy at the same time. - Chacha (New Orleans, LA) - Exhibit Lounge
  • Screen Printing for the REVOLUTION, or just for fun! - Alex White (Atlanta, GA) - Quad Center
  • Get Out Your Clit Mic! - Cliterati (Atlanta, GA) - Room 213
  • Radical Parenting and Educating On Gender, Race, etc. - Taren Hill and Jessica Mills (FL) - Room 246
5:00 - 6:15pm Keynote Speaker - Ophira Edut, former Assoc. Editor of Ms. Magazine and author of Adios, Barbie - Foy Union Ballroom
6:30 - 7:30pm Dinner outside - Fried tofu, mashed potatoes, and green beans
8:00 - 10:00pm "Wine and Cheese" with Ophira Edut at Gnu's Room, 414 S. Gay Street
8:00pm-midnight

The Laid Back/Rock Show

At 146 W. Glenn, featuring: Emily White, jenfish superstar, Fair Verona, Emily Herring, Nikki, Cliterati, NY Folk, Tracy Elliot, Whistle Bait
10:00pm - 2:00am

The Dance Party w/ Rootbeer on Tap

At Olde Auburn Ale House, 124 Tichenor Ave, featuring: Miss July, Slipshaff, The Faux, SBK, Soophie Nun Squad
Sunday
9:30 - 11:00am Brunch outside - Tofu Scrambler
11:00am - 12:20pm

Regional organizing caucuses

Meet in the ballroom, then split up by state or region of country to discuss and plot around important issues in your areas.
12:30 - 1:20pm

Workshop Block H

  • Pry Your Security Deposit Money Out of Your Stingy Landlord's Hands"? - Jennifer Joy - Room 208
  • Radical, Southern, and All Fired Up- Where Do We Go From Here? - Robin (Memphis, TN) - Exhibit Lounge
  • Bicycle Survival - Naron Mccormick (Baltimore, MD) - Room 203
  • rocking the costume tip: camouflage, gender killing, i'm a monster!, the element of surprise. - rita (Kansas City, MO) - Room 246
  • Organizing for Women's Human Rights - Alyson Kozma (New York) - Cafeteria Balcony
1:30 - 2:20pm

Workshop Block I

  • Young Feminist Organizing - Corey Crowe (Tampa, FL) - Room 208
  • Networking for Reproductive Health and Responsible Choices Action Network AL - Sheila Sutton (Louisville, KY) and Chris Snead (Birmingham, AL) - Exhibit Lounge
  • How to put on shows or events in YOUR town - Georgie (New Orleans, LA) - Room 203
  • Marginalization and Tokenization within the Grrrl Movement - Angelina Price (Hampton, VA) - Room 246
  • "Even My Mama Writes a Zine..." - ailecia (lawrence, ks) - Cafeteria Balcony
2:30 - 3:20pm

Workshop Block J

  • Healing after the assault - Cate Reuss (Auburn, AL) - Room 208
  • Building Solidarity Across Lines of Race, Sexuality, Age, and Class - chella courington (Montgomery, AL) - Exhibit Lounge
  • The Portland Girl Convention 1996 (VIDEO) - Taren Hill (Gainesville, FL) (video by: Emily Kingan) - Room 203
  • Women in a War Zone: Testimony from Kinshasa, Congo - Room 246
3:30 - 4:50pm

Workshop Block K

  • riot grrrl - jessika and chrysi (Detroit) - Room 208
  • Street Harassment: Women taking back public spaces - Laura (New York) - Exhibit Lounge
  • Reexamining Relationships: Monogamy and its Discontents - Claire & Jason (Auburn, AL & Ohio) - Room 246
  • Hate Crimes in Georgia - Sissy (Georgia), Room 203
6:00 - 7:00pm

SGC Organizers Meeting

For all SGC organizers past, present and future: we will meet to discuss long-term plans for SGC and organizational aspects of SGC2002. We will probably order pizza. Meet in Cafeteria Balcony of Foy Union.


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