Mandy Carter
Saturday: Facing Racial and Ethnic Barriers panel at the 2008 Unity Conference
Submitted by Pam Spaulding on Fri, 04/04/2008 - 10:29pm.On Saturday I will moderate the panel "Still Crossing Those Bridges: Facing Racial and Ethnic Barriers" at the 2008 Unity Conference, held at UNC Chapel Hill (more info here). This panel was originally developed for the EqualityNC conference last year, and it was so popular that the organizers of tomorrow's event wanted us to expose it to a larger audience.
The topics are particularly relevant in new ways, in the wake of Barack Obama's speech on race:
* Coming out on in communities of color on NC/Southern Campuses-- identifying the challenges
* Effect of religious-based bigotry coming from the pulpit
* Finding LGBT cultural common ground between different communities of color (black, brown, white) on campuses -- what are those barriers?
* How do we create a safe space online and offline to discuss race relations?
* Are separate racial/ethnic social spaces essential for LGBT communities of culture on campuses and why?
* If so, how, as a movement, can these groups come together to on initiatives to move LGBT rights forward -- what tools and approaches work, what have been the frustrations?
* How do class and culture factor into the equation?
