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SOUTH PUGET SOUND COMMUNITY COLLEG

MARCH 25 & 26, 2016

QUEER I AM

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QUEER I AM CREATES A LIBERATING SPACE TO ENGAGE QUEER

INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR MANY COMMUNITIES TO DEVELOP THEIR SENSE

OF BELONGING AND PRIDE IN QUEER CULTURE AND COMMUNITY.

WE ACKNOWLEDGE THIS PLACE WE GATHER AS HOME OF THE SQUAXIN ISLAND TRIBE.

WHILE WE REDEFINE HOW EDUCATION SHOULD LOOK WE HOPE TO DEEPEN OUR

COMMITMENT TO INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE, RIGHTS, AND LIBERATION.

VALUES CENTRAL TO THE SUMMIT: 

• BUILDING COMMUNITY  THROUGH LIBERATION & CELEBRATION OF QUEER CULTURE.

• PROVIDING SPACES FOR SAFETY, HEALING AND GROWTH.

• FOSTERING ACCESSIBILITY FOR DIVERSE NEEDS AND LEVELS OF EXPERIENCE.

• CENTERING VOICES AND EXPERIENCES OF QUEER AND TRANS PEOPLE OF COLOR.

• EMPHASIZING SOLIDARITY AMONGST OUR QUEER CULTURAL DIFFERENCES TO

DEVELOP COMMUNITY.

WE AIM TO USE THIS SPACE TO AMPLIFY THE VOICES AND

EXPERIENCES OF QUEER AND TRANS PEOPLE IN HIGHER

EDUCATION. 

Thank you for joining us for our second year! We hope that you leave this summit with enriched perspectives, astronger broader community, and an expanded sense of place and knowledge within queerness. We also hope that

you take this experience and turn it into action. We hope to you that Queer I Am is a catalyst, a reminder of what

we can accomplish together. Be involved, proud, educated, and love queerness in deeper ways daily. Allies, we

hope you too learn to love queerness deeper and take action to support queer education, culture, and visibility atyour college.

MUCH LOVE FROM YOUR QUEER I AM ORGANIZING COMMITTEE.

PLEASE MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE “DID YOU KNOW” SECTION, AS IT CONTAINS INFORMATION ON

HOW TO GET YOUR TICKET TO DINNER SATURDAY.

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SUMMIT AGENDA 

FRIDAY, MARCH 25TH 2016 4:00 - 5:00  REGISTRATION

5:00 - 6:00  WELCOME & ROLL CALL

6:00 - 7:00  DINNER

7:00 - 8:00  PERFORMANCE: CLIMBING POETREE

8:00 - 10:00  DANCE PARTY WITH DJ MISSTANGQ  

SATURDAY, MARCH 26TH 2016 9:00 - 9:15  OPENING AND WELCOME BY DR. TIM STOKES

9:15 - 10:15  IDENTITY PROJECT

10:15 - 11:30  WORKSHOP SESSION 1 

11:45 - 12:15  LUNCH

12:15 - 1:15  KEYNOTE: LYDIA BROWN

1:30 - 2:45  WORKSHOP SESSION 2 3:00 - 4:15  WORKSHOP SESSION 3 

4:30 - 5:15  TABLING & NETWORKING SESSION

5:15 - 6:00  DINNER

6:00 - 7:00  SPOKEN WORD PERFORMANCE:  SCARLETT PEDERSON

7:00  –  8:00  OPEN MIC WITH SISTER GLO

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YOU GET OUT WHAT YOU PUT IT….. 

QUEER I AM COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS

BE YOURSELF Take time to honor the past and present. Learn about who you are and where you come from. Do not lose your

identity in the identity of others. You do not have to be them to understand and empathize with what they have

gone through.

SELF-LOVE Celebrate culture, beginning with your own. Self-love is most important. Everyone has a culture – it is what makes

you who you are! One culture is not better than another – remember that cultures have been used to target and

 judge people wrongly. Trust your integrity within your surrounding community because it is the right thing to do.

DEMONSTRATE RESPECT It is not easy to respect differences, attitudes, lifestyles, experiences, ideologies and languages. So don ’t expect it

to be without ups and downs. Don’t be an idealist or a pessimist; be realistic. Show respect for yourself and others.

SUPPORT SYSTEM Have a support system of friends, peers and loved ones who will: listen, engage in conversations with you,

challenge your biases, understand what you may be experiencing, encourage your learning and motivate you to

continue learning.

EDUCATE OTHERS Work to educate your surrounding community (friends, school, family, work, etc.) and expect support from other

allies. Utilize the people around you to advance your learning – teachers, peers, elders, parents, mentors, etc. Do

not expect a particular group to have all the answers.

DEAL WITH DIVERSITY DAILY Embrace diversity within your day-to-day life. Do not treat it as if you need to “get done with it.” You should bring

up topics and interact with people regularly – not just once a year during history months, when something badhappens, or when you have a particular person present.

EXPERIENCE FEAR Acknowledge and articulate the role that fear has operated in your life  – fear of learning about injustices, fear ofcultural groups, or fear of the unknown. Racism, prejudice, bias and injustice are learned and can be unlearned.

GROWING PAINS Ignorance is bliss. To go about our lives not knowing that injustices happen is blissful. Awareness and knowledge is

power. You will be a better person for going through this struggle. Be committed to your personal growth, despite

the probability of discomfort.

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…LEAD BY EXAMPLE 

QUEER I AM COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS

FEEL GUILT Work from a place of understanding and responsibility for one’s actions and empowerment, not from a place ofguilt. Acknowledge and articulate the role that guilt has in your developmental process. Feel guilty only if you have

done something to feel guilty about.

EDUCATE YOURSELF Read books and magazines, see movies, and check out websites that don’t have people like you in them. Utilize

opportunities within your community to interact with people from different backgrounds than your own.

IT’S OKAY TO MAKE MISTAKES Expect to make mistakes – they are learning experiences – but do not use them as an excuse for non-action or to

 justify wrong doings.

DO THE RIGHT THING Do not tell jokes or tolerate prejudiced humor. To initiate, perpetuate or participate is wrong. To say nothing tosomeone is wrong. Silence gives license.

WORK WITHIN YOUR WORLD The only way to eradicate -isms is for people to stand up and say, “This is not right.” You need to stand up forthose who cannot, but don’t assume that because that someone doesn’t address the issue they can’t speak for

themselves.

BECOME ANGRY Acknowledge and articulate the role anger plays in your learning process. You may become angry because you’ve

been lied to or uninformed. Accept it, embrace it, and use it to fuel your desire for social change.

EXPERIENCE ANXIETY Information can be stressful and overwhelming. Take time to digest and process the information you receive, and

use your peers and mentors to help you.

FEEL EMPOWERED Everyone has personal power: Embrace it. Use it to create social change.

Guidelines lovingly reproduced from MSSDC Students of Color Conference “Increasing your diversity awareness and

cultural sensitivity” guide. 

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KEYNOTES AND PERFORMERS CLIMBING POETREE  

Climbing PoeTree is the combined force of Alixa Garcia andNaima Penniman. Over the last 11 years, Climbing PoeTreehas been at the forefront of social and environmental justicemovements by harnessing their art as a tool for populareducation, community organizing, and personaltransformation. Their award-winning performance iscomposed of dual-voice spoken word poetry, hip hop, andmultimedia theatre that dissolves apathy with hope, exposesinjustice, and helps heal our inner trauma so that we maybegin to cope with the issues facing our communities.

LYDIA BROWN ::: DISABILITY JUSTICE AS IMPERATIVE FOR QUE ER LIBERATION

Lydia X. Z. Brown (Autistic Hoya) is a gender/queer andtransracially/transnationally adopted east asian autistic activist, writer,and speaker whose work has largely focused on violence againstmultiply-marginalized disabled people, especially institutionalization,incarceration, and policing. They have worked to advance transformativechange through organizing in the streets, writing legislation, conductinganti-ableism workshops, testifying at regulatory and policy hearings, anddisrupting institutional complacency everywhere from the academy tostate agencies and the nonprofit-industrial complex. At present, Lydia isco-president of TASH New England, chairperson of the MassachusettsDevelopmental Disabilities Council, and an executive board member ofthe Autism Women's Network. In collaboration with Elesia Ashkenazy and Morénike Giwa-Onaiwu, Lydia isthe lead editor and visionary behind All the Weight of Our Dreams, a forthcoming anthology of writings andartwork by autistic people of color. Previously, Lydia worked for the Autistic Self Advocacy Network’s national

public policy team. Lydia has been honored by the White House, the Washington Peace Center, PacificStandard, and Mic. Lydia’s work has been featured in various anthologies, including Criptiques, Torture in

Healthcare Settings, and QDA: A Queer Disability Anthology, and periodicals including Tikkun, DisabilityIntersections, Black Girl Dangerous, hardboiled magazine, POOR Magazine, and the Washington Post.

SCARLETT PEDERSEN

Scarlett Pedersen is a multi-racial black poet from outer spacebased in Olympia, Washington. She is a member of Old GrowthPoetry Collective, with whom she helps run Olympia People'sMic, Oly’s only weekly poetry show. She was on the 2015

National Poetry Slam team from Olympia, and has performedsolo and with Old Growth Poetry Collective at various venuesand events from Pride TOO! in Eugene, OR, and Raining Man byCascadia Now. Her work has also been featured on KAOS radioand Oddball Magazine, and her upcoming mini-chapbook Honey,from MANGO publications.

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SISTER GLO EURO N’WE I

Sister Glo is a Seattle-based queer health advocate, femme faerie, poet and nun.She believes that the most radical and revolutionary act is learning to love our queerselves. She is drawn to sparkly objects and seeks to embody the transformativepower of glitter and love in action. As a member of the Sisters of PerpetualIndulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan, Sister Glo has been nunning her way throughSeattle’s queer nonprofit scene for way more than a decade, raising thousands of

dollars for charities, and spreading love, joy and smiles. Founded in 1996, The Abbeyof St. Joan is Seattle’s official order of The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Our

mission reads: We are an order of 21st Century nuns dedicated to the promulgationof universal joy and the expiation of stigmatic guilt. We work to raise money for

AIDS charities; fight for queer rights and visibility; do safer sex outreach; and strive diligently to maintain oursense of humor, never taking ourselves so seriously that we forget to have fun. We gladly welcome all races,creed, genders and sexual orientations.

MISSTANGQ  

MissTANGQ  is a multi-media synesthetic artist and first-generation mystic-nerd.She is deeply inspired by the hyphenated experience and explores this throughvisual art, installation, fashion and DJing to create cross-sensory and multi-disciplinary work. She is a traveler in the margins and crossroads of both identityand the terrestrial to astral experience. She believes in the fertile power of theseplaces to remix our perceptions of and connection to the world. She loves to singon her bike and plot what she's going to eat next. Dancing is one of her favoriteforms of space travel.

COMMUNITY SPACES 

FRIDAY & SATURDAY :: QUEER AND TR ANS PEOPLE OF COLOR SPACE

For people who identify as a queer or trans person of color we have a space to retreat to, network, practice

healing arts, find qtpoc resources, and meet other qtpoc folks attending the summit. QTPOC Olympia is

sponsoring the space so stop by and say heyyyy!

SATURDAY :: DECOMPRESSION AND PFLAG SPACE

Between workshops or at moments where a workshop or activity may have brought up a lot emotionally for

you we have reserved a space for all participants to take a break, paint, and speak with volunteers ready to

lend an ear and provide support. Lead through our partnerships with Parents and Friends of Lesbians and

Gays, (PFLAG) promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered persons, their

families and friends through: Support to cope with an adverse society,Education to enlighten an ill-informed

public, and advocacy to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights.

SATURDAY 11:30-2:00 :: PIZZA KLATCH TEEN ZONE

Pizza Klatch is a place where you are free to be yourself! We are partnering with Queer I Am to provide a

teen-zone at the conference for self care and support for high school attendees during breaks and meals.

We'll have pizza for lunch on Saturday and do check-ins so all the high schoolers can meet one another and

connect -- We hope to see you there!

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WORKSHOP SESSION 1 10:15-11:30 ART IS A HAMMER: RESHAPING REALITY THROUGH 27-119

CULTURAL ACTIVISM

CLIMBING POETREE : ALIXA & NAIMA KEYNOTE SPEAKER How can art be fashioned as a tool at the service of our vision for a more just and peaceful world? This interactive

workshop presentation combines performance, story-telling, slide-shows, and video to illuminate the powerful

symbiosis between art and activism. “Art is Our Weapon, Our Medicine, Our Voice, and Our Vision:” using their

motto as a guide, Alixa and Naima share tactics and strategies from their walks of life as cultural workers,

illuminating how poetry, media-making, creative interventions and collaborative public art can be used to

strengthen our movements for social justice. Participants will have the opportunity to share examples of arts

activism from their own experiences and communities, and should be prepared to get creative, imaginative, andinspired!

WHITE RACIAL IDENTITY 26-104

MICAL DEGRAFF

This workshop is intended for white queer and trans people to talk about racism, privilege, and whiteness withinqueer communities and identities. We will share stories, explore our own areas of growth, and gain skills in

advocacy and allyship.

VOGUE 101 22-180

ANGEL LANGLEY & JADE VOGELSANGThe presenter will begin with an icebreaker name game. This will segue into a warm up led by Jade and Angel.

After this, Angel will introduce “runway” techniques. Jade will demo European Runway, and Angel will demo

American runway. Participants will then take turns exploring runway across the floor. Around this time, Angel will

talk about Willie Ninja. Elements t such as duckwalk, handstyles, figure 8’s, catwalk, dips and spins will also be

explored. Participants will enjoy a mini cypher which involves claiming one’s space by slaying and working the

floor. YASS!

OLD LESBIAN ORAL HERSTORIES: SPEAKING OUT IN 26-103

EXPANDING CULTURAL REALMS

MARGARET PURCELL & KATHLEEN PREZBINDOWSKI Puget Sound Old Lesbians expand resources and effective mechanisms of outreach to improve the lives of old

lesbians, especially those who are “invisible and isolated.” PS OLOC women play an integral part of the Old Lesbian

Oral Herstory Project by adding to the 450+ unique Herstories of lesbians born pre-1950; disseminating 100 OLOHPHerstory anthologies to senior centers; by live dramatic readings, and production of an Oral Herstories DVD with

companion/discussion guide. The QIA Summit program will engage audience (intergenerational LGBTQ+ and allies)

to demonstrate a Project-- soon available to educate care providers and empower LGBTQs nation-wide contains

stories from women born as early as 1916, from all walks of life.

QUEER RESISTANCE: HISTORY AND ACTION 22-270

CHILAN TA, PAM RACANSKY & MICHELLE KLEISATHJoin this workshop to learn more about the queer histories of resistance and action in the last 60 - 100 years in the

U.S. Leave this workshop with more knowledge and with more skills to join successful non-violent movements or

lead your own non-violent direct actions. This will be a multimodal interactive workshop.

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COPING IN A CISNORMATIVE WORLD 22-195

ALEX MARTIN & BEVYN ROWLANDCisnormativity is the assumption that everyone is, or should be, cisgender, i.e. someone whose gender and sex

assigned at birth match. This assumption is becoming increasingly more obvious within our healthcare andeducational systems as transgender visibility increases. In this interactive workshop, we will explore emerging

terms that are being used with the intention to create space for transgender and gender nonconforming folks. We

will leave this workshop having developed coping strategies to support ourselves and each other around these

terms and the impact they have on our lives. Open to all identities. No prior knowledge of queer terminologyrequired. 

TRUE LIFE: I’ M IN A QUEER BASED SORORITY 26-101

MISSY DOMINGUEZ & KRYSTAL CORREAWe’re Queer. We’re Greek. We’re proud of it. Two sorority siblings share their transformative experience starting

and joining an all-inclusive, trans-welcoming Greek-letter organization. Together let’s explore queering up

historically oppressive and heteronormative Greek life culture, the value of student organizations, and the power

of community-building.

BUTCHES, FEMMES, DADDIES, BOIS, TOPS, BOTTOMS, 22-105

BULLDAGGERS, & LIPSTICK LESBIANS: QUEERING GENDER

& SEXUALITY. HISTORICAL & CONTEMPORY “QUEER”IES

TALCOTT BROADHEAD Through lecture, media, and dialogue we will explore the historical and contemporary construction of gender and

sexual identities and how these experiences evolve and intersect. We will explore how survival impacts our choices

to situate ourselves in binaries. We will investigate our own identities and those of our ancestors and icons. We

will analyze how our language has migrated over time and through cultures.

TRANS ASIA PACIFIC: HISTORY AND MODERNITY OF ASAIN 22-103AND PACIFIC ISLANDER TRANSGENDER EXPERIENCE 

MASA KAWAMURA & AMIRA CALUYAAn interactive experience where attendees will create a timeline with the presenters to connect personal histories

and explore transgender Asian and Pacific Islander history together. This workshop requires a basic understanding

of gender and sexuality.

QUEERING UP FOSTER CARE 26-102  

SHAMBRICIA SPENCERThis workshop will focus on the importance of having queer families that are trained and available to foster queer

youth. With more than 450,000 children in the foster care system the need for supportive and loving homes foryoung people is greatly important. We will explore the disproportionate rate of LGBTQ young folks in foster care;

benefits of having LGBTQ foster parents available; barriers and challenges to LGBTQ foster children; barriers andchallenges to LGBTQ foster parents; and ways to strengthen and support LGBTQ foster families.  

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WORKSHOP SESSION 2  1:30-2:45 TEACHING OURSELVES TO READ SYLVIA RIVERA ROOM

SCARLETT PEDERSON KEYNOTE SPEAKERExploring various definitions of “reading” from oral history, spoken word, to the written word, reading as a way for

Black Americans pre and post slavery to reclaim power, to the vogue/ballroom slang term, to reading in a spiritual,psychic context. The presenter will guide participants through a grounding meditation and tarot card read ing,

present writing prompts that encourage spiritual honesty, and invite everyone to read a brand new poem to an

audience.

MAKING YOUR SCHOOL QUEER INCLUSIVE 22-105

JILL BUSBYThe presenters will speak to the many challenges facing LGBTQ+ students as they strive to make their schools more

accepting and inclusive. A student must first determine what is presently working at their school, what needs

improvement, and how they can be the change they wish to see! The presenters and participants will brainstorm

practical --yet creative solutions to the problems students face when looking to shape their school environment

into a more welcoming one for all members of the spectrum. 

SELF CARE FOR INTERSECTING IDENTITES 26-103

RASHIDA LOVE & EMILY PIEPERWhen times get tough, how do we care for ourselves, our friends, and our community in ways that sustain us? In

this interactive workshop, we will gather tools to build our resiliency as awesome queer and trans leaders. We will

create pocket self-care kits that you can take with you, full of positive affirmations, other goodies and mostdefinitely some glitter. 

BUTTSEX 101 26-104

JUSTIN TAYLOR & JACE DYLAN 

This fun, sex-positive workshop is a must for anyone who enjoys the pleasures of anal sex or has ever beeninterested in discovering the sensual gratification of butt play. This workshop will cover the basics of anal anatomy,

navigating hook-ups in the queer community, communication and consent, safety and how to make anal play morepleasurable and fun! There will be time to ask questions in person or anonymously for follow-up answers from our

fantastic facilitator. Participation is encouraged but completely optional! Mpowerment Washington is a local non-

profit that prides itself in offering sex-positive educational opportunities for the LGBTQ community. Condoms and

lube will, of course, be available.

BEYOND BINARY: NON BINARY AND GENDERQUEER CAUCUS 22-195

ZANE RAPIÑANThis is a space for folks who identify as non-binary, genderqueer and/or gender non-conforming to gather and

discuss topics relevant to their lived experiences. Inclusive of all gender presentation - POC and femme inclusive -

this workshop was designed in a framework of amplifying and uniting under-represented voices; sharing struggleacross difference, and creating community connections. This is an interactive workshop and discussion. Key topics

may include: safety, bathrooms, presentation, colonialism and racism, outside pressure, etc.

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PERFORMING THE QUEER NARRATIVE 22-180

IMANI SIMS & SHOLANDA HIGGINSThis workshop that focuses on performance and its connection to healing. We aim to highlight the individual’s

narrative and encourage performance in spaces that holds our stories sacred. We aim to encourage theperformance of our narratives in venues that would otherwise consider our narratives “other” but teach attendees

to perform their stories anyway. We want to teach how to hold space for themselves, take up space, and thereby

expand the cannon. Presenters will begin by discussing their experiences in Queer and Non-queer spaces. Then wewill discuss how the stories in the room can expand their audiences and efforts to perform their stories. We hopeto generate new work, practice performance, and give participants best practices regarding performing their

stories.

ALLYSHIP ACROSS IDENTITIES 22-103 

MICAL DEGRAAFFDo you identify as an ally and want to gain advocacy skills? Do you want to be an ally but don’t know how? Do you

want to be a better ally to your fellow queer and trans folks? This workshop is for you! You will learn about the Ally

Development Spectrum and the 4 D’s of Bystander Intervention. You will also have a chance to develop an Action

Plan to grow in your ally identity.

MIDWIFERY CARE FOR QUEER AND TRANS* PEOPLE 26-102

KRISTIN KALI & EMI YAMASAKI MCLAUGHLINThese two queer, community-based midwives will present information you can use years before you are ready to

start a family. Understand more about queer family building, fertility, pregnancy and birth from an empowered,

queer/trans* positive perspective. What is a midwife? What is a queer midwife? Come to this workshop and find

out! 

BISEXUAL INCLUSION: BEYOND MYTHBUSTING 26-101

MICHAELLA ROSNER & LEAH SHELTONBisexuality is frequently misunderstood, resulting in harm to bi people both in dominant straight society and in

“LGBT” communities. Stereotypes contribute to biphobic oppression, but simply denying stereotypes can furthermarginalize bi people who, for example, are promiscuous. In this workshop, we will use small - and large-group

discussion to deconstruct biphobia in ways that are more inclusive and supportive of all bisexuals.  

QUEERING THE MEDIA: VISIBIITY & INVISIBILITY 22-270

WITHIN QUEER AND TRANS* COMMUNITIES

LUZVIMINDA CARPENTERThis workshop will focus on the fear and pleasure of visibility and invisibility for marginalized queer and trans (QT)

people. QT people are invisible within mainstream media. Part of Media Justice is create platforms for visibility.Presenter(s) will share the struggles and successes of creating a grassroots radio as queer and trans people of

color. They will share historical and current examples of how QTPOCs and other QTs have supported alternative

cultural spaces developing. At the same time “visibility” does not always mean liberation and there are ways that

social media and other media formats continue to support horizontal oppression. How can we utilize modern

technology and media to rethink and reimagine queer and trans* liberation? How can we continue to document

and make visible our collective and unique struggle?

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WORKSHOP SESSION 3 3:00-4:15 DISMANTLING ABLEISM IN QUEER SPACES SYLVIA RIVERA ROOM

LYDIA BROWN  KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Our bodies are sick, disabled, mad, wobbly, flappy. We are everywhere, working, loving, playing, laboring forliberation, yearning for community. But most representations of disabled people are relegated to little more thaninspirational stories of overcomers and supercrips. Most discussions of disability are limited to patronizing

awareness laced with pity and fearmongering campaigns to cure the "cripples" and "mentally challenged." Too

often, disability is thought of as someone else's private medical problem. In this workshop, we will critically

examine how ableism impacts disabled people and centers the bodies and minds of those who are more or lessconsidered "normal" as if the rest of us don't exist. Undoing ableism means examining our unspoken assumptions,

ease of access taken for granted, and public discourse about bodies labeled "other" and "less than." Disability

 justice calls for us to move beyond blindness simulations, buddy programs, and superficial inclusion -- and toward

social justice

EXPLORING NATIVE AMERICAN LGBTQ/TWO SPIRIT HEALTH ISSUES 26-102 

MATT IGNACIO (TOHONO O’ODHAM) & JESSICA ELM (ONEIDA STOCKBRIDGE-MUNSEE) This introductory presentation will offer an overview of Native American/Alaska Native (Native) LGBTQ/Two-Spirit

health issues. The presenters will: 1) offer definitions of key concepts and terms; 2) describe potential cultural,historical, and contemporary factors affecting Native LGBTQ/Two-Spirit people; 3) discuss resilience in the face of

inter-personal, community, and structural adversities; and 4) offer respectful engagement strategies when working

with this population.

LOVE, LEADERSHIP, AND LIBERATION 22-105

SISTER GLO  SISTERS OF PERPETUAL INDULGENCE, THE ABBEY OF ST. JOANThe importance of the telling our stories, deep listening, using our values, and gratitude we use key tools in service

of queer liberation. Participants will practice those skills and can expect to interact, engage with themselves andother participants. This work of liberation belongs to all of us, and all of us have our part to play. Participants will

walk away with a deeper appreciation of who they are and their importance to the movement.

COMBATTING TRANSPHOBIA 22-195

CYNTHIA DEVILLEThe presenter debunks myths conservatives use attempting to block transgender people’s access to public

restrooms and locker rooms. She presents a brief overview of transgender people and examines the facts about

their use of bathrooms and locker rooms matching their gender identity. She exposes the misinformation used to

spread fear that cis-women and children will be exposed to sexual predators taking advantage of protections

extended to transgender women by claiming that they “feel female” to gain access to women’s rest rooms andlocker rooms. She provides the information to refute this misinformation, and reveals the “Transgender Agenda.” 

REMEMBER TO CHECK OUT THE DROP IN SPACES IF YOU’RE FEELIN YOU NEED A BREAK

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MUTUAL CONNECTION: USING DANCE TO CONNECT 22-180

TO OURSELVES AND EACH OTHER AS QUEER AND TRANS FOLX

LAURIE TORRES & NATHAN SLIPAKITThe presenters will begin the workshop with a brief history introduction to partner dance for POC communities to

acknowledge how our communities have always used movement as a source of connection, resilience, healing and

resistance, despite its co-optations.

EXPLORING QUEER COMMUNITY, FINDING SOLIDARITY, 26-103

AND LEARNING HOW TO SELF CARE

VERONICA BELTRAN LAYVA & LILY PIRAYESHBeing a member of the queer community, or being perceived as one, can make you target of discrimination, fear,

and intimidation, even within communities where you expect to belong. How do these fears impact our everydaylives? How do we define community? This workshop will provide a safe space for discussions about the insecurities

surrounding queer identity, explore the steps we can take to bui ld a greater sense of community, and examine the

purpose and benefits of learning how to self care.

HEART CIRCLES: BRIGING CULTURES TO CREATE COMMUNITY 22-103

MICHAEL PENHELLAGONHow can we understand others different from ourselves? How can we overcome the danger of losing the

individual in our movements? The Radical Faeries, a counter-cultural queer community, since 1979 have focused

on looking at the individual story by recognizing the danger of the subject-object paradigm between people. Join

us to break the many ways that we objectify others. Using an active listening-focused talking circle, we will breakthese tendencies to practice what the Faeries call "subject-SUBJECT consciousness." Please be prepared to listen

and speak from "your heart" in a safer space. 

QUEER THEORY AND ACTIVISM: A LOOP FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE 26-101 

VERONICA BARRERA –KOLBHow can queer theory inform activism? We often think of activism as a doing rather than something you think

about, but the actions of activists are always grounded in ideas. This interactive workshop will speak to some of

those ideas. Ideas that are at the ground of how we do social justice and how we struggle for a better world. We

will also explore how activism and social movements more broadly produce knowledge that then gets articulatedin queer theory created an intimate bond between theory and practice.

SAVING OUR YOUNGER SELVES: A ZINE WORKSHOP 22-270 

HEATH DAVIS & CAITLIN JOHNSTON

Participants will be introduced to the zine format and asked the following question: "What would you have liked toknow/hear as a queer youth and what advice could you give to the coming generation of queer youth." We will

engage in a hands-on activity and begin creating a zine by using this format to reflect on this question. Participants

are encouraged to bring (flat) artifacts (personal writing, receipts, print outs of Internet content, and/or images) of

their own they might want to include in a zine. The pages of the zine will be digitized after the session andassembled into a collaborative zine, which will be distributed to participants.

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Queer I Am has been blessed

with an amazing group of

presenters! We want to give a

shout out to all of you. This

could not have happenedwithout your dedicated time,

your knowledge, your love and

your support of building this

space for education, culture,

and community.

Learn more about the stories,

experience, and passions of our

presenters online at

http://decspscc.weebly.com/pre

senter-bios.html

WORKSHOP

PRESENTERS

…CAUSE THESE PEOPLE ARE AMAZING  

WORKSHOP PRESENTER BIOS –  WHO DAT?

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjMhMS939LLAhVR7GMKHUQVDDUQjRwIBw&url=https://twitter.com/talcottronic/status/624290640201949184&bvm=bv.117218890,d.cGc&psig=AFQjCNGoG1wEQTZtI_WbQSKXsct3n6U4Wg&ust=1458682895395597

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This summit would not be possible

without the yearlong dedication of

our hard-working planning committee

and the emotional, fiscal, and political

support of organizations throughout

the state.

~Your power, energy, and belief in

building spaces for queer and trans

 people has given life to a movement

towards visibility, justice, and

queering education.

…CAUSE THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE AMAZING  

PARTNERSHIPS AND SPONSORSHIPSTHE WASHINGTON STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES (SBCTC)

Led by a nine-member governor-appointed board — advocates, coordinates and directs Washington

state’s system of 34 public community and technical colleges. COUNCIL OF UNION AND STUDENT PROGRAMS (CUSP)The Council of Unions and Student Programs (CUSP) advances and supports professional developmentfor Washington state community and technical college student programs and student unionmanagement staff to maximize student potential.MULTICULTURAL STUDENT SERVICES DIRECTOR’S COUNCIL (MSSDC)

The Multicultural Student Services Directors' Council is comprised of Directors from the WashingtonState Community and Technical Colleges. They advocate for greater institutional responsiveness tofurther meet the needs of students of color, students from other historically marginalized groups andprofessional needs of Council members.SOUTH PUGET SOUND COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Office of the President & Dr. Timothy Stokes; SPSCC Foundation, SPSCC Office of Student Engagement

SPSCC has supported Queer I Am with financial and staff support since its inception. Special Thanks toour President, Dr. Timothy Stokes, for joining us at Queer I Am and for being a voice of encouragementand advocacy for LGBTQ+ students.

::QUEER AND TRANS PEOPLE OF COLOR  – STONEWALL YOUTH OLYMPIA ::

:: PIZZA KLATCH ::

::PARENTS AND FRIENDS OF LESBIANS AND GAYS (PFLAG) OLYMPIA ::

:: SISTERS OF PERPETUAL INDULGENCE, THE ABBEY OF ST. JOAN ::

つ れさまでした

  ● KA -RIS-SA SA-KW’O TI-TA-KI ● MAHALO NUI LOA  ●사합 다

 

Queer I Am Planning Committee

EILEEN YOSHINA KARAMA BLACKHORNMAE STEPHENSON NOORY KIMCAMILA ALVAREZ MICAL DEGRAAFFGEOMARC PANELO MIMI ALCANTARNHAN HOANG

SPECIAL THANKS TO:: LILI WOLFE :: ALISSA MORALES ::LAURA YANEZ :: FELIS PERALTA :: BRONSON PURCELL ::SHAWNA HAWK :: DEANNA AINUU ::…AND ALL THE FOLKS WHO HELPED BLOW UP BALLONS, FLYER,DESTRESS THE ORGANIZERS, PUMP UP SOCIAL MEDIA, ORGANIZEATTENDEES, AND THE HUNDREDS OF OTHER SMALL AND LARGETASKS YOU SO WONDERFULLY TOOK ON!

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HELP QUEER I AM AMPLIFY THE VOICES AND

EXPERIENCES OF QUEER AND TRANS PEOPLE IN

HIGHER EDUCATION.

Thanks to the work of a coalition of community college student leaders,

administrators, and faculty across Washington state our community

college system is now collecting demographic data about student's

sexual and gender identities. This means for the first time that our

schools not only know we exist but that we are a large, diverse, and

important group. This information will help our campuses develop

programs, curriculum, and support services to make our colleges more

welcoming, safe and inclusive of students who identify as LGBTQ+. Using our

collective power we can help make our schools better for ourselves and futurestudents, faculty, and staff.

During the final workshop you will receive a summit evaluation.

Please fill the final eval out: it's your ticket to dinner saturday!  

Use the hashtag #queeriam on your favorite social

media and your posts will show up on the main stage

throughout the summit! The most creative, exciting,

powerful, and/or inspiring posters will be reviewed

the following week and soon after be contacted to

receive an awesomely queer prize! You’ll also be able

to follow updates, find photos, and stay connected

with related community events, projects, and

programs that come up throughout the year.