Empowering Queer Activism and Leadership (EQuAL)
Generation Equality Conference 2009

Official Booklet (download)

Friday · Saturday · Sunday

Friday, March 27th, 2009

4:00 PM—7:00 PM – Registration, outside the Newcomb Ballroom

7:00 PM -7:30 PM– Orientation Session, Newcomb Ballroom

8:00 PM—9:30 PM – Friday Keynote Speaker Suzanne Pharr, Newcomb Ballroom

11:00 PM—2:00 AM – (FREE) Mixer hosted by Queer Student Union and Queer and Allied Activism, Gravity Lounge, Downtown Mall
Featuring DJ J.D. Samson from Le Tigre/MEN

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Saturday, March 28th, 2009

8:00 AM—9:00 AM – Continued Registration, outside the Newcomb Ballroom. Breakfast, South Meeting Room

9:00 AM- 9:45 AM – Opening Remarks by Jon Blair and Orientation Session, Newcomb Ballroom

10:00 AM—10:45 AM – Activist Workshop Session I; Newcomb Commonwealth Room, Newcomb Ballroom, South Meeting Room, Kaleidoscope Center for Cultural Fluency

Purple Group to Attend: “Private and Public Pressure: Lobbying and Letter-Writing”
Green Group to Attend: “Coalition Building”
Pink Group to Attend: “The Basics of Community Organizing”

10:50 AM—11:35 AM – Activist Workshop Session II

Purple Group to Attend: “Building Power on Campus: Non-Violent Protesting”
Green Group to Attend: “Private and Public Pressure: Lobbying and Letter-Writing”
Pink Group to Attend: “Coalition Building”

11:35 AM—1 PM – Lunch, South Meeting Room

1:00 PM—1:45 PM – Activist Workshop Session III

Purple Group to Attend: “The Basics of Community Organizing”
Green Group to Attend: “Building Power on Campus: Non-Violent Protesting”
Pink Group to Attend: “Private and Public Pressure: Lobbying and Letter-Writing”

1:50 PM—2:35 PM – Activist Workshop Session IV

Purple Group to Attend: “Coalition Building”
Green Group to Attend: “The Basics of Community Organizing”
Pink Group to Attend: “Building Power on Campus: Non-Violent Protesting”

2:35 PM—3:30 PM – Free time

3:30 PM—4:20 PM – Issue Workshop Session I, Newcomb Commonwealth Room, Newcomb Conference Room 389, Kaleidoscope Center for Cultural Fluency, Newcomb Ballroom, South Meeting Room, Peabody Conference Room, Newcomb Boardroom, Clemons Library Room 407

4:30 PM—5:20 PM – Issue Workshop Session II
5:30 PM—6:20 PM – Issue Workshop Session III

6:30 PM—8:30 PM – Dinner

8:30 PM—10:00 PM – Live Homosexual Acts!, Newcomb Ballroom (Doors open at 8:15 PM)

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Sunday, March 29th 2009

9:00 AM—10:00 AM– Breakfast, South Meeting Room


10:00 AM—11:15 AM– Effective Strategies for Proposing and Implementing a Curriculum in LGBTQ Studies, led by Network Virginia, South Meeting Room

11:30 AM—12:30 PM – Sunday Keynote Speaker Vivian Page, South Meeting Room

12:45 PM—1:15 PM – Different Sized Campuses; Different Types of Activism, South Meeting Room

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