Women of Color and Allies Summit

Workshop/Skills Building Summary

• Friday
• Saturday
• Sunday

Friday, February 20

9:45 am - 11:15 am
Workshops
• Women, Trade and the Global Market
• Are We All God's Children? Being Out in the Church
• Hate Crimes

Skills Building Sessions
• Fundraising for the Movement
• Gun Violence Prevention: A Comprehensive Approach

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Workshops
• The Role of Legal Defense Funds in Addressing Women of Color Issues
• Images of Women in the Media
• HIV/AIDS and Women of Color
• Sex Discrimination and Sexual Harassment In the Fields
• The Images That Trap Us: Resisting Internalized Self Hate

Skills Building Session
• Grassroots Organizing

Saturday, February 21

9:00 am - 10:30 am
Workshops
• Looking Back, Looking Forward: A Feminist Vision
• Women: Challenges and Triumphs
• Breaking the Silence: Talking About Domestic Violence
• Poverty and Homelessness as Seen Through the Eyes of the People Themselves
• Race, Class and Gender on Campus
• Does Feminism Transcend Ethnicity/ Cultural Identity?

Skills Building Sessions
• Media Strategies
• White Allies Eliminating Racism

10:45 am - 12:15 pm
Workshops
• Affirmative Action
• Lesbians of Color Organizing for Equality
• Issues Confronting Native American Women
• Women's Human Rights in Afghanistan
• Women's Health

Skills Building Sessions
• Developing Women of Color Leadership in the Mainstream Reproductive Rights Movement
• Underground Railroad to the Polls
• Movement Building for the Future: Organizing Students to Increase the Effectiveness and Range of Organization Agendas

Sunday, February 22

9:00 am - 10:30 am
Workshops
• Bilingual Education and English Only Movements
• Access to Reproductive Health
• Legal Services • Race, Class, Culture and Conflict
• Battered Immigrant Women • I Don't Divide Myself: The Intersection Between Gender and Race

9:00 am - 10:30 am
Skills Building Sessions
• Improving Race Relations Through Reading
• How to Promote Diversity Within Your Organization or Chapter