March 7th, 2012: Feminism
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
- 6:30-7:00 PM: Dr. Gene T. Harris, Superintendent, Columbus City Schools
- 7:00-7:45 PM: Human Trafficking 101: The Central Ohio Rescue and Restore Coalition
- 7:45-8:30 PM: Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood and Komen: Beth Lonn, Planned Parenthood
- 7:45-8:30 PM: Debra Moddelmog, Co-Director of Sexuality Studies at OSU
- 7:45-8:30 PM: Rape Culture: Sue Wismar, Education and Prevention Coordinator of the Sexual Assault Response Network of Central Ohio
- 8:30-9:15 PM: Dr. Beth Daugherty, Otterbein College
- 8:30-9:00 PM: Zonta Club of Columbus
- 8:30-9:15 PM: Conflicts between Religion and Reproductive Choice: Cathy Levy,
Executive Director of the Ohio Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice - 9:00-9:30 PM: Creative Writing Presentation: Gender and Sexuality
♦ Zachary Bailey, Fort Hayes ♦ Hannah Russell, CAHS
- 9:15-9:30 PM: Women in the OSS, Mr. Dodrill
March 8th, 2012: LGBTQ+ Rights
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
- 6:30-6:45 PM: Jimmie Beall : Opening Remarks
- 6:45-7:00 PM: Drumming Group: Djembe Drumming, Featuring West African Polyrhythms
- 7:00-8:00 PM: Tara McKenzie Allison, Esq. Transgender Rights
- 7:00-7:45 PM: Community Resource Panel: Kaleidoscope Youth Center; Mary Jane Quick, Project Connect; Karla Rothan, Stonewall Columbus; Ronald Murray, Interim Program Director of the Greater Columbus
MPowerment Center
- 7:45-8:15 PM: Teresa Johnston: Surrogacy and LGBTQ+ Politics
- 8:00-8:15 PM: Jenny Morgan: Singing Performance
- 8:15-9:00 PM: Anne Carey: producer, The Laramie Project
- 9:00-9:30 PM: Scot Dewhirst and Alycia Broz: : LGBTQ+ Law: Current Legislation and Fighting Discrimination
March 9th, 2012: Cultural Diversity
5:00 PM - 9:30 PM
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- 5:00-6:00 PM: Potluck with Black History Dance Performance
- Keynote Speaker: 6:00-6:30 PM
- 6:30-7:15 PM: Historical Roots of Racism, Dr. Hasan Jeffries, Ohio State University
- 6:30-7:15 PM: Aesha Ibraheem, Columbus Global Academy
- 7:15-8:00 PM: Hanifah Kambon, Columbus Board of Education
- 7:15-8:00 PM: The New Poll Tax: Voter Disenfranchisement and Racial
Justice: Marcus Gaddy and Valerie Hendrickson, Program Associates of the Ohio ACLU - 8:00-8:45 PM: Kerri Gonzalez and Mark Paskert, CCS Secondary ESL Curriculum Coaches
- 8:00-8:45 PM: The Council on American-Islamic Relations - Ohio (CAIR)
- 8:45-9:30 PM: Cross-Cultural Competence: Richard Lombard, WorldviewU
- 8:45-9:30 PM: Nancy Yan, Chinese Restaurants and Authenticity