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In it Together: Centering Queer & Trans People of Color and Community-based Solutions to End Violence
May 12, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
FreeThe Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies presents
The Annual Walk of the Heroines Lecture
In it Together: Centering Queer & Trans People of Color and Community-based Solutions to End Violence
presented by
Kiyomi Fujikawa
Queer Network Program Coordinator at API Chaya, Seattle, WA
Thursday May 12
6:00-7:30pm
Smith Memorial Student Union 327/8/9
Portland State University
Free and open to the public
Drawing upon her work with API Chaya, Ms. Fujikawa will address these topics:
- How is the current criminal legal system working (or not) for Queer and Trans communities of color?
- How does sexual assault and intimate partner violence uniquely affect LGBT communities of color?
- How are our LGBTQ communities of color imagining safety, accountability, and justice for ourselves?
- What types of models can we organize/create/dream for the future?
For more information about this event, please contact Sarah Curtis at curtiss@pdx.edu or 503-725-2674.