Program and Schedule

The conference is free and open to the public.

12:30-2pm: Anatol Center (AS 119)

Queer Solidarity With Palestine

  • Panelists: Sarah O’Neal (Author, Poet) and Rob Chlala (CSULB)
  • Moderator: May Lin (CSULB)

4-6 pm: University Theater (UT 108)

Opening Keynote

  • Helena María Viramontes Lecture in Latina/o/x Literature: Ana Castillo (Author, Artist, and Scholar)

6:30-8 pm: Anatol Center (Anatol Center Patio)

Opening Reception

Coffee and Pastries (available starting 8am) - Horn Center (HC) Patio

Conference Welcome: 8:30 am – 8:50am - HC 100

Introductions

  • Welcome Remarks: Donna Nicol (Associate Dean, CLA)
  • Conference Committee Remarks: Azza Basarudin, Araceli Esparza, Stacy Macias, Felicia Montes & Preeti Sharma

  • Land Acknowledgement: Kimberly Robertson (CSULB)

Session 1: 9-10:15 am – College of Business (COB) 140A

Reflections on Transnational Feminist Solidarities: Past, Present, Future

  • Panelists: Margo Okazawa-Rey (Women for Genuine Security), Kimberly Robertson (CSULB) and Clarissa Rojas (UCD)
  • Moderator: Stacy Macias (CSULB)

Session 2: 10:30-11:45 am - HC 100

Palestine is a Feminist Issue: Decolonial Narrative, Collective Resistance, and Future Imagining

  • Panelists: Nour Joudah (UCLA), Brooke Lober (UC Berkeley) and Amira Jarmakani (SDSU)
  • Moderator: Sabrina Alimahomed-Wilson (CSULB)

Lunch: 12-1:00 pm - HC Patio

Session 3: 1:15-2:30pm - COB-140A

Feminist Art and Transnational Struggles for Liberation

  • Panelists: Mary Hazboun (Visual Artist) and Yreina Cervantez (Visual Artist)
  • Moderator: Araceli Esparza (CSULB)

Session 4: 2:45-4 pm - HC 100

Transnational Feminisms: Care, Labor, and Abolition

  • Panelists: Stephanie Santos (Chulalongkorn University), Martha Escobar (CSUN), and Dario Valles (CSULB)
  • Moderator: Preeti Sharma (CSULB)

Break/Coffee and Snacks: 4:00-4:30 - HC Patio

Closing Plenary Session 5: 4:45-6:00 pm - HC 100

Solidarity Politics, Neoliberal University and Transnational Feminist Futures (In-Person - Virtual)

  • Panelists: Chandra Talpade Mohanty (Syracuse University), Nada Elia (Western Washington University) and Karma Chavez (U Texas at Austin)
  • Moderator: Azza Basarudin (CSULB)

Closing Reception/Light Refreshments: 6:30-8 pm - HC Patio