SCHEDULE & WORKSHOPS
WEDNESDAY, AUG 10, 2022
| EVENT/WORKSHOP | DESCRIPTION | SPEAKER(S) | PACIFIC | MOUNTAIN | CENTRAL | EASTERN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welcome & Land Acknowledgement | Welcome & greeting by Co-Hosts will help center us for the day and also do land acknowledgement | Joelle Bayaa-Uzuri, Lady Shug, Merrique Jenson | 10:30 AM | 11:30 AM | 12:30 PM | 1:30 PM |
| Trans Liberation & Future Possibility Models | This kick-off session will introduce specific lenses of liberation to participants. We'll discuss lessons in building sustainable possibility models for trans women of color, particularly those who have come out of the prison industrial complex. We will discuss the ways trans women of color can organize around housing equality, the unique challenges trans women of color face coming out of the criminal injustice system, and how we can utilize the power of social media and mutual aid to fund a grassroots movement for liberation justice. | Dominique Morgan, Joelle Bayaa-Uzuri, Merrique Jenson, Simaya Charlize Turner | 11:00 AM | 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | 2:00 PM |
| A State of Affairs: Reproductive Rights, Gender Affirming Care & Post Roe Vs. Wade | This conversation continues to build on conversations about where trans communities are going and what's at stake for trans women of color in the fight for equality. We'll listen to well-respected national Black trans women leaders as they discuss relevant current updates, policies, and gender affirming and reproductive rights legislation that are making an impact on our communities. This conversation serves as an informal "part-two" to our "What's At Stake" town hall convo in March 2022. | Moderator: Joss Barton Featuring: Dominique Morgan, Kayla Gore, Simaya Charlize Turner | 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | 2:00 PM | 3:00 PM |
| Trans BIPOC Organizers on the Ground: Recentering on the Bad-A** Work in our Regions | This conversation will center on regional trans BIPOC leaders doing bad-ass organizing. Learn from these folks about the work that's been going on at their organizations and within their programs. We'll leave time for questions and conversation to dive into this meaningful work. | LaSaia Wade, Mimi Shelton, Rumba Yambu | 1:15 PM | 2:15 PM | 3:15 PM | 4:15 PM |
| Summit Icebreakers & Participant Check-In: Building the Momentum | The summit hosts will be joined by special guests to facilitate a community check-in and greet folx as they enter the space and have activities planned to uplift our attendees. We will also present a slideshow to uplift some phenomenal new activists & leaders among women of color of trans experience and established leaders. | Joelle Bayaa-Uzuri, Kelly Nou, Marissa Miller, Simaya Charlize Turner | 2:00 PM | 3:00 PM | 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM |
| Transformations Summit Official Kick-Off | Why Now - Kick Off & Reflections from Co-Hosts & Transformations Leadership. | Joelle Bayaa-Uzuri, Kelly Nou & Merrique Jenson | 2:30 PM | 3:30 PM | 4:30 PM | 5:30 PM |
| Working 9 to 5 (& The After Hours Hustle....) | This convo will be teased out by the presenters but will dive into a specific focus on the ground in Houston, Texas, as well as how these issues are impacting the more significant conversations around trans employment, sex work, solicitation, and criminalization, housing stability and the epidemic of violence impacting Black & Brown trans women of color. | Moderator: Joelle Bayaa-Uzuri Featuring: Kayla Gore, Kelly Nou, Jade Careaga, Simaya Charlize Turner | 3:00 PM | 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | 6:00 PM |
| Signature Keynote: Muvahs & Daughtas | This ain't mommy dearest! Our keynote panel will be a heartfelt, hilarious, and real inter-generational dialogue between trans mamas, aunties, elders, and our daughters We will explore how we structure our trans-maternal relationships, discussing the highs and lows of our lives as we raise each other as trans women, and what we learn from each other as older and younger trans people of color. TPOC mothers, aunties, and daughters will talk about how find joy and build family outside of the white cis patriarchy. Panelists will include real life muvah & daughter Sasha Colby and Keri Colby as well as Agaiotupu Viena, Jahnell Butler, Tepa Vaina, and moderator Tatiana Chanel. |
Moderator: Dr. Tatyana Moaton Chanel Featuring: Kerri Colby, Sasha Colby, Agaiotupu Viena, Jahnell Butler, Tepa Vaina | 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | 6:00 PM | 7:00 PM |
| "Jesus Changed My Life" - A Summer Kiki Storytelling Series ft. Cecilia Gentili & Joss Barton | Prepare to laugh, cry, kiki, gasp and snap as we end day one with the raucous and revelatory stories and poems of Joss Barton & Cecilia Gentili in the second season of our summer kiki storytelling series! Joss Barton is a writer, journalist, and spoken word performance artist exploring and documenting queer and trans* life, love, and liberation. She will be opening the series by sharing selected new poems from her forthcoming zine Goodbye To A Dream Believed. Headlining this year will be activist, actor, author and storyteller Cecilia Gentili. Cecilia will be performing selections from her hit one woman show The Knife Cuts Both Ways which takes viewers into the wild, hilarious and poignant journey of how a ‘New York downtown transsexual sweetheart’ was made from an ugly Argentinean Litoral birthplace. Joss and Cecilia will also dish and bitch on the complexities and realities of creating trans narratives and performing trans artistry on and off the stage. |
Performances by Cecilia Gentili & Joss Barton | 5:30 PM | 6:30 PM | 7:30 PM | 8:30 PM |
THURSDAY, AUG 11, 2022
| EVENT/WORKSHOP | DESCRIPTION | SPEAKER(S) | PACIFIC | MOUNTAIN | CENTRAL | EASTERN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morning Welcome / Quick Centering Activity | The host & special guests will help center us for the day and conduct a land acknowledgment. | Joelle Bayaa-Uzuri, Lady Shug | 10:30 AM | 11:30 AM | 12:30 PM | 1:30 PM |
| Hot Topics with The Dolls | Join Summit hosts as we discuss the most current hot topics hitting our social media and news feeds. Topics will be announced closer to the date of the summit! | Joelle Bayaa-Uzuri, Simaya Charlize Turner, Nyla Foster | 11:00 AM | 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | 2:00 PM |
| Our Bodies, Our Choices | A real talk conversation focused on the physicalities of our trans feminine journies, including what we have individually done or plan to do. The panel will provide personal insights and share stories about their own lived experiences navigating hormones, body modifications, beauty standards, surgery, and the controversial concept of "passability." We will open up portions of this conversation for the trans women and femme participants of color to join us in sharing their insights and perspectives. | Moderator: Joelle Bayaa-Uzuri Featuring: Merrique Jenson, Jade Careaga, Marissa Miller & Dr. Meredith Gray | 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | 2:00 PM | 3:00 PM |
| Mental Health, Coping & Stigma | This conversation will feature trans clinicians and social work students of color, in conversation with trans women of color leaders as we focus on a discussion about mental health, stigma and coping strategies. More details on this workshop to come. | Moderators: Aaron Arthur-Gray & James Neria, LCSW & Featuring: Marissa Miller, Tori Cooper | 1:00 PM | 2:00 PM | 3:00 PM | 4:00 PM |
| Love & Dating: Doll Games | The interactive game show will focus on the trans women of color and femmes of color participants, as they compete in virtual teams to answer frank, juicy and fun categories focused on the realities of dating, sex and love while being trans. Partcipants will get a chance to win prizes while listening to soundbytes, audio clips, answering questions and showcasing their well honed experiences and wisdom in this lively game show style conversation. | Game Hosts: Merrique Jenson & Simaya Charlize Turner | 2:30 PM | 3:30 PM | 4:30 PM | 5:30 PM |
| Closing Thoughts & Reflections | This summit closing conversation will focus on lessons learned, our possibility models & where will we go from here. | Joelle Bayaa-Uzuri, Kelly Nou, Merrique Jenson | 3:30 PM | 4:30 PM | 5:30 PM | 6:30 PM |
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