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2022 Racism Under The Rainbow Conference (Virtual)
Fri, Apr 15
|Zoom
The Racism Under The Rainbow™ Conference uplifts the wellness of ALL LGBTQ+ people + our ALLIES by engaging community conversation through workshops, performances, films, and an online LGBTQ+ Pride art exhibit and by activating practices for a sustainable, equitable LGBTQ+ community.
Time & Location
Apr 15, 2022, 8:00 AM PDT – Apr 16, 2022, 4:00 PM PDT
Zoom
About the Event
CONTACT
Kin Folkz, Spectrum Queer Media
Queer Healing Arts Center
3411 Lakeshore Avenue, Oakland CA
510-239-7197 | Info@QueerArtsCenter.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Queer Healing Arts Center Presents “Racism Under The Rainbow™: Envisioning An Equitable New Normal”
The Racism Under The Rainbow™ Conference uplifts the wellness of ALL LGBTQ+ people + our ALLIES by engaging community conversation through workshops, performances, films, and an online LGBTQ+ Pride art exhibit and by activating practices for a sustainable, equitable LGBTQ+ community.
ONLINE EVENT
On Friday, April 15th, 2022, 8:00 am - 2:00 pm Pacific Time and Saturday, April 16th, 2022, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Pacific Time, Spectrum Queer Media invites the entire LGBTQ+ and Ally community to participate in the Queer Healing Arts Center’s 2022 online conference entitled “Racism Under The Rainbow™: The LGBTQ+ Community Envisioning An Equitable New Normal”. Free and by donation tickets (suggested price $10+) are available at queerartscenter.com/calendar. You will be emailed a reminder and a Zoom link 2 days prior to the event. Become a Sponsor/Promotional Partner at QueerArtsCenter.com. Media Inquiries: Info@QueerArtsCenter.com
MISSION + BACKGROUND This empowering gathering is part of the Racism Under The Rainbow™ community forum created over 6 years ago by Kin Folkz (nee Monica Anderson of Spectrum Queer Media) and Evelyn Carmack to share effective strategies and build skills to end Anti-Blackness and Implicit Bias in the LGBTQ+ Community. This latest edition, typically presented in a variety of brick-and-mortar spaces, marks the second time that this impactful series of LGBTQ+ wellness events, anti-racism skills + equity building workshops, town hall conversations, and insightful, interactive breakout sessions will be experienced in a virtual space with an international audience.
OBJECTIVES Co-presented by Spectrum Queer Media and The Queer Healing Arts Center, this 2-day 2022 Racism Under The Rainbow™ conference with sessions (k-3rd grade) (4th-8th grade) (9th grade - adults):
- highlights the LGBTQ+ communities which are most vulnerable to societal inequities;
- outlines ways to support marginalized LGBTQ+ communities (including a call to action: (TheBlackFlip.com);
- shares contributing and preexisting factors that lead to the disproportionate risks and abuses faced by marginalized LGBTQ+ people of all ages; and
- envisions sustainable equity practices and resources that could become incorporated as part of our healthy collective “new normal”.
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE Online platform: ZOOM with captions
FRIDAY APRIL 15th, 2022
8am-8:45am Pacific Time
WELCOME
The Racism Under the Rainbow™ wellness event opens on Friday April 15th with a welcome grounding session that includes guided breathwork + meditation, a DJ-assisted soundscape, and the review of community agreements.
8:45am-9am Pacific Time
INTRODUCTION of WORKSHOP LEADERS
The grounding session ushers participants into the first of four workshops each addressing racism within the LGBTQ+ community from 4 different lenses. The workshop leaders + moderator are: Andrew Jolivette, Mike Wong, Kin Folkz, Janetta Johnson, and Charles Anderson.
9am-9:50am Pacific Time
WORKSHOP ONE THE BLACKFLIP PROJECT: TRANS NB LED NATIONAL ACTION UPENDING INSTITUTIONAL IMPLICIT BIAS + ANTI BLACKNESS
Kin Folkz, PhD abd - Founder + Executive Director of the Queer Healing Arts Center + Senior Specialist at The BlackFlip Project
10am-10:50am Pacific Time
WORKSHOP TWO INDIGENOUS APPROACHES TO RADICAL LOVE + HEALING PAST TRAUMA
Andrew Jolivette, PhD - Ethnic Studies Department Chair + Professor in Native American + Indigenous Studies (UC San Diego)
11am-11:50am Pacific Time
WORKSHOP THREE ASIAN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES on ALLYSHIP AND BLACKNESS
Mike Wong, MS - Math and Statistics Program Director at UC Berkeley & Artistic Director of Marching and Pep Bands at San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band
Noon-12:45pm Pacific Time
LUNCHBAG SESSION VISIONING + GROWING EQUITY
Following the workshops, participants will be invited into small group discussions to:
- share how COVID-19 has impacted our prejudices, our phobias, and our indifferences;
- identify sustainable practices and paradigm pivots that we can collectively nurture in order to build equity; and
- source concrete ways to personally support the work of dismantling racism, sexism, xenophobia, and colorism in the LGBTQ+ community during this global pandemic.
Brown Bag Lunch Community Conversation
This discussion group will be led by Racism Under The Rainbow™ Facilitators - who will take notes to share during a follow-up culminating report-back meeting in June 2022 for Pride month.
1pm - 1:45pm Pacific Time
WORKSHOP FOUR BLACK TRANS + NB LIVES MATTER: Effective Strategies To Grow Cultures of Black Trans Resistance, Safety + Rejuvenation
Janetta Johnson - Executive Director of The Transgender, Gender Variant, and Intersex Justice Project
1:45pm - 2pm Pacific Time
WRAP UP + POLL + REMINDERS (ex. review Saturday Schedule).
FRIDAY - ALL DAY VIRTUAL ART EXHIBIT
AVAILABLE AT QUEERARTSCENTER.com beginning April 15th throughout the Spring 2022 Racism Under The Rainbow Conference
An online art exhibit “Essential Beings” - presented by Queer Healing Arts Center Lead Curator Kin Folkz.
The exhibit entitled “Essential Beings” features the work and testimony of QTBIPOC creatives examining the intersections of LGBTQ+ identity, race, color, gender, class, and immigrant identity as they relate to our experiences both before and during COVID-19.
RSVP
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DAY 2 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
SATURDAY APRIL 16th, 2022
Online platform: QHAC Website with captions
9:45 am - 10:00 am Pacific Time
WELCOME
The Racism Under the Rainbow™ wellness event opens on Saturday, April 15th with a welcome grounding session that includes guided breathwork + meditation, Land, Land Steward + Ancestor acknowledgments.
10:00 am Pacific Time - will be available online until 5:00 pm Pacific Time
YOUTH: FILM SCREENING + PRE-FILMED MODERATED PANEL CONVERSATION
10:00 am Pacific Time - will be available online until 4:00 pm Pacific Time
TEENS: FILM SCREENING + PRE-FILMED MODERATED PANEL CONVERSATION
10:00 am Pacific Time - will be available online until 4:00 pm Pacific Time
ADULTS: FILM SCREENING
Noon - 1:00 pm Pacific Time
LUNCHTIME CHILL SESSION: Performances by Black + Brown Queer musical artists and spoken word artists as a grounding session.
1:00 pm Pacific Time
LIVE-STREAMED MODERATED PANEL CONVERSATION
Each panelist will discuss TLGBQIA+ equity topics raised by DAY ONE attendees led by a moderator.
The Moderator:
Charles Anderson (Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth (RJOY)
The panelists:
Janetta Johnson - Executive Director of The Transgender, Gender Variant, and Intersex Justice Project
Andrew Jolivette, PhD - Ethnic Studies Department Chair + Professor in Native American + Indigenous Studies (UC San Diego)
Kin Folkz, PhD abd - Founder + Executive Director of the Queer Healing Arts Center + Senior Specialist at The BlackFlip Project
Mike Wong, MS - Math and Statistics Program Director at UC Berkeley & Artistic Director of Marching and Pep Bands at San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band
SATURDAY - ALL DAY VIRTUAL ART EXHIBIT
AVAILABLE AT QUEERARTSCENTER.com beginning April 15th throughout the Spring 2022 Racism Under The Rainbow Conference
An online art exhibit “Essential Beings” - presented by Queer Healing Arts Center Lead Curator Kin Folkz.
The exhibit entitled “Essential Beings” features the work and testimony of QTBIPOC creatives examining the intersections of LGBTQ+ identity, race, color, gender, class, and immigrant identity as they relate to our experiences both before and during COVID-19.
RSVP
You will be emailed a reminder and a Zoom link 2 days prior to the event.
RSVP LINK: QueerArtsCenter.com
SPRING 2022 RACISM UNDER THE RAINBOW™ ORGANIZERS
QUEER ARTS CENTER + SPECTRUM QUEER MEDIA
Imani Smith - Queer Healing Arts Center Program Director Nkosi Smith - Queer Healing Arts Center Tech Director
SPRING 2022 RACISM UNDER THE RAINBOW™ COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND SUPPORTERS
Donations (both monetary + in-kind) for this free event are welcomed at QueerArtsCenter.com. To become a promotional partner or sponsor contact Kin Folkz @ 510-239-7197 or Info@QueerArtsCenter.com.
A partial list of Spectrum Queer Media’s past community partners includes community supporters like Shane Hensinger, Consul-designate of Seychelles, Director of CINTOC. Visit Oakland; The City of Oakland Office of the Mayor; The Michelle Meow Show; PrideSafeZone.org; and Queer In Oakland.
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SOCIAL MEDIA
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Schedule
45 minutesDAY 1 WELCOME: Meditation, Breathwork +DJ-Assisted Soundscape
ZOOM
15 hours 59 minutesFRIDAY - DAY 1 VIRTUAL ART EXHIBIT
QueerArtsCenter.com
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Sat. April 16 - Each panelist will discuss TLGBQIA+ equity topics raised by DAY ONE attendees led by a moderator.
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