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#SAYHERNAME Conference

Say her Name Speakers Dr. Boylorn, Dr. David-Faulkner, Dr. Raimist

MARCH 23, 2018
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
UHD WELCOME CENTER

This one-day conference will feature a Crunk Feminist Collective Roundtable, UHD Alumni/Student Panel, UHD Faculty Women of Color Panel, and lectures with guests from the Crunk Feminist Collective:

  • Dr. Robin M. Boylorn, Associate Professor of Interpersonal and Intercultural Communication at the University of Alabama and co-author of The Crunk Feminist Collection (The Feminist Press 2017).
  • Dr. Sheri Davis-Faulkner, Senior Program Director for WILL Empower (Women Innovating Labor Leadership) with the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization in the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University.
  • Dr. Rachel Raimist, Associate Professor of Media Production at the University of Alabama and award-winning filmmaker.

The goal of this timely conference is to encourage college enrollment, retention, and graduation of women of color students. Admissions counselors and advisors will be present to assist students with admissions and enrollment questions. Students will walk away with an increased consciousness of what feminist activism looks like and why it is important.

Scholarships will be available for eligible students who attend this conference and enroll fulltime at UHD.

#SayHerName Conference Video Part One



#SayHerName Conference Video Part 2

 

Sponsored by The College of Humanities and Social Sciences and The Center for Critical Race Studies