Event Videos – Spring 2023
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Artist-Activists Reimagining Reproductive and Gender Justice: Ashley Dequilla, Queen Hibbler, & Onyx Heading link
March 29, 2023
How do women and gender non-conforming artists who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color decide to use their creative skills to bolster social justice movements? How does their work engage racial and economic justice to imagine new possibilities with and for their local communities and beyond? How do they bring this work into the academy and vice-versa?
During Women’s History Month, the UIC Women’s Leadership and Resource Center hosted dialogues with artists, activists, and educators to explore these questions and inspire new ways to work collectively toward a better world.
In this conversation, three artists and community activists discussed how their work brings visibility to reproductive and gender justice movements.
Speakers: Ashley Dequilla, Queen Hibbler, and Onyx
Sovereignty is in the Body: Indigeneity and Reproductive Justice Heading link
March 15, 2023
What does reproductive justice look like for Indigenous women in the U.S.? Drawing on their experiences as Indigenous feminist activists, birth workers, and healthcare practitioners in the U.S., the panelists will discuss the connections between historic conditions and contemporary struggles for reproductive justice, as well as the strategies, successes, and challenges of organizing for reproductive justice in the post-Dobbs moment.
Speakers:
- Rachael Lorenzo, Co-founder/Executive Director, Indigenous Women Rising
- Janelle Palacios, Nurse Midwife Scientist & Storyteller for Social Justice
- Nicolle Gonzales, Midwifery Director/Founder , Changing Women Initiative
- M. Carmen Lane, Founder and Director, ATNSC: Center for Healing & Creative Leadership
Moderated by Cindy Tekobbe, Assistant Professor, Critical Feminist Science & Technology, UIC
Hosted by the UIC Women’s Leadership and Resource Center (WLRC) and Indigenous Graduate Student Association. Co-sponsored by UIC Native American Support Program, UIC Gender and Women’s Studies, and UIC College of Nursing.
Artist-Activists Reimagining Justice: Ashley Dequilla and Sarah Whyte Heading link
March 10, 2023
How do women and gender non-conforming artists who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color decide to use their creative skills to bolster social justice movements? How does their work engage racial and economic justice to imagine new possibilities with and for their local communities and beyond? How do they bring this work into the academy and vice-versa?
During Women’s History Month, the UIC Women’s Leadership and Resource Center hosted dialogues with artists, activists, and educators to explore these questions and inspire new ways to work collectively toward a better world.
In this conversation, two artists and UIC MFA students talked with each other about how their work brings visibility to Asian American and transnational adoptee experiences and justice movements.
Speakers: Ashley Dequilla and Sarah Whyte
Moderated by Ramona Gupta, Associate Director, UIC Women’s Leadership and Resource Center