[Tsa] Queer Jews & Allies Conference 12/04/11 Hampshire College

[Emily Rimmer]

Queer Jews & Allies Conference
Hampshire College
Sunday, December, 4th 2011
FREE

keynote speaker S. Bear Bergman
kosher dairy and kosher vegan breakfast, lunch and dinner provided

The conference is located in Franklin Paterson Hall, unless otherwise noted.

10 a.m.: Registration and Breakfast (Lobby)

10:45-11:30 a.m.: Welcome and Introductions (Main Lecture Hall)

11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m.: Workshop Session 1 (assorted classrooms in Franklin
Patterson Hall)

1-1:45 p.m.: Lunch (Faculty Lounge)

2-3:15 p.m.: S. Bear Bergman, Keynote Speaker (Main Lecture Hall)

3:30-4:45 p.m.: Workshop Session 2 (assorted classrooms in Franklin Patterson
Hall)

5:00-6:30 p.m.: Is Got fun Nekome a Queer Play? A Panel Presentation with Harley
Erdman, Warren Hoffman, and Naomi Seidman (Main Lecture Hall)

6:45-7:30 p.m.: Dinner (Faculty Lounge)

7:30 p.m.: More Than Makeup: Drag Performance as Activism (The Red Barn)

8 p.m.: God of Vengeance (Emily Dickinson Hall, Main Stage)


The Queer Jews and Allies conference at Hampshire College is a free, day-long
event that will offer 16 workshops, a panel of nationally known speakers, and a
performance of the play, God of Vengeance. At the conference we will work to
address the unique experiences of queer Jewish identities as they weave  among
spirituality, sexuality, gender identity, political perspectives and religious
traditions.  Our keynote speaker S. Bear Bergman is a Hampshire alum, who is
returning to Hampshire to share on the topic “Blood Family, Wine Family, and
Glitter Family: How Queer Jews Make Mishpokhe.” This event welcomes all
queer,gay;trans*, lesbian, and bisexual Jews and allies to learn, network, and
create community in a safe, respectful, and accountable space. The conference
will be primarily located within Franklin Paterson Hall, a
wheelchair-accessible building. The food served at the conference will be
kosher dairy and kosher vegan, under the supervision of the Springfield Vaad
and is all local to the United States. The conference schedule has been timed
to best utilize the PVTA bus system, for accessibility purposes. The Hampshire
College students, faculty, and staff who are organizing the upcoming Queer Jews
and Allies Conference come from a wide range of academic passions, political
beliefs, spiritual spaces, and activist involvement. Our student organizers
have studied everything from how Jewish identity is performed and queered on
the theatrical stage to religious intersections within the biomedical sphere.
We have collectively been involved with over a dozen student groups, including:
Anti-Sexist Feminist United Collective, Jewish Student Union, Queer Community
Alliance, the Radical Jewish Collective, Students for Justice in Palestine,
Students Promoting Israel Culture and Information, Trans Student Alliance, and
the Yiddish Language Club. We are not all queer and we are not all Jews, but we
are dedicated to making this conference a safe, inclusive, and inquisitive
space. We hope and believe that our multitalented and multifaceted group will
serve to create this space and bring attention to issues that are important to
our community.

Register:
www.surveymonkey.com/queerjewsandalliesregistration

Contact us:
queerjewsandallies at hampshire.edu

Visit our website for more information:
www.hampshire.edu/studentlife/queer-jews-and-allies-conference.htm


Emily Rimmer
Director for Women's and Queer Services
Hampshire College
413-559-5320