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Women of Color Beyond Belief 2021
Conference Schedule*
All times are CST
Friday, September 24th
5:00 pm – Registration begins – Lobby
6:00 pm – Reception and Performance by Sikivu Hutchinson and Mandisa Thomas (State and Dearborn)
8:00 pm – Open Socialization
Saturday, September 25th
8:00 am – Breakfast and Registration (Lobby and Chicago C)
9:00 am – Welcome and Opening Remarks – Bridgett “Bria” Crutchfield, Sikivu Hutchinson, and Mandisa Thomas (Chicago A/B – Main Room)
9:30 am – Keynote: Tiffany Green, Ph.D. – Our Bodies, Our Minds, Our Freedom: Reproductive Justice and the Impact on Women of Color (Chicago A/B)
10:15 – Break
10:30 am – Breakout Sessions
- The Author’s Circle – Cheryl Abram, Yolanda Arroyo-Pizarro, Candace Gorham, Sikivu Hutchinson and Zulma Oliveras-Vega (Chicago A/B)
- Secular Organizing – Bria Crutchfield, Mashariki Lawson-Cook, and Tina Marshall (State and Dearborn)
11:30 am – Poetry by Yolanda Arroyo-Pizarro and Zulma Oliveras-Vega
11:45 pm – Lunch (Lobby and Chicago C)
1:15 pm – Madison Paige – Fighting the Rise of Christian Nationalism: Working Together in a Post Democracy America (Chicago A/B)
1:35 pm – Candace Gorham – On Death, Dying and Disbelief (Chicago A/B)
2 pm – Breakout Sessions
- Secular Parenting: How to Balance Family and Self Care – Cheryl Abram, Tiffany Green, and Kavin Senapathy, (Chicago A/B)
- Death, Dying and Disbelief: How To Prepare Ourselves and our Loved Ones – Brandi Alexander and Candace Gorham, (State and Dearborn)
3 pm – Break
3:30 – Hiba Krisht – The White Elephant in the Room: Misogyny in Muslim Communities (Chicago A/B)
4:15 – Cynthia McDonald – ARC Beyond Belief: Economic Justice from a Nonbeliever’s Perspective (Chicago A/B)
5:00 – Day 1 Wrap up (Chicago A/B)
6 pm – Dinner/Diva’s Ball (Lobby and Chicago A/B)
10:00 pm – Open Socialization
Sunday, September 26th
8:00 am – Breakfast (Lobby and Chicago C)
9:00 am – Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:15 am – Yvonne Stennicke Larsen – Humanist Action in Ghana: Ending Witchcraft Violence (Chicago A/B)
10:00 am – Breakout Sessions
- Secular Organizing: Bria Crutchfield, Mashariki Lawson-Cook, and Tina Marshall (State and Dearborn)
- Humanist Celebrants: Providing Important and Meaningful Life Services – Candace Gorham, Tiffany Green, and Mandisa Thomas (Chicago A/B)
11:00 am – Break
11:15 am – Kavin Senapathy – #SkepticsSoWhite: How White-Dominated Spaces Reduce the Movement to a Farce (Chicago A/B)
12:00 pm – Poetry by Yolanda Arroyo-Pizarro and Zulma Oliveras-Vega (Chicago A/B)
12:15 pm –Acknowledgments and Conference Wrap Up – Bria Crutchfield, Sikivu Hutchinson, and Mandisa Thomas (Chicago A/B)
1:00 pm – After “Party” and Socialization – Lunch included (Lobby and Chicago C)
*Subject to change without notice
Thank you for your support for Women of Color Beyond Belief 2021!!!