Keynote #1 Friday, February 10th, 2012, 8:00 pm 9:00 pm, at Stephens Auditorium
Rev. Dr. Jamie Washington serves as the President and Founder of the Washington Consulting Group, a Multicultural Organizational Development Firm out of Baltimore, MD. Dr. Washington has served as an educator, administrator, and consultant in higher education for over 27 years. He’s served as Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs; an Instructor in Sociology, American Studies and Education, and an Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). Dr. Washington is a founding faculty member of the Social Justice Training Institute. A native Philadelphian, Dr. Washington earned his B.S. degree in Therapeutic Recreation and Music from Slippery Rock State College, and a double Masters’ of Science degrees from Indiana University/Bloomington in
Higher Education Administration and Counseling, with a concentration in Human Sexuality. He holds a Ph.D. is in College Student Development, with a concentration in Multicultural Education from the University of Maryland College Park. Dr. Washington also holds a Masters of Divinity from Howard University School of Divinity with a concentration on Pastoral Care and Christian Social Ethics. Rev. Dr. Washington sees himself as an instrument of change. He works everyday to help people find the best in themselves and others. He lives by the words of one of his favorite songs: “If I can help somebody as I Pass along, If I can cheer somebody with a word or song, If I can show somebody that he’s or she has traveled wrong, Then my Living Shall Not BE in Vain.”
Keynote #2 Saturday, February 11th, 2012, 11:00 am 12:00 pm, at Stephens Auditorium
Stacey Milbern is a powerchairroaring disabled queer mixed-race activist and writer. She grew up in North Carolina and lived on the world’s largest US Army military installation for 18 years. After becoming politicized around disability, she went from being the to secretary of her county’s Teenage Republican club to organizing around the interlocking nature of
ableism, racism, heterosexism and capitalism. Stacey is the Community Outreach Director for the National Youth Leadership Network, an organization run by and for youth activists with disabilities.
Keynote #3 Sunday, February 12th, 2012, 11:30 am 12:30 pm, at Stephens Auditorium
Monica Adams works with Freedom, Inc. as a Queer Youth of Color Organizer, serves as the Middle School Program Assistant at the Gay Straight Alliance for Safe Schools (GSAFE), and is an activist from Wisconsin. Within Freedom, Inc., Adams facilitates a group called People Like Us (PLUS). This group uses culture, media, hirstories, and art to create dialogues and narratives around the struggles of LGBTQ and other self-identified queer people of color. Through working with GSAFE, Adams advances the common goal of creating respect for all students in the classroom. As an activist and community
organizer, Adams has been involved with several grass-roots and community organizations, including: the Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice, the Madison chapter of Take Back the Land, National Leadership Core, and other projects. From an early age, Adams was an organizer and has worked with low income communities of color on a variety of issues ranging from poverty to challenging subtle forms of misogny. Adams was born and raised in Milwaukee, WI, studied at UW-Madison, and is a graduate of the Wisconsin Apprentice Organizers Project.
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