ADVANCEMENT FORUM MAY 4 - MAY 5, 2023 DOUBLETREE BY INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT 15747 JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD, HOUSTON, TX 77032 CURATED BY THE NORMAL ANOMALY INITIATIVE, INC.
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Registration and Breakfast
Welcome
The Normal Anomaly Team and Change the Pattern Team
The Art of Community Building
Wendell King
Breakout Sessions: Brandon Mack, Project Liberate 2023 Jovaun Davenport, Project Liberate 2022 Byancha Lawson, Project Liberate 2023
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Gilead Lunch
Danielle Houston
Community Breakouts: Nathan Maxey, Frost Bank, JT Williams
Drag Me Into Politics
Moderated by Roxanne Collins with Chloe Ross, Flawless Oz, Councilwoman Plummer, Councilwoman Evans- Shabazz, Congresswoman Jackson-Lee, Amanda Edwards, and Chris Hollins
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Black Queer Mental Health Townhall presented by ABC 13 for Action 13
Moderated by Brittaney Wilmore: Amir Diamond, Harrison Guy, Nishia Jackson, Ian L. Haddock, Joelle Espeut, and Jotina Buck
Welcome Reception and Black Pride Hall of Fame
Celebrating Tommie Ross, DJ Tony Powell, Harrison Guy, Big Yo, Rande Rochelle, and Sophia Mcintosh with Greg Mathis, Jr. speaking
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FRIDAY, MAY 5, 2023
Breakfast
A Path led By Humanity: Sex, Drugs, Love, Therapy and Homelessness
Barbee Edwards
Wellness: Practice, Culture, and Activation
Jotina Buck
ViiV Lunch
Daniel Ramos
Art of Connection
PJ Moton-Poole, Twiggy Pucci Garçon, Tres Brown, Jrock Ebony, Devin James, AJ Walker
Cister, Sister: A Conversation-Centering Womanhood: Moderated by Diamond Stylz with Mariah Moore, Joelle Espeut, Josie Pickens and Mitzi Henderson
A Plan Forward
Moderated by Kevin Anderson with Dr Arelia Johnson, Officer Jo Jones, Bryanna Jenkins, Kaleb Elijah, Alexis Tolbert, and Deondre Moore
Pitch Competition Project Liberate
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MAY 4 | 10:15 AM
THE ART OF COMMUNITY BUILDING
Building a community takes a lot of work, intentionality, and sacrifice. It is essential to develop relationships if we want to see any upward movement in our world. Can we do it?
Wendell King
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MAY 4 | 10:45 AM
BREAKOUT SESSIONS: PROJECT LIBERATE NONPROFIT COHORT
Mack
Addressing how do we support our students by receiving the guidance and support they need to achieve their educational goals.
Rewriting the narrative of inclusion and visibility for the Urban Queer Man of size.
opportunities for Trans Women that have a lack of affirming resources such as housing and employment.
Each community has barriers they face due to the intersections of their identity. What are these leaders doing to make a change?
Jovaun
Davenport Brandon
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MAY 4 | 12:45 PM
BREAKOUT SESSION: COMMUNITY VOICES
Discussions between academia and lived experiences providing space for community to be heard
Frost Bank
Nathan Maxey
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JT Williams
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MAY 4 | 1:45 PM
DRAG ME INTO POLITICS
Drag is an artform now being used as a politically divisive tool. Can a conversation with elected officials and drag queens give us a strategy?
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Roxanne Collins Moderator
Amanda Edwards councilwoman Evans- Shabazz Flawless Oz Chloe Ross councilwoman Plummer
Chris Hollins
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MAY 4 | 4:00 PM
BLACK
Times are tough and have been for a while. ABC13 will be producing this segment for television to discuss ways to strategize for personal and collective mental health.
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Brittaney Wilmore Moderator
Amir Diamond Harrison guy
Nishia J ackson Ian L Haddock Jotina Buck
QUEER MENTAL HEALTH TOWNHALL
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MAY 5 | 10:00 AM
A PATH LED BY HUMANITY: SEX, DRUGS, LOVE, THERAPY AND HOMELESSNESS
A local problem that is also a national problem is homelessness among queer youth aged 13-25.
How can we impact this community?
Barbee Edwards Moderator
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MAY 5 | 11:00 AM
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WELLNESS: PRACTICE, CULTURE, ACTIVATION
Practicing wellness may be a new term for some and a consistent learning for others. This session will focus on the continual learning and practice of wellness.
Jotina Buck
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MAY 5 | 1:00 PM
COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION THROUGH BALLROOM WITH UBE
The ballroom scene has saved community members through dance, culture, and acceptance. Couldn't we all use a little more of that?
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Jrock Ebony
Tres Brown PJ moton-poole
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Devin James AJ Walker
Twiggy Garcon
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MAY 5 | 2:00 PM
CISTER SISTER
Women are under attack in so many ways, but often they are siloed between sexualities and identities. Is there a common ground?
Diamond Stylz Moderator
Josie Pickens
Mariah Moore
Joelle Espeut
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Mitzi Henderson
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MAY 5 | 3:00 PM
A PLAN FORWARD
What can community do now? What tools do we have now? This conversation will help with those answers.
Kevin anderson Moderator
Bryanna jenkins arelia johnson kaleb elijah
deondre Moore alexis tolbert
jo jones
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MAY 5 | 6:00 PM
PITCH COMPETITION: PROJECT LIBERATE ENTREPRENEUR COHORT
Acquiring funding opportunities for small businesses and entrepreneurs is challenging, especially for those that are Blackowned. What are these Black entrepreneurs doing to secure sustainability?
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MAY 5 | 8:00 PM