About Keynote Speaker Rachel Kuo
Rachel Kuo is a Contributing Writer for Everyday Feminism and a scholar and educator in New York City, researching digital technologies and racial justice movements. She has worked as a social justice educator, designing curriculum and communication strategy for the NYU Center for Multicultural Education and Programs and the University of Wisconsin Multicultural Student Center.
She is a founding member and current affiliate of the Center for Critical Race and Digital Studies and also on the leadership committee for the Asian American Feminist Collective. Her writing on cultural politics, food, beauty, and technology has been published in Everyday Feminism, Huffington Post, Open Democracy, Reappropriate, New Media and Society, Journal of Communication, and the Routledge Companion to Asian American Media.
Schedule of Events, October 12, 2018
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. | Keynote Address
A Conversation on Racial Justice, Campus Dissent, and Practicing Accountability
Keynote Address by Rachel Kuo
Rachel Kuo is a Contributing Writer for Everyday Feminism and a scholar and educator in New York City, researching digital technologies and racial justice movements. She has worked as a social justice educator, designing curriculum and communication strategy for the NYU Center for Multicultural Education and Programs and the University of Wisconsin Multicultural Student Center, and is a founding member and current affiliate of the Center for Critical Race and Digital Studies and also on the leadership committee for the Asian American Feminist Collective. Her writing on cultural politics, food, beauty, and technology has been published in Everyday Feminism, Huffington Post, Open Democracy, Reappropriate, New Media and Society, Journal of Communication, and the Routledge Companion to Asian American Media.
Student Responders:
Issel Solano-Sanchez, director of Flawless Brown Stage
Christopher Henderson-West, president of EAGLE (Emerson’s Advancement Group for Love and Expression)
Lia Kim, president of ASIA (Asian Students for Intercultural Awareness)
Sara Pirzada, president of DESI (South Asian Student Association)
Location
Cutler Majestic Theater
11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. | Sessions
A Primer For Activists
Panelists
Anny Martinez, Program on Inequaity and the Common Good
Juma Inniss, The Message (Emerson alum)
Chelsey Cartwright, aide to Ayanna Pressley and Elizabeth Warren (Emerson alum)
Moderator: Alexis "Lex" Fernander (co-chair of POWER)
Location
Semel Theatre
Whose America?
Panelists
Ilina Ghosh, moderator
Vicky Graf, president of AMIGOS
Alexandra Pineros-Shields, director of ECCO (Essex County Community Organization)
Location
Green Theatre
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. | The POWER You Hold
The POWER You Hold
A workshop and guide on available resources and support for fighting bias and discrimination at Emerson
Organized by Student Advocacy Group POWER
Alexis "Lex" Fernander (co-chair)
Location
Multipurpose Room, 150 Boylston, 1st Floor
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. | Wiki Edit-A-Thon
Wiki Edit-a-Thon
Spotlight on Screenwriters of Color during the Iwasaki Library's first ever Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon! Drop-in at the library between 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. during the Teach-In on Race. Our theme for this event is Screenwriters of Color. Help us improve and add information about underrepresented screenwriters. Never edited Wikipedia before? No problem! Register here: https://ec1880.us/editathon Special Guest Rae Shaw will be giving a talk on her current research project on African American Screenwriters at 2:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served.
Location
Iwasaki Library
1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. | Sessions
Intersectionality (Where Identities Meet)
Panelists
Catherine D’Ignazio, writer, artist/designer, hacker mama, Journalism Faculty
Raz Moayed, SGA, Zeta Phi Eta, Flawless Brown
Jessica Chance, actor, writer, career counselor (Emerson alum)
Erika Williams, Institute for Liberal Arts Faculty (moderator)
Location
Walker Building, Room 202
Artful Change
Panelists
Eve Boltax, musician-in-residence at MANNA community
Porsha Olayiwola, artistic director of MassLEAP, slam champ, Emerson grad student
Jamie Gahlon, director of HowlRound Theatre
Tamia Jordan, director, Intercultural Student Affairs (moderator)
Location
Green Theatre
3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. | Sessions
Building Community
Panelists
Carla Gualdron, Program Director, Teens In Print (Emerson alum)
John Spack, Executive Director, Discovering Justice
Dr. Melanie Matson, Director, Healing & Advocacy Collective
Ashley Tarbet DeStefano, Assistant Director for Community Engagement (Moderator)
Who Gets To Tell The Story? (Race, Art and Appropriation)
Panelists
Ed Lee, comedy writer, VMA Faculty
Doug Ishii, WLP Faculty
Sahil Patel, writer, Emerson undergraduate student
Rukhsar Palla, Emerson graduate student, co-founder Writers of Color @ Emerson (Moderator)
Location
Walker Building, Room 202