Emi's Presentations 2005-2009
Below is the almost complete list of Emi's presentations in 2005-2009. She is always seeking additional speaking engagements - please feel free to inquire by email.
| 2009 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/09/09 | Portland City Council | City's response to prostitution on 82nd Avenue | public testimony with Sex Worker Outreach Coalition |
| 05/12/09 | Nativity Luteran Church, Bend OR | Intersex | workshop for PFLAG Central Oregon |
| Central Oregon Community College | Intersex | lecture | |
| 05/02/09 | Beyond Patriarchy conference, Eugene OR | Alternatives to Domestic Violence Shelters | workshop |
| Let's Talk About Economy/Economics | discussion | ||
| 03/28/09 | Association for Asian Studies, Chicago | Xenophobia and Misogyny in the Internet-based Political Mobilisation in Japan: Two Recent Examples | paper in panel "Gender-free backlash on the internet and beyond: national politics and feminism in the 21st century Japan" |
| 03/21/09 | National MEChA Conference 2009, University of Oregon | Transgender Inclusion, or Demilitarizing the Borderlands of the Binary Gender System | workshop |
| 03/12/09 | Lewis & Clark College Gender Studies Symposium, Portland OR | Activist Responses to Police Violence Against Women and Transgendered Individuals | panel with Kat Enyeart, Sara Libby and Geoff MacNamara |
| 02/21/09 | California Network of Mental Health Clients annual forum, Foster City CA | Identity and Pathology: A Lesson from Intersex Movement | plenary |
| 02/20/09 | Building Resilient Personal Relationships: A Holistic Partner Violence Prevention Strategy | workshop in progress | |
| 2008 | |||
| 11/21/08 | Kansai Queer Film Festival at University of Kyoto | BOTH: Intersexuality & Bisexuality | lecture and discussion after films over internet |
| 11/05/08 | West Chester University, West Chester PA | Future of Women's Studies | panel |
| 10/31/08 | Feminisms Conference 2008, Portland State University | Prostitutes Are Our Neighbours Too: The Troubling Neighbourhood Politics on the 82nd Avenue | workshop |
| 09/23/08 | Alaska Network on Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault, Alyeska Resort | Power & Control within the Shelter | workshop in two-parts |
| 09/19/08 | DASH (Direct Action to Stop Heterosexism), Cornell University | Intersex at the Intersection of Queer and Disability Theories | lecture |
| 06/20/08 | Tribute Panel, Nationl Women's Studies Association annual meeting, Cincinnati | Tribute to Audre Lorde and the Black Feminist Thought | panel with Kaila Adia Story and Melinda L. de Jesus [report] |
| 05/09/08 | Beyond Patriarchy conference, Eugene OR | Questions & Answers on Intersex | workshop |
| 04/30/08 | In Other Words, Portland OR | Panel on violence against sex workers and sex workers' rights | Sexual assault awareness month |
| 04/16/08 | Take Back the Night, Humboldt State University | Shelter as a Tool of Social Control: Is there a Domestic Violence Industrial Complex? | keynote |
| 03/15/08 | Oregon Queer Youth Conference | Intersex Workshop | with Austan |
| 03/04/08 | International Women's Week, Evergreen State College | My Activist History | talk |
| 2007 | |||
| 11/10/07 | Regional Collegiate Pride Conference, University of Florida | Multi-issue Organizing | keynote |
| 08/20/07 | In Other Words | Revolution Will Not Be Funded | an INCITE! book reading and benefit for Sisters in Action for Power with Alisa Bierria & Amara Pérez |
| 08/15/07 | KBOO Community Radio | Revolution Will Not Be Funded | radio interview |
| 08/03/07 | CSTI 2007, Portland | Revolution Will Not Be Funded | an INCITE! panel with Alisa Bierria, Amara Pérez & Theryn Kigvamasud'Vashti |
| 06/30/07 | National Women's Studies Association | Feminism & Backlash in Japan | panel with Tomomi Yamaguchi & Masami Saitoh |
| 06/20/07 | For a Lack of a Better Word, San Francisco LGBT Center | spoken-word | book release party for Thea Hillman |
| 06/01/07 | SisterSong - Let's Talk About Sex!, Chicago | Controlling Communities through Controlling Bodies | panel with Sujatha Jesudason, Leila Hessini, Silvia Henriquez & Cara Page |
| Intersex | workshop | ||
| 05/17/07 | GenderYOUTH Leadership Summit Washington DC | "Feminism and Queer Theory" | panel - DISINVITED |
| 05/11/07 12:15pm |
Center for Gender Studies Brownbag Discussion, University of Chicago | Intersex at the Intersection of Queerness & Disability Theories | public lecture |
| 05/10/07 3:00pm |
Post-war Social Movements in Japan, University of Chicago | The Controversy over "Comfort Women" and the Japanese American Experiences | in-class lecture (email to get in) |
| 05/09/07 1:30pm |
Popular Culture In/Out of Japan, University of Chicago | Intersex in Japanese Comics: An Analysis | in-class lecture (email to get in) |
| 05/09/07 5:00pm |
University of Chicago Pick Lounge, Pick Hall | Colonialism, Militarism, and the Political Economy of Transracial Adoption | public lecture |
| 05/04/07 thru 05/06/07 |
Against Patriarchy 2007, Eugene OR | Working-class Sex Worker Feminism | workshop |
| 04/12/07 11:10am |
University of Montana | Intersex | in-class talk (Human Genetics) |
| 04/12/07 1:30pm |
Intersex | in-class talk (Social Work) | |
| 04/11/07 | Colonialism, Militarism, and the Political Economy of Transracial Adoption | public lecture | |
| 04/07/07 8:00pm |
RIOT Fest, Flagstaff AZ | TBA | Talk |
| 04/05/07 7:00pm |
Brown University, Smith-Buonanno Room #106 | Legitimacy, Stigmatization, and the Future of the Intersex Identity | LGBT Pride Month lecture |
| 04/01/07 10:00am |
Southern Regional Unity Conference, University of North Carolina | Intersex and the Medical Erasure of Queer Bodies | plenary |
| 04/01/07 01:30pm |
Sex Work as Neither Victimization or Liberation: Working-class Sex Worker Feminism | workshop | |
| 03/19/07 | University of Missouri | Neoliberalism and the Future of Liberation Movements | Women's History Month lecture |
| 03/06/07 11:00am |
Evergreen State College, Olympia WA | Emi Answers It All | workshop |
| 03/05/07 7:00pm |
Queer & Feminist Activism | lecture | |
| 02/06/07 | Sexual Minority Youth Resource Center Portland OR | An Intersex Workshop | in-service |
| 2006 | |||
| 11/17/06 | University of Washington, Seattle | Color of Violence Anthology Seattle Book Launch | panel with Theryn & Onion (Community Against Rape & Abuse), Andrea Ritchie & Nada Elia (INCITE! National) |
| 11/13/06 | Deconstructing Disabilities, Portland State University | Intersex | discussion |
| 11/04/06 | National Asian American Student Conference, Chicago IL | Social Justice and Neoliberalism | keynote |
| 10/28/06 | Alternatives 2006, Portland | Pathologize This: Homosexuality, Gender Identity Disorder and the Politics of De-Pathologization | Keynote |
| 10/19/06 | Deviant Bodies 2.0, Buffalo NY | DSD Controversy, Chapter Two | lecture |
| 05/31/06 | "Art & Social Change" class, Portland State University | Uses of Art in the Intersex Activism | guest lecture |
| 05/18/06 | University of California, Los Angeles | Take Back the Night talk | short talk |
| 04/22/06 | Northwest PFLAG Conference | Intersex: An Introduction | an Intersex Initiative workshop |
| 04/10/06 | Genderblenz @ Trans/Identity Resource Center, Portland | Intersex Short Films | |
| 03/09/06 | Gender Studies Symposium, Lewis & Clark College | Feminism & Disability | panel |
| 02/25/06 | Translating Identity Conference, University of Vermont | From DSD to Intersex: Toward a Queer Disability Politics of Gender | keynote |
| 2005 | |||
| 11/11/05 | NGLTF Creating Change 2005, Oakland CA | Intersex Inclusion Beyond Fashion Statement | an Intersex Initiative workshop |
| 09/11/05 | Queer People of Color Gathering, Seattle WA | Oraganizers' Panel | with Chrystos, Darryl Moch, Kathie Townsend, Norma Timbang |
| 07/27/05 | New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence statewide meeting | Feminism, Power, Accountability | workshop |
| 07/10/05 | Queer Revolution discussion at The Know, Portland | Sex Workers' Movement | panel and open discussion |
| 07/06/05 | Women & Disability class, Portland State University | Intersex at the Intersection of Queerness & Disability Theories | guest lecture |
| 06/29/05 | LGBTQA Resource Center, University of Oregon | Intersex in LGBT Beyond Fashion Statement | lecture |
| 06/26/05 | Born In Flames conference, Portland OR | What's so Special About Sexual Assault? | discussion |
| 06/24/05 | The Rhetorical Politics of Safety | discussion | |
| 04/11/05 | Michigan State University | Intersex Movement in the Second Decade | lecture |
| Keeping the Hope: Doing Activism in the Repressive Era | panel with Qwo-Li Driskill | ||
| 03/17/05 | Oberlin College, Oberlin OH | Intersex | lecture |
| 03/16/05 | Racial and Colonialist Politics of Queer Adoption Discourse | lecture | |
| 02/24/05 | Intersex Legal Symposium Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, NYC | Taking Risks: How My Involvement in the Intersex Movement Changed My Views | panel |
| 02/20/05 | Western Regional Western Regional LGBTQIA College Conference, Davis CA | On Being An Acivist In These Times: Toward A Public Sphere of Imagination | keynote |