FOURTH ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS SUMMIT AT SFSU, 2007

"Power and Pleasure: Expressions and Repressions of Sexuality and Reproductive Rights"

 

  1. STUDENT PANELS, LOCATIONS AND TIMES
  2. GENERAL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
  3. OUTREACH AND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMUNITY RESOURCES
  4. GUEST PARTICIPANTS
  5. GETTING TO THE EVENT
  6. SHOUT-OUTS AND PSAs

 

Student panels, locations, and times

PANEL 1 – MON April 30, 9:45-11:00 am
Jack Adams Hall

PANEL 2 – MON APRIL 30, 1:00 – 2:00 pm
Jack Adams Hall

PANEL 3 – MON APRIL 30, 2:00 – 3:00  pm
Jack Adams Hall
The Reproductive Rights of Women
and the Family
Discussants: Deborah Tolman, Dept. of Human Sexuality and Center for Research in Gender and Sexuality, SFSU; Karen Lovaas, Communication Studies, SFSU
*Dialogues Of Disability: Reproductive Rights and the ‘Double Handicap’ Eva Langman
*Reproductive Rights of Latina Immigrants in the USA  Alejandra Portillo
*The Embodiment Of War: The Militarization of Women and Their Bodies Alicia Hershey
*Myanmar: Reproductive Rights in a State of Violence Tani Sebro
 *Symbolic Violence and the Nuclear Family: The Rights of Gay Families in America Jenny Fick

Environmental Justice and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights
Discussant: Phil Klasky, American Indian Studies, SFSU
*The Impact Of Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve on the Gwich’in Nation
Phil Klasky
*The Impact of Mining on Indigenous Communities in Guatemala
Nadia Moreira
*Radioactive Colonialism in the Southwest
Mike Dyer and David Friedman
*The Impacts of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) on the Inuit Morrigan Shaw

Children’s Rights
Discussants: Brad Erickson, UC Berkeley; Tamaya Garcia, Center for Young Women’s Development
*Kiddie Porn: More Than You Think it is
James Climaco
*Child’s Right to Health Care: A Look at HPV Requirements in the U.S. Nicolette Moncrief
*Child Sex-ploitation: Trafficking in Southeast Asia Phimy Truong
*Mothering Behind Bars: Moving Towards an International Standard Jaclyn Andrews

PANEL 4 – TUES May 1st, 9:45 – 11:00 am
Hohenthal Gallery

PANEL 5 – TUES May 1st, 11:00 – 12:00pm
Hohenthal Gallery

PANEL 6 – WED MAY 2, 1:30 – 3:00 pm
Hohenthal Gallery

Gendered Violence and Sexual Rights
Discussants: Lucia Volk, Anthropology, SFSU; Gilbert Herdt, Dept. of Human Sexuality; National Sexuality Resource Center, SFSU
*Structural Violence Against Women in Mexican Borderlands Adam Rule
*Rights For the Rest of Us: Demanding International Human Rights for Sexual Minorities Gregory Hunt
*A Sexual Prison: Making Sense of Sexual Violence Among Male Inmates Ashley Fischer
*Shame, Gender, and HIV Prevention Michael Mallory
*Masculinity: Social Role or Social Violence?
Dillon Martin

Images of Women in the Media
Discussants: Sister maeJoy Bee withU, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence; Sheila Tully, Anthropology, SFSU
*Symbolic Violence and the Internet: New Technologies Against Women Richie Cruz
*Do Not Fear the Vagina Vagina Dialogues and the Empowerment of Women Jennifer Kennedy
* Gendered Violence in the Media Michele Moreira
*Orphaned Children in West Africa and Schooling Natasha Young
*The Identity and Image of Arab and Black Women in the Western Media Nyuieko Bansah

Current Topics in Human Rights
Discussant: Jorge Zepeda, SF Aids Foundation
*Death Over Life: The Effects of Structural Violence in the Creation of Contemporary Suicide Bombers Amir  Arman
*The Changing Roles of Female Characters in Brazilian ‘Novelas’ Clara Benjamin
*Domestic Violence and  Impunity in Latin America Saira Masood
*Domestic Violence in Colombia
by Lauren Woodlock


IMAGES OF WOMEN

THE WORLD: Naughty Little Red Book; The People's Republic of Sex Kittens and Metrosexuals
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PARTY GIRLS A photo layout in the Chinese edition of Esquire goes light on ideology, lighter on clothing.
By DAVID BARBOZA
Published: March 4, 2007 in the New York Times
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General schedule of events

Fourth Annual Human Rights Summit at San Francisco State University
"Power and Pleasure: Expressions and Repressions of Sexuality and Reproductive Rights"
April 30 – May 2, 2007

 

MONDAY April 30
Jack Adams Hall

TUESDAY May 1
Hohenthal Gallery and Rosa Parks Conference Center, Rooms A-C

WEDNESDAY May 2
Hohenthal Gallery

9:00
Opening: Mariana L. Ferreira, MC
Dean Joel Kassiola, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, SFSU
Keynote: Gilbert Herdt
Director, National Sexuality Resource Center; Dept. Human Sexuality, SFSU

Opening for Film Festival
Visual Anthropology Students
Moderator: Peter Biella, Visual Anthropology, SFSU

9:15

Keynote: Carol Joffe, UC Davis
"The Sex Wars:  Winners and Losers"

Opening and Reception for Exhibit:
“Sexuality Across Time and Space” Hohenthal Gallery

Film Screening
"B-Gyrl Manifesto"
Marc-Eddy Loriston and Megan Deutsch, SFSU

9:45

Panel 1:
The Reproductive Rights of Women
Discussants: Deborah Tolman, Dept. of Human Sexuality and Center for Research in Gender and Sexuality, SFSU; Karen Lovaas, Communication Studies, SFSU

Panel 4:
Gendered Violence and Sexual Rights
Discussants: Lucia Volk, Anthropology, SFSU; Gilbert Herdt, Dept. of Human Sexuality, SFSU

 Film Screening
"TRANSforming Health Care: Promoting Transgender Cultural Competency in Medical Settings," Ethan Suniewick, SFSU
Discussion
“Gender Equality Within Visual Anthropology” 
Moderator: Peter Biella, SFSU

11:00

Performance
"XYX"
California State East Bay,
Directed by Eric Kupers

Panel 5:
Images of Women in the Media
Discussants: Sister maeJoy Bee withU, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence; Sheila Tully, Anthropology, SFSU

Film Screening
"The Child the Stork Brought Home"
Gillian Goslinga, SFSU

11:20

Performance
"Rape"
Cal State East Bay


Panel 5 Continues...
Film Screening Continues...

12:00
Performance
"Unblossomed"
3rd PURI Project on Korean “Comfort Women”

[Move to: ROSA PARKS A-C,
César Chávez  Std Ctr]
Keynote: Carol Queen, Center for Sex and Culture, SF; Woodhull Freedom Foundation

Discussion
“Documentary Anthropology, Surrogacy, and Issues in Rights and Ethics”
Gillian Goslinga, SFSU

12:30

Discussion
“Art and Social Activism”
Sexual Literacy Workshop (SLW)
Dept. Human Sexuality; National Sexuality Resource Center, Center for Research on Gender and Sexuality, SFSU

Photo Exhibit and Slideshow
“Genocide in Darfur”
  Mark Brecke, war photographer

1:00

Panel 2:
Environmental Justice and
Indigenous Peoples’ Rights
Discussant: Phil Klasky, American Indian Studies, SFSU


Sexual Literacy Workshop Continues...
Joy O’Donnell, Praveen Basaviah, Jennifer Feeney and Niels Teunis

[1:30 pm]
Panel 6:
Current Topics in Human Rights
Discussant: Jorge Zepeda,
SF Aids Foundation

2:00

Panel 3:
Children’s Rights
Discussants: Brad Erickson, UC Berkeley; Tamaya Garcia, Center for Young Women’s Development
SLW Continues...

Panel 6 Continues...

[3:00 pm]
Self-Defense Workshop
Impact! Bay Area

3:30


Performance
"Spoken Word" by Youth Speaks Poets

Reading by Alicia Hershey, SFSU
[Move to: Hohenthal Gallery,
SCI Bldg, 3rd fl.]

Mock Trial
“Sex, Law, and Human Rights”
Moderator: Kurt Nutting, Philosophy, SFSU


CALL TO ACTION!
"Stop Violence Against Women!"
Campaign for the Ratification of the UN Convention on the Elimination of Violence Against Women

5:00
Reception
Reception
Reception

 

Outreach and human rights commnity resources

SFSU Main Lawn, Cesar Chavez Student Center
April 30-May 1, 10am-2pm

Tabling, interactive booths, workshops, and demonstrations will be presented by the following participating organizations:

  • Amnesty International - Website
  • SF Aids Foundation - Website
  • Clinica Martin-Barro - Website
  • Passion Parties - Website
  • SFSU Students and Faculty for Fair Trade
  • International Indian Treaty Council - Website
  • Black Coalition on AIDS - Website
  • A Safe (Sexual Abuse Free Environment) Place, Domestic Violence Services - Website
  • EROS (Education and Referral Organization on Sexuality) - Website
  • TEPOT (Targeted Expansion Project for Outreach and Treatment), UCSF - Website
  • W.O.M.A.N (Women Organized to Make Abuse Nonexistent), Inc. – Website
  • The Center for Young Women’s Development – Website
  • Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, SFSU; “Fighting for AIDS Awareness” Campaign – Website
  • CUAV (Community United Against Violence) - Website
  • Stop AIDS Project – Website
  • Impact! Bay Area, Self Defense Organization – Website
  • Good Vibrations - Website
  • Planned Parenthood - Website

 

Guest participants

 

Speakers/Contributors:

Carol Joffe, Professor of Sociology at UC Davis, has done extensive research on the subjects of social welfare, gender, and the sociology of reproductive health. For three decades, she has been a leading voice in the reproductive rights and sexuality education movement, and remains a prominent and passionate advocate of women’s rights and gender equality.
Her scholarly work has been featured in many journals and newspapers throughout the years, and her most recent publication, Sex, Reproduction, and Common Sense: What Americans Want, What Rightwing Extremists Fear is forthcoming from Beacon Press.

Deborah Tolman, Director of the Center for Research on Gender and Sexuality and Professor of Human Sexuality Studies at SFSU, is a developmental psychologist whose research has focused on adolescent sexuality, gender development, gender equity, and research methods.
Her current research program includes longitudinal studies of the role of sexual content featured on television on adolescent sexuality, and a development study of gender, relationships, and sexuality that focuses on how messages about masculinity and femininity affect boys’ and girls’ abilities to pursue healthy relationships.

Tamaya Garcia, Developmental Director at The Center for Young Women’s Development in San Francisco, also serves on the board of Tenth Muse Presents, an organization that promotes Latinas in the arts. She earned her BA in Social Anthropology from SFSU, where her studies focused on the criminalization of African-American and Latino populations.

Gilbert Herdt, is Director of the Human Sexuality Studies Program and Professor of Human Sexuality and Anthropology at San Francisco State University. He is also founder of an interdisciplinary institute, Institute on Sexuality, Inequality and Health, and the Director of the National Sexuality Resource Center at SFSU. He is also general editor of Worlds of Desire, and an associate editor of Journal of Culture, Sexuality, and Health; Journal of Men and Masculinities; and Transaction: Journal of Social Science and Modern Society.

Sister maeJoy Bee withU, as a fully professed Sister of Perpetual Indulgence, is an active participant in projects that aim to expand awareness and understanding of local and international human rights and civil liberties. Since their founding in San Francisco in1979, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence have raised and distributed over a million dollars to non-profit organizations that serve the queer and sex positive community. Visit her online at http://thesisters.org/bios/maejoy.html.

Carol Queen, a writer, speaker, educator, and activist, holds a doctorate in sexology and is the co-founder and executive director of The Center for Sex and Culture (www.sexandculture.org) in San Francisco. She is also Staff Sexologist at Good Vibrations (www.goodvibes.com), and frequently speaks at colleges and universities about gender, sexuality, and their expression within various channels of popular culture. Carol is also an active member of the Board of Directors for the Woodhull Freedom Foundation, a non-profit organization that works to affirm sexual freedom as a fundamental human right by protecting and advancing freedom of speech and sexual expression (www.woodhullfoundation.org). Visit her online at www.carolqueen.com.

Jorge Zepeda, the Director of Latino Programs at the SF AIDS Foundation, has worked with the organization since 1996, and done research and outreach in public policy, HIV prevention, case management, group facilitation, HIV education programs, AIDS health promotion, and community organizing and program development. Jorge received his MA in Clinical Social Work from SFSU.

Gillian Goslinga, a cultural and visual anthropologist, feminist, and graduate of the History of Consciousness Program at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her research on gender, reproductive technologies, and so called "traditional" god-assisted reproduction or virgin birth beliefs in contemporary Tamil Nadu, South India, explores the intersections of religion, science, and modernity in the lives of women, as well as the question of subalterity in the representation of religious experience.

Mark Brecke, is an independent filmmaker and documentary photographer. Covering ten years and three continents (Asia, Africa, and  Europe), his work documents the stories of people victimized by war, ethnic conflict, and genocide. Visit him online at http://www.warandweddings.com.

National Sexuality Resource Center at SFSU
Niels Tunis, Research Associate at the Institute of Sexuality, Social Inequality, and Health and Assistant Professor in the Human Sexuality Studies Program at SFSU; Joy O’Donnell, Assistant Director of Education and Training for the National Sexuality Resource Center at SFSU; Praveen Basaviah; Jennifer Feeney.Visit the center online at http://nsrc.sfsu.edu/.

Photographers of the Hohenthal Gallery

Above works curated and organized by Jennifer Kennedy. Download flyer to see artists' contributions.

 

 

Performers:

California State East Bay Dance Group

Director Eric Kupers is co-director of the Dandelion Dancetheater in San Francisco and a veteran of the Margaret Jenkins and Della Davidson Dance Companies. He created and currently leads an improvisational modern dance course that is the embodied channel through which his diverse collection of students – both able-bodied and physically or developmentally impaired - learn to experiment with movement and expand personal repertoires of agility, capability, and art.

3rd PURI Project

A music and performance ensemble whose goal is to interweave and explore traditional and innovative elements of dance, music, spoken word, visual art, and audience participation and cultivate them as an integrative approach to raising awareness, communication, and recognition and dignity for Korean history. Visit them online at www.puriproject.com.

Youth Speaks

The nation’s leading nonprofit presenter of Spoken Word performance, education, and youth development programs, this youth-based and youth-led organization cultivates and trains young people from underprivileged communities to become the creators of social, artistic, educational and political change. Youth Speaks promotes the redefinition by youth of written and oral literacies, concepts of marginality, silence, alienation, and identity. Visit them online at www.youthspeaks.org.

Navarette x Kajiyama Dancetheatre
Jose Navarette - http://www.nkdancetheater.com

 



Getting to the event

The event is located at San Francisco State University (SFSU) 1600 Hollyway Ave. San Francisco, CA 94132.

    • There will be signs directing you around the campus on the days of these events.
    • Jack Adams Hall is on the top floor of the Ceasar Chavez Student Center. Southeast part of Campus.
    • Hohenthal Gallery is on the third floor of the Science Building. (SCI388) Northeast part of Campus.
    • Rosa Parks Conference Hall is in the Cezar Chavez Student Center. Southeast part of Campus.

 

Shout-outs and PSAs

Thank you for your publicity and attention!