AfroLez® Productions Coming Events
Violence Against Black Women | Aishah Shahidah Simmons’ Events
Welcome to the AfroLez® Productions Coming Events Page, which features both a 2008 calendar and a listing of Past and Upcoming Screenings, Lectures, Readings & Signings, and Workshops from 2001 through present day.
If you want to bring Aishah Shahidah Simmons to your event, please go to the Booking Request Page for all inquiries regarding bookings, screenings, workshops, and interviews.
Click here to read the Events Blog.
2008 Events
June 6-7, 2008
National Association for Women in Catholic Higher Education Presents: “Making Connections IX Conference”
St. Johns College
New York, NY
May 2, 2008
Stand UP! The New Politics of Racial Uplift: A Public Philosophy Symposium
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
April 17, 2008
Screening & Discussion of NO! with Aishah Shahidah Simmons
Ogg Hall, University of Wisconsin, Madison
8pm
Please click here to read detailed information about this event.
April 16, 2008
“For Women of Rage & Reason,” with Aishah Shahidah Simmons and Monica Dillon
Memorial Union Play Circle — University of Wisconsin, Madison
A screening of two segments from Breaking Silences: A Supplemental Video to NO!, produced and directed by Aishah Shahidah Simmons; and edited and composed by Monica Dillon;
Followed by - a performance of “A State of Rage” by Aishah Shahidah Simmons and Monica Dillon;
Followed by - a performance by Monica Dillon
7:30 — 9:00pm
Please click here to read detailed information about this event.
April 13, 2008
New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival
New Orleans premiere of tiona m.’s ground-breaking, feature length documentary black./womyn.:conversations Followed by dialogue with tiona m., composer Monica Dillon, and filmmaker Aishah Shahidah Simmons, both of who are featured in the documentary.
Zeitgeist, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd
New Orleans, LA
4pm
For more information about this screening and discussion, please click here
Our Struggle is Your Struggle: A Panel Discussion on Human Rights in New Orleans and Around the World
Zeitgeist, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.
New Orleans, LA
12pm
For more information about this panel, please click here
April 10, 2008
NO! Screening & Discussion with Aishah Shahidah Simmons
University of Houston
Cullen Performance Hall (accessible through Entrance #1)
Houston, Texas
7pm
For more information, please contact the University of Houston’s Women’s Resource Center at 713.743.5888; or the Sanfoka Pan Africkan Student Organization at 832.894.5015
April 8, 2008
NO! Screening & Discussion with Aishah Shahidah Simmons
Ashe’ Cultural Arts Center
New Orleans, LA
7:00pm
Please click here to read detailed information about this event.
April 7, 2008
NO! Screening & Discussion with Aishah Shahidah Simmons, Quentin Walcott, and Kevin Powell
Sponsored by Kevin Powell, Black and Male in America (BAMIA),
Hot 97.1 Radio, allhiphop.com, April Silver of AKILA WORKSONGS, Inc.,CONNECT, and the Black and Latino Filmmakers Coalition
Brown Memorial Baptist Church
484 Washington Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11238
(at the corner of Gates Ave. | Fort Greene, Brooklyn, NY)
A or C to Clinton/Washington stop
7pm (Doors Open at 6:30pm)
Please click here to read detailed information about this event.
April 4, 2008
NO! Screening & Discussion with Aishah Shahidah Simmons
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
7pm
April 3, 2008
NO! Screening & Discussion with Aishah Shahidah Simmons
Parkland College
4pm
March 31, 2008
NO! Screening & Discussion with Aishah Shahidah Simmons
Spelman College, Women’s Resource & Research Center
Atlanta, GA
5pm

March 28-29, 2008
8th Annual Toni Cade Bambara Scholar-Activism Conference
Spelman College, Women’s Resource & Research Center
To read a blog post on this conference, click here

March 27-28, 2008
Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence’s
“2008 Children and Youth Institute”
Regal Sun Resort, Orlando Florida
To read a blog post about this Institute, please click here.
To view the Institute’s brochure, please download this pdf.

March 14-22, 2008
NO! at 6th Filmmor International Women’s Film Festival
To read a blog post about this festival, click here

March 25, 2008
The Brecht Forum
Savoring the Salt: The Legacy of Toni Cade Bambara
reading and signing with Cheryl A. Wall, Linda Janet Holmes, Salamishah Tillet, and Very Special Guests
7:30PM
Sliding Scale $6/$10/$15 — No One Turned Away
Free for Brecht Forum Subscribers
451 West Street (between Bank & Bethune Streets), New York, NY 10014
Phone: (212) 242-4201

March 13, 2008
Raday Salon
NO! Screening followed by discussion co-faciliated by Michael Simmons
Budapest, Hungary
For More Information, click here

February 26, 2008
University of Pennsylvania Bookstore
Savoring the Salt: The Legacy of Toni Cade Bambara reading and signing
with Cheryl A. Wall and Salamishah Tillet
Philadelphia, PA
February 7, 2008
The Brecht Forum
NO! screening, followed by a panel discussion with Aishah Shahidah Simmons, Michael Simmons, Ebony Golden, and Ejeris Dixon
New York, NY
To read a post about this event, click here
February 4, 2008
San Diego State University
NO! Screening
San Diego, California
January 16, 2008 - January 17, 2008
The University of Michigan
Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium Events
www.mlksymposium.umich.edu/08events/events_january.php
To read Aishah’s relfections about this event, click here
2007 Events
October 29, 2007 - November 1, 2007
Rape Awareness Week with Monica Dillon
Earlham College
www.earlham.edu
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Reel Sisters Film Festival: Retro Showcase
http://www.reelsisters.org/retroShowcase.html
September 21-22, 2007
From Campus to Congress: Women of Color Making Change
Hosted by Feminist Majority Foundation, Bennett College for Women, Africana Women’s Studies Department, North Carolina NOW.
This conference is wheel-chair accessible.
http://www.feministcampus.org/leadership/bennett/default.asp
July 2 - July 11, 2007
International Women’s Summit: Women’s Leadership Making A Difference on HIV and AIDS
Nairobi, Kenya
http://www.worldywca.info/index.php/ywca/world_council_07/iws_women_s_summit
June 27 - July 1, 2007
United States Social Forum
Another World Is Possible * Another US Is Necessary
Atlanta, GA
www.ussf2007.org
June 22 - 24, 2007
Allied Media Conference
Breaking Silence, Building Movements
Detroit, MI
www.amc2007.org
June 19, 2007
Screening of NO! and Panel Discussion with Community Leaders
University of Connecticut School of Social Work
1798 Asylum Street
West Hartford, CT
www.connsacs.org
June 15, 2007
INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence Anthologies Launch & Cultural Work Extravaganza and Celebration
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Ashe Cultural Center
1712 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard
New Orleans, LA
May 31-June 3, 2007
SisterSong 2nd National Conference & 10th Anniversary Celebration
Chicago, IL
www.sistersong.net
Two Benefit Screenings for San Francisco Women Against Rape
http://www.sfwar.org/node/view/100
May 17, 2007
First Congregational Church of Oakland
2501 Harrison (at Broadway)
Oakland, CA
6:00 - 8:00 pm
May 19, 2007
The Women’s Building, Audre Lorde Room
San Francisco, CA
5:00 - 7:30 pm
May 8, 2007
Gainesville Commission on the Status of Women’s 26th Annual Conference
Gainesville, FL
May 7, 2007
North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault 18th Biennial Conference
Raleigh, NC
www.nccasa.org
May 5, 2007
Black Lily Film Festival
Film Distribution Panel
Philadelphia, PA
www.blacklilyfilm.org
May 4, 2007
Black Lily Film Festival
Filmmaking and Social Change Brownbag Luncheon and Conversation with
Sonali Gulati and Aishah Shahidah Simmons, moderated by Bernadine Mellis
Philadelphia, PA
www.blacklilyfilm.org
April 20-22, 2007
Sixth Annual Womyn of Color Conference
http://wrrc.ucdavis.edu/wocc/
April 19, 2007
Evergreen State University
Olympia, Washington
7:00pm
www.evergreen.edu
April 18, 2007
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
www.princeton.edu
April 13, 2007
Detroit Women of Color International Film Festival
Johanson Charles Gallery
Eastern Market District
1345 Division Street
Detroit, Michigan
8:30pm
http://detroitfilmfestival1.com/
April 4, 2007
Black Women’s Filmmaker Symposium on Domestic Violence and Human Rights
Williams College
Williamstown, MA
7:30pm - 8:30pm
www.williams.edu/africana-studies/Spring2007.htm
NO! & Belly of the Basin
Images Cinema
9:00pm - 11:30pm
http://www.williams.edu/africana-studies/BellyoftheBasin.htm
http://www.imagescinema.org/
April 3, 2007
The Washington DC Rape Crisis Center presents: NO! and Lori Robinson
THEARC
7:00pm
1901 Mississippi, SE
Washington DC
www.dcrcc.org
April 1, 2007
Documentary Women Filmmakers WAM (Women, Action, & the Media) Conference
11:00am
www.centerfornewwords.org/wam/
March 23, 2007
Sager Symposium 2007: The Norming and Transforming of Queer Activism
Featuring a screening of NO! and conversation with its Producer/Writer/Director
Lang Performing Arts Center at Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA
7:00pm
http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/org/sager/sager2007/schedule.html
March 18-19, 2007
Mobilizing to End Domestic Violence in the African-American Community:
A Contract for Change
Long Beach, CA
http://www.dvinstitute.org/conferences/march2007/no.htm
March 16-30, 2007
Rwanda Film Festival, Women’s Panorama Section
Kigali, Rwanda
www.rwandafilmfestival.org
March 16, 2007
LGBTI Health Summit 2007
Beyond Boundaries: A Blueprint for LGBTI Healthcare Equality
Philadelphia, PA
www.healthsummit2007.org
March 5-6, 2007
State University of New York at Binghamton
Binghamton, NY
http://mrc.binghamton.edu/
February 27-28, 2007
St. Lawrence University
St. Lawrence, NY
http://www.stlawu.edu/advocates/
February 26, 2007
Promoting Reel African Images (FESPACO Film Festival)
Burkina Faso, West Africa
www.robesonaward.com
February 22, 2007
Living & Loving in Black Seattle
Central Cinema, Seattle, WA
February 23, 2007
Seattle Central Community College, Broadway Performance Hall
Seattle, WA
February 17, 2007
BLACK ROCK: The Metamorphosis of Home from Isolation to Connection
Task Force Exhibition
Desert Blooms: Black Women’s Stories of Resistance, Healing & Growth in Community
Newark, NJ
Click here to dowload a flyer for this event.
www.rebornhome.com
February 8, 2007
Bennett College for Women (with Monica Dillon and Ubuntu)
Greensboro, NC
http://iambecauseweare.wordpress.com/2007/01/13/press-release-no-the-rape-documentary-presented-at-bennett-college-for-women/
February 2-3, 2007
Michigan State University
Lansing, MI
January 31– February 1, 2007
Making Your Documentaries Matter
Center for Social Media, American University
Washington, DC
www.centerforsocialmedia.org/resources/publications/2007_mydm_agenda/
January 11, 2007
International Federation of Black Prides Annual Award Ceremony
Philadelphia, PA
www.ifbprides.org
2006 Film Festival Screenings
Black Man Film Festival
Saturday, November 4, 2006
4:30pm
Atlanta, GA
www.toure-interactive.com/hype/
XXVIII Festival Internazionale di Cinema e Donne
October 17-22, 2006
Florence, Italy
www.laboratorioimmaginedonna.it/
San Diego Women Film Festival
Saturday, October 7, 2006, 9:20pm
Museum of Photographic Arts
San Diego, CA
www.sdwff.org
Regenerations: 13th Annual Women of Color Film and Video Festival
Sunday, August 6, 2:15pm
University of California, Santa Cruz - Porter College
http://www2.ucsc.edu/woc/wocff06/home.html
Roxbury Film Festival
July 28, 2006 at 8:00pm
Wentworth Institute of Technology, Annex Auditorium
(550 Parker Street)
Boston, MA
www.roxburyfilmfestival.org
Her Voice, Her View Film Festival
July 21, 2006 at 6:30pm
Two Boots Pioneer Theatre
(East 3rd Street, between Avenues A and B (closer to A)
New York, NY
800-595-4849
www.twoboots.com/pioneer
ATLANTA PREMIERE
Pan African Film Festival - Atlanta
Rich Theatre, Woodruff Arts Center
National Black Arts Festival
July 17 - 23, 2006
www.nbaf.org
2nd Annual Afro Punk Film Festival
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Brooklyn, NY
July 2, 2006, 2:00pm
http://www.bam.org/film/series.aspx?id=84
AFRICAN PREMIERE
27th Durban International Film Festival
Durban, South Africa
June 14-25, 2006
www.cca.ukzn.ac.za/Durban_International_Film_Festival.htm
SPANISH PREMIERE
XIV Barcelona International Women Film Festival
Barcelona, Spain
June 9-18, 2006
http://mostra.dracmagic.com/eng/M01S06A04.html
EUROPEAN PREMIERE
TekFestival
Rome, Italy
May 5-9, 2006
www.tekfestival.it/2006/home_eng.php
ROCKY MOUNTAIN PREMIERE
7th Starz Denver Pan African Film Festival
Denver, Colorado
April 24-30, 2006
www.panafricanarts.org/dpaff.htm
GULF COAST PREMIERE
New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival
New Orleans, LA
April 6-15, 2006
www.nolahumanrights.org
WORLD PREMIERE
Pan African Film & Arts Festival
Los Angeles, CA
Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - 1:05pm
Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 7:30pm
www.paff.org
2006 Events
DC Rape Crisis Center sponsors screening & discussion of rape and African-American experience with Aishah Shahidah Simmons & Lori Robinson at Howard University.
Tuesday, November 14, 2006, 7:30pm
Howard University’s Cramton Auditorium
2455 6th St. NW.
The event is free and open to the public.
Click here to download the flyer.
Click here to download the press release.
www.dcrcc.org
WASHINGTON, DC PREMIERE
National Museum of Women In The Arts
Wednesday, November 8, 2006, 7:00pm
1250 New York Avenue, NW
Presented in partnership with DC INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence.
Suggested donation: $5 - 10
Click here to download the flyer.
www.nmwa.org
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Tuesday, November 7, 6:30pm
Stone Center Auditorium
womenscenter.unc.edu/events/index.html
Spelman College
Monday, November 6, 4:00pm
Cosby Auditorium
This event is presented In collaboration with the Women’s Research and Resource Center and Sisters Chapel, the Division of Student Affairs.
www.spelman.edu/students/sexualassault/nodocumentary.shtml
From Womb to Womanhood Conference
Temple University, Gladfelter Hall
October 28, 2006
www.inthecompanyofpoets.com
Keynote Presentation with Monica Dillon from 9:30 -10:30
“When All That We Have Is A Moment…We Make Do”
Screening of NO! from 11:45 - 1:30)
Black Women’s Filmmaker Panel “Reel Sisters/Real Issues: Sex, Love, Power & Passion”
from 1:45 - 3:00
The Attic Youth Center
Creating Art for Social Change, with Monica Dillon
October 13, 2006, 5:30pm
www.atticyouthcenter.org
PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE
Painted Bride Arts Center
October 12, 2006, 7:00pm
230 Vine Street, Philadelphia
Co-presented by Leeway Foundation and Scribe Video Center in collaboration
with Painted Bride Arts Center.
A reception will follow immediately after the screening.
This screening/event is FREE but reservations are required. Please RSVP to Denise Brown on or before October 9 by emailing her at info@leeway.org or calling 215.545.4078.
www.leeway.org
www.scribe.org
www.paintedbride.org
University of California, San Diego, Cross Cultural Center
October 9, 2006 2:30pm
www.ucsd.edu <http://www.ucsd.edu>
University of Connecticut Institute of African-American Studies
Sexual Violence, Healing and Moving Forward — a talk
October 3, 2006, 4:00pm
DC Rape Crisis Center will present Aishah with a Visionary Award at their “A Taste to Change” event, which will be held at the Women’s National Democratic Club in Washington, DC
September 28, 2006, 6:30pm
www.dcrcc.org
Spelman College Sister’s Chapel Presents “Global Conference - Sisters of African Descent: Connecting Spirituality, Religion and Vocation”
Omni Hotel, CNN Center
Atlanta, GA
September 22, 2006, 3:15pm
http://www.spelman.edu/students/current/ministries/globalconference_schedule.shtml
Barnard College
Barnard Hall, James Room
September 20, 2006, 6:30pm
www.barnard.edu
Raday Salon
June 1, 2006, 6:30pm
Raday Utca 17, Budapest Hungary
http://raday.blogs.com
National Women’s Studies Association
June 15-18, 2006
www.nwsa.org
Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Thursday, June 8, 2006
www.wcasa.org
Solidarity Work: An Organizing Retreat for Internationalist and
Anti-Racist Women’s Human Rights
May 4-7, 2006
http://ideasandsociety.ucr.edu/solidaritywork/organizing_retreat.html
University of California, Riverside
Tuesday, May 2, 2006
www.ucr.edu
Claremont Graduate University
Thursday, April 27, 2006
www.claremont.edu
Blackout Arts Collective
April 21, 2006, 7:30pm
520 8th Ave 22nd Floor (between 36th St and 37th St)
New York, NY
Cost:$5
www.blackoutartscollective.com
Please R.S.V.P. to secure your seat by calling 212-594-4482, Ext 17
or via e-mail at blackoutarts@yahoo.com
Drexel University
Thursday, April 20, 2006
www.drexel.edu
Click here to download a flyer for this event.
University of California, Santa Barbara
Monday, April 19, 2006
www.ucsb.edu
Click here to download a flyer for this event.
University of Illinois, Chicago
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
African American Cultural Center at 3:00pm
www.uic.edu
Click here to download a flyer for this event.
AIDS Task Force of Greater Cleveland
Friday, April 14, 2006
www.aidstaskforce.org
Harvard University
April 10, 2006
Harvard Yard, Emerson 305, 5:30pm
www.harvard.edu
University of Virginia
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Wilson Hall Auditorium, 7:00pm
Click here to download a flyer for this event.
Boston College
Monday, March 27, 2006
Mcguinn 121, 7pm
www.bc.edu
University of California, Santa Barbara
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Multicultural Center Theater, 4pm
www.ucsb.edu
Click here to download a flyer for this event.
California State University, San Marcos
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Fieldhouse, Grand Salon, 6pm
www.csusm.edu
SNEAK PREVIEW
Quinnipiac University
Saturday, February 4, 2006
www.quinnipiac.edu/x17805.xml
2001 - 2004 EVENTS
Here is a listing of educational screenings of and lectures, workshops and discussions about NO!TM held before January of 2005.
YWCA Phyllis Wheatley Community Center
November 13, 2004
Healing Expressions: Using Art to Change the World
Topic: Confronting Sexual Assault and Abuse
Lexington, Kentucky
Paris, France
October 28-November 4, 2004
Quand lesbiennes se font du cinema, Groupe du 6 Novembre; Ni Putes Ni Soumises.
* WINNER “Special Mention” Documentary Section, Long Form
http://www.cineffable.fr.fm/
http://www.wasadugu.org/groupedu6novembre.htm
http://www.niputesnisoumises.com/
Genova, Italy
October 22
Sponsored by: Associazione Cuturale Artemisia, Associazaione Le Bisce d’aqcua,
Collettive Femministe Libere Tutte
Click here to download a flyer for this event.
Rome, Italy
October 13-17, 2004
Sponsored by: Lune e le altre, Coordinamento Lesbiche Romane, Casa Internazionale delle Donne,
Donne in Genere, Differenza Donna, Queering Sapienza, La Mela di Eva
16 Ottobre - Proieziene del video NO! e dibattito
Luna e le Altre
15 Ottobre - Proieziene del video NO! e dibattito
Casa Internazionale delle Donne
14 Ottobre - Proieziene del video NO! e diabattito
Centro di accoglienza per donne in diffficolta “Maree”
13 Ottobre - Proieziene del video NO! e diabattito
Facolta di Lettere_La Sapienza Universita
Florence, Italy
October 12, 2004
Sponsored by: Azione Gay e Lesbica
Bologna, Italy
October 11, 2004
Sponsored by: La Casa Per Non Subire Violenza; Arcilesbica Bologna; and Fuoricampo
http://www.fuoricampo.net/aishah_simmons.html
Turin, Italy
October 7, 2004
Proiezione del documentario e incontro con l’autrice Aishah Shahidah Simmons.
Sponsored by: City of Turin Municipality
http://www.comune.torino.it/politichedigenere/as/no.htm
http://www.comune.torino.it/politichedigenere/index.htm
Ramapo College of New Jersey
October 4, 2004 @ 6:30 p.m.
For more information, please call (201) 684-7468
Tidewater Community College, Norfolk Campus
September 28, 2004 @ 7:00 p.m.
Sponsored by: Tidewater Community College Women’s Center,
Campus Violence Prevention Project; and Student Activities
D.C. Rape Crisis Center’s Fall Fundraiser
September 23, 2004; 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Westin Embassy Row
2100 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
For more information, please call (202) 232-0789 ext. 221
Prince George’s Community College
September 21, 2004 @ 7:00 p.m.
Sponsored by: Prince George’s Sheriff’s Department; Prince George’s County Executive’s Office;
Prince George’s County Council; and Prince George’s Community College
Click here to download a flyer for this event.
National Black Arts Festival (July 2004)
Bearing Witness: Women, Culture, and Politics
One-day Symposium
Groupe du 6 Novembre/La Maison Des Femmes, June 2004 (Paris, France)
Regional Conference on Trafficking in Balkans, June 2004 (Dubrovnik, Croatia)
European Quaker International Affairs Program
American Friends Service Committee
University of California, Davis, May 2004
Visions In Feminism/Café Mowonaj, April 2004
Ohio Coalition On Sexual Assault, April 2004
Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University, April 2004
North Carolina State University, April 2004
Agape Lesbian Stage, April 2004 (Turin, Italy)
Western Illinois University, April 2004
Refuge House, April 2004
Southern University of New Orleans, March 2004
Central European University, March 2004 (Budapest, Hungary)
Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault, March 2004
Hamilton College, February 2004
State University of New York at Oswego, February 2004
Macelester College, February 2004
Bryn Mawr College, February 2004
Federal Grants to Reduce Violent Crimes Against Women on Campus
Program Training and Technical Assistance Program, January 2004
Sister Song National Conference, November 2003
Kalamazoo College, November 2003
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, November 2003
Brookdale Auditorium, Hunter College/Benefit Reception for NO!, October 2003
Wesleyan University, October 2003
Wright State University, October 2003
Johnnetta Betsch Cole’s Innaugural Program/
Bennett College for Women, October 2003
Iowa State University, September 2003
PA Coalition Against Rape Mid Atlantic Conference, September 2003
San Francisco Women Against Rape, June 2003
San Francisco Black Film Festival, June 2003
Akwaaba Community Center (Detroit), May 2003
Austin H. MacCormick Island Academy (Rikers Island Correctional Facility), May 2003
Denver Pan African Film Festival, April 2003
Princeton University, April 2003
Boston College, April 2003
Harvard University, April 2003
Rockland County Family Shelter, April 2003
Spelman College, March 2003
Black Men In Support of the Film NO!/HipHop Speaks/
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, March 2003
Tufts University, March 2003
Boston Black Women’s Institute/Simmons College, March 2003
Temple University, November 2002
Oberlin College, November 2002
New Jersey Coalition Against Battered Women, November 2002
Black Man Film Festival, November 2002
Earth Mama Healing Gathering, August 2002
Black men and Domestic Violence: What Do We Know,
Where Do We Go?, (May 2002)
Female “Bodies” of Knowledge Symposium, Temple University, April 2002
Essence of Healing Conference, March 2002 (England)
University of Pennsylvania, March 2002
Columbia University, February 2002
Prism’s “Queer People of Color Organizing Conference,”
Yale University, February 2002
State University of New York at Albany, February 2002
Princeton University, November 2001
Fresh Start Alternative School, October 2001
Gilliam Youth Detention Facility, October 2001
Metropolitan State College of Denver, October 2001
Duke University, September 2001
Groupe du 6 Novembre, August 2001 (Paris, France)
European Roma Rights Center’s Summer School, July 2001 (Budapest, Hungary)
Open Society Institute’s Roma Participation Program, July 2001 (Hungary)













