Workshop Details
All times are CENTRAL STANDARD TIME (CST)
Saturday, October 8, 2022
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM
Tripping Queerly Towards Healing (18+ Only) with Jordan Dobrowski
Room 208 & Zoom
Psychedelics and queer folx go way back. That said, their journey together has not always been pleasant. In this workshop, participants will learn some of the history of how psychedelics have been used by members of the LGBTQ+ community, how the community has experienced harm by various psychedelic practitioners, and how we might collectively imagine a new path forward in the current Psychedelic Renaissance.
Individual & Collective Boundaries in Relationships with Paula Neely
Room 273
Develop personal awareness to navigate the potential for racially-charged situations.
I Can Be Both: Reclaiming Your Faith in Your Queerness with Erica Bryerwell
Room 212
For many, coming out as queer means navigating a complicated relationship with their faith. Erica, a queer seminarian and vicar, believes in the Divine power of people's stories. How does telling the story of your faith, self-discovery, queerness-with all the joy and all the pain that comes with it-help you reclaim what you believe? How does hearing the others' stories impact your understanding of your own faith?
This workshop will look at the intersection of queerness and faith, explore the power of stories, and invite participants to begin to claim and share their own stories.
Content Warnings: religion/Christianity, religious trauma
Bi+ Activism in 2022, a Discussion of Possibilities with Camille Holthaus
Room 207
Come join this moderated discussion about different organizing/decision making structures and how they can serve the needs of bi+ communities. Moderator Camille Holthaus has chaired a 501(c)3 board, participated in consensus decision making, and shadowed event organizers working from a solidarity model. Whether you started out in 501(c)3's or on the front lines of direct actions come share your thoughts on strengths and weaknesses of different approaches. Experiences with a broad range of organizing types, communities, and lived experiences will make this discussion richer. Come learn with us.
1:45 PM - 4:00 PM
Beyond Binaries: Identity and Sexuality with Robyn Ochs
Room 212 & Zoom
How do we assign labels to our complex experiences of identity? In this interactive program, we explore the landscape of sexuality, conduct a thought-provoking anonymous survey of those present, and look together at the data. How do we identify, privately and publicly? Where do we locate ourselves on sexuality and gender continua? How old were we when we came to our identities? How a[sexual] are we? How well do our friends/family members understand us? This program will change the way you think about labels and deconstruct binary systems of identity.
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
I Can Be Both: Reclaiming Your Faith in Your Queerness with Erica Bryerwell
Room 273
For many, coming out as queer means navigating a complicated relationship with their faith. Erica, a queer seminarian and vicar, believes in the Divine power of people's stories. How does telling the story of your faith, self-discovery, queerness-with all the joy and all the pain that comes with it-help you reclaim what you believe? How does hearing the others' stories impact your understanding of your own faith?
This workshop will look at the intersection of queerness and faith, explore the power of stories, and invite participants to begin to claim and share their own stories.
Content Warnings: religion/Christianity, religious trauma
Bi+ Activism: How to Move Beyond Just Getting By with Jessie Miller
Room 207
This is meant to be a workshop for individuals to bring issues they are having in their organizations, a desire to start an organization, or who want to learn more about nonprofits. This workshop will be directed by group member's own issues and we will work as a group to brainstorm and come up with solutions. I will also talk about my extensive experience in bi+ activism both through organizations and not, in nonprofits or not, and in the streets.
Funding Bi+ Movements with Neil Aasve and Camille Holthaus
Room 212 & Zoom
Come learn about Visibility Impact Fund--the first and only grant funding sourceby and for bisexual+ communities! LGBTQ Philanthropy persistently excludes funding work that addresses the unique challenges bi+ people face. This lack of funding contributes to the bi+ communities economic and health disparities. This session will provide an overview of the Visibility Impact Fund, the projects it has funded, and why it matters in the broader LGBTQ funding context. Attendees will engage in group discussions to answer: what does a well-funded bi+ movement look like? In other words, how can bi+ specific grants impact your community?
Advancing Intersectional Bisexual Health Equity via Community Engaged Research and Federal Health Policy with Lauren Beach and Robyn Ochs
Room 271
In this interactive two-part session, we will first provide a brief overview of intersectional bi+ health disparities and outline the recent Call-to-Action and Policy Benchmarks bi+ community leaders presented to the Biden administration to eliminate these disparities. We will also discuss ongoing community initiatives across the United States led by bisexual non-profit organizations to promote the health and health equity of bi+ populations. In the second part, attendees will work together in small groups using an interactive “flipped classroom” model to brainstorm next steps in advancing bi+ specific research and health policy agendas.
Tripping Queerly Towards Healing (18+ Only) with Jordan Dobrowski
Room 208 & Zoom
Psychedelics and queer folx go way back. That said, their journey together has not always been pleasant. In this workshop, participants will learn some of the history of how psychedelics have been used by members of the LGBTQ+ community, how the community has experienced harm by various psychedelic practitioners, and how we might collectively imagine a new path forward in the current Psychedelic Renaissance.
Individual & Collective Boundaries in Relationships with Paula Neely
Room 273
Develop personal awareness to navigate the potential for racially-charged situations.
I Can Be Both: Reclaiming Your Faith in Your Queerness with Erica Bryerwell
Room 212
For many, coming out as queer means navigating a complicated relationship with their faith. Erica, a queer seminarian and vicar, believes in the Divine power of people's stories. How does telling the story of your faith, self-discovery, queerness-with all the joy and all the pain that comes with it-help you reclaim what you believe? How does hearing the others' stories impact your understanding of your own faith?
This workshop will look at the intersection of queerness and faith, explore the power of stories, and invite participants to begin to claim and share their own stories.
Content Warnings: religion/Christianity, religious trauma
Bi+ Activism in 2022, a Discussion of Possibilities with Camille Holthaus
Room 207
Come join this moderated discussion about different organizing/decision making structures and how they can serve the needs of bi+ communities. Moderator Camille Holthaus has chaired a 501(c)3 board, participated in consensus decision making, and shadowed event organizers working from a solidarity model. Whether you started out in 501(c)3's or on the front lines of direct actions come share your thoughts on strengths and weaknesses of different approaches. Experiences with a broad range of organizing types, communities, and lived experiences will make this discussion richer. Come learn with us.
1:45 PM - 4:00 PM
Beyond Binaries: Identity and Sexuality with Robyn Ochs
Room 212 & Zoom
How do we assign labels to our complex experiences of identity? In this interactive program, we explore the landscape of sexuality, conduct a thought-provoking anonymous survey of those present, and look together at the data. How do we identify, privately and publicly? Where do we locate ourselves on sexuality and gender continua? How old were we when we came to our identities? How a[sexual] are we? How well do our friends/family members understand us? This program will change the way you think about labels and deconstruct binary systems of identity.
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
I Can Be Both: Reclaiming Your Faith in Your Queerness with Erica Bryerwell
Room 273
For many, coming out as queer means navigating a complicated relationship with their faith. Erica, a queer seminarian and vicar, believes in the Divine power of people's stories. How does telling the story of your faith, self-discovery, queerness-with all the joy and all the pain that comes with it-help you reclaim what you believe? How does hearing the others' stories impact your understanding of your own faith?
This workshop will look at the intersection of queerness and faith, explore the power of stories, and invite participants to begin to claim and share their own stories.
Content Warnings: religion/Christianity, religious trauma
Bi+ Activism: How to Move Beyond Just Getting By with Jessie Miller
Room 207
This is meant to be a workshop for individuals to bring issues they are having in their organizations, a desire to start an organization, or who want to learn more about nonprofits. This workshop will be directed by group member's own issues and we will work as a group to brainstorm and come up with solutions. I will also talk about my extensive experience in bi+ activism both through organizations and not, in nonprofits or not, and in the streets.
Funding Bi+ Movements with Neil Aasve and Camille Holthaus
Room 212 & Zoom
Come learn about Visibility Impact Fund--the first and only grant funding sourceby and for bisexual+ communities! LGBTQ Philanthropy persistently excludes funding work that addresses the unique challenges bi+ people face. This lack of funding contributes to the bi+ communities economic and health disparities. This session will provide an overview of the Visibility Impact Fund, the projects it has funded, and why it matters in the broader LGBTQ funding context. Attendees will engage in group discussions to answer: what does a well-funded bi+ movement look like? In other words, how can bi+ specific grants impact your community?
Advancing Intersectional Bisexual Health Equity via Community Engaged Research and Federal Health Policy with Lauren Beach and Robyn Ochs
Room 271
In this interactive two-part session, we will first provide a brief overview of intersectional bi+ health disparities and outline the recent Call-to-Action and Policy Benchmarks bi+ community leaders presented to the Biden administration to eliminate these disparities. We will also discuss ongoing community initiatives across the United States led by bisexual non-profit organizations to promote the health and health equity of bi+ populations. In the second part, attendees will work together in small groups using an interactive “flipped classroom” model to brainstorm next steps in advancing bi+ specific research and health policy agendas.
Sunday, October 9, 2022
12:30 AM - 1:45 PM
Double Erasure: Being Biracial and Bisexual Into Today's Society with Brooke Lindley
Room 208 & Zoom
Join this workshop to explore the intersectionalities between minority identities and learning why it is crucial to achieving equity. Understanding minority stress theory, challenges for the Bi+ community, and how to advocate for Bi+ inclusion.
Individual & Collective Boundaries in Relationships with Paula Neely
Room 271
Develop personal awareness to navigate the potential for racially-charged situations.
Learning to Introduce your Bi+ Self with Camille Holthaus
Room 207
As soon as we use them, labels fail us. When we come out it invites the question, “What does that mean?” We may hesitate to start important conversations if we’re not confident we can discuss what our orientation means to us. How you understand your orientation is intensely personal and being able to express it is important for personal affirmation as well as advocacy work. As we think intersectionality, the discussion becomes even more detailed and nuanced. This workshop will help you develop the right words to communicate what’s important to you about your identities and roles through large and small group discussions and both written and verbal exercises.
Advancing Intersectional Bisexual Health Equity via Community Engaged Research and Federal Health Policy with Lauren Beach and Robyn Ochs
Room 212
In this interactive two-part session, we will first provide a brief overview of intersectional bi+ health disparities and outline the recent Call-to-Action and Policy Benchmarks bi+ community leaders presented to the Biden administration to eliminate these disparities. We will also discuss ongoing community initiatives across the United States led by bisexual non-profit organizations to promote the health and health equity of bi+ populations. In the second part, attendees will work together in small groups using an interactive “flipped classroom” model to brainstorm next steps in advancing bi+ specific research and health policy agendas.
Double Erasure: Being Biracial and Bisexual Into Today's Society with Brooke Lindley
Room 208 & Zoom
Join this workshop to explore the intersectionalities between minority identities and learning why it is crucial to achieving equity. Understanding minority stress theory, challenges for the Bi+ community, and how to advocate for Bi+ inclusion.
Individual & Collective Boundaries in Relationships with Paula Neely
Room 271
Develop personal awareness to navigate the potential for racially-charged situations.
Learning to Introduce your Bi+ Self with Camille Holthaus
Room 207
As soon as we use them, labels fail us. When we come out it invites the question, “What does that mean?” We may hesitate to start important conversations if we’re not confident we can discuss what our orientation means to us. How you understand your orientation is intensely personal and being able to express it is important for personal affirmation as well as advocacy work. As we think intersectionality, the discussion becomes even more detailed and nuanced. This workshop will help you develop the right words to communicate what’s important to you about your identities and roles through large and small group discussions and both written and verbal exercises.
Advancing Intersectional Bisexual Health Equity via Community Engaged Research and Federal Health Policy with Lauren Beach and Robyn Ochs
Room 212
In this interactive two-part session, we will first provide a brief overview of intersectional bi+ health disparities and outline the recent Call-to-Action and Policy Benchmarks bi+ community leaders presented to the Biden administration to eliminate these disparities. We will also discuss ongoing community initiatives across the United States led by bisexual non-profit organizations to promote the health and health equity of bi+ populations. In the second part, attendees will work together in small groups using an interactive “flipped classroom” model to brainstorm next steps in advancing bi+ specific research and health policy agendas.