2019 Negotiating Boundaries / Morgan Jenkins on Capitalism and Abuse (2 Pages)
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2019 Negotiating Boundaries / Morgan Jenkins on Capitalism and Abuse (2 Pages)
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Print-version of an email containing a flyer for the event "Negotiating Boundaries in the #MeToo Era" with keynote speaker, Morgan Jenkins. This event was held at UM-Dearborn on April 17, 2019.
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Special Event: "Negotiating Boundaries in the #MeToo Era"
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Nina Loveberry <nlerma@umich.edu>
To: umdearborn-general@umich.edu
Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 6:08 AM
SPECIAL EVENT
Negotiating Boundaries in the #MeToo Era
The #MeToo movement has been a powerful force in bringing to light harmful behaviors. But how does a social movement change from an idea to implementing real social change?
Please join the Women's and Gender Studies Program as we begin to negotiate boundaries in the #Me Too era.
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
9:00 a.m. -5:00 p.m.
Michigan Rooms, Fairlane Center South
The day will include:
Our Keynote Speaker Morgan Jerkins, author of This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America, will present: Capitalism and Abuse: How Ecosystems of Power Create Victims
A faculty panel discussion on The #MeToo Era: Perspectives of UM Dearborn Professors
A screening of Prof. Jennifer Proctor's film, Am I Pretty? during lunch
Afternoon workshops:
• Combatting the Trivialization of Sexual Assault in the Age of the #MeToo Movement (presented by Benita Robinson)
• Asserting my space.....how to define, assert and hold my boundaries from a place of internal self acceptance (presented by Heidi Sproull)
The complete schedule can be found on the event's webpage.
Special Event: "Negotiating Boundaries in the #MeToo Era"
7 messages
Nina Loveberry <nlerma@umich.edu>
To: umdearborn-general@umich.edu
Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 6:08 AM
SPECIAL EVENT
Negotiating Boundaries in the #MeToo Era
The #MeToo movement has been a powerful force in bringing to light harmful behaviors. But how does a social movement change from an idea to implementing real social change?
Please join the Women's and Gender Studies Program as we begin to negotiate boundaries in the #Me Too era.
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
9:00 a.m. -5:00 p.m.
Michigan Rooms, Fairlane Center South
The day will include:
Our Keynote Speaker Morgan Jerkins, author of This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America, will present: Capitalism and Abuse: How Ecosystems of Power Create Victims
A faculty panel discussion on The #MeToo Era: Perspectives of UM Dearborn Professors
A screening of Prof. Jennifer Proctor's film, Am I Pretty? during lunch
Afternoon workshops:
• Combatting the Trivialization of Sexual Assault in the Age of the #MeToo Movement (presented by Benita Robinson)
• Asserting my space.....how to define, assert and hold my boundaries from a place of internal self acceptance (presented by Heidi Sproull)
The complete schedule can be found on the event's webpage.
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Morgan Jerkins, Keynote Speaker
Capitalism and Abuse: How Ecosystems of Power Create Victims
Morgan Jerkins is the author of This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America, which debuted on the New York Times Bestsellers List and was longlisted for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay. Her short form work has been published in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, and The Washington Post, among many others. An alumna of Princeton University and the Bennington Writing Seminars, Jerkins is a former associate editor at Catapult and currently teaches in Columbia University's MFA program in nonfiction.
If you wish to purchase a copy of This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America, the campus bookstore has a link you can order it from to be delivered or picked up at the bookstore, or they will be onsite during the event.
This event is free and open to all UM-Dearborn faculty, staff and students as well as the general public. However, prior registration is required.
Register for the Event
The event is sponsored by:
Institute for Research on Women & Gender (IRWG), Women’s and Gender Studies (WGST), and Women in Learning and Leadership (WILL)
For more information, contact Nina Loveberry
UM-Dearborn, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, MI 48128
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Morgan Jerkins, Keynote Speaker
Capitalism and Abuse: How Ecosystems of Power Create Victims
Morgan Jerkins is the author of This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America, which debuted on the New York Times Bestsellers List and was longlisted for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay. Her short form work has been published in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, and The Washington Post, among many others. An alumna of Princeton University and the Bennington Writing Seminars, Jerkins is a former associate editor at Catapult and currently teaches in Columbia University's MFA program in nonfiction.
If you wish to purchase a copy of This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America, the campus bookstore has a link you can order it from to be delivered or picked up at the bookstore, or they will be onsite during the event.
This event is free and open to all UM-Dearborn faculty, staff and students as well as the general public. However, prior registration is required.
Register for the Event
The event is sponsored by:
Institute for Research on Women & Gender (IRWG), Women’s and Gender Studies (WGST), and Women in Learning and Leadership (WILL)
For more information, contact Nina Loveberry
UM-Dearborn, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, MI 48128
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Dearborn, MI | 48128 US
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Nina Loveberry
Women's and Gender Studies Program, University of Michigan-Dearborn
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March 11, 2019
