Attend next weeks Mini- symposium to launch a national Network for LGBTQ Scholars of Color

in Outside Announcements
October 23rd, 2014

The Annie E. Casey Foundation along with the Center for LGBTQ Studies at the City University of New York as well as other prospective funders and allies to establish a US-based LGBTQ Scholars of Color Network.

The LGBTQ Scholars of Color Network will gather a national group of LGBTQ people of color involved in research, evaluation, and scholarship.  Our purpose is to build a vibrant network of LGBTQ Scholars of Color and to foster a pipeline for emerging LGBGTQ Scholars of Color. Participants will have opportunities to be mentored by senior scholars, to meet others LGBTQ scholars of color from all over the country, and to gain skill sets in various areas (e.g.,advanced methodological approaches, grant writing, navigating the tenure process, etc.). The inaugural conference for the Network will be held from Wednesday, April 8th to Friday April 10th, 2015.

On October 31, we will be launching this Network with a mini-symposium at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. The afternoon will be open to general public from the LGBTQ community and their allies. We will discuss the current state of the research of LGBTQ scholars of color.

The following is a draft agenda:

Mini- SYMPOSIUM
1:00 – 1:15           Introductions of LGBTQ Scholars of Color Network
Dr. Debra Joy Perez, Annie E. Casey Foundation
Dr. Kevin Nadal, CLAGS: Center for LGBTQ Studies, City University of New York

Andrus Family Fund: Leticia Peguero
1:15 – 2:15          State of LGBTQ POC Research
Dr. Andrew Spieldnener, Hofstra University
Dr. JP Sanchez, Rutgers New Jersey College of Medicine
New York City’s Anti-Violence Project
2:15 – 3:15         Casey Foundation Initiatives as related to LGBTQ Communities of Color
Child Welfare
Evidence Based Practice- Mental Health
Family Economic Success/ Center for Community Economic Opportunity/Civic Sites Community Change
3:15 – 3:30          Coffee Break
3:30- 4:15            Early Career Professional Development and Academia Panel
Dr. Lourdes Follins, Kingsborough Community College- CUNY
Dr. Jay Pastrana, John Jay College of Criminal Justice- CUNY
Dr. Tonia Potiat, Johns Hopkins University
Dr. David Rivera, William Paterson University
4:15 – 5:00          Facilitated Discussion, Future Directions, and Conclusions

The meeting location:
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
524 W. 59th Street (between 10th/11th Avenues) Room L.63 New York, NY 10019