University of Miami School of Law, Miami Worker’s Center Sisterhood of Survivors, University of Miami Race and Social Justice Law Review, and the Center on Applied Feminism (University of Baltimore School of Law) present CONVERGE! Re-imagining the Movement to End Gender Violence February 7-8, 2014.
For more than 40 years, gender violence has been the focus of U.S. feminist activism. The CONVERGE! conference will bring together survivors, activists, lawyers, service providers, and academics to reconsider the dominant U.S. responses to gender violence, to build capacity for political mobilization and reform, to share innovative approaches to gender violence, and to promote cross-fertilization and collaboration. Join the CONVERGE! conversation to build a transformative political agenda to refocus U.S. priorities in ways that better address the intersecting inequalities that create and maintain gender violence.
Papers are invited. Submit abstracts (no more than 500 words) to converge[@]law.miami.edu.
Deadline: October 18, 2013 im
h/t: Washington and Lee Law Faculty Scholarship Blog
Submissions should include the following:
- Your Name & Contact Information
- Your Organization Affiliation (if any)
- Indicate information about you (include all that apply): a. Academic and, if so, in what discipline? b. Attorney, and if so, what are your areas of practice (if applicable)? c. Activists, non-lawyer, and if so, what are your areas of focus? d. Survivor, what areas of work are you involved with?
- Indicate the kind of presentation in which you are most interested: a. Individual Presentation (talk) on a Panel (about 15 minutes) b. Organizing a Panel (60 minutes). Include the names, affiliations and information outlined above for each panel member. Please also indicate that each has agreed to participate if chosen and indicate if the participation for any panel member is contingent on receiving a scholarship. Panel members applying for scholarships must make their own application. c. Providing a training session or engaging in a strategy sharing session. d. Leading (or co-leading) a break out discussion
- Indicate if your participation is contingent on receiving a scholarship. (You must complete a separate scholarship application, available at the website.) Scholarships are limited.
- Write an abstract that includes the following information: title; description of your proposal; the conference theme(s) your proposal best fits; how your talk contributes to the diversity of the conference in terms of social identity, experience, knowledge base, or area of expertise.
