Bodies of Knowledge Symposium

Just wanted to let everyone know that the Bodies of Knowledge Symposium is open for registration! Here's the information from the website:

The Bodies of Knowledge Symposium brings cutting edge theory on gender and sexuality to the upstate of South Carolina.

The Symposium will take place during the spring semester as part of a larger campus commitment to the principle of respecting sexual diversity demonstrated by the highly successful Safe Zone Allies program and the acknowledgement of sexual orientation as a protected category of identity in USC Upstate’s longstanding Diversity Initiative. The symposium serves to maintain and further fuel the energy of the students, faculty, and staff who are galvanized at this time to improve the campus climate for LGBTQ students, faculty, and staff.

The Bodies of Knowledge Symposium is designed to raise awareness on campus about sexual diversity, to cultivate anti-homophobic attitudes among Upstate students, faculty, staff and administration, and to provide LGBTQ students with opportunities to deepen their ties to each other, to the LGBTQ community, and to their straight allies on campus, as well as in the region of the U.S. Southeast.

All attendees must register online for the conference, even if you do not plan to attend every presentation.

A Prelude to the Bodies of Knowledge Symposium, featuring guest speaker E. Lynn Harris, will be held at the Spartanburg County Library on March 23, 2009 at 7 p.m.

Here's a link to the registration page: http://www.uscupstate.edu/bodiesofknowledge/form.aspx?ekfrm=14248

Remember: registration is first come, first serve!

-Sarah