Over 700 people from 40 campuses attended the QPOC Conference hosted by UC Riverside in 2011.
Consider this website as an archive of the event.
Some of the demographics of those who attended the 2011 conference include:
20% Transgender or Genderqueer
80% Cisgender
13% Straight Allies
87% LGBQ (& many other non-straight identities)
44% Chicano/a or Latino/a
21% Asian/Pacific Islander
12% Black or African American or African
9% White
7% Multiracial
3% Middle Eastern
3% South Asian
2% Native American
Ryka Aoki To Join La Maricolectiva at Opening Performance of QPOC Conference on Friday. April 8 at UCR
Ryka Aoki will share her spoken word talents at the opening performance of the Queer People of Color Conference at UC Riverside, April 8-10, 2011. Ryka will also present a featured workshop on “Beneath Grassroots: Changing the world with no strings attached” and will close the conference with a keynote on Sunday.Ryka Aoki is a writer, performer, and educator who has been honored by the California State Senate for creating Trans/Giving, LA’s only art/performance series dedicated to trans, genderqueer, and intersex artists.
La Maricolectiva Performance To Open QPOC Conference Friday, April 8, 2011 at UC Riverside
La Maricolactiva bring their spoken word, slam poetry, cabaret and stand up, spanish, english y espanglish with a kick of jota slang to UC Riverside on Friday, April 8 to open the 6th Annual Queer People of Color Conference. Co-sponsored by ASPB, their performance is open to the entire UCR campus and anyone registered to attend the QPOC Conference.
D’Lo To Provide Sneaky and Soulful Ways to Change the World and Ourselves at QPOC Conference, April 8-10, 2011
D’Lo, a queer Tamil Sri L.A.nkan-American, political theatre artist/writer, director, comedian and music producer, will present a featured workshop at the Queer People of Color Conference this April at UC Riverside. D’Lo’s workshop will make a link between/performance/writing and the sneaky ways we want to be subversive in this world. D'Lo will guide participants in a series of exercises that unleash the creative spirit.Kenyon Farrow, QPOC Conference Keynote Speaker, Named "Modern Black History Hero" by BET
Kenyon Farrow, who will deliver a keynote at the Queer People of Color Conference April 8-10, 2011 at UC Riverside, was recently recognized by BET for his community activism. Black Entertainment Television aired this television spot honoring Kenyon as a "Modern Black History Hero."
Vincent Cervantes, Queer Chicano Speaker on Religion, Theology, Race, Gender, and Sexuality, To Present at QPOC Conference
How do we create a decolonized theology of spirit and queerness? What are the social, existential, and embodied experiences of being queer and Chicano/a? National speaker and social activist Vincent Cervantes will help us think differently about traditional theological notions of spirituality and sexuality, and seek ways to overcome and disrupt normative boundaries, at the Queer People of Color Conference.Vincent Cervantes is a queer Chicano writer, speaker, blogger, and social activist who works to educate and inform others through his words and performance. Inspired by storytelling, Vincent seeks to keep talking so that others too will share their stories.
QPOC Conference Offers Gender Neutral Restrooms
UC Riverside’s Highlander Union Building will host the Queer People of Color Conference April 8-10, 2011 While the HUB is known for its HUGE gendered restrooms signs, we will offer safe and accessible restrooms for all gender identities during the QPOC Conference.
Starting at 6pm on Friday, April 8, all the restrooms on the 3rd level of the HUB will be gender neutral. This includes one restroom with 18 stalls and another restroom with 7 stalls and 6 urinals. One single-occupancy restroom is also located on the 3rd level. Folks who prefer gendered restrooms for “Men’ and ‘Women” may access additional restrooms on the 2nd level of the HUB.
Ruth Villasenor of Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits to screen "Traditional Indigenous Values" at QPOC Conference
Ruth Villasenor will screen her film "Traditional Indigenous Values, a short documentary that gives an Indigenous woman’s perspective on Prop 8, being Two Spirit and the effect of Colonization. She will explore historical references of acceptance of mutliple genders, the continued effects of "manifest destiny", and current colonization of Indigenous people.
Visibility Project Photo Exhibit at QPOC Conference
The *Visibility Project is a photographic portraiture series focused on the Queer Asian American identified community, that seeks to break down ethnic, gendered, and sexual stereotypes through the powerful and accessible media of photography and video. Project director Mia Nakano, and collaborator Shawn Tamaribuchi are bringing the photo exhibit to the QPOC Conference, April 8-10, 2011 at UC Riverside, and will also be presenting a workshop on the project.
Meet The QCC Crew: Kevin Fu
Name: Kevin FuMajor: Business
Year: Grad School
What does the Queer People of Color Conference mean to you?
"The challenges and inspirations of being a queer person of color are unique. The conference is a platform for queer people of color to come together and talk about their experiences. However, this conference will also serve as a platform to understand struggles outside of the LGBT community, revealing that people need to look out for each other, no what community they are from. I hope that by the end of this experience, the members of my community will fully absorb the beauty, the promise, and the potential of being a queer person of color."
Meet The QCC Crew: Stacey Hartnett
Name: Stacey HartnettMajor: Business Administration
Year: 4th
What does the Queer People of Color Conference mean to you?
"To me, the QPOC Conference gives people of every background a chance to come together and talk about what it means to be a queer person of color or a QPOC ally. It gives students a space to express themselves in a forum that they usually don't have. QPOC ROCK! "
Meet The QCC Crew: Toi Thibodeaux
Name: Toi ThibodeauxMajors: Health Care Management & Health Services Administration
Year: Staff
What does the Queer People of Color Conference mean to you?
"The Queer People Of Color Conference to me is all about Empowerment, Visibility, Support, Education, Community."
Meet The QCC Crew: Nancy Jean Tubbs
Name: Nancy Jean TubbsMajors: Educational Administration
Year: Staff
What does the Queer People of Color Conference mean to you?
"The QPOCC is a space to critically think about the messages we receive from majority cultures, and to courageously discuss our many communities and identities. Plus, 600 queer people and allies in the HUB, yay!"
Meet The QCC Crew: Jessica Fu
Name: Jessica FuMajor: English and Political Science
Year: 4th
What does the Queer People of Color Conference mean to you?
"The Conference is a chance for me to find community and create discourse around the trauma of being an Other. As a first generation Taiwanese-American queer of the working class, I struggle against but also find solace in the margins. I see the Conference as a springboard for social change."
Meet The QCC Crew: Sinia Rodriguez
Name: Sinia RodriguezMajors: Love and Respect
Year: 5th
What does the Queer People of Color Conference mean to you?
"I am astounded by the sheer amount of under representation QPOC identified people endure. This conference will hopefully change people's minds and get them to stand up and get noticed. Let's call out these racist shenanigans!"
Meet The QCC Crew: Jim Clark
Name: Jim ClarkMajor: English
Year: 4th
What does the Queer People of Color Conference mean to you?
"I think that as a person of mixed race I have always struggled with my identity. I believe that the QPOC Conference will give me the opportunity to start a dialogue with other individuals that share a similar story. I also believe the intersections of race and queerness are often overlooked in the LGBTQIA community and hopefully we can change that."
Meet The QCC Crew: Vincent La
Name: Vincent LaMajor: Biochemistry
Year: 4th
What does the Queer People of Color Conference mean to you?
"I believe this conference is one of the major rally points where those that want to get involved and those that are currently in the struggle for Queer People of Color visibility can meet and discuss ways to empower each other and essentially combat the social struggle it is to be a Queer Person of Color. More can be read here."
Definition, Deconstruction, and Empowerment
By Vincent La
Co-Chair of the Queer People of Color Conference
Decolonization is to deconstruct our own identities and to forge leadership that reverberates throughout our different communities. Individuals obsess over the definition instead of the issue at hand and that in my opinion is what keeps progressive movements from pushing forward into leaps and bounds. We must not focus on our own personal oppressions but choose to work to our strengths to empower each other. Definitionalism is a damaging style of intellectual inquiry based on perverse, fetishistic involvement with definition. We are our worst oppressors.
Co-Chair of the Queer People of Color Conference
Decolonization is to deconstruct our own identities and to forge leadership that reverberates throughout our different communities. Individuals obsess over the definition instead of the issue at hand and that in my opinion is what keeps progressive movements from pushing forward into leaps and bounds. We must not focus on our own personal oppressions but choose to work to our strengths to empower each other. Definitionalism is a damaging style of intellectual inquiry based on perverse, fetishistic involvement with definition. We are our worst oppressors.
Meet The QCC Crew: Fernando Noah Terrazas
Name: Fernando Noah TerrazasMajor: Economics/Admin. Studies
Year: 3rd
What does the Queer People of Color Conference mean to you?
"To me, the QPOC Conference is a place intended to open and expand your mind. At the QPOC conference students experience things from a different view point in hopes of spreading tolerance and understanding; to learn not what makes us different, but what makes us similar."
Meet The QCC Crew: Remie Rahman
Name: Remie Rahman
Major: Liberal Studies and Sociology
Year: 3rd
Year: 3rd
What does the Queer People of Color Conference mean to you?
"As an ally, this conference means a lot to me because it gives my fellow queer peers a safe space to talk about issues within the queer community. As an ally, sometimes it is difficult for me to understand their experiences; but I love how conferences, such as the QPOCC, give me the opportunity to learn more about the queer community and teach me how I can improve on being a better ally."
Meet The QCC Crew: Erving Tu
Name: Erving TuMajor: Biological Sciences
Year: 5th
Year: 5th
What does the Queer People of Color Conference mean to you?
"The Queer People of Color Conference is a major opportunity for me to further expose myself to queer issues, queer life, and new ideas that will challenge my presupposed notions of my constructed gender and sex. It will hopefully help me learn what it means to be an ally and hopefully find inspiration to become a better one."
Meet The QCC Crew: Sanisha Meador
Name: Sanisha MeadorMajor: Double Major in Japanese and Women's Studies
Year: 3rd year
Why is the Queer People of Color Conference important to you?
"The Queer People of Color Conference is a symbol of progress, it shows how far we have come along as a college community of Queer People of Color."
Why is the Queer People of Color Conference important to you?
"The Queer People of Color Conference is a symbol of progress, it shows how far we have come along as a college community of Queer People of Color."
Ryka Aoki & Kenyon Farrow To Speak at QPOC Conference
Ryka Aoki & Kenyon Farrow To Speak at QPOC Conference
The 6th Annual Queer People of Color Conference will feature speakers Kenyon Farrow and Ryka Aoki. They will also present workshops at the QPOC Conference, hosted by UC Riverside on April 8-10, 2011.
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