Meet the QCC crew! These are some of the important people that helped put on this year's Queer People of Color Conference. The following quotes are their responses to the question "What does the Queer People of Color Conference mean to you?"
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Name: Erving TuMajor: Biological Sciences
Year: 5th
Year: 5th
"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."
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Name: Fernando Noah TerrazasMajor: Economics/Admin. Studies
Year: 3rd
"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."
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Name: Jessica FuMajor: English and Political Science
Year: 4th
"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."
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Name: Jim ClarkMajor: English
Year: 4th
"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."
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Name: Kevin FuMajor: Business
Year: Grad School
"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."
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Name: Nancy Jean TubbsMajors: Educational Administration
Year: Staff
"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!"
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Name: Remie Rahman
Major: Liberal Studies and Sociology
Year: 3rd
Year: 3rd
"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."
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Name: Sanisha MeadorMajor: Double Major in Japanese and Women's Studies
Year: 3rd year
"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."
"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."
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Name: Sinia RodriguezMajors: Love and Respect
Year: 5th
"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!"
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Name: Stacey HartnettMajor: Business Administration
Year: 4th
"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! "
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Name: Toi ThibodeauxMajors: Health Care Management & Health Services Administration
Year: Staff
"The Queer People Of Color Conference to me is all about Empowerment, Visibility, Support, Education, Community."
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Name: Vincent LaMajor: Biochemistry
Year: 4th
"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."
