CLASS MATTERS

Werte Lesende –

an dieser Stelle der Hinweis auf eine Petition der Lesbenberatung in Berlin.

Die Lesbenberatung ist – in my humble opinion – eine der wichtigsten Impulsgeber_innen für queere Diskussionen in Berlin, eine Einrichtung, die intersektional arbeitet und kostenfreie (!) Beratung, Workshops, Empowerment und vieles mehr anbietet.

Das Unterzeichnen der Petition dauert weniger als eine Minute – deshalb statt weiterer Worte – klickt auf den Link und unterschreibt . Bitte!

Es ist noch ´ne Weile hin und leider auch weit weg (sprich teuer) – aber für diejenigen, die WorkingClass/PovertyClass-Academics sind – hier der Call for Proposals für die diesjährige Konferenz in Wisconsin. Bitte beachtet, dass die Konferenz in der Regel VON WCPCA´s FÜR WCPCA´s gestaltet wird.

Call for Proposals
The Working-class/Poverty-class Academics (WCPCA) Group
16th Annual International Conference
University of Wisconsin, Madison
June 14-16, 2012

The Working-class/Poverty-class Academics Group announces the Call for Proposals for the 16th Annual International Conference to be held at the University of Wisconsin, Madison June 14-16, 2012.

Conference Theme: “Class Warfare?”

During the past year, we have seen an uprising in the form of protests and demonstrations across the US--and across the globe. In Wisconsin „Recall Scott Walker“ campaign included protests against policies many found detrimental to employees. The „Occupy Wallstreet“ protests have spread across the US. Phrases such as „class warfare“ and „the one percenters“ saturate the daily news.

As students, faculty, and staff who work often with and live with individuals across the class spectrum, the purpose of this conference is to critically examine issues related to the lived experiences of those of us from working-class and poverty-class backgrounds with regard to how the discussions and definitions of class have (and have not) changed. This may include the following:

1) „coming out“ to peers, colleagues and friends as working-class or poverty class;
1) useful contributions that students, faculty, and staff from working-class and poverty-class backgrounds can make to their college communities;
3) effects of institutionalized classism and strategies to remove it;
4) sources of inspiration or strategies to support the choice of an academic career;
5) processes or outcomes of interactions between issues of social class background with race, gender, age, and other diversity areas;
6) perspectives of class and cross-cultural awareness of class.

It is also intended to provide insights into the impacts of social class, how social class affects various aspects of our lives, and the personal and political actions we can take to address social class issues. We are seeking proposals for workshops, media presentations, scholarly papers, and book and roundtable discussions in these areas.

The deadline for proposals is March 31, 2012.

Please email proposals and direct any questions regarding proposals to Lisa Lange at langel@faytechcc.edu