Please distribute widely our call for submissions. We know FOCS2010
is going to be an amazing experience and we hope you will join us!

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Call for Workshops, Papers, Performance, and Art

Femme of Color Symposium (FOCS) 2010: Celebrations and Reflections
March 26-28, 2009
Astor Crowne Plaza
739 Canal Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
www.focs2010.com

FOCS2010: Celebrations and Reflections, the inaugural symposium by
and for self-identified FEMMES of COLOR, will create the
opportunity-through workshops, community building/social activities,
presentations, panels, and/or performances-to uncover and discover our
similarities, our differences, our needs and how to build the bridges
that will allow us to support each other in all ofwho we are. It will
serve as a launch point for a real-time and virtual nation-wide network
of diverse individuals, prompt dialogue, and empower us to cultivate,
sustain, and celebrate the vibrant connections we have made and will
make among femmes of color.

We invite femmes of color from all over the map-community members,
artists, academics, homemakers, activists, etc.-to participate in
FOCS2010 as presenters and participants.

Submissions of all kinds are welcome. In particular, we hope that
the intersections of femme with race, region, class, faith, access,
ability, privilege, and marginalization will be talked about, given
space, meditated upon, constructed, and deconstructed.

We hope to draw participants from across discipline, medium, and
social boundaries. We encourage submissions from anyone interested,
regardless of sexual identity
(lesbian/gay, bisexual, etc.). We do ask that you read our mission
statement before submitting. Though we would not be able to live, love
and/or laugh without our many allies, this conference is for
elf-identified
femmes of color only.
We are soliciting contributions from any woman who is interested, including (but not limited to):

• Workshops
• Performances
• research presentations
• skill shares
• activist & organizational topics
• visual art
• video or film

Submission deadline is January 31, 2010.
To submit a proposal, please submit the following to Krysia Villon at
klvillon at aol dot com. Please put “FOCS Proposal” in the
subjectheader.
*For research presentations, send a 300 word abstract
*For workshop and skillshare proposals, send a 300 word description of your workshop or skillshare ideas
*Visual artists should send samples of work and a 300 word description of their artistic vision
*Performers, filmmakers and other creative artists should contact us for more information
To learn more about us, our mission and to contact us with any questions, comments or concerns, please find us at our website:
www.focs2010.com