37th Annual Empowering Womxn of Color Conference - EWOCC 2022

2150 Allston Way,Berkeley CA 94704

02 April, 2022

Description

The 37th Annual Empowering Womxn of Color Conference (EWOCC) is HYBRID and will be held over the weekend of April 2nd, 2022. EWOCC is recognized to be one of the longest-running conferences in the nation that addresses the needs and concerns of womxn* of color. The conference has brought together cutting-edge womxn of color activists such as Angela Davis, Elaine Brown, Cherrie Moraga, Gina Palcado and Chrystos with Bay Area community leaders and academics (especially students) to discuss and strategize ways of impacting the current issues facing womxn of color. In our 37th year, we are proud to host Imani Barbarin as our featured speaker! No one will be turned away for lack of funds, please email [email protected] with any support you may need! Imani Barbarin is a disability rights and inclusion activist and speaker who uses her voice and social media platforms to create conversations engaging the disability community. Born with cerebral palsy, Imani often writes and uses her platform to speak from the perspective of a disabled black woman. In the last few years she has created over a dozen trending hashtags that allow disabled folk the opportunity to have their perspectives heard while forcing the world to take notice. #PatientsAreNotFaking, #ThingsDisabledPeopleKnow, #AbledsAreWeird and others each provide a window into disabled life while forming community. Imani is from the Philadelphia area and holds a Masters in Global Communications from the American University of Paris, her published works include those in Forbes, Rewire, Healthline, BitchMedia and more. She runs the blog CrutchesAndSpice.com and a podcast of the same name. She currently serves as the Communications Director for a nonprofit in Pennsylvania. Our beautiful artwork was designed by @natashatheecreator with the support of our EWOCC Art & Design coordinator Kiran Rao!