Black Intersections

We invite you to join us for ActionDignity' Second Annual Black Intersections event. We are building on the conversations from last year's Black Intersectionality Panel to include more topics that aren't discussed enough within Calgary. We learned from the last year's event that community members want to have more opportunities to talk about their specific experience. In order to ensure that the space is as accountable and respectful as possible, we have designed the event to have open space discussions that will be moderated by various facilitators. Participants can choose to attend the breakout sessions that interest them and more from each group as freely as they wish. Hope to see you there!

Please note that since this is a Black History Month event, priority will be given to the experiences of Black attendees and derailing of the conversations will not be tolerated.

Agenda

5:30-6:15 - Registration and dinner
6:15-6:30 - opening remarks
6:30 - 7:15 - breakout session 1
7:15-8:00 - breakout session 2
8:00-8:45 - breakout session 3
8:45-9:00 - closing remarks
Breakout Sessions:

Colorism in the Black community
Black LGBTQ Identities
Parenting while Black
Sizeism in the Black community
Cultural Appropriation
Tokenism of Black People
Black Mental Health
The Black Diaspora
Additional topics can be added upon request
Dinner will be provided

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Accessibility Information:

Wheelchair accessible space
Bus tickets available upon request
Childminding available upon request
Scent-reduced space*
Gender neutral washrooms
Please let us know if there are any other ways that we can make this event accessible.
*Please do not use heavily scented lotion, cologne, etc. to the event.

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The event will be taking place on the traditional territories of the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta, which includes the Blackfoot Confederacy (comprising the Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai First Nations), the Tsuut’ina First Nation, and the Stoney Nakoda (including Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Wesley First Nations). Moh’kins’tsis, named by the Blackfoot where the Bow River meets the Elbow, is also home to the Metis Nation of Alberta, Region III.