BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20180311T100000 RDATE:20180311T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20181104T090000 RDATE:20181104T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180414T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180414T173000 LOCATION:Lewis &\; Clark Graduate School\, South Chapel SUMMARY:Asserting a New Vision for the Revolutionary Body DESCRIPTION:We all have some relationship to what is considered the "norm al" or the "non-normative" body\, and it's likely a relationship laced wi th assumptions\, judgement\, and unacknowledged power and privilege. R esponses to the Film "Sins Invalid reveals the reality that many hav e tried to keep hidden: humanity remains despite any ways that our bodies may not reflect the Hollywood norms. So it all comes back to the joy of surpassing\, the joy of creation and the joy of desire." - Jewelle G omez\, Author of the double Lambda Award-winning novel\, The Gilda Storie s "Moving decisively beyond any simple 'shock' or 'transgressive' aest hetic…challenges the politics that systematically disables our ability to recognize beauty." - Terry Rowden\, Author\, The Songs of Blind F olk: African American Musicians and the Cultures of Blindness "For edu cators\, the film can serve as a flexible and indispensable tool\, bringi ng issues of sexuality and gender\, race and class\, embodiment and disab ility into the room in a powerful and immediate way. \;Because Sins spends its time showing more than telling\, the resulting film provides m uch richer for classroom and group discussion." - Cory Silverberg\, educ ator\, public speaker\, co-author of \;The Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability The afternoon will include a workshop with Patricia Berne via Zoom and in-person facilitation with Nomy Lamm\; a screening of the 32 m in. documentary entitled \;Sins Invalid (http://www.sinsinvalid.org/) \; \;and participant discussion and Q&\;A about the film. In the workshop\, participants will look at the dominant political framing of di sability\, examine its relationship to gender based oppression and racial oppression\, while exploring a counter-narrative where all bodies and co mmunities are valued. The goal of this training is to support participan ts in their commitment to an intersectional political analysis which cent ralizes people of color and to integrate disability oppression as a compo nent of a justice based analysis of our current social conditions.Please Note: \;This film contains explicit descriptions of sex and sexual ac tivity\, and some brief nudity. It is not appropriate for children. \ ;Accessibility \;Needs and \;Accommodations:ASL \;interpretat ion will be providedThe documentary portion of the workshop will be shown with audiocastThe workshop location is wheelchair accessibleService dogs will be present at the training. If you are \;allergic to dogs\, ple ase let us know in advance of the workshopEvent organizers ask that you r efrain from using or wearing scented products in effort to make this a fr agrance free event\, ensuring that all community members may attend. Lear n more about \;scent free products here (http://eastbaymeditation.org /accessibility/scentfree.html)Please note any accessibility needs you may have during your registration Registration Rates &\; DetailsDate and Time: \;Saturday\, April 14\, 2018\, \;1-5:30 p.mInstructor: 0\;Patricia Berne\, Co-Founder\, Executive and Artistic Director of Sins InvalidProfessional Rate: $65\, includes 4.5 CEUs or PDUs. Lewis &\; C lark alumni save 20%. Community Rate: $30 Scholarship Rate: A limited n umber of need-based scholarship rates are available. Please contact cce@l clark.edu to register. Students\, \;L&\;C Staff/Faculty\, L&\; C School-Based Mentors and Supervisors: Free \; Remote Access Regist ration: \;Remote Access to the workshop is available via Zoom web str eaming. If you are interested in this option\, please indicate during you r registration. \;Register now (https://mylc.lclark.edu/graduate/cce/ cce.the-revolutionary-body.4.14.18) \; About the PresentersPatrici a Berne \;(remote presenter) is a Co-Founder\, Executive and Artistic Director of Sins Invalid (http://www.sinsinvalid.org)\, a disability jus tice based performance project centralizing disabled artists of color and queer and gender non-conforming artists with disabilities. \;Berne' s training in clinical psychology focused on trauma and healing for survi vors of interpersonal and state violence. \;Her professional backgro und includes offering mental health support to survivors of violence and advocating for LGBTQI and disability perspectives within the field of rep roductive genetic technologies. Berne's experiences as a Japanese-Haitian queer disabled woman provides grounding for her work creating "liberated zones" for marginalized voices. She is widely recognized for her work to establish the framework and practice of disability justice.Nomy Lamm 0\;(in-person facilitator) is a multi-media artist whose offerings have i ncluded lullabies\, rock operas\, an experimental novel\, zines and comic s\, a children's book\, many bands and solo albums\, live performances\, animated videos\, and more. She's worked with Sins Invalid since 2008 as a performer\, Advisory Board member\, and as Program Team staff. Nomy has been teaching people to sing for almost two decades\, helping students m ove through fear and self-judgement to take up space and find equilibrium in radical authenticity. She has a BA in Multimedia Art and Political Ec onomy from The Evergreen State College\, and an MFA in Fiction from San F rancisco State University. In her work as a Kohenet (Hebrew Priestess)\, Nomy offers space for creative exploration and engagement with our wounde d places as a source of transformation. She lives on occupied Squaxin/Nis qually/Chehalis land in Olympia\, WA with her partner Lisa\, their dogs D andelion and Momma\, and their cat Pearl Buttons. www.nomyteaches.com. 60\; (http://www.nomyteaches.com) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
We all have some relationship to what i s considered the "normal" or the "non-normative" body\, and it's likely a relationship laced with assumptions\, judgement\, and unacknowledged pow er and privilege.
"Sins In valid reveals the reality that many have tried to keep hidden: humanity r emains despite any ways that our bodies may not reflect the Hollywood nor ms. So it all comes back to the joy of surpassing\, the joy of creation a nd the joy of desire."
- Jewelle Gomez\, Author of the double Lambda Award-winning nov el\, The Gilda Stories
"Moving decisively beyond any s imple 'shock' or 'transgressive' aesthetic…challenges the politics that systematically disables our ability to recognize beauty."
- Terry Rowden\, Author\, < em>The Songs of Blind Folk: African American Musicians and the Cultures o f Blindness
"For educators\, th e film can serve as a flexible and indispensable tool\, bringing issues o f sexuality and gender\, race and class\, embodiment and disability into the room in a powerful and immediate way. \;Because Sins sp ends its time showing more than telling\, the resulting film provides muc h richer for classroom and group discussion."
- Cory Silverberg\, educato
r\, public speaker\, co-author of \;The Ultimate Guide to Sex and
Disability
The afternoon will include a worksho p with Patricia Berne via Zoom and in-person facilitation with Nomy Lamm\ ; a screening of the 32 min. documentary entitled \;Sins Invalid\; \;and participant discuss ion and Q&\;A about the film.
In the workshop\, participants w ill look at the dominant political framing of disability\, examine its re lationship to gender based oppression and racial oppression\, while explo ring a counter-narrative where all bodies and communities are valued.
Please Note: \;
Accessibility \;Needs and  \;Accommodations:
Da te and Time: \;Saturday\, April 14\, 2018\, \;1-5:30 p.m
Instructor: \;Patricia Berne\, Co-Founder\, E xecutive and Artistic Director of Sins Invalid
Remote Access Registration: \;Remote Acces s to the workshop is available via Zoom web streaming. If you are interes ted in this option\, please indicate during your registration. \;
Patricia Berne \;(rem ote presenter) is a Co-Founder\, Executive and Artistic Director of < a href="http://www.sinsinvalid.org" target="_blank">Sins Invalid \, a disability justice based performance project centralizing disabled a rtists of color and queer and gender non-conforming artists with disabili ties. \;Berne's training in clinical psychology focused on trauma an d healing for survivors of interpersonal and state violence. \;Her p rofessional background includes offering mental health support to survivo rs of violence and advocating for LGBTQI and disability perspectives with in the field of reproductive genetic technologies. Berne's experiences as a Japanese-Haitian queer disabled woman provides grounding for her work creating "liberated zones" for marginalized voices. She is widely recogni zed for her work to establish the framework and practice of disability ju stice.
\;(in-person facilitator) is a multi-media arti
st whose offerings have included lullabies\, rock operas\, an experimenta
l novel\, zines and comics\, a children's book\, many bands and solo albu
ms\, live performances\, animated videos\, and more. She's worked with