The
panel discussion session “TI: We Are Here!” will explore the African American
LGBTQ* experience on Saturday, September 19, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Central
(downtown) branch of the Lexington Public Library. The panel is sponsored by
the UK Libraries Special Collections Research Center, Bluegrass Black Pride,
the UK Department of African American and Africana Studies, and JusFundKY.
Panelists
will share life experiences and will discuss the LGBTQ* space within African American Studies. Participants
are:
Dr.
Chamara Jewel Kwakye, assistant professor in UK
Gender and Women's Studies and UK African American and Africana Studies
Keenen
S. McMillin,
a 2015 UK graduate and a co-founder and first president of the student
organization Shades of Pride
Charles E. Crutcher, nursing care
technician with UK HealthCare. Initial member, organizer, and active supporter
of Bluegrass Black Pride.
Carol Taylor-Shim, social justice educator with the Violence
Intervention and Prevention Center at UK and former social worker in child welfare.
Thomas
Tolliver,
community advocate and an East End activist in Lexington, as well as a
historian and former journalist. Initial member, organizer, and continued
supporter of Bluegrass Black Pride.
Stacie
Williams,
archivist and Learning Lab manager for the UK Special Collections Research
Center, and a former journalist. Also teaches in the UK School of Library and
Information Science.
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