The Agency and Solidarity Conference is going to be a forum for social and environmental justice activists, organizers, and other interested students to meet, learn from each other, discuss themes of agency and solidarity, and build a stronger community of campus activism.

The conference is open to all students at Cornell who submit the registration form. 

Registration deadline is March 12th. Please follow this link:
www.tinyurl.com/agencyandsolidarity

Sign-in begins at 11:30AM. Opening remarks begin at 12PM.

Opening Keynote Speech: Resilient and Sustained Activism

Opening Keynote Speaker: Dr. A.T. Miller 

A.T. is the Associate Vice Provost for Academic Diversity at Cornell. He served as Faculty Director of the Center for Global and Intercultural Study and Coordinator of Multicultural Teaching and Learning at the University of Michigan from 2000-2011, and Director of Africana Studies at Union College from 1992-2000.

Closing Keynote Speaker: Emily Hong

Emily is Seoul-born and New York-raised feminist anthropologist, media maker, and trainer, currently pursuing a PhD at Cornell University. Her research, media projects, and activist engagements largely focus on Thailand and Burma, where she has spent half a decade working as a trainer with minority rights activists, and as a campaigner for Burma’s democracy movement-in-exile. Recent projects include the ethnographic film Get By (2013) which explores precarity and worker-community solidarity in Ithaca, New York, and serving on the curating team of Unseen Thailand (2012) exhibited at Seascape Gallery in Chiang Mai, Thailand. She’s on the board of directors of Amnesty International USA. She is also the Chair of the Organizing Committee for Cornell Graduate Students United (CGSA). She received a BA in human rights and international relations from Columbia University and a Certificate in the Advanced Study of Nonviolent Conflict from the Fletcher Summer Institute, and is a graduate of Training for Change's Super-T Training for Social Action Trainers. 

Our Accessibility Statement:
For disability accommodations (e.g., sign language interpreters, alternative formats), please contact Omar Khurshid at ok67@cornell.edu or at 6073199704 as soon as possible. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs. Also, the HEC Auditorium in Goldwin Smith Hall is primarily accessible at the southern end of the building. There is access to the front of the Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium (142) and the room has an assistive listening system that is available for use.

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Cosponsored by:
APAA | Asian Pacific Americans for Action at Cornell University
Islamic Alliance for Justice
KyotoNOW!
Cornell Organization for Labor Action
Latina/o Studies Program: Enhancing Resources, Supporting Student Success 
American Indian Program and Akwe:kon at Cornell University
Cornell Asian American Studies Program
Intercultural Center at Cornell University
Cornell Union for Disability Awareness
Cornell Environmental Collaborative 
Prison Reform and Education Project
Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives (OADI) at Cornell University