Thursday March 7th
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9AM-10AM
Cafecito/Dulce & Welcome!
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9:45 AM
Welcome!
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10AM-10:45AM
Panel I: Why Are All the Cowboys White?
Samantha Ceballos (UT Austin), Elizabeth Martinez (UT Austin), Miriam Santana (UT Austin)
Moderator: Dani Orozco (OSU)
11AM-11:45AM
Panel II: Reel & Real BIPOC Stories Matter
Alyne D Harding (The 48 Hour Film Project), Bill Nericcio (Mexstasy), Corey “Roc Bottom” Davis (Rocbottom Studios), Enrique García (Middlebury)
Moderator: Kathryn Blackmer Reyes (San José State University​)
Noon-1PM
Lunch & Best BIPOC PoP Essay Awards & Best Emerging BIPOC PoP Creator Award
Presented by Frederick Aldama, Samantha Ceballos, Dani Garcia-Karr (UT Austin), & Lydia CdeBaca-Cruz (UT Austin)
1PM-1:45PM
Panel III: Chicanofuturism Now!
Scott Russell Duncan (Somos en Escrito Press), Analisia Gutierrez (UT Austin), Luis Valderas (Luis Valderas Studio), Elvira Carrizal-Dukes (DUKEScomics), Juan Perez (Poet Laureate, Corpus Christi 2019-2020), Dante Olivas (UNM)
Moderator: Dani Orozco (OSU)
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Workshop I: “Anzaldúa's Autohistoria-Teoría for Micro-Memoir Zine Making”
Facilitator: Anel I. Flores
2PM-2:45PM
Panel IV: The BIPOC Show Must Go On!
Jay Kalagayan (Cartoon Crossroads Columbus), Gabe Garcia (Too Rad Comics)
Bill Nericcio (Mextasy), Phuong Ha (Asia Society Texas)
Moderator: Fernanda Díaz-Basteris (OSU)
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3PM-3:45PM
Panel V: BIPOC Comic Stories & Pedagogies for Youth Empowerment
Christian Hines (TXST), Kofi M Bazzell-Smith (KofiManga), José Morey (Ad Astra Media), Nancy Romo (OSU), Jiba Molei Anderson (Griot Enterprises)
Moderator: John Martin (UNT)
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Workshop II: “From the Research to the Book”
Facilitators: Dani Orozco (OSU) & Carlos Gabriel Kelly Gonzalez (Rice U)
4PM-4:45PM
Panel VI: Machetes Drawn: Clearing Space for BIPOC Stories
Veronique Medrano (Chispa Comics), Carlos Espinoza (Flowersong Press), Bill Campbell (Rosarium Books), Bill Nericcio (SDSU Press; Amatl Comics), José Morey (Ad Astra Media)
Moderator: Domino Perez (UT Austin)
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Workshop IV: "From Idea to Publication"
Facilitator: Jiba Molei Anderson
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5PM-6PM (Light Food Provided)
Fireside Chat with Angélique Roché
Attorney | Educator | Writer | Photographer | Producer | Voiceover Artist
Producer Marvel's Voices
Author Trinity City & My Super Hero is Black (with John Jennings)
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