Meet your speakers
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Sydette Harry
Keynote “So Do You Want To Fight or Nah?”—Identity Rage, Performance, and the Shaky Ground
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Shaun Lau
Keynote Small Media and the Possibilities of Conversation
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Emily Gorcenski
Voting Machines and a Road to Accidental Activism
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Frances Gonzalez
Representation and Storytelling in Suicide Prevention and Mental Health
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Jazmyn Latimer
What Do Second Chances Look Like?
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Juan Ramirez
Feeding Social Justice to the Masses: the Racist Sandwich Podcast
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Kaya Thomas
We Read Too: Creating a Central Resource for Books by PoC
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Keah Brown
A Journey to #DisabledAndCute: On Representation, Self Love, Self Care, and What's Next
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Kendra Albert
Direct Donation Models (Or How to Give Away Other People’s Money)
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Morgen Bromell
Hacking Liberation: Building Safe Platforms for All Genders
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Nick O'Neill
Tech For Active Resistance: 5 Calls
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Talila ”T.L.“ Lewis
A Primer: Disability Justice In the Age of Mass Incarceration
Join us at the Eliot Center in Portland, OR
Fri, Sept 15
Talks
Attendee Spotlight
Talks
Sat, Sept 16
Group Volunteering
Talks
Affect (“effect”) is a community conference featuring stories from activists, creators, and techies. To pair words with action, we also partner with local nonprofits and create group volunteer projects that attendees can choose from.
You’ll also have:
- onsite childcare
- live captioning
- ASL interpreters
- all-gender restrooms
- wheelchair-accessible paths
- reservable seating
- a quiet area
- “no laptop” rule during talks