Got a workshop idea? Do it!

Camp Trans cordially invites all workshop submissions for Camp Trans 2011.

Every year, Camp Trans has workshops and caucuses on a wide variety of topics and decadent themes throughout the week. Workshops are a great way to share your expertise, non-expertise, knowledge, ridiculous passions, and organized hunches with other attendees. This is how we share our skills and build a beautiful community of communities. Plus they’re fun.

We welcome workshop proposals from people of every identity, on a diversity of topics. This is not a conference, and the workshops and activities we organize at Camp Trans come from people like you (and me and us!) stepping up and offering to design a workshop. (Everyone’s a teacher, everyone’s a student.) Workshops can be, but do not have to be explicitly trans-oriented.

In the past, we’ve had workshops on themes that explore prison solidarity, de-colonization, organizing & community building, identities, hormones and surgery, relationships, flirting, tree climbing, really all sorts of DIY skillsharing, (dis)ability activism, artsy crafting, moving to a beat, and clowning around, for example and to name several past themes.

If you have an interest that you are passionate about and would like to share it-that’s what we’re looking for, non-experts and experts alike. You can structure your proposition as a formal workshop, a group activity, a guided discussion, an informal caucus, or some other format.

We particularly encourage workshops on topics that acknowledge the necessity of solidarity with other oppressed/marginalized peoples, and that tie the struggle for trans liberation in with other struggles.

To propose a workshop, email your proposal to us at [email protected].

Proposals should include:

• your name and pronoun preference (and those of any co-presenters)
• your contact info (email and phone)
• the dates you will be at Camp Trans/preference on when your workshop happens
• the name of your workshop or caucus
• a 200 word description of your workshop/caucus including its goal and how it will be structured, duration, whether it will be open to the entire camp population or if it’s only for specific population at Camp
• a 100 word or less bio of each presenter (if you want!)
• and if if there are specific needs, materials, accomodations, etc. for your workshop.

DEADLINE: Midnight on Sunday, JUNE 24th 2011  **Write down the submission deadline**

If you miss this deadline, we will actually still gladly accept your workshop proposals and see what we can work out. But having your proposals in by Sunday, June 24th 2011 would be the most respectful and most awesome, to ensure that we have enough scheduling time and space.

In sum, we’re looking forward to all of your proposals! If you have any questions or concerns, you can email us at [email protected]. Rye (that’s me writing this!) is the workshop coordinator for this year and will be the person scheduling and answering workshop-related emails.

Also, you can download the flyer here! (Note from Jessica: Flyer was available on the old site but I was unable to retrieve it)

Have a fabulous Spring!

Yours,
Rye and the Cat-Herders for Camp Trans 2011

CALL FOR WORKSHOPS CAMP TRANS 2010 - PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY

Hi, I’m gayge, and I’ll be helping to schedule and coordinate workshops and caucuses for Camp Trans again this year. Every year, we have workshops and caucuses on a variety of topics connected to trans issues or of interest to trans people. Workshops are a great way to share your expertise and knowledge with other attendees, and also are a whole lot of fun. We welcome workshop proposals from people of every identity and on a diversity of topics. In the past, we’ve had
workshops on such topics as being in solidarity to other oppressed groups, identity, hormones and surgery, relationships, flirting, organizing, and a wide range of other topics. Workshops and caucuses are generally an hour and a half, and you can structure it as a formal workshop, a group activity, a guided discussion, an informal caucus, or some other format.

We particularly encourage workshops on topics such as working in solidarity with other oppressed groups, experiences of how other oppressions intersect with trans*ness, or that tie the struggle for trans liberation in with other struggles.

Some caucuses that are already planned for camp trans this year are a people of color caucus and several trans caucuses, including a genderqueer caucus.

To propose a workshop, email me at [email protected]. Let me know that you have a proposal for a workshop or caucus in the subject of the email, and please include your proposal as an
attachment. Your proposal should include your name and pronoun preference (and those of any copresenters), your contact info (email and phone), the name of your workshop or caucus, a 200 word
description of your workshop/caucus including its goal and how it will be structured, whether it will be open to the entire camp population or limited to a specific population (generally, workshops are open and caucuses are limited to a specific group or a fishbowl, however, both closed workshops and open caucuses are great!), and a 100 word or less bio of each presenter. Also, if you feel that your workshop or caucus would benefit from having an advocate present, or want or need any other accommodations, please let me know. If at all possible, please send these proposals by July 23rd, so we can have plenty of time to structure a schedule and publicize the workshops we’ll be offering at Camp!

Not sure if you can make Camp? Worried that you’ll get there and suddenly have a brilliant idea for a discussion group or a group activity? Don’t worry! We’re also going to make sure to once again include plenty of room for workshops and caucuses planned right at Camp Trans. I’m looking forward to seeing everyone’s workshop proposals and helping to make workshops and caucuses rewarding, educational, and fun experiences for everyone interested in presenting and attending.