May 2012
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“Whenever a conscious Black woman raises her voice on issues central to her existence, somebody is going to call her strident, because they don’t want to hear about it, nor us. I refuse to be silenced and I refuse to be trivialized, even if I do not say what I have to say perfectly.”
—Audre Lorde
“Please don’t go. We’ll eat you up, we love you so.”
—Maurice Sendak
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Beautone: Second Critical Ethnic Studies Association Conference September 19-22, 2013 in Chicago →
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Decolonizing Future Intellectual Legacies and Activist Practices
Second Major Conference of the Critical Ethnic Studies Association
September 19-22, 2013 (NOT 2012)
University of Illinois-Chicago
Plenary Speakers (To Date):
Taiaiake Alfred•Ricardo Dominguez•Nirmala Ervelles•…
“- the myth: ‘it just didn’t work out’.”
—warsan shire
“Well you’re in your little room
and you’re working on something good
but if it’s really good
you’re gonna need a bigger room
and when you’re in the bigger room
you might not know what to do
you might have to think of
how you got started in your little room” —The White Stripes
and you’re working on something good
but if it’s really good
you’re gonna need a bigger room
and when you’re in the bigger room
you might not know what to do
you might have to think of
how you got started in your little room” —The White Stripes
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