Anti-Black Racism Network Conference -Call for Papers-

Anti-Black Racism: Criminalization, Community, and Resistance

Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario

The Anti-Black Racism Network (ABRN) will host the first Anti-Black Racism Conference titled “Anti-Black Racism: Criminalization, Community, and Resistance” at Toronto’s Ryerson University, February 18-20, 2016. The goals of the conference are to:

• promote dialogue and critical reflection aimed at mobilizing for change and policy effectiveness

• advance theory and research

• develop shared practices of resilience that resist the harms of anti-Black racism.

Perspectives may include Black feminist thought, arts and media resistance, intersecting identities in the context of settler colonialism, decolonization, and critical disabilities. The conference will provide the opportunity for academics, researchers, students, community members, youth, and activists to examine engage in discussion, share empirical research and advance theory with respect to anti-Blackness in 11 key thematic areas:

• Education: elementary, secondary, post-secondary

• Criminal (in)Justice

• Health and Mental Wellness

• Child Welfare, Families and Social Services

• Arts, Culture and Media

• History

• Immigration

• Anti-Black Racism and LGBTTIQQ2AS Experiences

• Alliance-building and Collaborations of Resistance

• Labour and Work

• Sports

We invite abstracts for papers, workshops, panels, video and poetry performances, and other artistic forms of activism that address the above goals and themes. Abstracts should not exceed 250 words. Abstracts should explain the topic of your presentation. It should outline the content of your presentation and highlight key discussion points with attention to the practice implications and/or links to how it will advance anti-Black racism. All abstracts are due October 15, 2015. Please submit a 50 word biography.

For further conference information, or to submit abstracts, please contact:

ABRN@ryerson.ca

Warmest regards, Anti-Black Racism Network (ABRN)