A Call For Proposals -- GenderPAC

Proposal Guidelines:

Content:

All proposals should aim to meet three conference priorities:

Strengthen the political skills of gender rights advocates and activists
Make connections across the diverse communities affected by gender civil rights
Educate on gender policy and political issues such as hate crimes, job discrimination, misogyny, sexual orientation, media fairness, and intersex genital mutilation.

Further, proposals that fall within one of the following categories will receive special priority:

Workplace Fairness - These proposals might include the following topics: expanding and implementing Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) policies; workplace gender legal issues; male-on-male sexual harassment; and
Public Education or Grassroots Organizing - These proposals might include the following topics: techniques for educating the media on gender issues; community gender activism and coalition building; effective language for gender rights outreach; the connections between gender and race, class, disability, etc.; and fundraising for gender rights.
Gender and Youth - These proposals might include the following topics: organizing anti-bullying efforts to combat gender-based harassment among youth; training peer to peer mentors; expanding college and university Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) policies to include gender identity and expression; educating youth, parents and teachers about gender stereotypes; networking and sharing resources as youth organizers; intergenerational organizing; activist skills for youth organizers; and coalition building efforts for youth organizers working on college campuses and in the surrounding communities.
Gender and Parenting - As children, our gender – the sense of masculinity or femininity and how we feel about ourselves as boys or girls – is among the first things we grapple with and seek to express to others. Yet conforming to the narrow gender ideals of peers, parents, and siblings remains a painful rite of passage for children. A boy who insists on being soft or feminine and a girl who refuses to stop being aggressive or strong risks shame, taunts, punishment, ostracism, or even attack. This gender persecution of the young violates our most basic ideals of personal dignity and self-determination. We hope to develop a model national program that helps parents and practitioners support each child in being all that they are, and avoids forcing them to fit into rigid, arbitrary and often outdated gender stereotypes.

Workshops should include audience participation and/or question-and-answer periods.

Workshops must include clearly defined objectives including "next steps" or action items for participants in their communities.

While information in the proposal, including workshop description, is considered the intellectual property of the presenter(s), the topic of the workshop is considered to have been submitted as a suggestion for a workshop and may be used with alternate presenters.

Academic paper proposals will not be accepted.

Workshop sessions are 75 to 90 minutes in length.

Handouts, toolkits, and other take-home materials are encouraged

Workshops that focus on the intersection of gender with other factors such as race, class, disability and/or religion are encouraged.

Presenters

Proposals with a full panel of presenters (3-4) are more likely to be accepted.

While GenderPAC does accept some workshop proposals in their entirety, it is rare. Most workshops evolve into panel discussions with additional panelists selected by GenderPAC.

We encourage proposals from presenters with professional and/or practical experience in the field of the workshop topic.

Proposals should be submitted by the workshop facilitator who will be responsible for recruiting presenters and developing content in collaboration with GenderPAC staff.

GenderPAC accepts presenters individually and may select some or all of the presenters listed.

Acceptance and Registration

Workshop facilitators will be notified about accepted workshops no later than January 31st. Accepted presenters will also be notified at that time.

Proposals received after the due date will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

Facilitators must submit the full roster (at least 3) of presenters who have committed to the workshop no later than March 1st.

In order to keep costs down for all participants, all presenters must have a paid registration for the conference. A reduced registration rate for presenters of $100 at any time (the lowest available rate) will be offered for Registration Only for the entirety of the conference, no accommodations included. Reduced rates will not be available for one-day or Package Deal (Hotel + Registration) registrations.

Scholarships for presenters are available on a very limited basis. Those who indicate any interest in a scholarship at the time the proposal is submitted will have the best chance of receiving a scholarship.

All presenters in each workshop must be registered and paid no later than March 1st. Workshop acceptance is provisional until all presenters are registered and paid.

Proposals received after the due date will not be eligible for scholarships.

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