Imagining Bodies

22nd Empowering Women of Color Conference: Our Bodies, Our Souls: Sistahood, Health and Healing

Workshop Title: Imagining Bodies: De-centering Women's Bodies in the Sex Industry, (Re)Centering the Demand
Presenter: Annie Fukushima, Doctoral Student - Ethnic Studies & Designated Emphasis in Women, Gender, & Sexuality

Location: West Madrone, MLK at UC Berkeley
Time: 11:15AM - 12:15PM, Workshop Series II

Summary
Through conversation/a dialogical experience the goal of this workshop is to engage participants in an in depth conversation about popular assumptions of women in the sex industry. The first half of the session we will explore through visual art a (re)imagining of bodies in the sex industry. The second half of this dialectical experience is to (re)center the demand, commonly referred to as "Johns" or "Clients".

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This year's conference will feature a community health panel, vendors, cultural performances, workshops on a variety of health and spirituality-related topics, and keynote speaker Mililani Trask, a renowned leader of the Hawaiian sovereignty movement and an internationally acclaimed political speaker and attorney.