Provost's Global Forum 2024: References from Talk by Melanie Nathan

Provost's Global Forum 2024:

LGBTQ Youth in Global Perspective - Resistance, Resilience, Reimagination

https://international.uiowa.edu/events/provosts-global-forum - Friday, February 23, 2024 - Saturday, February 24, 2024

The Provost’s Global Forum - LGBTQ Youth in Global Perspective: Resistance, Resilience, Reimagination - will assemble experts from around the globe to speak to the power and agency of LGBTQ youth and their stories. Experts in education, the arts, human rights policy, and healthcare will convene on campus for a one-day academic symposium. As part celebration of youth identity, and part opportunity to build global strategy around supporting and building healthy and culturally sustaining environments for youth, this global forum will create a space for analysis, for community, and for hope and joy for LGBTQ youth and their advocates around the world.

The Forum will kick off with an academic symposium on Friday that is free and open to the public. Please register for the Friday symposium sessions below. Activities on Friday also include the 2023 Joel Barkan Memorial Lecture by Daniel Arzola, senior graphic designer at the University of Minnesota, and a 'pay what you can' documentary film screening at FilmScene.

On Saturday, United Action for Youth (UAY) is hosting PrideCon, an annual, free day of programming for youth. For more information on this event, please contact UAY directly.

This event is made possible through the generous support and contributions from the Stanley-University of Iowa Foundation Support Organization, UI International Programs, the UI College of Education, the Linda R. Baker Teacher Leader Center, the African Human Rights Coalition, and United Action for Youth. Activities for the 2024 Provost's Global Forum are hosted in collaboration with the Linda R. Baker Teacher Leader Center, UI International Programs, United Action for Youth, and FilmScene.

WORKSHOPS AND SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

Melanie Nathan, African Human Rights Coalition: ht tps://international.uiowa.edu/PGF-LGBTQ-youth-global-perspective#speaker-biographies “The Plight of Queer in the Great African Paradox”
There is a surge of what some may term ‘homophobia’ across Africa, emanating through enhanced onerous anti-LGBTQI+ legislation, licensing a heightened climate of persecution and violence. This is leading to a displacement cycle with few solutions for protection and freedom for Africa’s LGBTQI+ people and communities. Some Africans find their way to the United States of America through extreme hurdles, others are languishing in refugee camps in hostile host countries. In seeking change for long term solutions it is imperative to understand the discourse, which serves a perplexing paradox. As human rights defenders providing protection is paramount and so we must understand the options and participate in creative innovative pathways. The workshop will be led with a talk by Melanie Nathan who will pose questions to KingCyborg and Cere8ro, musicians who sought asylum in the USA from Angola. Bring your minds to this workshop where the audience will have time to ask questions and weigh in, to advance this quest for collaboration