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INVITED TALKS2025
Preparing for the Job Market: A Broad Intro for Students at All Stages Workshop with Dr. Sharla Alegria-University of Toronto and Dr. Stephanie Wilson-Applied Worldwide | Career Development Committee | Sociologists for Women in Society Winter Meeting-Jacksonville
2022
Post Roe Conversation: How To Turn Your Rage into Sustainable Action | Chimene Schwach State Representative Campaign | Twin Lakes Park Shelter-Columbia
"Roe the Vote" Missouri Reproductive Freedom Tour | CoMo for Progress | Boone County Courthouse Plaza
“Organizing for Abortion” discussion with Heather Booth-JANE Cofounder | Rising Organizers (online)
2021
“Graduating in a Pandemic” | Virtual Salute to Excellence | Center for Academic Success & Excellence at the University of Missouri-Columbia (online)
“Reproductive Justice in Missouri” | Power Hour: What is Reproductive Justice? | NARAL Pro Choice Missouri (online)
2020
Stronger Through Diversity speaker series moderator | Black History Month event | Jefferson City’s Human Relations Commission | Capitol City Cinema
We Dissent Virtual Rally & Action on Abortion Access | CoMo for Progress-Columbia
“Organizing Digital Photo Campaigns” | HIV is Not a Crime Community Conversation: Mentoring Opportunity | Sero Project (online)
2020 Solidarity March and Rally | CoMo for Progress | Boone County Courthouse Plaza
2019
Stop the Bans Rally | Stop the Bans Coalition | Missouri Capitol Building-Jefferson City
“Organizing for Reproductive Justice” discussion with Martha Scott-JANE Cofounder | Women’s and Gender Studies Department at the University of Missouri-Columbia | Fretboard Coffee
“Your Voice, Your Power:” Truth to Power to Action panel with Lucky Garcia-One Struggle KC, Michele Watley-Shirley's Kitchen Cabinet, Sandra Yoder, Justice Gatson-ACLU-MO, Cecilia Belser-Patton | Educate-Organize-Advocate Conference | University of Missouri-Kansas City
“HIV as a Reproductive Justice Issue” | HIV Is Not a Crime panel with GK Callahan-University of Missouri Extension, LaTrischa Miles-KC Care Health Center, Jada Hicks, Esq.-The Center for HIV Law and Policy, Robert Richardson-MO HIV Justice Coalition, Jeanette Mott Oxford-Empower Missouri | Missouri HIV Justice Coalition and The Center for HIV Law and Policy | Leedy-Voulkos Art Center-Kansas City
Hear from the Experts on Black Maternal Health panel with Hakima Payne-Uzazi Village, Justice Gatson-Reale Justice Network, Dr. Traci Johnson-University of Missouri-KC, and Nika Cotton-Alive & Well Communities | Empower Missouri and Uzazi Village | Central Library-Kansas City
“To Kid or Not To Kid” film screening panel with film maker Maxine Trump, Drs. Barbara Sutton and Amy Blackstone | Sociologists for Women in Society Summer Meeting-NYC
2018
Anti-Kavanaugh rally | Planned Parenthood Advocates | US Capitol Building-Washington, DC
“Black Maternal and Infant Mortality in Missouri” | Boone County Muleskinners | Columbia Country Club
Being Woman while Being Black: When Being a Woman is Deadly panel | November learning community meeting | Cultural Competency Collective of Greater Kansas City
“Reflections on Reproductive Politics, Whiteness, and Neoliberalism” | Women’s Center at University of Missouri-Columbia
2017
People’s Session rally | MO Reproductive Coalition | Missouri Capitol Building-Jefferson City
“A Narrative: University of Missouri” | Narratives and Outcomes panel | Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution Fall Symposium | Law School at the University of Missouri-Columbia
Session Presider: Teaching Intersectionality panel | Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting-Milwaukee
2016
Racial Justice Activism on Campus panel with Drs. Joan Hermsen, Kris de Welde, and Abby Ferber | Sociologists for Women in Society Winter Meeting-Memphis
Organizing Excellence: Campus Engagement and Community Involvement panel with Angela Haeny, Kenneth Bryant, Jr, and Tiffanesha Williams | Colleagues to Campus Forum | University of Missouri-Columbia Graduate School
Leadership in Graduate School: From Community Organizing to Campus Activism panel with Rachel Bauer, Katie Steen, Hallie Thompson, and Jaqueline Gamboa Varela | Women in Leadership Conference | University of Missouri System-Columbia
Preparing to Be a Graduate Student panel | McNair Scholars Advisory | University of Missouri-Columbia
2015
“Building Women’s Economic Security in Missouri” | Guarantee Women’s Economic Equality: Building Power to Address Structural Sexism in the Economy panel | National People’s Action Annual Conference-Washington, DC