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SUMMARY:Women of Color Zine Symposium
DESCRIPTION:\nThe image people have of Portland is mainly based on the
  white majority who live here - 76.1 % of the population, according to
  the 2011 U.S. Census. But the other 23.9%, the other Portland, they h
 ave a voice too. And the Women of Color Zine (WOC) group is one of the
  ways... ...that other voice can be heard. Tonya Jones started the WOC
  ZINE WORKSHOPS in the fall of 2009. Tonya was first introduced to zin
 es when she had to make a creative project for her Women’s Studies c
 lass at Portland State University. She enjoyed the process so much she
  decided to bring her work to the Portland Zine Symposium. It was then
  she realized the lack of diversity in zine creators and symposium att
 endees. The next time she attended the symposium, she lead a workshop 
 called “Women of Color: Writing and Activism.” The response went s
 o well, she decided to host monthly workshops for women of color inter
 ested in self-publishing and that is how the group was formed. The WOC
  Zine group has published two issues of their zine collective “Women
  of Color: How to Live in the City of Roses and Avoid the Pricks.\" Is
 sue one is about navigating racism/gentrification in Portland; issue t
 wo focused on fashion and art of WOC in Portland. Both issues are avai
 lable for $3 from the group, Powell’s Bookstore and In Other Words. 
 The zines can also be checked out from the Multnomah County Library.Th
 e group is currently working on their third issue to be sold at the sy
 mposium!The symposium is funded in part by the Regional Arts & Culture
  Council. The event is also being co-sponsored by the Women’s Resour
 ce Center at Portland State University (PSU). The symposium will be he
 ld at PSU's Smith Memorial Student Union. What's a zine? \"A zine is m
 ost commonly a small circulation publication of original or appropriat
 ed texts and images. More broadly, the term encompasses any self-publi
 shed work of minority interest usually reproduced via photocopier. Zin
 es are written in a variety of formats, from computer-printed text to 
 comics to handwritten text (an example being Cometbus). Print remains 
 the most popular zine format, usually photo-copied with a small circul
 ation. Topics covered are broad, including fanfiction, politics, art a
 nd design, ephemera, personal journals, social theory, etc.\"(Wikipedi
 a)Schedule for the Day:9:30am-10am (breakfast/introduction to symposiu
 m)10am-All Day (tabling of zines)Noon-1:15pm (open mic/raffle session)
 1:15-2:15pm (workshop lead by LaMesha Melton...Cocoa/Puss zine)2:15pm-
 3pm (performance by female/multi-cultural hip-hop group, Rosebent)The 
 Women of Color Zine Symposium is free and open to the public. All alli
 es are welcomed to attend! FOR MORE INFORMATION OR REGISTER TO TABLE O
 R MAKE A DONATION:https://sites.google.com/site/woczines/\n\n\n\n\n\n\
 n\n\n\n\n\nFor more information visit http://wemakezines.ning.com/even
 ts/women-of-color-zine-symposium
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chihuahua:20120602T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chihuahua:20120602T150000
CATEGORIES:symposium
LOCATION:Portland State University Smith Memorial Student Union
WEBSITE:
URL:
CONTACT:
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