Using Arts and Storytelling to Center Trans People’s Experiences in a Hostile Sociopolitical Climate

Friday, October 25, 2024

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM CT

Location: KC Convention Center, Room 3501G

Earn 1 CE Hour

Panelist(s)

Leonardo Kattari, PhD (they/them/theirs)

Senior Officer of Public Opinion Insights
Colorado Health Foundation
Denver, CO, United States

Moderator(s)

MP

Meg S. Paceley, LMSW, PhD (they/them/theirs)

Associate Professor
University of Connecticut
Hartford, CT, United States

Panelist(s)

Trey Jenkins, MSW (he/him/his)

PhD Candidate
Arizona State University
Phoenix, AZ, United States
JK

Jax Kynn, MA, MSW (they/them/theirs)

Doctoral Candidate
Michigan State University, United States

Trans and non-binary social work scholars will discuss the anti-trans political climate impacting social work education communities, illustrating advocacy through storytelling and arts to promote counternarratives of trans joy and resistance. An exploration of tools and resources will bring storytelling and arts for trans justice into pedagogy and practice.

Learning Objectives:

Inspire advocacy efforts that center trans people and creativity to resist harmful policies and rhetoric.
Engage with social work and social work education as critical spaces for storytelling and art as resistance.
Promote utilization of an online repository of trans stories and art in educational and advocacy spaces.