21st Annual Empowering Women of Color Conference Nourishing Mother E.A.R.T.H:
Environmental Awakening Restoring Traditions and Heritage
March 4, 2006
BERKELEY, CALIF
This year marks the 21st anniversary of the Empowering Women of Color Conference (EWOCC), which is acknowledged to be the longest running women of color conference in the country. For the past 21 years EWOCC has hosted a myriad of phenomenal speakers such as Susan L. Taylor, Elaine Brown, Angela Oh, Nikki Giovanni, boona cheema, Cherie Moraga, bell hooks, Gloria Anzaldúa, Sistah Soulja and Sonia Sanchez. Additionally, June Jordan, Alice Walker, Angela Davis, and Gina Pacaldao participated in EWOCC's 1992 sold out benefit entitled "Rising Up Live".
The 2006 conference themed "Nourishing Mother E.A.R.T.H " will feature Dr. Beverly Wright,Founder and Director of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice at Xavier University located in New Orleans, Louisiana.
EWOCC will also feature a panel this year with five amazing environmental justice women of color activists:
Enei Begaye, Diné (Navajo) with the Black Mesa Water Coalition, Native Movement Collective, and Indigenous Environmental Network;
Dr. Jenice View, Education and Training Director
of Just Transition Alliance;
Sarah James, Board Member of the Gwich'in Institute;
Dr. Ann Aurelia
López, Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, Department of Environmental Science Policy and Management and
Carla M. Perez, Community Organizer for Contra Costa Communities for a
Better Environment.
Also included: stimulating workshops, exceptional vendors, cultural performances, the Women of Color Film Festival March 2-5, 2006 and much more!
Conference events will be held on the UC Berkeley campus in Barrows Hall. Barrows Hall is accessible from Bancroft Way between Telegraph Ave and Bowditch St, northeast from Sproul Hall.
See UC Berkeley's campus map or directions to
Campus. Wheelchair accessible.
Pre-register online at Click here to Pre-register
starting February 5th or in-person on the day of
the event beginning at 8 a.m in Barrows Hall.
The purpose of the Empowering Women of Color Conference (EWOCC) is to build bridges between academic and community women of color, in an effort to assist them in sharing resources, strategies, and visions that will empower them at all levels of society. The Conference also strives to build networks between different generations, ethnic and racial groups, socioeconomic levels, sexual orientations, and physical abilities. Few forums exist wherein women of color are provided the space to dialogue about the issues that matter most to them. EWOCC provides such a
forum. For additional information, conference schedule of events and registration fees please
visit For More Information
Brought to you by the Graduate Women's Project of the Graduate Assembly at the University of California, Berkeley
Gabriela Erandi Rico
Doctoral Student
Department of Ethnic Studies
University of California, Berkeley
The Graduate Assembly
Women of Color Initiative Coordinator
Tel: (510) 642-2876 Ext. 3
Fax: (510) 642-7721
Special thanks to Firefly for passing this on!
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February 2006 Reports
Last updated on February 15, 2006