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MondoHomo loves our Community!
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If you haven’t noticed, MondoHomo is all about community and politics this year, in addition to some damn fine queer performance!

Beginning this year, we now have an Activist Partner (or two) for each MondoHomo event. What’s an Activist Partner? It’s a local group doing radical and/or queer work that aligns with MondoHomo's politics (see the Manifesto at http://www.mondohomo.com/section/about/manifesto). They will be featured at the event, introduce their group to our audience, and staff a table with more information during the event.

Here’s our Activist Partners for 2009:
Thursday/HomoSpoken - Atlanta Queer Literary Festival, an annual festival of queer literature and writers
and Charis Books, a feminist bookstore that hosts many social justice events
Friday/HomoHop - Southern Comfort Conference, an annual nationwide transgender conference held in Atlanta
Saturday/HomoCon & Mondo Mondo - Southerners on New Ground, a radical queer community-building group
Sunday/Mondo Day Camp - YouthPride, a community center for LGBTQ youth.
Monday/Mondo Finalé - Zami, Atlanta’s premiere organization for Lesbians of African Descent

we’ve also got Free Workshops!
on Saturday May 23rd, from noon-5pm at Eyedrum Gallery,

MondoHomo presents HomoCon!
an afternoon of creative and political workshops to bolster our spirits! It’s one of several FREE! all ages events at MondoHomo, and comes with a free catered brunch from Sun in my Belly, a tres delish eatery in Decatur. There are 2 sessions, Session A from noon-1:30pm, and Session B from 2pm-3:30pm.

Session A - noon-1:30pm

D.I.Y. Screen Printin' Workshop with Lady Jane
Basic steps to screen printing from your house or garage.
Basic steps to screen printing from your house or garage. Bring your shirts or material to print on.

Struggle for dignity: My experiences with the Zapatistas (EZLN), with Gerardo Tristan
This is an hour informal talk where I will be sharing my experience with the insurgent indigenous group EZLN who has developed into a larger national movement seeking autonomy and promoting sustainable way of surviving in this global economy and within the context of a TLC (North American free trade). After sharing my experience people are welcomed to ask or share their thoughts on the Zapatismo and their struggle!

Queer Southern Identity and Making Art - The business of political queer art, with Gina Mamone
join Gina Mamone President & CEO of the worlds largest LGBTQ record label, Riot Grrrl Ink as she talks about embracing her inner gender queer hillbilly and the importance of how owning your roots through your art is fundamental in shattering southern stereotypes. Also discussed: Queer Marketing & Branding on a national level to create community.

Boylesque, with Smokin' McQueen

PR and Marketing, with Ms. Bea Haven

Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence in the Queer/Trans Community, with Sarah Meng & Tommy Theollyn
This workshop intends to speak to the reality of sexual assault and domestic violence within the queer and/or trans communities. We will look at the resources available to us and examine the ways that multiple isms contribute to violence and limit access to resources. We will strategize ways to confront, prevent, and heal from this violence, as well as begin to build a larger framework for action within a transformative justice context. Open to all.

Strategies for Community Safety and Better Policing, not More Police!, with Moki of BLOCS

Patent Fever, with Michael Anne Jello
How we challenge Big Pharma (in the UK, US), and how the intellectual property system seems to entrench racial, class and North/South inequalities


Session B - 2pm -3:30pm

Burlesque Basics, with Vagina Jenkins
WANT TO TEASE YOUR LOVER?!?! Learn the timeless art of the striptease from the infamous V.A.G. Named Atlanta's Best Burlesque Dancer; The Lady Ms. Vagina Jenkins is just the grrrl to show you the basics of the bump n grind!

Social Justice, anti-racism, WOC, anti-violence, with Tru Bloo

Queer Visibility, with Gina Mamone
The importance of queer visibility, telling queer
stories and making our voices heard with an organic Q& A

The Trans-Health Initiative
Feminist Women’s Health Center and South Comfort Conference 
Moderator: Kathy King, FWHC
Panel: Jac Camp, Director of Trans Health Initiative, FWHC, Lola Cola, SCC Board Member, FWHC Board Member, another SCC representative
We will show short film clips, introducing the FWHC and Robert Eads. The panel will address the importance of trans-health issues, specifically for FtM, share info & resources, talk about the Southern Comfort Conference, and discuss advocating for equality in the workplace and the doctor’s office

The True Cost of Coal, with The Beehive Collective
Your light switch is connected to a human and ecological drama playing out in the Appalachians and beyond. The Beehive Design Collective presents "The True Cost of Coal," a giant poster-in-progress with an all-animal cast! The Beehive is an all-volunteer, art-activist collective dedicated to "cross-pollinating the grassroots" by creating collaborative, anti-copyright images for use as educational and organizing tools.

DIY production of beats, homophobia in hip hop or self producing, with breakout homohop artists KIN4LIFE

Then at 4pm we’re excited to present a Community Roundup Rodeo, with prizes and games encouraging community interaction at the FREE! HomoCon. A number of community groups are participating, including:
Youth Pride
Wonderroot
Kennesaw Pride Alliance
WRFG Radio Station
Southern Comfort Conference
The TransHealth Initiative
Feminist Women’s Health Center
GA Equality
Touching up our Roots
AID Atlanta
International Action Center

So come join us, and help us build our radical queer communities stronger!