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Social Justice Day

Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 12:30 p.m.

Batavia, NY (04/26/2019) — What: Social Justice Day

When: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 12:30 p.m.

Where: Genesee Community College ~ Batavia Campus, One College Road, Batavia NY 14020

  • Keynote address: Stuart Steiner Theatre
  • Breakout session: Conable Technology Building

Who: All are invited and welcome!

Background:

On Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 12:30 p.m. Genesee Community College invites the campus and overall community to Social Justice Day featuring Dr. Jon Paul Higgins as the keynote speaker appearing in the Stuart Steiner Theatre. The event is free and open to the public. His talk will be followed by a series of breakout sessions featuring professionals and scholars from Criminal Justice, Environmental Justice, Women's Rights and Immigration. The overall program will conclude with a coffee and refreshments during a 30 minute reflection period in the Conable Technology Building in T122.

Dr. Higgins is a speaker, writer, and social justice educator who focuses on issues related to gender, race and media. Named Business Equality Magazine's "Top 40 LGBTQ Under 40" in 2019, they have been featured on sites like NBC News, Buzzfeed, Vox, and Attn: and gave the first TEDx Talk on unlearned fear and reclaiming personal power in 2017. This led to writing for Splinter, and other platforms such as Out Magazine, Them, SyfyWire, The Root, The Daily Dot, Shadow & Act, Slate, Essence, MTV News and more.

For further information, contactSara E. Vacin, GCC's diversity and inclusion coordinator at (585) 343-0055 x 6478 or sevacin@genesee.edu.

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Editor's Note: For a photograph of Dr. Jon Paul Higgins go to:

http://marketing.genesee.edu/images/DrHiggins.jpg

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Dr. Jon Paul Higgins

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