UIC Asian American Awareness Month 2020 Presents: Alok Vaid-Menon
April 2, 2020
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location
Zoom: http://go.uic.edu/Alok
Address
Chicago, IL 60607
Cost
Free
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The 2020 UIC Asian American Awareness Month Committee is proud to present Alok Vaid-Menon. ALOK (they/them) is an internationally-acclaimed non-binary writer and performance artist. Using poetry, comedy, lecture, and design -- their (trans)disciplinary work traverses themes of gender, race, mental health, and fashion. ALOK appeared on HBO's "The Trans List" and "Random Acts of Flyness." They are the author of the poetry book Femme in Public, a meditation on anti-trans harassment, and Beyond the Gender Binary a clarion call for a new approach to gender in the 21st century. In 2019 ALOK was honored as one of NBC's 30 LGBTQ changemakers and one of Out Magazine's Out100. Login by 5:50pm CST on Thursday, April 2, 2020.
Login information:
Zoom Meeting ID: 636 293 699
Password: Alok
***Accessibility: Closed captioning is available. If you need additional accommodations please contact the UIC Asian American Resource and Cultural Center at aarcc@uic.edu or call at 312-413-9569.
Date posted
Mar 3, 2020
Date updated
Mar 27, 2020