Sponsored by Grex: West Coast affiliate of the A. K. Rice Institute
Saturday, February 1 | 10 am - 12 pm PT | Zoom
About: This pre-conference event and fundraiser for the upcoming group relations conference at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) will provide space to think together about gender in organizations. How do leadership, authority, and gender intersect? How does a leader's gender affect how we receive their authority? How might our ideas about gender and intersectionality need to shift in order to understand how gender shows up in 21st century groups and organizations? These are the kinds of questions we'll explore together. Evangelina Holvino's masterful paper "Intersections: The Simultaneity of Race, Gender, and Class in Organization Studies" will guide our discussion for the first part of the event followed by a taste of experiential group relations work. Attendees will learn about how these concepts show up in the "here and now," and also why tapping into that level of experience might be beneficial at work, school, and in life.
Facilitators: The facilitators for the event are Joshua DeSilva (they/them) and Ray Bakaitis (he/him).
Josh is the Director of the upcoming Queering Leadership: Exploring Gender Expansiveness in Organizational Life GRC being held on April 11-13 at CSUDH. They are an AKRI-certified consultant and currently serve as Secretary on the AKRI Board of Directors. They teach psychology of identity related classes as a professor at George Washington University.
Ray is a Past-President of Grex and was involved in the creation of the first Grex Leadership and Creative Expression conference at Cal State Dominguez Hill in 2016. He is the Past-President of AKRI and active in group relations work in China and Lithuania
Donation: A suggested donation of $50 is requested to support the upcoming group relations conference at CSUDH, but not required. All amounts are welcome! The registration form includes a link to make a donation.
Register and donate by January 22nd to be entered into a drawing for one of three unique gifts designed by Grex's very own Jack Lampl.
Registration: https://forms.gle/EjQCasRuDDQaGUTR6