Last week, I had the joy of attending the 2015 Summer Sunstone Symposium in Salt Lake City. This year, the theme was "The Mormon Mind". I'm hoping to be able to post more comprehensive coverage of some of the sessions soon. I got home just in time to have my 6 y/o start school, so things have been a little hectic this week.
What I did want to post was my tweets about the FEMWOC panel. This session is one that I wish every white Mormon, and every white Mormon Feminist and Progressive Mormon specifically, could have attend and could watch/listen to, because there was SO MUCH good stuff said. For now, I'll leave you with my few notes from twitter. I'd like to apologize for the spotty nature of the tweets. My iPad screen was giving me fits and my phone battery was dead. I plan on going through and tweeting more extensively later once I have the audio, which can be purchased here. The session number and title is 262. FEMWOC: Women of Color Crash the Bloggernacle Party. You will need to fill out the Google form and include that info.
What I did want to post was my tweets about the FEMWOC panel. This session is one that I wish every white Mormon, and every white Mormon Feminist and Progressive Mormon specifically, could have attend and could watch/listen to, because there was SO MUCH good stuff said. For now, I'll leave you with my few notes from twitter. I'd like to apologize for the spotty nature of the tweets. My iPad screen was giving me fits and my phone battery was dead. I plan on going through and tweeting more extensively later once I have the audio, which can be purchased here. The session number and title is 262. FEMWOC: Women of Color Crash the Bloggernacle Party. You will need to fill out the Google form and include that info.
#FEMWOC Panel: Gina Colvin, Bryndis. Roberts, Jennifer Gonzalez, Natasha Smith, Kalani Tonga. Moderated by Anya. Tinajero. #Sunstone @femwoc
Kalani Tonga: history of #FEMWOC. Last Oct., several WOC came together bc of things in online community,WOC were being silenced. #sunstone
Kalani Tonga: #FEMWOC began as FB group to allow WOC somewhere to go just for them where was ok to be angry & sad & themselves. #Sunstone
Kalani Tonga: what #FEMWOC is to her & why this blog & community are important to her, bloggernacle,&community. #Sunstone
Kalani Tonga: took a long time to realize that abusive marriage was abusive since no physical violence. #Sunstone
Kalani Tonga: when someone is stripped of sense of dignity, power, and control, sometimes they try to regain it in weird ways. #Sunstone
Kalani Tonga: looks back on marriage & sees that some of it was exult of systemic racism & school-to-prison pipeline. #Sunstone
Kalani Tonga: thought it was more important it find someone to marry her than to find someone to love her and cherish her. #Sunstone
Kalani Tonga: remembers in Young Women's, hearing counsel to marry within own race. Felt unmarriageable due to mixed race. #Sunstone
Kalani Tonga: wants to karate chop people in neck when they say "outdated teachings" aren't harmful or marrying in race is easier. #Sunstone
Kalani Tonga: #FEMWOC is a needed community to help deal with being a brown body in a white church & harmful teachings. #Sunstone
Natasha Smith: as kid, was convinced that if she could get to Disney & meet Mickey, he could use white gloves to turn her white. #Sunstone
Natasha Smith: as an autistic biracial kid w/ white mother & black father, just wanted somewhere to belong. #Sunstone #FEMWOC
Natasha Smith: learned that being a good Mormon meant setting aside blackness and being a good white kid. #Sunstone #FEMWOC
Natasha Smith: knows from experience that white in the Mormon church is the most righteousness. #Sunstone #FEMWOC
Natasha Smith: outside the church, found ppl who accepted and loved her and thought her body was beautiful w/o needing 2 be white. #Sunstone
Jennifer Gonzalez: just told us about being told that when RMs come home, the women they imagine marrying "don't look like [her]" #Sunstone
Jennifer Gonzalez: tired of going in dates and having t have same white fragility conversations. #Sunstone
Gina Colvin: #FEMWOC was born as a safe harbor for those whose voices were silenced by white feminists. #Sunstone
Gina Colvin: #FEMWOC aren't just a color, race, gender, etc. many many things all at same time. #Sunstone
Bryndis Roberts: not being liked bc you have red hair is not the same as dealing with racism. #Sunstone #FEMWOC
Bryndis Roberts: would rather take the position that we have imperfect leaders than that we have an imperfect God. #Sunstone #FEMWOC
Bryndis Roberts: believes "fear of the savage black man intent on damaging sanctity of white women" was behind Church racism. #Sunstone
Bryndis Roberts: if we care abt pain WOC endure,do all we can to make sure none of this is ever taught to any brown child again. #Sunstone
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