Volatile Contexts: Identity, Technology and Politics in a Moment of Danger

Mills Performing Arts

Internationally acclaimed technologist and network security expert, Chelsea Manning, will be in conversation with Susan Stryker

Marilyn McArthur Holland Theater, Lisser Hall, Mills College

The Mills College Trans Studies Speaker Series is thrilled to welcome internationally acclaimed technologist and network security expert, Chelsea Manning, for a wide ranging public conversation with event host and Barbara Lee Chair in Women’s Leadership, Dr. Susan Stryker. The talk-show style event will explore questions ranging from national security and surveillance, artificial intelligence, trans rights, critiques of the carceral complex, and prison abolitionism. The event is cosponsored by the Mellon Foundation funded We Are The Voices project and the Mills College President’s Office. This event is free and open to the public, both in-person and online via live stream.Registration is required.In-Person: Limited seating is available, proof of vaccination requiredFace Coverings are required, at all times.More information: <a href="https://www.mills.edu/covid-19/visitors.php#event-visitors" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Mills College COVID-19 Response</a><a href="https://performingarts.mills.edu/plan-your-visit.php" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Plan Your Visit </a>to Mills College.Live Stream:Link to live stream presentation will be provided on the day of the event.The <a href="https://performingarts.mills.edu/programs/trans-studies-speaker-series/index.php" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Mills College Trans Studies Speakers Series</a>, hosted by Emmy-Award winner Susan Stryker, Barbara Lee Distinguished Visiting Professor in Women&#x27;s Leadership, offers a regular public forum for exploring transgender issues with some of today&#x27;s leading thinkers, artists, and activists. <a href="https://performingarts.mills.edu/programs/we-are-the-voices/index.php" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">We Are The Voices</a> is a Mellon Foundation Higher Learning funded project linking Mills College students and faculty with poets and scholars working in Oakland and beyond.

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