Anti-O Convos: Hot Topics-Sep 23

UTM Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Office (EDIO) in partnership with Hart House co-presents Anti-O Convo's: Hot Topics Series for Fall 2020 / Winter 2021.

The purpose of Anti-O Convos (short for, Anti-Oppression Conversations) is to create safer, braver spaces to engage in conversations that explore current events and popular trends in social media, while unmasking misconceptions about various groups/communities/people.

Anti-O Convos aims to normalize conversations around anti-oppression in a respectful way, encouraging participants to share their perspectives and ideas, going beyond the surface level approach. Our hope through this initiative is to bridge current gaps between our diverse communities through dialogues of understanding and respect, and to create more inclusive and sustainable learning environments for students and the broader community.

Each session will include a different speaker, perspective and topic led by students, staff, faculty and/or community members. Look out for upcoming sessions by following @utmedo @harthouseuoft.

For this session we partner with Interfaith | UTM Centre for Student Engagement (CSE). Queering is continually considering our intersectionality, as being a part of the LGBTIQ community with intersections with our own identities, including gender, race, class, sexualities, and spiritual practices.

Join us as El-Farouk Khaki discusses his experience with being a Muslim, a lawyer, and being a gay man. The session focuses on the intersectionality of our inner and outer selves, with faith, gender, race, class, sexualities, and sexual practices are all discussed.

Read his bio below to learn more. We encourage participants to listen to El Farouk Khaki’s Tedx Talk prior to the discussion.

All U of T students, staff and faculty are welcome to join the conversation. However, we hope to center queer student voices in this conversation.