BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Meetings & Conferences DESCRIPTION:Ohio University alumnus and scholar of interdisciplinary arts\, Dr. Jé Hooper\, will uplift the voices and wisdom of heroes who’ve modeled finding strength and magic in blackness\, in gender identity\, and most im portantly\, in relationships. This event is presented by:\n \n\nLGBT Center Ohio University Alumni AssociationMulticultural CenterBlack Student Cultura l Programming Board\n \n\nRev. Dr. Jé Exodus Hooper\n\nRev. Dr. Jé Exodus H ooper (they/them) is a theater history fellow and ethical humanist clergy. They received a Ph.D. from the School of Interdisciplinary Arts at Ohio Uni versity. Both as a performer and clergy at First Unitarian Society of Minne apolis and within the Ethical Culture Movement\, their ritual-based perform ance is grounded in the act of homiletics\, decolonial humanism and Black I ntellectual Thought. Jé’s love for orality involves the aesthetic of Black folk-talk — one of imagination as meaning-making. Their wordworking emphasi zes human freedom and interconnectedness through embodiment\, intuition\, c reativity and improvisation.\n\nTheir most recent production on the Transve rse Streaming Network\, titled "Keep Liv’n\," expresses the importance of c ultural care and self-care. Exemplifying a commitment to equity and inclusi on within the arts community\, Jé enjoys working closely together to decent er the stage and share the spotlight of all those voices that make up the b eloved community. These kinds of transdisciplinary approaches console and a gitate communities in re-imagining and re-claiming narratives that honor th e inherited worth and dignity within all people — a love-work that Jé is co mmitted to!\n\nYou will receive a link to join this event in Microsoft Team s after you register. If you have any questions about this event\, contact Micah McCarey\, director of the LGBT Center\, at mccarey@ohio.edu or 740.59 3.0239. DTEND:20220225T183000Z DTSTAMP:20241124T013851Z DTSTART:20220225T170000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:A Conversation With Dr. Jé Hooper UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_39190136415730 URL:https://calendar.ohio.edu/event/a_conversation_with_dr_je_hooper END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR
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