Colin Kennedy Donovan

Radical Queer (Dis)ability Activist and Writer

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Education

2007: BA in Liberal Studies. Evergreen State College: Olympia, WA

Activist Organizational Experience

2000-2007 Co-Founder/Co-Organizer, RESYST Seattle (Resources for Youth, Students and Trainers) Seattle, WA

1997: Youth Representative, Board of Directors Co-Chair, Stonewall Youth, Olympia, WA

1996: Founder, QFIRE (Queers Fighting Ignorance with Radical Empowerment) Olympia, WA

1995: Co-Founder, GLBY (Gay Lesbian and Bisexual Youth) Glenwood Springs, CO

Workshop and Group Facilitation

April 17, 2008: Facilitator, "Ableism 101." DisAbility Awareness Week. Western Washington University: Bellingham, WA

October, 2007: Faclitator, "Anti-Oppression Training." Out on Campus. Simon Fraser University: Vancouver, BC

August 2, 2006: Facilitator, "Anti-Racism for White Folks: An Interactive Workshop." Homo A Gogo! Olympia, WA

2006: Co-Facilitator, "Personal Story and the Power of Poetry: A Poetics of Liberation" and "Gender Allyship: An Interactive Workshop for Institutional Change." Translating Identity Conference. University of Vermont: Burlington, VT

2005: Facilitator, "Anti-Racism for White Folks: An Interactive Workshop." Dirty Gender Secrets. Vancouver, BC

2005: Facilitator, "Anti-Racism for White Folks: An Interactive Workshop." Michigan State University. LGBT Alliance, National Coming Out Week: East Lansing, MI

2005: Co-Facilitator, "Gender Outlaws." GenderQueer/QueerGenders: Conversations among Artists, Academics, and Activists. University of California: Santa Barbara, CA

2004: Facilitator, "Is that Gender in Your Pocket, or are You Just Happy to See Me?"Camp: The Stonewall Youth Retreat. Stonewall Youth: Olympia, WA

2004: Facilitator, "Anti-Racism for White Folks: An Interactive Workshop." The TransMission Festival. Victoria, BC, Canada

2004: Facilitator, "Anti-Racism for White GLBTQ Folks: An Interactive Workshop." RESYST Seattle Seattle, WA

2004:Co-Facilitator, "Living as Gender Outlaws: An Interactive Workshop." The Mandala Center for Awareness, Transformation, and Action. Seattle, WA

2003: Co-Facilitator, "Scars Tell Stories: (Dis)ability, Writing, and Activism." RESYST Seattle. Seattle, WA

2003: Co-Facilitator, “Fighting for Our Lives: The Power of Our Stories.” RESYST Seattle. Seattle, WA

2003: Co-Facilitator, “Power and Oppression,” End of the World Skills Share, Seattle, WA

2003: Designer/Facilitator, “Anti-Racism Primer,” Gay City University, Seattle, WA

2003: Designer/Facilitator, “Theater of the Oppressor/Foundations of Anti-Racism For White Folks,” Against Patriarchy Conference, Eugene, OR

2002: Facilitator, “Theater of the Oppressor, Anti-Racism For White Folks,” Against Patriarchy Conference, Eugene, OR

2001: Co-Designer/Co-Facilitator, "Voices Out of the Fire: Race, Writing and Queer Youth Activism," RESYST and Urban Action School, 10-week course, Seattle, WA

2000: Co-Designer/Co-Facilitator, "Queer Liberation: A History of Struggle," RESYST, Taking Back the Power: Anti-WTO Teach-in, Seattle, WA

1996-1998: Peer Facilitator, Stonewall Youth Support Group, Olympia, WA

1997: Co-Designer/Co-Facilitator, "Bisexuality and Feminism," BECAUSE Conference, Minneapolis, MN

1997: Designer/Facilitator, "Reclaiming a Heterosexist Holiday," Liberation Cafe, Olympia, WA

1997: Co-Designer/Co-Facilitator, "Bisexuality, Feminism, Liberation," Rockin' the Casbah: Colorado Queer Leadership Conference, Greeley, CO

1997: Co-Designer/Co-Facilitator, "Fighting Bi-Phobia," Mapping Our Journey Conference, Olympia, WA

Event Organizing

2003: Co-Organizer, “Tellin’ It Like It Is: The Power of Our Stories,” RESYST, Seattle, WA

2003: Co-Organizer, “Tattoo: A Performance Cabaret,” RESYST, Seattle, WA

2001: Co-Organizer, "Vigil for FC Martinez, Jr." RESYST, Seattle, WA

2001: Co-Organizer, "Poet Tongues on Fire: A Benefit for RESYST" Seattle, WA

2000: Co-Organizer, "OUT/RAGE/US" RESYST/Revolutionary Voices Road Trip: "Book Release and Reading for Revolutionary Voices," Seattle, WA

2000: Co-Organizer, "A Day of Rabble-Rousing Workshops" RESYST, Seattle, WA

2000: Co-Organizer, "Poetry and Spoken Word Performance" RESYST, Seattle, WA

1998: Organizer, "Stonewall Youth Musical Benefit" Olympia, WA

1997: Youth Organizer, Mapping Our Journey Conference, Olympia WA

Public Speaking

2005: Paper Presentation. "Re-membering the Root: Directions of a Radical Disability Rhetoric." Feminism(s) & Rhetorics(s) Conference Michigan Technological University: Houghton, MI

2005: Guest Lecturer. Department of Theatre. "THR 492: Senior Seminar." Rob Roznowski, Assistant Proffessor. Michigan State University: East Lansing, MI

2005: Guest Lecturer. Department Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures. Michigan State University. "WRA 1004/0102: Preperation for College Writing." Qwo-Li Driskill, Instructor. Michigan State University: East Lansing, MI

2003: Invited Member, Confluere: An Independent Network of Activists and Artists for Social Change

1996-1998: Public Speaker's Bureau, Multiple Panels, Stonewall Youth, Olympia, WA

1998: Invited Panelist, "AIDS Activists," Thurston County AIDS Conference, Olympia, WA

1997: Interview, "Queer Youth Activists" KAOS Radio, Olympia, WA

1997: Invited Speaker, "On Diversity: Speech on Bi-Phobia, Ableism, Queer Youth and Ageism," Pride Celebration, Olympia, WA

1997: Invited Panelist, Greeley Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Alliance, Greeley, CO

1997: Invited Speaker, Stonewall Youth Benefit at Governor's Mansion, Olympia, WA

Performance

April 17, 2008. Featured Performer. "The Handi-Capable-Bi-Queer- Slut-of-the-World." DisAbility Awareness Week. Western Washington University: Bellingham, WA

2005: Featured Performer. "Dirty Gender Secrets." Vancouver, BC

2005:Keynote Speaker/Guest Performer. "National Coming Out Week." LGBT Alliance. Michigan State University: East Lansing, MI

2004: Featured Perfromer. "Seattle Spit." Seattle, WA

2004: Featured Performer. "Flaunt! An All-Ages Drag, Performance, and Poetry Soiree." We Are the Ones Productions. Seattle, WA

2003: Featured Performer. "Scars Tell Stories: A Queer and Trans (Dis)ability Performance and Community Forum." RESYST Seattle. Seattle, WA

2003: Performer, Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle WA

2003: Featured Performer, “Against Patriarchy Conference,” Eugene, OR

2002: Performer, “Sluts Against Rape,” Portland, OR

2002: Performer, “Burning Upward Flight: Book Release, Qwo-Li Driskill,” Seattle, WA

2002: Performer, “Against Patriarchy,” Eugene, Oregon

2001: Featured Poet, “All-Ages Interruption: A Queer Literary Showcase,” Seattle, WA

2001: Writer/Performer, "Where Your Mouth Is" (Poetry Ensemble), "Interruption: A Queer Literary Showcase," Seattle, WA

2001: Writer/Performer, "Where Your Mouth Is" (Poetry Ensemble), "Seattle Poetry Festival, Seattle, WA

2001: Featured Poet, "Poet Tongues on Fire: A Benefit for RESYST" Seattle, WA

2000: Featured Performer, "LRC Cabaret" Seattle, WA

2000: Featured Poet, "Book Release and Reading for Revolutionary Voices" Seattle, WA

2000: Featured Performer, "Poetry and Spoken Word Performance," RESYST, Seattle, WA

1997: Ensemble Member, "A Love Worth Fighting For," Peer One Players, Rockin' the Casbah: Colorado Queer Leadership Conference, Greeley, CO

Publications

2007: Co-Editor with Qwo-Li Driskill. Scars Tell Stories: A Queer and Trans (Dis)ability Zine. Seattle: RESYST Seattle.

2004: "Crips In Queerland," (Planting Seeds Community Awareness Project, article)

2003: "The Handi-Capable Bi-Queer Slut of the World #1," (Confluere, column)

2003: "Supercrips and Posterchildren,” (Clamor Magazine, article)

2003: “Complicity,” (XCP: Streetnotes, poem)

2003: “Fuck Pity #2: Whaddyalookin’ At?!,” (Self-Published, zine)

2003: “Beulah Hill” (Altar Magazine, book review)

2003: Co-author, with Qwo-Li Driskill: “What Are You Talking About? Why Should I Cut My Dreads? What’s Wrong with a Mohawk?” (Planting Seeds Community Awareness Project, booklet)

2003: “Complicity,” (Turning the Tide: Journal of Anti-Racist Action, poem)

2002: “Poet Tongues on Fire,” “Denial,” “Complicity,” “Rage,” (Poet Tongues on Fire: Radical Queer Voices, CD Release)

2002: “Unforgettable Hatred,” (NervyGirl! Magazine, article)

2002: “An Open Letter to Bent,” (Bent Magazine, editorial)

2001: "Gallows," Vox Populi (Seattle Poetry Festival, poem)

2000: "On Diversity," "Beginning Revolutions: An Interview with Qwo-Li Driskill," Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology (Alyson Press, speech and interview)

2000: "Fuck Pity #1: Not Yr Goddamn Poster Child" (Self-Published, zine)

1997: "Letter to Amerikkka" (Sojourner Magazine, visual art)

Awards

2005: GSBA Richard C. Rolfs Scholarship Winner

2005: Pride Foundation Scholarship Winner

2004: GSBA Richard C. Rolfs Scholarship Winner

2004: Pride Foundation Scholarship Winner

2001: Nominee, Colin Higgins Courage Award

1997: Nominee, Thurston County Youth of the Year Award




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