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10:00am CDT

Fighting for Trans Liberation in the Midwest: Organizing Under Hostile State Governments

Sunday September 6, 2026 10:00am - 11:30am CDT

As Midwestern states escalate attacks on transgender people, organizers are building networks of resistance and care. This panel explores strategies for fighting back in hostile political environments—through coalition building, local organizing, and community infrastructure—and asks what it will take to win real liberation.

Speakers

Colleen McRoberts

Dr. Emerson Cram

Dr. Emerson Cram is a public educator & community storyteller located in Iowa City, Iowa. Their research, teaching, and advocacy focus on historical linkages between disability, sexuality, and race in environmental planning, and how stories of the past get in the way of cultural... Read More →

V Fixmer-Oraiz

V is the first transgender County Supervisor in Iowa. While they built their first campaign around inclusive economic development, V has found themselves working to advance human rights and better protect LGBTQ+ indivuals while championing racial and social justice.

Rev. Sean McRoberts

Sean is an interfaith leader in Iowa who withdrew from their denomination in 2018 due to the tension of being a trans person and religous leader in a homophobic denomination. They are now the Director of Operations and Development at Sacred Collective, "a place of belonging for spiritual... Read More →

Mandi Remington

Mandi Remington is a Johnson County Supervisor and organizer in Iowa working on trans rights and reproductive justice. A former Medicaid recipient and parent of transgender youth, she also organizes around healthcare and basic needs while working to expand community-based public safety... Read More →

Sunday September 6, 2026 10:00am - 11:30am CDT
Jackson Park D

Gender-Sexuality-Liberation

12:00pm CDT

Rosa Luxemburg and Frantz Fanon on Imperialism—Its Lessons for Today

Sunday September 6, 2026 12:00pm - 1:30pm CDT

Jackson Park D

While Luxemburg and Fanon are rarely discussed together, placing them in dialogue provides important insights into how anti-imperialist struggles relate to efforts to develop alternatives to capitalism. Both viewed imperialism as a global system that was integral to racialized capitalism, and their perspectives on how to overcome both speak to today’s challenges.

Speakers

Alex Adamson

Alex Adamson focuses on decolonial philosophy, Marxism, and queer, trans, and feminist philosophy. He is a community organizer in the Greater Boston area and currently working on a co-authored book with Juliana Gleeson titled Dyke Dialectics. Recent and forthcoming publications include... Read More →

Peter Hudis

Peter Hudis is the general editor of The Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg, of which six volumes have appeared so far, and is co-editor of The Rosa Luxemburg Reader. He is author of Frantz Fanon, Philosopher of the Barricades, Marx’s Concept of the Alternative to Capitalism, and... Read More →

Ndindi Kitonga

Ndindi Kitonga, a black activist in LA originally from Kenya who is founder of Palms Unhoused Mutual Aid, an abolitionist housing network. She has also been active in BLM and related community organizing.

Sponsors

International Marxist-Humanist Organization

Sunday September 6, 2026 12:00pm - 1:30pm CDT
Jackson Park D

Socialist and Marxist Theory

10:00am CDT

12:00pm CDT

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