Information on Booking Speaking Engagements:
I am available for speaking engagements of all types and sizes and to all types of audiences, as well as film screenings, panels, classroom lectures, trainings, workshops, and more.
I do typically request a speaker fee for events, but am flexible around budgetary issues and will work with you to come to a fee that works for all of us.
Topics I have spoken on in the past:
- Intersex 101 (Includes basic definitions, my personal story, usually a brief film or excerpt from a film, Q&A and discussion, plus lots of hand-outs and resource list for further reading.) *This is my most popular request*
- Feminist Critiques of V-Day and the Vagina Monologues
- Intersex and Disability connections
- Intersex and Transgender connections
- How to work with and support intersex students (for teachers)
- How to work with and support intersex clients (for people in the mental health field)
- Working with intersex survivors of sexual abuse and assault
- Sex Worker activism, organizing, etc from a sex worker perspective
- Being an ally and caregiver to people with disabilities
- Queer femme identity
- Government harassment and surveillance of activists, specifically my lawsuit against the Dekalb County Police Department and the Department of Homeland Security
Some of the places, events, and organizations I have spoken to in the past:
- Emory University
- Emory School of Medicine
- Spelman College
- Agnes Scott College
- The Southern Comfort Conference (Atlanta, GA)
- Our True Colors Conference (University of Connecticut)
- The Unity Conference (Chapel Hill, NC)
- The Southern Girls Convention
- The National Conference on Organized Resistance (Washington, DC)
- The Sweaty South Queer and Trans Convergence (Durham, NC)
- The United States Social Forum
- Charis Books and More/Charis Circle
- Georgia Association of Physicians for Human Rights
- Dekalb Rape Crisis Center
And much more! I am flexible with content and can work with you to design a presentation that best fits your audience.
To inquire about booking please contact me at: caitlinpetrakischilds (at) gmail.com
