Upcoming Leatherati Town Hall On BDSM Education
In my recent Are Our Educational Efforts Backfiring post I mentioned some concerns I have about the educational efforts offered by some kink clubs, organizations and events. I still stand by those concerns and I think you’ll see by the incredibly thoughtful and plentiful comments that post generated that it’s a hot topic these days.
The folks at Leatherati have noticed the concerns raised by me and others and, in the interest of fostering discussion on the topic, are hosting a Leatherati Town Hall which they describe this way.
“What’s up with BDSM education?” is our topic for this edition of LTH. For better or worse, many of us out there have attended classes on flogging, bondage, power exchange or other BDSM topics. Maybe you even teach classes or produce an event with an education track.
This is a don’t miss event with special guest panelists Race Bannon, Gloria Brame, Hardy Haberman and Princess Kali. Leatherati Town Hall happens on Sunday, August 5, 2012 at 5 PM PDT on Leatherati.com, click on the tab for Leatherati Voices.
If this is a topic of interest to you, I encourage you to participate in this online Town Hall discussion. I believe this is a topic that needs discussion if we’re to make sure our educational efforts are doing what they’re intending to do as effectively as possible.
Seth Munter
July 31, 2012 at 4:27 pmIs anyone going to make this a Facebook Event so we can sign up and continue the conversation there?
Cleo Dubois
July 31, 2012 at 4:59 pmI would have loved to participate but I will be at a retreat in Northern California with no electronics or phone. Have a productive Town Hall discussion.
In leather pride, with heart,
Cleo
Race Bannon
July 31, 2012 at 5:18 pmSeth, ask and you shall receive. I just communicated with the Leatherati folks and they are going to create a Facebook event page for the town hall meeting. Thanks for the suggestion!
Loren Berthelsen
July 31, 2012 at 6:01 pmSeth – done and done. The invites are going out now. Hope you can make it!
Race Bannon
July 31, 2012 at 6:37 pmSeth, here is the direct linked to the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/153964658061110/
CandiAnne
August 4, 2012 at 5:39 pmLooking very forward to this…was glad Leatherati sent out invites 🙂 Enjoyed reading your blog post and am checking out the CARAS website as well.
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