Carmen appears frequently at feminist conferences as a workshop leader and keynote speaker, and also engages more intimately with audiences as the host of fireside chats, book club and FYC events.
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Upcoming
- OCTOBER: #Feminism: Gender & the 2020 Election (moved online due to COVID-19)
Previous
2020
- NWMAF Conference 2020: Social Media Strategy 101 Training
- The Jane Club Fireside Chat: Q&A with “Mrs. America” EP and Director Anna Boden (WATCH)
- Staying in the Game: IG Live with Adrienne Lawrence about Sexual Harassment (WATCH)
- The Art of Equal Pay Lounge Series Host + Emcee
- FORWARD by The Riveter: Fireside Chat with Michele Pred about The Art of Equal Pay (WATCH)
- Wine and Impact Series on “Intersectional Feminism and Your Power”
- Santa Barbara International Film Festival: Post-Screening Q&A with Pandora’s Box team
2019
- National Sexual Assault Conference: Keynote Conversation with “Surviving R. Kelly” Filmmaker dream hampton (WATCH)
- #MsBookClub: Cocktails and Conversation with Nicole Dennis-Benn and Carmen Rios (WATCH)
- Diesel Bookstore Author Series: Live Conversation with Tracy Strauss
- Religious Intrusion in Healthcare Discussion Panelist
- “LAS SANDINISTAS!” Filmmaker Q&A with Ms., World Channel, PBS (WATCH)
- Feminism in Academia and the Workplace: UCLA American Association of University Women Conference
- #MsBookClub: Cocktails and Conversation with Cherríe Moraga and Carmen Rios
- Bold Voices Disrupting Rape Culture: Roll Red Roll Opening Week Q&A with Filmmaker Nancy Schwartzman
- Period. End of Sentence. FYC Screening: Conversation with Director Reyka Zebtachi
- Merrimack College: Forging Your Feminist Future: A Conversation with Carmen Rios (WATCH)
2018
- National Women’s Studies Association Conference: “Amplifying Feminist Voices” Moderator
- National Sexual Assault Conference: “Social Media for Social Change” Presenter
- National Young Feminist Leadership Conference: Organizer, Panelist
2017
- Ms. at 45: Gloria Steinem in Conversation with Ms. Writers and Editors
- National Women’s Studies Association Conference: “Writing for the Popular Press” Panelist
- Democracy Wise Series at Vroman’s Bookstore: “Navigating Media” Panelist
- The Second Queer Internet Studies Conference Panelist (WATCH)
- National Young Feminist Leadership Conference: Organizer, Panelist, Moderator, Plenary Speaker
2016
- A-Camp 2016: Workshop Leader, Panelist, Moderator
- National Young Feminist Leadership Conference: Organizer, Panelist, Moderator, Plenary Speaker
2015
- University of Wisconsin: “Queer and Feminist Media” Panelist
- A-Camp 2015: Workshop Leader, Panelist, Moderator
- National Young Feminist Leadership Conference: Organizer, Panelist, Moderator
2014
- FORCE “Consent Klatch!” Panelist
- A-Camp 2014: Workshop Leader, Panelist, Moderator
- National Young Feminist Leadership Conference: Organizer, Panelist, Moderator
2013
- National Sexual Assault Conference: Keynote Speaker, Presenter
- A-Camp October: Workshop Leader, Panelist
- A-Camp May: Workshop Leader, Panelist
- The Archival is Political: Preserving Women’s History at the Sallie Bingham Center (Merle Hoffman, Eleanor Smeal, Carmen Rios and Jaclyn Friedman in Conversation)
2012
- A-Camp September: Panelist
- A-Camp April: Moderator, Panelist
- Momentum Conference: Panelist
- Robyn Matthias Student Research Conference: Presenter
- Chesapeake American Studies Association Conference: Panelist
2011
- Slutwalk DC: Speaker, Media Organizer
2010
- SPARK Summit: “Girl Activists Speak Out” Panelist
