Sam Killermann, social justice activist and educator, to speak at Ivy Tech

BLOOMINGTON – Sam Killermann, social justice activist, educator, and multi-disciplinary artist, will discuss the themes of themes of social justice, gender, and sexuality in his talk called “Snap Judgments, Identity, and Oppression,” at Ivy Tech Community College on Thursday, April 19. Killermann will speak at Ivy Tech Bloomington’s campus at 200 Daniels Way, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Shreve Hall. The event is free but reservations are requested. Reservations can be made online at ivytech.edu/diversity under the “Bloomington” dropdown.

Sam Killermann is a multi-disciplinary artist who puts his gifts to work to achieve global justice as the Director of Creativity for hues. Sam is also the person behind It’s Pronounced Metrosexual, the comedy show performed at colleges and universities, as well as the online resource, which has educated over a million readers on themes of social justice, gender, and sexuality.

Sam’s work (that he uncopyrighted in 2013) has been downloaded by hundreds of millions of people around the world who utilize it to bolster their educational and advocacy efforts toward equity. His version of the Genderbread Person, a model for understanding and teaching gender and sexual diversity, has been translated into over a dozen languages.

In 2014, Sam designed an all-gender restroom sign that he gifted to the commons, which is now being implemented on three continents, is featured in the White House, and is becoming the standard for dozens of college campuses and cities around the U.S.

Sam is the author of A Guide to Gender, which is an exploration of gender from a social justice perspective, with humor and comics sprinkled in. The book opened as the #1 bestseller in gender on Amazon, and as a reflection of Sam’s commitment to access as a core social justice value, he’s given away over 10,000 copies of the book. He gave a well-received TEDxTalk that has over 150,000 views called “Understanding the Complexities of Gender,” where he distilled the themes of the book into a few minutes of fun, energetic, and easily-digestible speech.

Sam is the co-creator of TheSafeZoneProject.com, a free online resource for LGBTQ and Ally training materials. The open source curriculum they published is being used by over ten thousand educators in at least 100 countries.

Outside of his key initiatives, Sam is a frequent keynote speaker, the comedy half of S.E.X., writer & performer of InTolerance, head elf at Socially Just Cards, co-author of the forthcoming A Guide to Facilitation, and is always dreaming up new social good projects. When he’s not on the road, he likes to spend at least a few hours a day bicycling around sunny Austin, TX, where he counts himself lucky to live.

The event is free and open to the community but reservations are requested. Reservations can be made online at ivytech.edu/diversity under the “Bloomington” dropdown.