How you can help: Make it 16 & show up for Gaza
Submit to support reducing the voting age, and attend rallies around the motū with the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa.
Jennifer K Shields
Where to now, after the disinformation election?
It was a big weekend for Aotearoa, and not the outcome we wanted. It was a concerning election, but with some big wins. What's next for our communities?
Speaking Engagements
Webinar: Adult transgender patient care
I presented a webinar alongside Dr Rona Carroll for the Goodfellow Unit around providing support to trans patients in a primary care context, and on building welcoming, inclusive, and safe healthcare environments.
Speaking Engagements
Guest lecture: Community Development - Concepts, Practice, and Dynamics of Change
I gave a two-hour guest lecture on my work in and for community, from activism to advocacy, outlining my path into this mahi, what I think is critical for students looking to work with our communities to understand, and what I see coming next for Aotearoa's queer communities.
Trans Walks
Let's go on this hīkoi together.
The Importance of Writing Queer Joy
Queer joy is more important than ever.
Speaking Engagements
The Importance of Writing Queer Joy
I was invited to chair a panel for WORD Christchurch on the importance of writing queer joy, especially in our current context, with authors Shaneel Lal, AJ Fitzwater, and Karen Healey.
Speaking Engagements
Artist Life School: How to Hold Space and Speak in Public
Being an artist is more than just making work - it’s also about presenting it to our peers and the public. From exhibition openings and whakatau to artist talks and panel discussions, we’re likely to be put on the spot and expected to speak about ourselves and our work in public at some stage.
Art & Art Production
A Striking Sight
A group exhibition at Down by the Liffey Gallery, Lincoln.
Stuff.co.nz are back at it again, Krispy Kreme
After a few years of better-than-it-was reporting around rainbow issues, Stuff (and the Southland Times) are back at it again today with poor, unethical, and irresponsible reporting about trans folks.
Art & Art Production
Resolutions
A group exhibition with the Canterbury Women's Photography Collective at Te Huanui Gallery, Darfield.
Art & Art Production
in development
A solo exhibition of works on film, printed in a hallway darkroom, at ART HOLE.