2025 Conference

AWP 2025

March 6-9, 2025


AWP's 50th Annual Conference will be in Santa Fe, NM at the El Dorado Hotel & Spa.

Conference Co-Coordinators: Alicia Trotman, Enedina Vasquez, Merranda Marín (Contact)

Representing our Identities Reclaiming Our Voices, Reawakening our Light, Reconnecting with Wisdom |
Representando Nuestras Identidades, Reclamando Nuestras Voces, Despertando Nuestra Luz, Reconectando con Sabiduría

We are emerging from a past filled with sordid violence, inescapable oppression, and ‘clenched’ restrictions to our voices, bodies, spaces, roots, and roles. 
The tropes of the ‘Angry Black Woman’ or ‘Loud Mexican Mujer’ heard brutally in our ‘ear’...
Our bodies as sites of cruelty in motel rooms or emasculating debate in political government halls…
Our spaces and roots dug up to build arenas and cattle farms to feed insatiable appetites and betting additions…
And finally, our roles… limited edition of the pink apron and perfectly coiffed hair.

Well, what a time to be breaking out and literally smashing the glass ceiling? 
And as we pick up the shards of glass, we see glimpses… parts of ourselves… 
Fractals of other possibilities to be - womxn quite infinite.

And is there any order to the chaos?
A mystery… but in the PROCESS we dive deeper to uncover and translate the sacrosanct connections we hold with the cosmos. 
HERE - we honor the cardinal directions and the yin/yang relationships we have with the elements, the living quality of our spaces (e.g. altars, shrines, objects) that ties us to the heart of Mother Earth and our ancestors. 

Our invited speakers will help us to discover fragmented parts of our selves that have been ignored, vilified, or ridiculed due to the insidious nature of patriarchal systems embedded in identity and institution. We will amplify our feminist practices in community-building, radical inclusivity, activism and teaching with the inner work necessary to invite the public eye. Pre-Conference workshops will occur on the afternoon of Thursday, March 6, 2025 and additional activities. Our first keynote speaker will kick off a full day of presentations and conversation on Friday, March 7. Saturday, March 8 will open with the annual awards ceremony and our second keynote speaker, followed by additional presentations, opportunities to volunteer with New Mexico-based organizations engaging in feminist justice and liberation psychology work! On Saturday evening, we will conclude with dance and music!  Presentations will continue Sunday morning, March 9, followed by a closing ceremony that will wrap up the conference midday.
 
Highlighted Areas of Focus:

• Life-changing work based in mestizaje consciousness and Anzaldúa’s theories on the path of conocomiento and El Mundo Zurdo
• Trans and Gender Diverse inclusivity
• Feminist approaches to address spiritual violence, trauma, and terrorism
• Contemplative practice and pedagogy, and decolonized praxis specializing in aging and end-of-life care
• Womanist and mujerista psychologies emphasizing multiple ways of being and knowing
• Transnational, transdisciplinary, and indigenous practices that center mind-body-spirit interaction to facilitate healing and transformation