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    Contact:
    Juli Grigsby
    [email protected] or (310) 954-7351
    Courtney Morris
    [email protected] or (512) 826-6551

    Feminists of Color United to protest R. Kelly Appearance at the UT-Austin

    Austin, TX— Feminists of Color United (FOCU) will be hosting a teach-in and
    demonstration in response to an appearance by R&B singer and alleged child pornographer,
    R. Kelly at the Bass Concert Hall at the University of Texas at Austin. The teach-in, which
    will address issues of sexual assault and violence against women of color, will be held on
    Friday, Mar. 17 on the UT-Campus at the Center for African and African American Studies
    from 5:30-7pm. At 7 p.m. teach-in participants will then march to the Bass Concert Hall and
    hold an hour-long demonstration.

    The decision to host a teach-in and demonstration came after a number of UT graduate
    students realized that the Performing Arts Center had invited Kelly, who is currently up for
    14 counts of child pornography in Illinois, to perform on campus. According to
    MSNBC.com, Cook County prosecutors have a tape that shows the singer have sex with
    a girl believed to be underage at the time of the recording. The acts are believed to have
    occurred sometime between January 1998 and November 2000. Kelly was originally
    charged with 21 counts, but several charges were later dismissed after the search that
    yielded the incriminating evidence was ruled illegal. Kelly is also facing 12 counts of
    possession of child pornography in Florida.

    According to Juli Grigsby, a first year graduate student, the teach-in and demonstration
    are designed to address issues that are larger than the R. Kelly case.

    “This teach-in and protest will break the silence of sexual assault on women of color
    in our communities as well as provide useful information on these issues,” Grigsby
    said.

    According to the event organizers and participants, the teach-in and demonstration are
    designed to raise awareness around these issues and encourage people who will be attending
    the performance to think twice about the politics of supporting misogynistic performers with
    their money.

    Courtney Morris, a first year graduate student, said that this demonstration is also about
    holding the University accountable and encouraging administrators to think more critically
    about supporting artists like Kelly.

    “I am appalled that the University would even consider inviting someone who has so
    blatantly exploited black women,” Morris said. “It is our hope that by holding the PAC
    administration accountable, they will reconsider ever using money generated from our
    student fees to bring artists like R. Kelly.”
    For additional information contact Juli Grigsby at [email protected] or (310) 954-
    7351 or Courtney Morris at [email protected] or (512) 826-6551.

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