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Panthea con9/4/2023 I hope we can have healthy debates about our many societal issues at this and future Cons.” In order to provide that safe space, all trans-exclusionary advocates and those in close association with them will not be presenting at PantheaCon for the foreseeable future. Providing a safe and inclusive space is of primary importance to me and the convention staff. I want to apologize for my part in causing the fear, pain, and sense of exclusion that many of you felt. I have communicated with many of you directly and have read every letter sent personally. Turner wrote in December 2018, “It was a mistake to include Max Dashu in the program and I want to personally apologize to each of you. Dashu was reportedly accused of creating an unsafe environment for the trans, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming members of the community. In the months leading up to the 2019 PantheaCon, however, the conference came under scrutiny after disinviting Max Dashu from its program. The conference announced the opening or registration as well as calls and applications for panels, papers, vendors, and workshops not unlike previous years. I thank the many department heads and staff who have invested their time and energy to make the Con grow and run for so many years.Īs late as last week, PantheaCon continued to release diversity statements and organize around the conference scheduled for February 14-17, 2020. Jamie and Thalassa each also deserve special recognition, as they have worked hard for many years to bring more diversity to the Con, and for bringing their special talents and viewpoints. Of primary recognition is Sabre (head of Conference Assistance Team and Operations) who has been with the Con from the start. I wish to acknowledge and thank all the many staff who over the years have given so selflessly to PantheaCon, this coming together of the tribes. In doing so, I hope to create a space for new leaders and new faces to bring fresh visions. I will be retiring at the end of PantheaCon 2020. I still hope PantheaCon has been of benefit to many individuals who met like-minded friends at it. That vision came true for many years, but as time passed it grew bigger and the viewpoints diverged. I once had a vision of the many tribes of Earth religions and neo-pagans coming together to network and share our varied views of spirituality. This year in 2020 will be the 26 th and Final PantheaCon. Taking place in San Jose, California, It is one of the largest gatherings in the Pagan community. PantheaCon began 26 years ago and has been growing ever since. The announcement comes after a difficult year for the event and a series of challenges leading to PantheaCon 2019. – In a post to the PantheaCon website and to the convention’s Facebook group, the conference’s founder and ringmaster, Glenn Turner, announced that 2020 will be the event’s final year. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.SAN JOSE, Calif. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice.
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