The Barnard Center for Research on Women hosts
a programming series that explores a wide range of feminist and
social justice issues like women's rights, gender and sexuality,
democracy and voting, immigration and economics. Featured speakers
include Angela Davis, Estelle Freedman, Lani Guinier, Josephine
Ho, Naomi Klein and Dean Spade. Fusing scholarship with activism, highlights from these events
are now available as podcasts.
In this panel, young feminist activists discuss their
areas of interest, what they see as the major challenges for feminist
movements, how organizing today compares to that by previous
generations, intersections between feminism and other approaches to
social justice, and how to build coalitions...
Published 01/30/13
Sonia Pierre (1963-2011), mobilized communities in the
Dominican Republic to advocate for citizenship and human rights for
Dominicans of Haitian descent. As the director of Movimiento de Mujeres
Dominico-Haitiana (MUDHA), she used legal challenges in domestic and
international courts to defend...
Published 12/06/12