Description
Colleges and universities across the country are
increasingly interested in adding opportunities for civic engagement to
their curricula, seeking to expose their students to new ways of
practicing and researching social justice. Educators from several
institutions will look at the ways in which these projects can build
feminist awareness and community on college campuses. Panelists include
Dara J. Silberstein (SUNY Binghamton), Jerilyn Fisher (Hostos Community College),
Leslie Simon (City College of San Francisco) and Stephanie Gilmore (Dickinson College). This
discussion, moderated by Susannah Bartlow (Dickinson College), took place on the second day of
Activism and the Academy: Celebrating 40 Years of Feminist Scholarship
and Action, a two-day conference held September 23-24, 2011 in honor of
the 40th anniversary of the Barnard Center for Research on
Women.
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