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Writing, blogging, social networking, and other forms of
media are vital channels of communication for feminist activists.
Panelists Mandy Van Deven (activist and writer), Ileana Jimenez (blogger
at FeministTeacher.com), Veronica Pinto (Hollaback!), and Susanna Horng
(Girls Write Now) discuss their own media projects and how they have
used new forms of communications to support and build their movements.
This discussion, moderated by Courtney Martin (writer and editor at
Feministing.com), took place on the first 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