Description
Simi Linton delivers opening remarks to the Heidi Latsky Dance Company's
Performance of The GIMP Project at The Scholar and Feminist Conference
2011, Movements: Politics, Performance, and Disability, on February 26.
Simi describes dance as the place
where disability rights, disability culture and disability studies come
together. She is introduced by Janet Jakobsen.
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