Description
The recently published anthology Voices of A Women's
Health Movement (Seven Stories Press, 2012), co-edited by women's health
advocate Barbara Seaman (1935-2008) and her longtime collaborator Laura
Eldridge, brings together an essential collection of essays, interviews,
and commentary by leading activists, writers, doctors and sociologists
on topics ranging across reproductive rights, sex and orgasm, activism,
motherhood, and birth control. In this panel discussion, some of the
book's contributors discuss the rich history of this movement and its
continued significance in struggles for reproductive health today.
Panelists include Laura Eldridge '01, Helen Lowery, Lauren Porsch '01,
Leonore Tiefer, and Irene Xanthoudakis '01. This discussion took place
on February 15, 2012 at Barnard College in New York City.
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