Description
Colleges and universities are experiencing the effects
of the economic downturn and our political climate in numerous ways.
This panel of students and faculty discuss how activists on their
campuses are working to combat budget cuts and the undermining of the
public sector, provide alternatives to neoliberal restructuring in
higher education, and fight against racism and gender inequities.
Panelists include Abigail Boggs (University of California, Davis),
Debanuj Dasgupta (Ohio State University), Stephanie Luce (Murphy
Institute, CUNY), Sandra K. Soto (University of Arizona), and Jesse
Kadjo (Loyola University). This discussion, moderated by Catherine Sameh
(BCRW), took place on the second 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