Description
How can activists use knowledge to advance their
campaigns? How can scholars and activists work collaboratively to
produce and promote knowledge that is grounded in feminist and social
justice frameworks? Activists who have been able to produce and use
knowledge to initiate change across numerous issues contribute to
this conversation about the uses of knowledge in activist work.
Panelists include Rinku Sen (Applied Research Center), Dean Spade '97
(University of Seattle School of Law), and Jamia Wilson (Women's Media
Center). This discussion, moderated by Laura Flanders '85 (GRITtv), 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