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Our Work

BCRW has for decades worked to respond to violence at all scales — interpersonal and international — and to contribute long histories of global feminist efforts to build a world of justice, peace, and freedom.

Some of our work on behalf of these values of social justice feminism includes:

Responding to Violence, Rethinking Human Secularity with Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams

Anti-Colonialism, Black Radicalism, and Transnational Feminism 49th Scholar & Feminist Conference

Roundtable Discussion on Feminism and Palestine with the Institute for Sexuality and Gender Studies, Barnard and Columbia Faculty

Ella Baker for the 21st Century A National One-Day Symposium

Valuing Domestic Work with Domestic Workers United

Feminist Freedom School

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