Activism and the Academy: Expanding Feminism – Collaborations for Social Justice

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BCRW’s commitment to bringing feminist scholars and activists together in conversation and collaboration has been at the center of our work for the past 40 years. Representatives from three organizations with whom we have recently partnered—the National Domestic Workers Alliance, Queers for Economic Justice, and the New York Women’s Foundation— discuss the unique models of feminist action and knowledge that have been produced through BCRW’s scholar-activist partnerships. Panelists include Ai-jen Poo (National Domestic Workers Alliance), Sydnie L. Mosley ’07 (dancer, choreographer and teacher), Amber Hollibaugh (Queers for Economic Justice), and Ana Oliveira (New York Women’s Foundation). This plenary, moderated by Janet Jakobsen (BCRW), took place on the first 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.

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More from this event:

EVENT: Activism and the Academy: Celebrating 40 Years of Feminist Scholarship and Action
VIDEO: The Multiple Futures of Gender and Sexuality Studies
VIDEO: Writing, New Media, and Feminist Activism
VIDEO: Archives and Activism: The Contemporary Turn
VIDEO: Transnational Feminisms Across the Americas
VIDEO: Expanding Feminism: Collaborations for Social Justice
VIDEO: Mamphela Ramphele (keynote address)
VIDEO: Social Justice and Civic Engagement in the Classroom
VIDEO: Using Knowledge, Advancing Activism
VIDEO: Campus Activism
VIDEO: Activist Research: Working in Communities
VIDEO: Building and Rebuilding Societies in Africa
PODCAST: Activism and the Academy: Opening Remarks by Janet Jakobsen
PODCAST: Activism and the Academy: Sonia Alvarez
PODCAST: Activism and the Academy: The Multiple Futures of Gender and Sexuality Studies
PODCAST: Activism and the Academy: Writing, New Media, and Feminist Activism
PODCAST: Activism and the Academy: Living and Working in the Borderlands
PODCAST: Activism and the Academy: Women’s Literature and Feminist Learning
PODCAST: Activism and the Academy: Archives and Activism – The Contemporary Turn
PODCAST: Activism and the Academy: Transnational Feminisms Across the Americas
PODCAST: Activism and the Academy: Mamphela Ramphele

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