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Intergenerational Organizing: Panel Reflection
The focus of the African Women’s Rights and Resilience Forum at Barnard College on March 12, 2014 was to use different panels of discussion to target and attempt to begin to resolve specific issues that exist in the African feminist movement. The last panel of the evening entitled “Intergenerational Organizing” focused on how activists of […]
Read MoreIntergenerational Organizing: Panel Reflection
A person’s age is not an isolated category; rather, age difference is often a condition for cultural and social discrepancies. For instance, people of different ages are subject to different atmospheres and attitudes surrounding education, LGBTQ rights, religion, and globalism. With this in mind, the patterns that emerged through discussion on the Intergenerational Organizing Panel […]
Read MoreAfrican Men and Feminisms: Panel Reflection
In second panel of the African Women’s Rights and Resilience Conference, three key themes emerged. The first was the invisibility of (male) privilege, the second was an expressed fear of feminism, and the final theme was the way in which women’s rights could benefits entire communities. Regarding the first of these themes, Mohammed Yahya summarized […]
Read MoreAfrican Men and Feminisms: Panel Reflection
The panel on African Men and Feminisms held at Barnard College on March 12, 2014 included three men who presented issues directly paralleled to those discussed in our Feminist Theory Colloquium. Those issues included topics such as Feminism in the public and private spheres, men’s perception and treatment of female bodies, and the fear of […]
Read MoreWomen's Rights and Transnational Feminisms: Panel Reflection
Contemporarily, aligning with “feminism” is not simply supporting “equity for women.” While this stance might be perceived on a superficial level as the unifying force behind this notion of universal feminism, a more critical approach reveals the ways in which we should not be speaking about feminism, but feminisms. Even within localized Western communities, feminisms […]
Read MoreWomen's Rights and Transnational Feminisms: Panel Reflection
“Most women in Africa do not have any kind of choice” when it comes to strength and resilience according to Amina Mama. During the conversation on Women’s Rights and Transnational Feminisms, themes of listening as a strategy of transnational feminism, leadership and accountability, and transformation through transformative thinking emerged. When thinking about these key issues, […]
Read MoreRedefining Realness
Next Wednesday, April 23, BCRW will be hosting Redefining Realness: A Salon in honor of Janet Mock featuring respondents Brittney Cooper, Che Gossett, Reina Gossett, CeCe McDonald, and Mey Valdivia Rude. They will be participating in a conversation around Janet Mock’s book Redefining Realness, the importance of storytelling in social movements, trans women’s activism, media representation of trans women, and […]
Read More“I Use My Love to Guide Me”: Conversations on Prison Abolition, Love, and Safety
Over the last few months, BCRW Activist Fellow Reina Gossett has hosted several discussions around the topic of prison abolition, especially as it relates to vulnerable communities, specifically queer and trans people. To provide context, research assistant Carly Crane offered useful definitions of the prison-industrial complex and prison abolition, and compiled links to resources, key figures, and organizations […]
Read MoreExamining the History and Representation of Domestic Workers
On April 16, BCRW, along with the Barnard Forum on Migration, will host Historical Perspectives on Domestic Worker Organizing. The conversation-style event will feature Elizabeth Quay Hutchison, Professor of History at the University of New Mexico, and Premilla Nadasen, Visiting Associate Professor in History at Barnard. Hutchison and Nadasen will look at the changing labor relations […]
Read MoreSocial Justice Approach to Ending Domestic Violence in Context
In March 2012, Sakhi for South Asian Women, in collaboration with BCRW, brought together NYC based anti-violence organizations to discuss policy goals and create a shared vision of an inclusive anti-domestic violence movement. The 2012 gathering was a follow up to a summit held in 2011. At that time, Sakhi and a number of other organizations and individuals […]
Read MoreExploring the Public Good in New York City
On Friday, March 28th, local and international scholars, activists, and writers will come together through For the Public Good, a day-long conference co-sponsored by BCRW dedicated to discussion, collaboration, and problem-solving around the current challenges to providing healthy, safe, and fulfilling lives for everyone. The opening panel, Exploring the Public Good in New York City, will feature […]
Read MoreBringing Good Back to the People
On March 28, BCRW will gather a variety of scholars, activists, and writers for a two-day conferenceto discuss various approaches to reshaping our social infrastructure to most effectively support the public’s best interest. The conference will be the culmination in a series of events from the project For the Public Good, which began in 2011. The first […]
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