{"id":2224,"date":"2014-03-11T15:02:39","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T19:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/?post_type=event&#038;p=2224"},"modified":"2014-08-28T16:56:56","modified_gmt":"2014-08-28T20:56:56","slug":"gender-justice-and-activisms-in-new-york-city-a-special-pre-conference-panel","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/staging\/2435\/event\/gender-justice-and-activisms-in-new-york-city-a-special-pre-conference-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender, Justice, and Activisms in New York City: A Special Pre-Conference Panel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/gender-activism-nyc.jpg\" alt=\"Protest in NYC, photo by Syd London\" width=\"590\" height=\"392\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/staging\/2435\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/gender-activism-nyc.webp 590w, https:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/staging\/2435\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/gender-activism-nyc-150x100.webp 150w, https:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/staging\/2435\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/gender-activism-nyc-300x199.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>How do contemporary social conditions affect activism on behalf of gender and sexual justice in New York City? Have economic shifts since the financial crisis of 2008 changed possibilities for activist undertakings? How can we support efforts for social justice under these new conditions? What kind of new work is being undertaken? <\/p>\n<p>In Fall 2013, Janet Jakobsen and Elizabeth Bernstein, organizers of the Gender, Justice, and Neoliberalisms research group, led a seminar on &#8220;Activisms&#8221; that matched students with groups that are doing gender and sexuality based activism in New York City. As a preface to the <a href=\"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/event\/for-the-public-good-conference\/\" title=\"link to For the Public Good conference\">For the Public Good conference<\/a>, speakers working on a range of issues\u2014sex work, reproductive justice, community based art, sexuality, domestic violence, and poverty\u2014discuss the effects of economic conditions on their work, the intricacies and impact of their labor, and their experiences providing students with a form of applied education that could benefit grasroots campaigns. <\/p>\n<p>Photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/sydlondon.com\" title=\"link to Syd London photography\" target=\"_blank\">Syd London<\/a>, reprinted with permission.<\/p>\n<p>Event is free and open to the public. Venue is wheelchair accessible.<\/p>\n<h3>More from this event:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>VIDEO: <a href=\"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/videos\/gender-justice-and-activisms-in-new-york-city\/\" title=\"link to video Gender, Justice, and Activisms in New York City\">Gender, Justice, and Activisms in New York City<\/a><\/li>\n<li>VIDEO: <a href=\"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/videos\/exploring-the-public-good-in-nyc\/\" title=\"link to video http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/videos\/exploring-the-public-good-in-nyc\/\">Exploring the Public Good in NYC<\/a><\/li>\n<li>VIDEO: <a href=\"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/videos\/ta-nehisi-coates-black-boy-interrupted-american-plunder-and-the-incomplete-life-of-jordan-davis\/\" title=\"link to video Ta-Nehisi Coates\">Ta-Nehisi Coates \u2013 Black Boy Interrupted: American Plunder and the Incomplete Life of Jordan Davis<\/a><\/li>\n<li>VIDEO: <a href=\"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/videos\/new-york-city-in-the-world\/\" title=\"link to video NYC in the World\">New York City in the World<\/a><\/li>\n<li>EVENT: <a href=\"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/event\/for-the-public-good-conference\/\">For the Public Good Conference<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do contemporary social conditions affect activism on behalf of gender and sexual justice in New York City? Have economic shifts since the financial crisis of 2008 changed possibilities for activist undertakings? How can we support efforts for social justice under these new conditions? What kind of new work is being undertaken? 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