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WILL/WGSS Speaker Series
The Global and the Local: Human Rights Struggles Today
The End of Slavery?
Kevin Bales
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Brown-Alley Room, Weinstein Hall, 7 p.m.
There are 27 million slaves in the world today, and many produce the things we consume every day. Against this tide is a growing global anti-slavery movement that links people in the U.S. to the Harriet Tubmans and Frederick Douglasses of today. Come and learn what actions can be taken to abolish present-day slavery.
Women’s Right to Live: Women Confronting Violence in Guatemala
Sandra Moran
Monday, October 24, 2011
International Center Commons, 7 p.m.
Sandra Moran, activist and member of the Guatemala Human Rights Commission, will discuss activists’ work to end human rights abuses against women in Guatemala. Moran has worked with the Guatemalan women’s movement for the past 20 years and is the founder of Guatemala’s first lesbian collective. She currently works with Colectivo Artesana, a nonprofit that combines the powers of art and the women’s movement to combat inequities in women’s lives.
Renewing America: Race, Immigration, and Economic Justice in the 21st Century
Rinku Sen
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Brown-Alley Room, Weinstein Hall, 7 p.m.
Rinku Sen, president and executive director of the Applied Research Center and the publisher of colorlines.com, will examine innovative projects across the country to organize immigrants and native-born Americans to unify in building a new economy. Her talk will combine personal history and political analysis with inspiring lessons from the field.
Speaker Series Sponsors
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Tocqueville Seminars
Cultural Affairs
Gottwald Speakers Board
Jepson School of Leadership Studies
Office of Common Ground
Office of International Education
Westhampton College
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