Workshops and Events

11th Annual Public Lecture Series for Women's History Month and International Women's Day: Gender and Sexuality Studies in the Global South

Lead: Arab & Muslim Ethnicities Diasporas Initiative (AMED) Race and Resistance Studies, College of Ethnic Studies
Date and Time: March 10, 2010 - 7:00pm - 9:30pm
Location: Jack Adams Hall, Cesar Chavez Student Center

Reading, wRioting, and Reclaiming: Feminism(s) Empowerment and the Crisis in Public Education.

The Series consists of eight weekly events in March of speakers and films that bring together SFSU scholars, activists, writers and community organizers to discuss topics related to women in a global context.

Gender and Sexuality Studies in the Global South: Arab and Muslim Communities
Homelands and Diasporas: Women’s Activism-Iraq, Iran, Palestine, and the United States

Speakers:
Her Excellency Ambassador Somalia Barghouti, Permanent Observor Mission of Palestine to the United Nations, New York

Camilia Odeh, Director, Southwest Youth Collaborative, founding President of the Union of Palestinian Women’s Association (UPWA), North America, Chicago, Ill.

Dr. Dahlia Wasfi, International Activist, Global Exchange, SF

Dr. Shouleh Vatanabi, Global Cultures, General Studies Program, New York University, New York

Moderator: Rabab Ibrahim Abdulhadi, Assoc. Professor of Ethnic Studies/Race and Resistance Studies, Arab and Muslim Ethnicities Diasporas Initiative, SF State

All events are open to the public. For specific details please visit the website: http://bss.sfsu.edu/bss/
For questions, please contact: Kathy Johnson (kathyjoh@sfsu.edu)

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