Three free public events will be held on February 2nd & 3rd. Click below to learn more!
1) Imperialism, Feminism and Violence: Multifaith Perspectives on Women's Resistance
Panel and Discussion
Thursday February 2, 2012 9:30am – 12:30pm
C.K. Choi Building, Room # 120, University of British Columbia
2) Gendered Colonialisms: Religion, Violence, and the Canadian State
Panel and Discussion
Friday February 3, 2012 9:30am - 12:00pm
The Diamond Alumni Center, SFU Burnaby Campus
3) Gathering Strength: A Night of Performance Celebrating the Role of Faith in Resistance
Friday February 3rd, 2012 7:00pm-10:00pm
Rhizome Cafe, 317 East Broadway, Vancouver
About Women for Peace Against Fundamentalisms
This initiative is a partnership project between Peace for Life, Philipines (http://www.peaceforlife.org/) and the Interfaith Institute for Justice Peace and Social Movements, Simon Fraser University(http://www.interfaithjustpeace.org/). Over the next five years this initiative will bring together women leaders, academics, and activists from primarily Muslim and Christian communities around the world to explore the role of interfaith alliances in resisting empire, war and fundamentalisms. The above mentioned and below detailed events feature members of the Women for Peace Against Fundamentalisms Steering Committee gathering in Vancouver this February for their inaugural meeting.
Detailed Event Descriptions:
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1) Imperialism, Feminism and Violence: Multifaith Perspectives on Women's Resistance
Panel and Discussion
Thursday February 2, 2012
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Time: 9:30am-12:30pm
Location: C. K. Choi Building, # 120, University of British Columbia, Musqueam Territories (map: http://www.maps.ubc.ca/PROD/images/pdf/ubcmap.pdf)
Sponsor: The Centre for Race, Autobiography, Gender, and Age, UBC (www.raga.ubc.ca)
Accessibility: This venue is wheelchair accessible
In this panel presentation moderated by Dr. Sunera Thobani (RAGA-UBC), panelists will examine the critical links between colonial and post-colonial forms of genocide and violence, the status of Indigenous peoples, religion and spirituality as a socio-political force, and forms of women's resistance. The panel will be followed by a facilitated discussion with attendees exploring issues of race and global violence, inter/national conflicts, and gendered imperialism.
Featuring Women for Peace Against Fundamentalisms Steering Committee Members:
Dr. Aruna Gnanadason (India)
Carmencita Karagdag, MA (Philippines)
Dr. Esha Faki Mwinyihaji (Kenya)
Dr Nadia Fadil (Belgium)
For panelist bios please check: http://www.interfaithjustpeace.org/wfpaf_steering_committee.php
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2) Gendered Colonialisms: Religion, Violence, and the Canadian State
Panel and Discussion
Friday February 3, 2012
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Time: 9.30am-12:00pm
Location: The Diamond Alumni Center (8888 University Drive), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby
Sponsor: Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, SFU (http://www.sfu.ca/gsws/Events.html)
In this interfaith roundtable discussion, our speakers, who work locally and internationally as Muslim and Christian faith-based activists, academics, and leaders, will draw links between local and global forms of racial, religious, and gendered violence and the practices and policies of the Canadian state. The talks will identify some of the theoretical and practical ways in which the state manages religious difference and enshrines practices of “racial management” and power. The talks will provide critical perspectives on the interdependent relationships of colonialism, racism, religious and gendered violence against women. This event will be followed by a moderated discussion between speakers and attendees. We invite academics, community organizers, religious and spiritual leaders to join us in making visible the links between gendered violence, war, and empire in our world today.
Featuring Women for Peace Against Fundamentalisms Steering Committee Members:
Dr. Dana Mohammed Olwan (Canada)
Dr. Denise Nadeau (Canada)
Dr. Jasmin Zine (Canada)
Dr. Nadia Fadil (Belgium)
For panelist bios please check: http://www.interfaithjustpeace.org/wfpaf_steering_committee.php
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3) Gathering Strength
A Night of Performance Celebrating the Role of Faith in Resistance
Friday February 3, 2012
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Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Rhizome Cafe, 317 East Broadway, Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories
Accessibility: This venue is wheelchair accessible and this event is child inclusive!
Featuring original performances, talks, and films by:
Cultural Medicine Cabinet Community Choir
Fathima Cadre
Writer, photographer, and law student involved in community organising around race and gender equity.
Kashif Pasta
A 20 year old Muslim filmmaker and student in Communications at Simon Fraser University.
Kenan Hafi
Syrian-born Canadian writer, who moved to Ottawa, Canada when he was 10 months old, entirely of his own accord.
Siobhan Barker
A published fiction and non-fiction author who is also an accomplished bilingual singer and storyteller of Folklore, World Issues and Culture.
Streams of Justice
A faith-based group committed to the relentless struggle for social justice, the unwavering affirmation of human dignity, and the joyful stance of compassionate solidarity through popular education and collective action.
Urooba Jamal
A spoken word artist and student of International Relations and Urban Studies at UBC, Urooba's interests include Islam, anti-racist feminism, post-colonialism, and vintage fashion.
Women for Peace Against Fundamentalisms Steering Committee Members
For bios check this link: http://www.interfaithjustpeace.org/wfpaf_steering_committee.php
...and more!