V-February 2019, in collaboration with the Native American Program, is proud to present this year's keynote speaker:

Cinnamon Spear '09, MALS '13

An honest discussion about rape as a tool for colonization and ongoing sexual assault in Indian Country, including a spoken word performance debuting a new piece.

 Question and answer session to follow

Cinnamon Spear (Northern Cheyenne) is a writer, filmmaker, and beadworker from Lame Deer, MT. She is a Dartmouth '09 who majored in Native American Studies, and a Masters of Arts in Liberal Studies '13 concentrated in Creative Writing. Cinnamon worked as a public affairs specialist for the Indian Health Service, both at the Headquarters Office in Washington, DC and the Phoenix Indian Medical Center in Arizona. This spring, Cinnamon will complete a Masters of Fine Arts in Fiction from the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

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Over the past 20 years, V-February, an expansion of the global V-Day Campaign, has evolved as Dartmouth's annual student-led campaign to promote gender equity and end gender- and power-based violence. For accommodations and/or more information, email OPAL.Women.Gender.Advising@dartmouth.edu.