#SayHerName: Intersectionality and Violence Against Black Women
Brittney Cooper Associate Professor of Women's and Gender Studies Rutgers University "The Future of Black Feminism (In Theory)"
From #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter to #SayHerName: Intersectionality and Violence Against Black Women
Convened by Shatema Threadcraft (Government) and Susan Brison (Philosophy).
July 9 at 4:30pm in Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall
- "Black Feminist Responses to Gender Violence: The Case for Abolition Politics and Praxis"
- Beth Ritchie (University of Illinois at Chicago)
July 9 at 6pm in Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall
- "From Margin to Center: Our Journeys to Academic Leadership"
- Laurel Richie (Chair, Board of Trustees, Dartmouth College)
July 11 at 4:30pm in 3 Rockefeller Center
- "The Future of Black Feminism (In Theory)"
- Brittney Cooper (Rutgers)
July 18 at 4:30pm in Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall
- "Self-Care as an Act of Political Warfare"
- Salamishah Tillet (Rutgers)
July 25 at 4:30pm in Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall
- "Presente! On black/trans (im)possibilities of proximity, intimacy, and togetherness"
- Dora Santana (John Jay College, CUNY)
August 1 at 4:30pm in Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall
- "From #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter to #SayHerName: Centering Black Women and Girls"
- Kimberle Crenshaw (Columbia University and University of California, LA)
August 8 at 4:30pm in Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall
- "Beyond the 'Now': Epistemic Oppression and the 'Common' Sense of Mass Incarceration"
- Kristie Dotson (Michigan State University)
#SayHerName Summer Speaker Series co-sponsored by Office of the President, Office of the Provost, Office of the Dean of Faculty, Leslie Center for the Humanities, Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies, African and African American Studies, Department of Philosophy, Department of Government