SAVE THE DATE!
Please mark your calendars for the opening reception of “Invisible Lives: Documenting the Exiles of Eastern Burma's Sixty-Year War”, a book and photoshow to benefit reproductive health education along the Thai/Burma border, Thursday, June 18, 6:00-8:00pm at powerHouse Books in DUMBO
"Invisible Lives” is a book and photo show project presenting the work of acclaimed photographers whose images raise awareness of the one of the world’s least known humanitarian disasters. The ongoing civil war in eastern Burma has fueled the rise of one of the world’s most repressive regimes and driven more than two million people into Thailand and neighboring countries. The images featured in “Invisible Lives” bring the hidden worlds of these refugees and illegal migrants into the open, highlighting their humanity and lived experiences.
“Invisible Lives” features photographs by Tom Soddart, Morgan Hagar, Becky Hurwitz, and amateur Burmese and Karen photographers. Proceeds from the "Invisible Lives" book sales and from the event will fund reproductive health education for adolescents living along the Thai/Burma border.
For more information or to RSVP for the opening please contact Cari Sietstra: 917.715.9577 and sietstra at gmail dot com
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Jessica Valenti at Bluestockings
Sunday, May 17th @ 7PM - Free
Reading: Jessica Valenti “The Purity Myth”
American culture is plagued with concerns about the sexual purity of young
women. Please join Jessica Valenti in a reading and discussion of her new book
“The Purity Myth: How America’s Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young
Women,” in which she brings the full powers of her wit and intelligence to a
critique of the problematic cultural appraisal of girls and women based on
their sexual worth. Valenti is also the author of “Full Frontal Feminism: A
Young Woman’s Guide to Why Feminism Matters” and “He’s a Stud, She’s
a Slut…and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know.”
Reading: Jessica Valenti “The Purity Myth”
American culture is plagued with concerns about the sexual purity of young
women. Please join Jessica Valenti in a reading and discussion of her new book
“The Purity Myth: How America’s Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young
Women,” in which she brings the full powers of her wit and intelligence to a
critique of the problematic cultural appraisal of girls and women based on
their sexual worth. Valenti is also the author of “Full Frontal Feminism: A
Young Woman’s Guide to Why Feminism Matters” and “He’s a Stud, She’s
a Slut…and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know.”
Monday, May 11, 2009
Art, Street Theatre and HIV Prevention Justice Activism
Perform the Change You Want to See in the World:
Art, Street Theater, and HIV Prevention Justice Activism
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
6:30 - 8:30 PM
CUNY Graduate Center
365 Fifth Ave., NYC Room 9207
Free ~ Open to the public ~ Refreshments provided
Art has the power to challenge the status quo, to connect and communicate, and to re-imagine a world in which we all want to live. Since the early days of the AIDS epidemic, local and global activists have used art in combination with political education and civil disobedience to fundamentally change attitudes about sex, health, death, and rights. In their work, art becomes a vehicle for personal healing and community building for those people most affected by the epidemic; visual art, theatre and performance serve as tactics, tools and catharsis.
Please join us for presentations, display and discussion with these performers, activists and community builders:
Speakers Include:
Avram Finkelstein - Gran Fury/ACT UP NYC
Jenny Romaine - Great Small Works
Francisco Roque - Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC)
Moderator:
Amy Sadao - Visual AIDS
Co-sponsors include (list in formation):
The Center for Lesbian & Gay Studies, City University of New York, Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC), Great Small Works, The International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC), The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, Visual AIDS
www.champnetwork.org
Art, Street Theater, and HIV Prevention Justice Activism
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
6:30 - 8:30 PM
CUNY Graduate Center
365 Fifth Ave., NYC Room 9207
Free ~ Open to the public ~ Refreshments provided
Art has the power to challenge the status quo, to connect and communicate, and to re-imagine a world in which we all want to live. Since the early days of the AIDS epidemic, local and global activists have used art in combination with political education and civil disobedience to fundamentally change attitudes about sex, health, death, and rights. In their work, art becomes a vehicle for personal healing and community building for those people most affected by the epidemic; visual art, theatre and performance serve as tactics, tools and catharsis.
Please join us for presentations, display and discussion with these performers, activists and community builders:
Speakers Include:
Avram Finkelstein - Gran Fury/ACT UP NYC
Jenny Romaine - Great Small Works
Francisco Roque - Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC)
Moderator:
Amy Sadao - Visual AIDS
Co-sponsors include (list in formation):
The Center for Lesbian & Gay Studies, City University of New York, Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC), Great Small Works, The International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC), The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, Visual AIDS
www.champnetwork.org
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
One Size Does Not Fit All: Exploring Diverse Approaches to Working with Abusive Partners
A conference presented by NYC’s Coalition on Working with Abusive Partners (CoWAP)
For more information go HERE.
This conference is the first of its kind in New York City: An opportunity for participants to learn about a broad range of innovative models and approaches to working with abusive partners. This will be a forum for inclusive dialogue about expanding services to abusive partners while maintaining our priorities of safety for victims and children and accountability for abusive behavior.
Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Place: Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 55 Fifth Avenue at 12th Street, NYC, 10003
CLE’s Pending
For more information go HERE.
This conference is the first of its kind in New York City: An opportunity for participants to learn about a broad range of innovative models and approaches to working with abusive partners. This will be a forum for inclusive dialogue about expanding services to abusive partners while maintaining our priorities of safety for victims and children and accountability for abusive behavior.
Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Place: Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 55 Fifth Avenue at 12th Street, NYC, 10003
CLE’s Pending
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Choices: Parenting Event on May 7th
Thursday, May 7 at 6:15 - 8:15pm
NARAL Pro-Choice New York, in partnership with co-sponsors Sistas on the Rise, Baby’s First Home, The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), and the Red Hook Initiative will highlight the work being done everyday to ensure that parenting is an accessible and supported reproductive choice for all.
Thursday, May 7th
6:00-8:00 pm
Sistas on the Rise
835 Dawson Street
Bronx, NY 10459
Contact Lalena Howard (lhoward at prochoiceny.org or 646-520-3506) to register for Choices: Parenting.
Contact Lalena Howard to RSVP or for more information.
NARAL Pro-Choice New York, in partnership with co-sponsors Sistas on the Rise, Baby’s First Home, The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), and the Red Hook Initiative will highlight the work being done everyday to ensure that parenting is an accessible and supported reproductive choice for all.
Thursday, May 7th
6:00-8:00 pm
Sistas on the Rise
835 Dawson Street
Bronx, NY 10459
Contact Lalena Howard (lhoward at prochoiceny.org or 646-520-3506) to register for Choices: Parenting.
Contact Lalena Howard to RSVP or for more information.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Conference on the Right: Friday, May 1
THE RIGHT IN THESE TIMES:
UNDERSTANDING AND COMBATING CONTEMPORARY SHIFTS TO THE RIGHT
Second Annual Conference on "Rightist Movements"
Friday, May 1, 2009
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue
Free and Open to the Public
This conference brings together academic researchers, activists, and representatives of non-governmental organizations involved in understanding and contesting both contemporary trends toward the right and rightist efforts, from fiscally or socially conservative movements to hate groups. The aim of the conference is to draw on the insights of those conducting this important work across diverse professional fields toward an understanding of shifts to the right currently underway, as well as to build alliances and encourage collaboration between activists and academic and non-academic thinkers and researchers.
Co-Sponsors: Ph.D. Program in Anthropology, CUNY Graduate Center; the Center for Place, Culture and Politics, CUNY Graduate Center; Center for the Humanities, CUNY Graduate Center; Planned Parenthood Federation of America; People for the American Way.
UNDERSTANDING AND COMBATING CONTEMPORARY SHIFTS TO THE RIGHT
Second Annual Conference on "Rightist Movements"
Friday, May 1, 2009
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue
Free and Open to the Public
This conference brings together academic researchers, activists, and representatives of non-governmental organizations involved in understanding and contesting both contemporary trends toward the right and rightist efforts, from fiscally or socially conservative movements to hate groups. The aim of the conference is to draw on the insights of those conducting this important work across diverse professional fields toward an understanding of shifts to the right currently underway, as well as to build alliances and encourage collaboration between activists and academic and non-academic thinkers and researchers.
Co-Sponsors: Ph.D. Program in Anthropology, CUNY Graduate Center; the Center for Place, Culture and Politics, CUNY Graduate Center; Center for the Humanities, CUNY Graduate Center; Planned Parenthood Federation of America; People for the American Way.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Repro Health Happy Hour this Thursday!
Repro Health Happy Hour is this Thursday, April 23rd from 6 to 9pm at Shrine Bar in Harlem.
More information online at http://www.shrinenyc.com
Hope to see you Thursday!
More information online at http://www.shrinenyc.com
Hope to see you Thursday!
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