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Transnational Feminist Resistance(s) Against Contemporary Violence(s)

Event Type
Conference/Workshop
Sponsor
Women and Gender and Global Perspectives; Gender & Women's Studies; CLACS; LAS; School of Social Work; HRI; IGI; Illinois International Programs; Center for African Studies; Center for Global Studies; Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies; Women's Resources Center
Location
Illini Union, Room A
Date
Apr 3, 2024 - Apr 5, 2024   All Day
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Contact
Anita Kaiser
E-Mail
arkaiser@illinois.edu
Phone
217-333-6221
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Originating Calendar
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS)

Joint conference hosted by the Women and Gender and Global Perspectives with the Gender & Women's Studies Department

Conference organized by graduate students from WGGP and GWS: Amaury J. Rijo Sánchez (Sociology), Nehal Elmeligy (Sociology), Marina Moscoso-Arabía (Geography), and Mahbubeh Moqadam (Sociology). 

April 4-5, 2024
 Illini Union, Room A

This conference is free, but pre-registration is appreciated to provide conference materials and luncheon. 

Register at https://go.illinois.edu/CommonDifferences2024

Latin America panelists:

Amaruy Rijo Sanchez - Voincing the Invisibles: “Podemos ser otro tipo de hombre”: Deconstructing Toxic Masculinities Through Feminist Media Activism" (April 4th)

Rep. Mariana Nogales Molinelli - Formal Politics & Changes from Within: "Women activists, the fight to protect the environment, affirm the public access to beaches, and the consequences we face" (April 4th)

Tania Rosario - Formal Politics & Changes from Within: "Taller Salud: a multilevel political advocacy model to achieve healthy equity and all forms of violence in Puerto Rico" (April 4th)

Marina Moscoso Arabia - Role of Academia, Alternative Forms of Research & Ethics: "Ni pias ni putas: A tale of imaginaries and omissions" (April 4th)

Jaunita Diaz-Cotto - Memory & Reparations: "Chicanas, Latinas, Latin American Women Prisoners' Agency and Resistance" (April 5th)

Daniela Morales - Memory & Reparations: "Mar Brava: women's struggles against climate injustice" (April 5th)

Mayki Gorosito - Memory & Reparations: "Memory and Women: 40 years of struggles and conquests. Questions and experiences about the past, present, and future from the ESMA Museum and Site of Memory" in Spanish (April 5th)

Damian Vergara Bracamontes - Diaspora, Exile, & International Solidarity: "Abolish or Adapt: Pinkwashing ICE through Transgender "Care"" (April 5th)

Miguel Avalos - Diaspora, Exile, & International Solidarity: "'Lo cansado no es el trabajo, lo cansado es esto': Navigating Temporal Sequestration at a U.S. Land Port of Entry" (April 5th)


Wednesday, April 3

4:00pm                 Film Screening & Discussion with Filmmaker Rasha Azab, “Trapped


Thursday, April 4

8:00-8:30              Registration /Coffee

8:30-8:40              Welcome Remarks

                              Colleen Murphy, Women & Gender in Global Perspectives Program
                             Mimi Nguyen, Gender & Women’s Studies 

8:40-9:05              Common Differences Then and Now: Geographies of Feminist Journeys
                              Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Syracuse University
                             Ann Russo, DePaul University

9:10-10:40           Session One: Voicing the Invisibles
Moderator: Daniela Morales

                                Evelyne Accad, Professor Emerita, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Lebanese American University
                                Healing Cultures in War Times

                                Hayriye Kara, Kaos GL Refugee Rights Program Coordinator/Lawyer
Solidarity Knows No Border Just Like the Rainbow

                                Raiza Kolia, Reaching Across Borders
When looking away and not doing anything is not an option!

                                Amaury J. Rijo Sánchez, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
“Podemos ser otro tipo de hombre”: Deconstructing Toxic Masculinities Through Feminist Media Activism

10:50-12:20         Session Two: Role of Academia, Alt. Forms of Research & Ethics
                               Moderator: Amaury J. Rijo Sánchez

                                Jessica Greenberg, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Feminist Mentoring: Institutionalizing Best Practices

                                Annah Mayo, Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation
Transitional Justice and Gendered Dimensions of Violence and Harm: African Perspectives on How Far We Have Come in Incorporating Feminist Approaches to TJ

                                Marina Moscoso-Arabía, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
 Ni pías ni putas: A tale of imaginaries and omissions 

                                Shimaa Tantawy, Feminist writer and researcher, Co- Founder of Barah Aman Foundation
                                The importance of monitoring and documentation in advocacy efforts for legislative reform and societal change, and the impact of language and discourse on public awareness in Egypt regarding gender-based violence in private spaces.

12:30-1:15          Lunch and networking (Illini Room B)

1:15-2:45             Session Three: Formal Politics & Changes from Within
                               Moderator: Andrea Pimentel Rivera

                                Rep. Mariana Nogales Molinelli, House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
Women activists, the fight to protect the environment, affirm the public access to beaches and the consequences we face 

                                Tania Rosario Méndez, MPH (she/her) , Taller Salud
Taller Salud: a multilevel political advocacy model to achieve health equity and end all forms of violence in Puerto Rico.

                                Nayereh Tohidi (she/her), Professor Emeritus, California State University, Northridge
Transnational Solidarity through glocal feminisms' 

3:00-4:30             Session Four: Artivisms & Media
                               Moderator: Mahbubeh Moqadam

                                Rasha Azab (she/her), Writer/Script-writer and journalist (freelancing)
Modern Forms of Violence Against Women in Egypt

                               Christine Choy (she/her), Full Professor, NYU Tisch School of the Arts
Dare to Challenge: A talk with Christine Choy, Pioneer of Asian American Filmmaking

                               Nehal Elmeligy (she/her), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Re-Mapping #MeToo’s Global Timeline: Orientalist Discursive Violence and #MeToo in Egypt

                               Maraym Kashani (she/her), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Mobile Responsibilities: Care-full Strategies of Palestinian Solidarity and Image-Making

6:00-7:15              Keynote Lecture:  Dr. Amina Mama, UC Davis
 
 7:30-8:30              Networking Reception 
(Afterparty)
                               Latzer Hall, University YMCA
                               1001 S. Wright Street

Friday, April 5

8:30-9:00              Registration /Coffee

9:00-10:30          Session Five: Diaspora, Exile & International Solidarity
                               Moderator: Nehal Elmeligy

                                Miguel Avalos (he/him), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
"Lo cansado no es el trabajo, lo cansado es esto": Navigating Temporal Sequestration at a U.S. Land Port of Entry

                                Damian Vergara Bracamontes (he/him), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Abolish or Adapt: Pinkwashing ICE through Transgender “Care” 

                                Nadine Naber, University of Illinois Chicago
Decolonial Abolitionist Feminist Solidarities: From Turtle Island to Palestine 

                                Mahbubeh Moqadam, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Solidarity in Action: A Global Response to Invisible Violence 

10:40-12:10        Session Six: Memory & Reparations
                                
Moderator: Marina Moscoso-Arabía

                                Juanita Díaz-Cotto, Binghamton University
Chicanas, Latinas, Latin American Women Prisoners’ Agency and Resistance

                                Mayki Gorosito, ESMA Museum and Site of Memory
MEMORIA Y MUJERES. 40 años de luchas y conquistas. Preguntas y experiencias sobre el pasado, el presente y el futuro desde el Museo Sitio de Memoria ESMA

                                Daniela Morales, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Mar Brava: women's struggles against climate injustice

                                Magdalena Novoa, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
What land & planning has to do with memory and reparations in post-authoritarian contexts? 

12:15-1:00          Lunch and networking (Illini Room B)

1:00-2:20            Film Screening of “Period. End of Sentence” with Director Rayka Zehtabchi
                               Moderator: Dr. Kate Clancy, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

2:30-3:15           Reflection Panel
Common Differences 1983-2024: Further Weaving of a Transnational Feminist Agenda in the
                            Face of New and Enduring Challenges 

3:15-3:30             Closing Remarks by Student Organizers

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