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