Upcoming Events
Rethinking Transnational & Intersectional Feminism
Baltimore Hilton Hotel Baltimore, MD, United StatesRethinking Transnational and Intersectional Feminism: The Combahee River Collective Statement and the Global Refugee Crisis Becky Thompson joins scholar/activists Diane Harriford, Tricia Yi-Chun Lin, and Zenaida Peterson as we talk about the continuing significance of Black feminist activism in the face of the refugee crisis in the Middle East. Baltimore Hilton Hotel, Maryland, November 17th. [...]
Book Celebration
Baltimore Hilton Hotel Baltimore, MD, United StatesBook Celebration for Teaching with Tenderness This celebration will take place at the Exhibit Hall at the Baltimore Hilton, as part of the National Women’s Studies Association’s 40th conference. NWSA is the leading association for women’s studies in educational and social transformation in the US. AnaLouise Keating, the founder of the Transformation Series at the [...]
International Film Festival
International Film Festival 1700 E Tahquitz Canyon Way # 3, Palm Springs, CA, United StatesInternational Film Festival Delighted to get to see the latest documentaries from around the globe, 21 films in seven days. Can’t wait. Book reading and signing for Teaching With Tenderness will be held in Los Angeles. Details coming soon.
Contemplative Practices for 21st Century
Embodied Pedagogies: Feminist Contemplative Practices and Social Justice.
Poetry Reading from Making Mirrors: Writing/Righting by Refugees, 2018
Making Mirrors: Writing/Righting by Refugees (Interlink 2018) is edited by Jehan Bseiso and Becky Thompson, and it features original and translated poetry by refugee artists, poets, and survivors, recent immigrants, as well as longtime exiles. From their first call for submissions at a café in Beirut to offering poetry workshops in refugee camps, Becky Thompson [...]
National Women’s Studies Association — Making Mirrors Feature
San Francisco, California San Francisco, CAMaking Mirrors has been chosen as a featured book by the National Women's Studies Association. The panelists include Angela Davis. Ashwini Tambe, and Maytha AlHassen.