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Date/Time
Date(s) - 10/21/2017
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Location
Bethesda Lutheran Church

Categories

• Speakers and Forums

Jewish Voice for Peace New Haven (JVPNH) is partnering with Greater New Haven Peace Council to present Courageous Women of Resistance, a celebration of women from Standing Rock to Palestine.

Madonna Thunder Hawk, a member of the Oohenumpa band of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, is co-founder of Women of All Red Nations (WARN), as well as the Black Hills Alliance—which prevented corporate uranium mining in the Black Hills and proved the high level of radiation in Pine Ridge reservation’s water supply. She was a member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) and occupied Alcatraz and Wounded Knee in protest of the federal government’s genocidal policies against Native Americans. She spent months camped in Standing Rock to oppose the Dakota Access pipeline.

Fayrouz Sharqawi works as the Advocacy Coordinator at Grassroots Jerusalem, a platform for Palestinian community-based mobilization, leadership and advocacy in Occupied Jerusalem.  She provides political analysis, and has a broad and experienced understanding of development and resistance to oppressive policies under the Israeli occupation. She has a BA in Journalism and English Linguistics, and a Masters in Conflict Resolution.

Come be inspired by these two representatives of the many women throughout the world who with courage and unflagging determination work for justice and human rights in their communities. By refusing to be silenced or compromised, these women are speaking truth to power and in doing so, they are helping to bring enlightenment and engagement in the struggle to build a better and more peaceful future for their children.