In Praise of the Mighty Native Woman
by Ruth Hopkins
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“Native women, with their indomitable spirits and ability to create miracles through sheer force of will, are absolutely the reason why the indigenous people of the Western hemisphere managed to survive genocide, against all odds.”
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Category Archives: Women
Compañeras: Zapatista Women’s Stories
COMPAÑERAS is the untold story of the women of the Zapatista movement. Prior to 1994, the indigenous women of Chiapas had few, if any, rights. They were forced into arranged marriages and confined to the private sphere; they had little access to birth control, and domestic violence was widespread. But the Zapatista movement radically redefined gender roles as women left their homes to become guerrilla insurgents, political leaders, healers, educators, and members of economic cooperatives. Zapatista women played a key role not only in creating and maintaining indigenous autonomy, but also in bringing about the liberation and equality of indigenous women.
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From 1997 to 2003, community organizer Hilary Klein worked with women’s cooperatives in Chiapas and interviewed many Zapatista women, who had joined the movement to escape arranged marriages, or to acquire the education that had been denied them, or to rectify other injustices they had witnessed in their communities. Their stories shed light on one of the most compelling social movements in recent history and the birth of women’s rights in Chiapas. COMPAÑERAS is required reading for anyone interested in women’s studies, social and economic justice, or grassroots resistance to global capitalism.
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Author HILARY KLEIN spent six years in Chiapas, Mexico, working with women’s projects in Zapatista communities. After she compiled a book of Zapatista women’s testimony to be circulated in their own villages, women in the Zapatista leadership suggested that Klein compile a similar book for an outside audience. Klein has been engaged in social justice and community organizing for twenty years. She currently works at Make the Road New York, a membership organization that builds the power of immigrant and working-class communities.
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Face Out: Compañeras: Zapatista Women’s Stories
Thursday , March 19, 2015
7-9PM
Word Up Community Bookshop/Librería Comunitaria.
2113 Amsterdam ave, (at 165 st)
New York, NY
Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz Coming to NYC
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz will be in the NYC area for a week and will be speaking at several events.
Friday, March 6, 4:15-5:45 PM*, Columbia University
Panel: “History and Activism¨,” Chair: Prof. Alice Kessler-Harris:
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Panelists: Prof. Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, California State University, Native American rights activism; Prof. Nicola Foote, Florida Gulf Coast University, Histories of Choice: community-based learning around /Roe v. Wade: /Prof. Mary Poole, Prescott College, Maasai Community Partnership at the Conference on “History in Action: Historical Thinking in Public
Life”, Columbia University, 6-7 March 2015, in 501 Schermerhorn
http://historyinaction.columbia.edu/hia-programs/history-in-action-ii/
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NOTE: THIS IS PART OF A TWO-DAY CONFERENCE AND MAY NOT BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. CHECK WITH COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
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Sunday, March 8, 7PM, Bluestockings Bookstore
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Celebrating International Women’s Day!
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz reading from the new edition of her memoir, /Outlaw Woman: A Memoir of the War Years,
1960: 1975./
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NOTE: BETTER COME EARLY FOR A SEAT.
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Monday, March 9, 6PM. Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville
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Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz will speak on: Unfinished Business: Legacy of Second Wave Feminism
Heimbold Visual Arts Center, RM.208
NOTE: THIS EVENT MAY NOT BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC OR MAY REQUIRE REGISTRATION. CHECK WITH SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE.
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Tuesday, March 10, 7:30 PM, Columbia University Faculty House
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Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz lecture: “Culture of Conquest and the Doctrine of Discovery: The United States as a Colonial Settler-State,” based on her new book, /An Indigenous Peoples History of the United States/
NOTE: THIS EVENT IS LIMITED TO 50 AND IS NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. But, anyone is welcome to reserve a seat on first come basis, contact: Theresa Castillo tpc2005 <at> tc.columbia.edu
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Thursday, March 12, 6-8:30 PM*, Brooklyn College
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Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz will speak on: “A Common Resistance to
Settler-Colonialism: Indigenous Peoples of North America and Palestine Student Center (Corner of E27st and Campus Rd, Brooklyn. Served by 2 and 5 trains and B11, B6 and B44 buses)
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THIS EVENT IS ORGANIZED BY STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE AT BROOKLYN COLLEGE AND IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
