[van-announce] Thurs Feb 2 Free Panel: Imperialism, Feminism and Violence: Multifaith Perspectives on Women's Resistance

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Women for Peace Against Fundamentalisms Presents:

Imperialism, Feminism and Violence: Multifaith Perspectives on Women's
Resistance
Panel and Discussion
Thursday February 2, 2012

Time: 9:30am-12:30pm
Location: C. K. Choi Building, # 120, University of British Columbia,
Musqueam Territories (map: http://www.maps.ubc.ca/PROD/images/pdf/ubcmap.pdf
)
Sponsor: The Centre for Race, Autobiography, Gender, and Age, UBC (
www.raga.ubc.ca)
Accessibility: This venue is wheelchair accessible

In this panel presentation moderated by Dr. Sunera Thobani (RAGA-UBC),
panelists will examine the critical links between colonial and
post-colonial forms of genocide and violence, the status of Indigenous
peoples, religion and spirituality as a socio-political force, and forms of
women's resistance. The panel will be followed by a facilitated discussion
with attendees exploring issues of race and global violence, inter/national
conflicts, and gendered imperialism.

Opening by:
Bonnie Hanuse is Kwakwaka'wakw and Coast Salish.
Alannah Earl Young MA, is Opaskwayak Cree/Peguis Anishnabe.

Plenary Speaker:
Linda Gray

Featuring Panelists from the Women for Peace Against Fundamentalisms
Steering Committee:
Dr. Aruna Gnanadason, (India)
Dr. Esha Faki Mwinyihaji (Kenya)
Rev. Dr. Ofelia Ortega Suárez (Cuba)

Closing by:
Francine Burning belongs to the Kenieke'haka (Mohawk: People of the Flint)
Nation of the Rotinoshonni Confederacy - Turtle Clan.


Bios:

For panelist bios please check:
http://www.interfaithjustpeace.org/wfpaf_steering_committee.php

Bonnie Hanuse is Kwakwaka'wakw and Coast Salish. She works in the inner
city of Vancouver, most recently sharing spiritual and cultural teachings
as a community developer and outreach worker with the Aboriginal Wellness
Program, Vancouver Coastal Health . As someone coming from two diverse
Aboriginal cultures, she has explored interfaith relations amongst
Indigenous traditions and has trained in natural healing modalities from
different cultures.

Alannah Earl Young MA, is Opaskwayak Cree/Peguis Anishnabe.
A PhD candidate in the Department of Educational Studies in Indigenous
Education at UBC. She works with Indigenous Elders on how cultural
practices informs leadership development and works with urban institutions
on Indigenization projects. Her current projects include Seeking Balance
for the Truth and Reconciliation process. She is an artist, activist and
ceremonial practitioner.

Linda Gray, Tsimshian Nation has been the Executive Director of the Urban
Native Youth Association in Vancouver, BC for the past five years. Her work
is grounded in a strong belief in community development, youth empowerment,
and culture as therapy. She has an undergraduate degree in Social Work from
UBC and released her first book First Nations 101 in June, 2011. Lynda is
the proud mother of two adult children and an active member of the First
Nations community.

Francine Burning belongs to the Kenieke'haka (Mohawk: People of the Flint)
Nation of the Rotinoshonni Confederacy - Turtle Clan. Francine, a single
mother the three Kenieke’haka girls age 15, 13, & 11. She has been a guest
of the traditional unceded territory of the Coast Salish people of the
Lower Mainland for 17 years. Currently in her second year of MA in
Interdisciplinary Studies at UBC, Francine’s research focuses on the
complexities of Urban Indigenous life and community engagement. Currently,
Francine is a curriculum developer for theHer research focuses on the
complexities of Urban Indigenous life and community engagement. She is a
curriculum developer for the Institute for Aboriginal Health.



About Women for Peace Against Fundamentalisms:
This initiative is a partnership project between Peace for Life (
http://www.peaceforlife.org/) and the Interfaith Institute for Justice
Peace and Social Movements, Simon Fraser University (
http://www.interfaithjustpeace.org/). Over the next five years this
initiative will bring together women leaders, academics, and activists from
primarily Muslim and Christian communities around the world to explore the
role of interfaith alliances in resisting empire, war and fundamentalisms.
The above mentioned and below detailed events feature members of the Women
for Peace Against Fundamentalisms Steering Committee gathering in Vancouver
this February for their inaugural meeting.