[van-announce] Announcing: Women for Peace Against Fundamentalisms 3 Free Events Feb 2nd & 3rd

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*Announcing:**
Women for Peace Against Fundamentalisms
3 Free Public Events
February 2nd & 3rd*

Events at a glace, detailed descriptions below:

*1) Imperialism, Feminism and Violence: Multifaith Perspectives on Women's
Resistance*

Panel and Discussion
Thursday February 2, 2012 9:30am – 12:30pm
C.K. Choi Building, Room # 120, University of British Columbia

*2) Gendered Colonialisms: Religion, Violence, and the Canadian State*

Panel and Discussion

Friday February 3, 2012 9:30am - 12:00pm
The Diamond Alumni Center, SFU Burnaby Campus
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3) Gathering Strength:  A Night of Performance Celebrating the Role of
Faith in Resistance*

Friday February 3rd, 2012 7:00pm-10:00pm

Rhizome Cafe, 317 East Broadway, Vancouver


*About Women for Peace Against Fundamentalisms*
This initiative is a partnership project between Peace for Life, Philipines
(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.

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Detailed Event Descriptions:
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*1) Imperialism, Feminism and Violence: Multifaith Perspectives on Women's
Resistance*

*Panel and Discussion
Thursday February 2, 2012 *

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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) <http://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.


Featuring Women for Peace Against Fundamentalisms Steering Committee
Members:


Dr. Aruna Gnanadason (India)

Carmencita Karagdag, MA (Philippines)

Dr. Esha Faki Mwinyihaji (Kenya)

Dr Nadia Fadil (Belgium)

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


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2) Gendered Colonialisms: Religion, Violence, and the Canadian State
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*Panel and Discussion
Friday February 3, 2012
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Time:              9.30am-12:00pm
Location:        The Diamond Alumni Center (8888 University Drive), Simon
Fraser University, Burnaby
Sponsor:        Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, SFU (
http://www.sfu.ca/gsws/Events.html)

In this interfaith roundtable discussion, our speakers, who work locally
and internationally as Muslim and Christian faith-based activists,
academics, and leaders, will draw links between local and global forms of
racial, religious, and gendered violence and the practices and policies of
the Canadian state. The talks will identify some of the theoretical and
practical ways in which the state manages religious difference and
enshrines practices of “racial management” and power. The talks will
provide critical perspectives on the interdependent relationships of
colonialism, racism, religious and gendered violence against women. This
event will be followed by a moderated discussion between speakers and
attendees. We invite academics, community organizers, religious and
spiritual leaders to join us in making visible the links between gendered
violence, war, and empire in our world today.


Featuring Women for Peace Against Fundamentalisms Steering Committee
Members:


Dr. Dana Mohammed Olwan (Canada)

Dr. Denise Nadeau (Canada)

Dr. Jasmin Zine (Canada)
Dr. Nadia Fadil (Belgium)


 <http://www.interfaithjustpeace.org/wfpaf_steering_committee.php>Forpanelist
bios
please check:
http://www.interfaithjustpeace.org/wfpaf_steering_committee.php



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3) Gathering Strength
A Night of Performance Celebrating the Role of Faith in Resistance*

*Friday February 3, 2012
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Time:              7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location:        Rhizome Cafe, 317 East Broadway, Vancouver, Coast Salish
Territories
Accessibility:  This venue is wheelchair accessible and this event is child
inclusive!


Featuring original performances, talks, and films by:


*Cultural Medicine Cabinet Community Choir*


*Fathima Cadre *

Writer, photographer, and law student involved in community organising
around race and gender equity.


 *Kashif Pasta
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A 20 year old Muslim filmmaker and student in Communications at Simon
Fraser University.

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*Kenan Hafi
*Syrian-born Canadian writer, who moved to Ottawa, Canada when he was 10
months old, entirely of his own accord.


*Siobhan Barker*

A published fiction and non-fiction author who is also an accomplished
bilingual singer and storyteller of Folklore, World Issues and Culture.


*Streams of Justice*

A faith-based group committed to the relentless struggle for social
justice, the unwavering affirmation of human dignity, and the joyful stance
of compassionate solidarity through popular education and collective action.

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*Urooba Jamal*

A spoken word artist and student of International Relations and Urban
Studies at UBC, Urooba's interests include Islam, anti-racist feminism,
post-colonialism, and vintage fashion.


*Women for Peace Against Fundamentalisms Steering Committee Members
*For bios check this link:
http://www.interfaithjustpeace.org/wfpaf_steering_committee.php


...and more!