Program + Schedule
We are excited to welcome leading scholars and activists such as Margo Okazawa-Rey, Cynthia Enloe, Toni Haastrup, Sara Haghdoosti, Linda Burnham, Kavita Ramdas, Diana Lopez, Janene Yazzie, Lara Kiswani, Nana Gyamfi, and more as some of our plenary speakers.
Wednesday, May 1st
5:30-7:00 - Opening Plenary: Why This Moment Calls for Feminist Peace
Moderator - Marie Berry: Director of the Inclusive Global Leadership Initiative (IGLI) and the Sié Cheou Kang Center for International Security and Diplomacy, University of Denver Korbel School of International Studies
Panelists
Toni Haastrup: Chair of Global Politics, University of Manchester
Cynthia Enloe: Professor, Department of Sustainability and Social Justice, Clark University
Margo Okazawa Rey: Professor Emerita San Francisco State University
7:00-8:00 - Welcome Reception
Thursday, May 2nd
8:00 - 9:00 am - Breakfast
9:00 - 9:15 - Welcome and Goals for the Day
9:15 - 10:45 - Plenary 2: What Would Be Different If We Had a Feminist Foreign Policy? Diasporic Wisdom on Ongoing Conflicts
Moderator - Kavita Ramdas: KNR Sisters, Visiting Professor at Princeton University, Former Director of Open Society Foundation Women's Rights Program
Panelists
Palestine - Lara Kiswani: Executive Director, Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC)
Iran - Sara Hagdoosti: Executive Director, Win Without War
North Korea - Christine Ahn: Founder and Executive Director of Women Cross DMZ
China – Sandy Shan: Executive Director, Justice is Global
10:45 - 11:00 - Break
11:00 - 12:30 - Breakout Groups Session 1
Palestine
Peace is the Way to a Feminist Foreign Policy
Migration and Borders
Building Intergenerational Movements
Collage for Peace and Justice
12:30 - 1:30 - Lunch
1:30 - 3:00 - Breakout Groups Session 2
Building Narrative Power
Sex and Care Work
Preventing a New Cold War: Women’s Activism for Peace
Colorado Organizing on Women, Peace and Security: A Special Focus on Afghanistan
Collage for Peace and Justice
3:00 - 3:30 - Break
3:30 - 5:00 - Plenary 3: Anti-militarist Grassroots Organizing by Communities of Color: A Feminist Response to Entanglements of Militarism
Moderator - Kitzia Esteva: Gender Justice National Organizer, Grassroots Global Justice Alliance
Panelists
Janene Yazzie: Director of Policy and Advocacy, NDN Collective
Nana Gyamfi: Executive Director, Black Alliance for Just Immigration, Co-Founder, Justice Warriors 4 Black Lives
Diana Lopez: Executive Director, South Western Workers Union
Xochtil Larios - Youth Justice Coordinator at Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ)
5:00 - 6:00 - Happy Hour and Energizer
6:00 - 6:45 - Musical Performance by Farah Siraj
7:00 - 8:30 - Film Screening: Fly in Power with Red Canary Song
Friday, May 3rd
8:00 - 9:00 - Breakfast
9:00 - 10:30 - Plenary 4: Feminist Strategies to Confront Authoritarianism Across Borders
Moderator - Diana Duarte: Director of Policy and Strategic Engagement at MADRE
Panelists
Linda Burnham: Project 2050, Women’s Rights and Racial Justice Writer and Activist, Co-Editor of Power Concedes Nothing: How Grassroots Organizing Wins Elections
Halema Wali: Co-Founder and Director of Community Engagement, Afghans for a Better Tomorrow
Yoon Ra: Cultural Organizer, Red Canary Song
10:30 -11:00 - Break
11:00 - 12:30 - Breakout Groups Session 3
Climate and Militarism
Funding Feminist Peace Work
Organizing Against the Rise of the Global Right
Diaspora Organizing
Bridging Movements to Policy
Arts in Movements for Peace
Nuclear Abolition: Black Leadership and Women’s Leadership
