"On the Front Lines: Women's Activism in New Immigrant Communities"

Friday, March 2 - Saturday March 3, 2001
Third Annual Women's History Month Conference
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY

A new wave of immigrants from the global South-Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific, Africa and the Middle East-has changed the face of U.S. movements for social justice. With women often in the lead, immigrants constitute the most dynamic force in the revived labor movement, and they've brought new energy and new ideas to feminist organizing, campaigns against racism, struggles for civil liberties, and other democratic causes. This interdisciplinary conference will focus on women's activism in these contexts.

We welcome proposals for papers, panels, workshops, and performances on all aspects of women's organizing in new immigrant communities, among earlier immigrants from the same parts of the globe, and in their countries of origin. Students and activists are especially invited to participate.

Topics may include but are not limited to:

Gender Issues in Immigrant Communities
Immigrant Worker Organizing
Feminist Projects
Lesbian Activism
Diasporic Cultures
Mail Order Brides
Organizing for Immigrants' Rights
Health and Environmental Issues
Immigration Law and its Impact
Bilingual Education
INS Detention
Religion and Activism
Violence Against Women
Generational Differences
Media Representations of Immigrants
Transnational Solidarity

Please send a short abstract and c.v. to Mary Reynolds, Associate Director (contact information below).

DEADLINE: DECEMBER 1, 2000

Presenters will be notified by December 22, 2000

Board of Advisors: Anannya Bhattacharjee (Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program), Luis Francia (SLC), Priscilla Murolo (SLC), Eric Popkin (SLC), Shahnaz Rouse (SLC).