This month, the conversation about activism isn’t just happening online. Take a look at these exciting events featuring On The Issues staff and friends!
Tuesday, October 18, 6pm
Socials for Change and On The Issues Magazine Present
Engaged Activism: A Conversation on Global Sex Trafficking
We will be joined by Civil Courage Prize Winners Triveni Acharya, President of Rescue Foundation in Mumbai, India and Lydia Cacho, Founder and Director of the nonprofit Women’s Assistance Center in Cancun, Mexico and author of Slaves of Power: A Journey to the Heart of World Sex Trafficking of Women.
Along with Crystal DeBoise, Co-Director of Sex Workers Project and Merle Hoffman, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of On The ISsues Magazine and author of the upcoming book Intimate Wars: The Life and Times of the Woman Who Brought Abortion from the Back Alley to the Board Room published by Feminist Press.
Refreshments begin at 6:00pm The program begins at 6:30pm at the Laura Parsons Pratt Conference Center in the landmark FPWA Building, 281 Park Avenue South at 22nd Street, New York, New York. RSVP here.
Saturday, October 22, 2pm-4pm
Have Art: Will Travel! Inc. For Gender Justice with On The Issues Magazine and more present
Salander/Blomkvist: Challenging Stereotypes
Linda Stein, Art Editor of On The Issues, Moderates a panel with Jimmie Briggs, Michael Kimmel, and Shelby Knox
This intergenerational panel will highlight the two main characters from Stieg Larsson’s The Millennium Trilogy (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest) and the subsequent Swedish movies based on these books.
The panel will take place at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center For Feminist Art in the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor, Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York. It’s free with museum admission on a 1st come 1st serve basis, with limited seating. RSVP to [email protected].
Don’t miss Words of Choice on Sunday, October 16, 3pm, a dynamic pro-theatre performance created by On The Issues Magazine Managing Editor Cindy Cooper, at Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, 21 Normandy Heights Road, Morris Township, NJ (Morristown, NJ 07960). Click here for more information.
And if you haven’t already – check out Activism, the newest edition of On The Issues Magazine Online.
Thanks for reading! We hope to see you at these fantastic events.