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, Yanar Mohammed, 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
Yanar Mohammed: Co-Founder and President, Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq
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
