Environmental Justice from the Lens of a Two-Spirit Ojibwe Woman

Presentation by Sharon Day on Earth Day, 22 April, 2016 in ARH 302, 7:00-8:00 p.m.

In 2003 Sharon Day, Josephine Madamin and other Anishinaabe women began Mother Earth Water Walks to bring awareness about water issues. By walking long distances with water and praying for it with each step, the women raise awareness about how water is connected to our lives. Join us on Earth Day to hear how Indigenous Two-Spirit identities shape activism and responsibility to the environment. 

Speaker bio: Sharon Day, Ojibwe, is executive director of the Indigenous People’s Task Force. Sharon is 2nd degree Midewin and follows the spiritual path of the Anishinaabe people; part of her spiritual practice is to care for water. In 2003 Sharon Day, Josephine Madamin and other Anishinaabe women began Mother EarthWater Walks to bring awareness about water issues. By walking long distances with water and praying for it with each step, the women raise awareness about how water is connected to our lives. In spring 2013 she led a group of Ojibwe women on a two-month walk from the headwaters to the mouth of the Mississippi River to raise awareness about the water’s diminishing quality. She is an artist, musician, and writer and has received numerous awards, including the Resourceful Woman Award, the Gisela Knopka Award, BIHA’s Women of Color Award, The National Native American AIDS Prevention Resource Center’s Red Ribbon Award, and most recently, the Alston Bannerman Sabbatical Award. She is an editor of the anthology Sing! Whisper! Shout! Pray! Feminist Visions for a Just World (Edgework Books, 2000).

Talk by Dhananjay Singh International Visiting Fellow from JNU, Delhi, India

Dhananjay Singh is and an International Visiting Fellow hosted by the English Department and the Center for International Studies. He is an assistant professor in the Center for English Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi, India. He is teaching a three-week short course and will give a talk on Wednesday, October 14, 2015. His talk is titled:

Ancient Indian Theatre Traditions and Their Representation in Contemporary Bollywood

Bollywood is an interesting combination of modernity and tradition in as much as it employs the technique of cinema but enmeshes it with the aesthetics and world view of ancient theatre. The talk is premised upon the idea that the form and philosophy of Indian cinema is derived from the continuous and cumulative theatre traditions of ancient theatre.

The Center for International Studies welcomes your attendance.

Wednesday, October 14, 2015 4:15 p.m. in Bucksbaum 152

Refreshments will be served

Public Talk, Wednesday September 2 at JRC 101 7:00 p.m.

                                                                                     Refreshments served

 Attaining Hard Peace, Soft Peace and Smart Peace

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George A. Lopez (Grinnell College Visiting Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies; Professor, KROC Institute of International Peace Studies; former VP, United States Institute of Peace) will address current events through the lens of Peace and Conflict Studies.  

This fall Lopez is team-teaching with Timothy Dobe (ReligiousStudies) the College’s pilot course, Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies, which is made possible by a Grinnell College Innovation Fund Grant.

Lopez has served in a variety of roles at the Joan B. KrocInstitute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame, where holds the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Chair in Peace Studies. He is an international expert on the problems of state violence, economic sanctions and human rights violations. One of his most recent works, “Sanctions and the Search for Security: Challenges to UN Action,” explores the dilemmas faced by the United Nations Security Council.

At the United States Institute of Peace’s Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding, Lopez worked to equip government officials and civil society organizations to be effective peacemakers.

An internationally recognized expert on peace and conflict issues across the globe, Lopez has served as adviser to various agencies and governments regarding sanctions issues, ranging from assessing humanitarian impact to the design of targeted financial sanctions. He also served on the UN Panel of Experts for monitoring and implementing UN sanctions on North Korea from 2010-11.

Lopez has commented about war and peace issues in national and international media. In addition, he is widely known for his work in developing university peace studies in the United States.

The Grinnell College Peace and Conflict Studies Program is sponsoring the Lopez lecture.