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Annie Leonard: Earth Day 2013 Keynote Address

The UMass Amherst Campus Sustainability Initiative is excited to announce the Earth Day 2013 Keynote Address, film screening, and book signing with international expert in sustainability and environmental health issues, Annie Leonard, on Monday, April 22. Annie Leonard’s...

Trafficking Sex: Politics, Policy, Personhood – Sex Trafficking in the United States

Panel part of the symposium, “Trafficking Sex: Politics, Policy, Personhood” Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall, Smith College April 18-19 2013, Smith College Presented by: Smith College Global Studies Center Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism The Program for...

Trafficking Sex: Politics, Policy, Personhood – A Conversation with Gloria Steinem and Ruchira Gupta,

Trafficking Sex: Politics, Policy, Personhood April 18 2013, Smith College Presented by: Smith College Global Studies Center Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism The Program for the Study of Women and Gender Program: Welcome by President Carol Christ, Smith College...

Rachel Maddow, Amherst College

Television host, political commentator and author Rachel Maddow will give a talk on Saturday, March 30, at 7 p.m. in Johnson Chapel on the Amherst College campus. Her book, “Drift: The Unmooring of American Power” is available now.

Ynanna Djehuty: African Latina Identity

Presentation brought to you by Hampshire College student group Decolonize Media Collective (DMC). Featuring Spoken Word, History of Afro-Latina Identity, discussion of how we view darkness in Latino community, and psychological trauma.

Too Close to Home: Human Trafficking in the U.S.

Survivors, activists, scholars, and law enforcement and social services officials share their perspectives, discussing why this is a domestic issue that needs urgent attention and addressing ways in which it can be understood and confronted. Featuring: Tina Frundt, a survivor who...

Medea Benjamin: The Reality of Drone Warfare

Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin speaks on the issue of drone strikes (unmanned aerial vehicles) in northwest Pakistan launched by the US government as part of the War on Terror. These targeted strikes have killed hundred of innocent civilians including children. Medea talks...

Smith College Museum of Art Miller Lecture: “Challenges, Revelations and Surprises”

Miller Lecture: “Challenges, Revelations and Surprises” Curator Keith Christiansen and paintings conservator Michael Gallagher will discuss some of their recent collaborations including preparations for the current reinstallation of the galleries of European paintings...