Indigenous Feminist Meaning-Making from Palestine to Turtle Island
April 17, 2023
10:30 AM - 5:30 PM Central Time
Location
Institute for the Humanities
Address
Behavioral Sciences Building, 1007 W Harrison Street, Suite 153, Chicago, IL 60607
Calendar
Download iCal FileWhat new possibilities for imagination, collaboration, and community-building can be encompassed with Indigenous Feminist practices? This exciting day of conversation features work by scholar activists who will explore issues of indigeneity, feminism, and settler colonialism. An afternoon discussion among students, faculty, and community members will continue these themes and present opportunities for new approaches to collective thinking and action.
Registration required. Register here.
SCHEDULE:
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Welcome and Introduction
11:00 AM – 12:45 PM Short talks and conversation with Eve Tuck, Razan Samara, and Lena Meari
12:45 PM – 2:00 PM Lunch Break
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Roundtable: Making Meaning in our Communities
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Reception
FEATURING:
ABDALLAH ALTAMIMI (UIC)
TOL FOSTER (UIC)
KEKULALANI KEAULI'I (UIC)
DIMA KHALIDI (Palestine Legal)
LENA MEARI (Birzeit University)
NADINE SULEIMAN NABER (UIC)
HAYLEY NEGRIN (UIC)
RANIA SALEM (US Palestinian Community Network)
RAZAN SAMARA (University of Toronto)
MELODI SERNA (American Indian Center)
CINDY TEKOBBE (UIC)
EVE TUCK (University of Toronto)
ANGELA WALDEN (UIC)
ZEINA ZAATARI (UIC)
Event organized by Mark Canuel, Tol Foster, Nadine Suleiman Naber, Hayley Negrin, Angel Walden & Zeina Zaatari.
Co-sponsored by the UIC Arab American Cultural Center, Gender & Women's Studies, Honors College, & the Native American Support Program.
Date posted
May 26, 2023
Date updated
May 26, 2023