March 15, 2007
"Memo to John Roberts: The Gender Wage Gap is Real"
Lecture by Heidi Hartmann, president of the Institute for Women's Policy Research and MacArthur Fellow. Keynote speech for the "Breaking Down the Barriers to Gender Equity: Women in the Workforce" Symposium, which was made possible through a Campus Action Program grant provided by the American Association of University Women Leadership and Training Institute.
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November 6, 2006
Violence against Women, Political Participation and the Example of the Mirabal Sisters
Minou Tavárez Mirabal and Dedé Mirabal Reyes
The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is an international campaign originating from the first Women’s Global Leadership Institute at Rutgers University in 1991. Participants chose the dates, November 25, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and December 10, International Human Rights Day, in order to symbolically link violence against women and human rights and to emphasize that such violence is a violation of human rights. This 16-day period also highlights other significant dates including November 29, International Women Human Rights Defenders Day, December 1, World AIDS Day, and December 6, which marks the Anniversary of the Montreal Massacre. This year’s theme is: “Celebrate 16 Years of 16 Days: Advance Human Rights -- End Violence Against Women.”
The Women’s and Gender Studies Program and Chellis House, the Women’s Resource Center at Middlebury College had the special privilege to launch the “16 Days Campaign” as early as November 6. On this day, Minou Tavárez Mirabal and Dedé Mirabal spoke about “Domestic Violence, Political Participation, and the Example of the Mirabal Sisters” to a large audience in Mead Chapel. Minou Tavárez Mirabal is the daughter and Dedé Mirabal the sister of the three “butterflies,” Minerva, Patria, and Maria Teresa Mirabal, who were murdered by dictator Rafale Trujillo’s regime in 1960 and in whose honor the United Nations designated November 25 as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
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September 26, 2006
WAGS major Zohra Safi is the first female Afghan student to attend Middlebury College.
She was interviewed by WCAX Channel 3 News.
Video shown here courtesy of WCAX Channel 3 News.
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September 16, 2006
Bad As I Wanna Be: A Hip Hop Symposium - "Boyz in the Hood" Panel.
Presentations and Panel Discussions with Murray Foreman (Northeastern University), Greg Tate (Village Voice) and Will Nash (Middlebury College).
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September 15, 2006
Bad As I Wanna Be: A Hip Hop Symposium - Keynote: "Hip-Hop Masculinities"
Greg Tate, essayist and longtime journalist for the "Village Voice," gave the keynote speech.
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