NEW YORK CITY--AF3IRM’s Summer School of Women’s Activism (SSOWA) ended this year with four powerful women speaking of the specifics of women’s search for equality and justice in their particular communities. Union organizer Suzanne Adely, of Jordanian-Palestinian ancestry; Roz Dotson of Eastern Band Cherokee Nation ancestry;  Mayowa Obasaju, of Nigerian ancestry;  and Thenmozhi Soundararajan of the Dalit Nation gave powerful dispositions … Continue Reading ››

NEW YORK CITY--The recent, unexplained death of Sandra Bland under police custody earlier this month to Boko Haram abducting hundreds of schoolgirls in Nigeria, many of whom were also raped and forcibly married, has raised public discourse around militarism’s impact on black women’s bodies from different geographic contexts. The 3rd session on Militarization and its impact on women—black women in … Continue Reading ››