Category Archives: Summer School of Women’s Activism

Powerhouse Sessions for SSoWA 2015, Registration Still Open

NEW YORK--SSOWA’s final session on August 1st features the study and discussion of commonality and differences in women’s struggles in five cultural contexts. With a panel featuring human rights lawyer and activist Suzanne Adely of  Al-Awda New York, Palestine Right to Return Coalition and Arab-American Movement of Women Rising for Justice;  clinical psychologist Dr. Mayowa Obasaju of Black Women’s Blueprint, Radical … Continue Reading ››

Inaugural AF3IRM South Bay Summer School Brings Transnational Feminism to Wilmington This Summer

For Immediate Release July 9, 2015 Contact: Hazel Koons, AF3IRM South Bay, [email protected] SSoWA 2015Wilmington, CA--As the movement for women’s liberation grows, the transnational feminist organization AF3IRM continues to expand by hosting  its Summer School of Women’s Activism (SSoWA) for the first time in the South Bay of Los Angeles. The South Bay SSoWA … Continue Reading ››

Crossing Borders, Crashing Boundaries: SSoWA’S Final Session on Five-Continents Feminism

NEW YORK:  AF3IRM NYC’s Summer School of Women’s Activism will end on August 1st with a celebratory study and discussion of the global women’s struggle, its historical and cultural contexts, its main issues, the differences and similarities in women’s concerns the world over. To register for SSOWA, access www.SSOWA2015.EVENTBRITE.COM. The registration fee of $40 for employed women … Continue Reading ››

Militarization and Its Impact on Women of Communities of Color to be Discussed at SSoWA 3rd Session

NEW YORK:  With mammoth protests wracking the United States over police brutality, the third session of AF3IRM NYC’s Summer School of Women’s Activism acquires even more relevance and urgency.  To be held on July 25, noon to 4 pm, at a designated safe space, the session will look at the policy of militarization at the international, … Continue Reading ››