Resistance Studies Initiative Spring Webinar Speaker Series: Distinguished researchers and activists share critical reflections on resistance issues
Ynestra King: (above) Independent Scholar, Five College Womens Studies Research Center. Ynestra was mentored by Barbara, and is working on a book about her life and work across movements for revolutionary nonviolence.
Joanne Sheehan: (below) Resistance Studies Fellow at The Resistance Studies Initiative at UMass Amherst, Activist with War Resisters League and Voluntown Peace Trust.
Abstract: Around the globe we see hopeful new resistance movements, led by women and informed by feminism. In this spirit, we will explore the life and work of twentieth century feminist pacifist humanist Barbara Deming, who embodied her belief that "We are all part of one another" as she evolved through the civil rights, anti-war, feminist and gay movements.
Co-sponsored by the War Resisters League, Voluntown Peace Trust and Five College Womens Studies Research Center
Free and Open to All
Pre-registration requred to participate
Read article: Uncovering the roots of Barbara Deming’s revolutionary nonviolence and feminism by Joanne Sheehan in Waging Nonviolence 4/29/2021