Nyima Lhamo, a human rights defender from Tibet. will be sharing her story. From as early as the age of 12, Nyima Lhamo has been a courageous advocate for Tibetans inside Tibet. After the passing of her late uncle, Tibetan religious leader Tenzin...Read more
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December 10, 2019 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Campus Center 904, UMass Amherst, MA, USA
December 9, 2019 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Amherst Books 8 Main Street Amherst, MA, USA
Join Dr. Stellan Vinthagen in celebrating his new book published by Routledge: Conceptualizing ‘Everyday Resistance’ A Transdisciplinary Approach, 1st Edition.
Dr. Vinthagen will give a brief talk and have time for discussion.
Everyday resistance is about the many ways people undermine power and domination through...Read more
December 9, 2019 - 5:00pm
W.E.B. Du Bois Library, room 2601, UMass Amherst, MA, USA
Prof. Ângela Figueiredo is Associate Professor of Social Sciences at University of Recôncavo da Bahia (Brazil). Coordinator of the Angela Davis Collective and of the Escola Internacional Feminista Negra Decolonial (International Black Decolonial Feminist School).
Sponsored by the W.E.B. Du Bois Center, the Department of Languages, Literatures and...Read more
December 4, 2019 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Integrated Science Building Room 145, UMass Amherst, USA
Mandy Carter is a Resistance Studies Fellow at the Resistance Studies Initiative at UMass Amherst, and a southern black lesbian activist with a 52-year movement history of social, racial, and LGBTQ+ justice organizing since 1967. Raised in two orphanages and a foster home as a ward of state of New York, Ms. Carter attributes the...Read more
November 18, 2019 - 6:00pm
Springfield Symphony Hall, Springfield, MA . USA
Jodi Kantor is one of the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters who broke the news of Harvey Weinstein’s sexual harassment and abuse for The New York Times.
Kantor will share their investigation and its consequences for the #MeToo movement and will take us for the first time into the very...Read more
November 12, 2019 - 6:30pm
Fine Arts Center, UMass Amherst, USA
Save the date for this high-powered panel on mounting efforts by U.S. political leaders, right-wing pro-Israel lobbying groups, and college and university administrators to silence pro-Palestinian speech on American campuses and criminalize supporters of BDS, a nonviolent movement that aims to hold Israel accountable for its violations of Palestinian...Read more
November 6, 2019 - 4:30pm to 6:30pm
Fine Arts Center, UMass Amherst, USA
Bread and Puppet is a world renowned anti-capitalist theater company that has peformed with their signature puppets for over 50 years. It is one of the oldest street and protest theater companies in the world. The troupe will perform: The Essential Furthermore.
The show draws on the peasant rebellions...Read more
November 6, 2019 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Integrated Science Building Room 145, UMass Amherst, USA
THE EVENT IS CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
Resistance Studies Initiative Fall Speaker Series:
Distinguished researchers and activists share critical reflections on resistance issues.
Ynestra King (above) is a Research Associate at The Five College Womens Studies Research Center.
...Read more
November 1, 2019 - 9:00am to November 3, 2019 - 5:00pm
Rowe Center, Rowe, MA USA
Frances and Adam invite you to turn your fear into power as you work with others who share your passion for finding solutions to our current crises.
“It’s not the magnitude of a challenge that crushes the human spirit. It’s feeling powerless that does you in. Today, Americans...Read more
October 31, 2019 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Commonwealth Honors College Events Hall East, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Resistance Studies Initiative Fall Speaker Series:
Distinguished researchers and activists share critical reflections on resistance issues.
Gaurav J. Pathania is a sociologist of higher education and his area of specialization includes identity movement and student politics. His current research projects applies insights from cultural sociology to understand social...Read more
