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November 24, 2008
Di-Vers-ify: Celebrating Diversity Through Poetry
University of Detroit High School
8400 S. Cambridge
Detroit, MI
November 14-17, 2008
Adele Nieves and Fallon Wilson present The Cyberquilting Experiment: A Network of Women of Color Stitching Together a New Media Movement in Web 2.0 and Beyond
Cape Town, South Africa
October 30, 2008
Adele Nieves co-hosts the Be Bold Be Red Campaign, by taking a bold stance against the violence enacted on women and girls of color in our society and making it visible. In Washington D.C., Chicago, Durham, Atlanta and Detroit women of color gathered to renew our commitment to creating a world free from racialized and gendered violence, this time, we used a new technology called CyberQuilting to connect all of these gatherings in real time.
7:30pm
Detroit Summer Studio
555 Gallery: 4882 Grand River
Detroit, MI
October 25, 2008
Critical Moment Magazine and United Peace Relief Detroit present ACTIVIST GATHERING
For organizations and individuals with ambitions to change the world! And for people looking for opportunities to heal and celebrate Detroit. Bring yourself and information about your ideas and projects. You may sign up for 5 minutes of podium time. There will be tables for your literature and/or things you want to sell to raise money for your organization.
Free food served by the Wobbly Kitchen and Food Not Bombs. $5 suggested donation.
Spirit of Hope Detroit
1519 Martin Luther King
Detroit, MI 48208
(313) 964-3113
October 17, 2008
Active Art: A political art show in observance of Iraq Moratorium, that will showcase "art as activism."
The Bud (student run gallery)
Old Main 480 W. Hancock
Detroit, MI
5:00pm - 8:00pm
October 9, 2008
Sex and Power - Understanding Gender in American Politics
Presenter: Matthew Cross, Professor of Political Science, MacombCollege (Co-sponsored by Macomb Mulitcultural International Initiatives and the MacombCollege Libraries)
Macomb Community College
South Campus, Building J, Room 340
Warren, MI
12:00pm - 1:15pm
October 9, 2008
Gender, Violence and Colonialism, Presenter: Andrea Smith
Michigan State University American Studies Program
115 International Center
East Lansing, MI
3:00pm - 5:00pm
October 9, 2008
Patricia Isasa - "Bringing Torturers to Justice in Argentina"
University of Detroit Mercy Life Sciences Building (near clock tower)
4001 W. McNichols at Livernois - Room 113
Detroit, MI
7:00pm
September 28, 2008
Bitch Magazine Fundraising house party
Fundraising house party and updates about/discussion of Bitch's future as a multimedia, multi-strategy organization. We'll talk briefly about Bitch's plans for the future, and ask for your ideas, input, and questions!
1630 Woolsey Street
Berkeley, CA
September 25, 2008
Bitch Magazine + make/shift Film and Discussion Event
Film/video screening followed by a participatory discussion about contemporary feminisms, privilege, power, difference, and so much more...
Echo Park Film Center
1200 N. Alvarado Street (at Sunset)
Los Angeles, CA
August 25, 2008
Conference call reading and discussion with Carolina Bank Muñoz about her new book, Transnational Tortillas: Race, Gender, the Border and the Workplace
July 18, 2008
Adele Nieves participates in a panel discussion and moderation on "Race and Gender: What are the lessons of 2008?"
Westin St. Francis Hotel
San Francisco, CA
July 7, 2008
Adele Nieves and Julie Fiandt (Think Girl) present Body Image and Media Literacy.
Hosted by Perfecting CDC
Detroit for Camp PEACE
Detroit, MI
June 20-22, 2008
The conference is an annual, weekend-long gathering of influential alternative media-makers and committed social justice activists.
Wayne State University Campus
Detroit, MI
May 31, 2008
Adele Nieves joins Think Girl for the Detroit Race For The Cure
Comerica Park
Detroit, MI
May 30, 2008
NHLI's Latina Empowerment Conference
Marriott Detroit at the Renaissance Center
Detroit, MI
May 25, 2008
Adele Nieves interviews human rights activist and actor Mike Farrell.
Interview featured in Issue 28 of Critical Moment Magazine.
May 16-18, 2008
The Choice retreat facilitated by Karen Wright, internationally renowned author and facilitator
Mendon, MI
April 19, 2008
Critical Moment Magazine Fundraiser
For more information: criticalmoment.org
Trumbellplex
Detroit, MI
April 12-13, 2008
Race, Sex, Power: New Movements in Black and Latina/o Sexualities conference
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL
April 2-4, 2008
Adele Nieves presents Prostitution, Sex Trafficking, and the Commercial Sex Trade: What Can We Do?
Sex Trafficking Conference
South Texas College, Women's Studies Committee
McAllen, TX
March 29, 2008
Adele Nieves joins What Tami Said and Women's Space on Blog Talk Radio, 6pm EST.
Discussing among other things, the broader issue of feminism and the varying needs of women. I will announce the anthology (Who Cares What We Think?) and include ideas and entries that came up in the book. Please tune in!
March 28-30, 2008
Women, Action & the Media (WAM!): A Conference for Activists, Journalists & Everyone
MIT's Stata Center
Cambridge, MA
March 9, 2008
Adele Nieves interviews Sue Davis, regarding her historical talk on the struggle for women's equality and liberation and the role of a revolutionary party. Sue Davis is a National Writers Union member and a long-time fighter for all women.
Detroit, MI
Interview featured in issue 27 of Critical Moment Magazine
March 8, 2008
WWP public meeting celebrating the 100th anniversary of International Working Women's Day.
5922 2nd Ave
Detroit, MI
For more details: call (313) 378-2369 or (313) 533-1171 or email: detroit@workers.org.
March 4, 2008
Adele Nieves and Julie Fiandt (Think Girl) present Body Image and Media Literacy in honor of International Women's Day.
Hosted by the Organization of Women Leaders of Macomb Community College (OWLs).
Macomb Community College, South Campus
Warren, MI
For more details: Sarah E. West, (586) 445-7446
February 16, 2008
Adele Nieves interviews Hip-Hop Urban Writer/Author William Meredith III
Detroit, MI
Interview featured in issue 27 of Critical Moment Magazine
February 1-3, 2008
Adele Nieves performs in the Vagina Monologues, hosted by Think Girl and directed by Frannie Shepherd-Bates.
1515 Broadway
Detroit, MI
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