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The Personal is Political: Feminist Activism Over Time

Thursday, March 18, 2010
Time: 9:00 am-6:00 pm
Location: Women's Studies Research Center (WSRC)

In three panels, speakers will discuss women's roles in international conflict resolution in Ireland, Liberia, and Iran; local and international efforts to combat violence against women; and four decades of Our Bodies, Ourselves, the book that launched a worldwide movement to give women control over their reproductive lives and health.  The symposium will conclude with a dance performance entitled “There’s a Dance in the Old Dame Yet.”

March is Women’s History Month and this second biannual WSRC symposium examines the impact feminist activists have had in local, national and global organizations and examines ways the future can be informed by the past.  The program also reflects the interdisciplinary work of the WSRC where “research, art and activism converge” and over seventy-five independent scholars focus on questions related to women’s lives and gender dynamics.

The symposium is free and open to the public.  It is cosponsored by Coexistence International. For a complete schedule or more information, contact Jessica Berns.

The Invisible Children

Thursday, March 18, 2010
Time: 8:00 pm
Location: Levin Ballroom

Innocent spent his childhood in hiding. Fear that he would be abducted and forced to fight the Lord Resistance Army's war kept him from sleeping at home. Now, Innocent aspires to become president of Uganda and end the war.

The Invisible Children is a documentary that tells the story of children who became the victims and weapons of the war in Uganda. Come view the documentary and listen to Innocent discuss his life in Uganda and answer questions. Refreshments will be served.

This event is cosponsored by Brandeis Debate, Mock Trial, and Phi Kappa Psi. For more information, email Jackie Saffir.

*Building Pathways to Sustainable Peace in Sudan: Why We Can't Wait

Monday, March 22, 2010
Time: 5:30-7:30 pm
Location: Heller, Room G2

Gloria White-Hammond, co-founder of My Sister's Keeper, will present this Social Justice Leadership Series lecture. My Sister’s Keeper is a faith-inspired, multiracial collective of women who lend humanitarian assistance to communities of women globally, with a focus on Sudan.

A light dinner will be served. For more information, visit the Social Justice Leadership Series page or contact Jessica Berns.

*Changing People in a Changing Climate? The Ethical Implications of Climate Disruption

Sculpture and photo by Tory Fair

Is it enough to recycle? Is it enough to drive a Prius?

Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Time: 2:00-5:00 pm
Location: Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Goldfarb Library

Who bears the responsibility for climate change? What would motivate and inspire people to make actual changes in their lives? Come hear a variety of disciplinary perspectives on climate change, its ethical and educational challenges, and strategies for reducing its causes and ameliorating its consequences.

Introduction by Saleem Ali, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Vermont and Adjunct Professor at Brown, and author of Treasures of the Earth: Need, Greed, and a Sustainable Future.

Original film of Brandeis community members discussing their thoughts, feelings, and dilemmas about climate change.

Responses by Michael Appell of the International Business School; Bernadette Brooten of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Women's and Gender Studies, and Classics; Cristina Espinosa of the Sustainable International Development Program in the Heller School; and Tory Fair of Fine Arts. Brief essays by this panel sharing their perspectives on climate change will be available beginning March 15 on Brandeis' campus sustainability website.

Order of Events

• Welcome from the International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life
• Treasures of the Earth: Opening Remarks by Saleem Ali, PhD, University of Vermont
• Student environmental installations presented by Tory Fair
• Original film by Charlie Radin
• A conversation with Michael Appell, Bernadette Brooten, Cristina Espinosa, and Tory Fair
• Comments and questions
• Concluding remarks, Saleem Ali

Following the event, Saleem Ali's Treasures of the Earth: Need, Greed, and a Sustainable Future will be sold for a 20% discounted price of $25 per copy. This event is hosted by the Ethics Center with organizers Charlie Chester of Environmental Studies and Irving Epstein of the Chemistry Department. It is free and open to the public. For a parking pass, visit public safety in the Stoneman Building. For more information, email ethics@brandeis.edu.

Nuremberg

Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Time: 5:00 pm
Location: Lown 2

Nuremberg allowed the world to punish some of the worst crimes following the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. Yet the creation of the Nuremberg Tribunal posed many questions for the international community. Was Nuremberg a fair trial or victor's revenge? Was it successful in deterring agressive war and genocide? And has the United States lived up to the legal principles it proclaimed at Nuremberg?

Come see footage of the Nuremberg Tribunal and discuss the merits and controversies of the trial with Massachusetts Chief Public Defender and adjunct Brandeis professor William Leahy. Refreshments will be served.

This event is cosponsored by Legal Studies. For more information email Jackie Saffir.

JEWISHFILM.2010: The National Center for Jewish Film's 13th Annual Film Festival

The Wedding Song

Location: Wasserman Cinematheque

Jewishfilm.2010, The National Center for Jewish Film’s 13th Annual Film Festival, will present a slate of premiere films and classic cinematic treasures from around the world, along with visiting filmmakers and special guests. Save the date for the annual event the Boston Phoenix calls “one of the season’s cinematic highlights” and about which the Tab Newspaper raves “the topnotch quality of some of these films could easily pull in an audience at a commercial art house.”

For tickets, click here or call 781-736-8600. For a complete film schedule, click here.
Questions? Contact Lisa Rivo.

Rising from the Ashes: Jewish Families and Children During and After the War

Sunday, April 11-Tuesday, April 13, 2010

From 1939 to 1945, Jewish families were devastated all over Nazi-occupied Europe, and children proved the most vulnerable victims of the violence.  This conference, hosted by the HBI Project on Families, Children, and the Holocaust, will explore the changing patterns of Jewish families and Jewish childhood in Europe during and after the Holocaust. International participants will address three questions: What happened to families and children during the war? How did the genocide impact Jewish families and childhood? What are the child survivors’ memories of their wartime and early postwar experiences?

Keynote Eva Fogelman: “Holocaust Child Survivors Sixty-Five Years After Liberation: From Mourning to Creativity.”

Sunday, April 11, 2010
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Brandeis University, Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Goldfarb Library

Conference

Monday, April 12, 2010
Time: 8:30 am- 4:00 pm
Location: Waltham Doubletree Hotel, 550 Winter Street, Waltham MA

Film Screening: “My 100 Children” (Meah Yeladim Sheli)

Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Time: 4:30 pm-6:50 pm
Location: Brandeis University, Wasserman Cinematheque, Sachar Center, International Business School

This event is cosponsored by the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, the National Center for Jewish Film, the Psychology Department, the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, and the Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry, and is made possible by the support of the Valya and Robert Shapiro Endowment. For more information and a complete conference schedule, click here.

*Sorensen Fellowship 2011 Info Session

Thursday, May 6, 2010
Time: 3:00-4:00 pm
Location: Abraham Shapiro Academic Complex (ASAC) Atrium

Conserve the rainforest. Help fight AIDS. Spread literacy. Teach art to orphans.

Given the chance, how would you change the world?

Become a Sorensen Fellow and spend the summer of 2011 working on issues that matter to you in the organization of your choice. For eligibility and more information about the Sorensen Fellowship, click here. Questions? Email ethics@brandeis.edu.

*UnCommencement

Thursday, May 6, 2010
Time: 4:00-5:00 pm
Location: Abraham Shapiro Academic Complex (ASAC) Atrium

Join the Ethics Center in celebrating its graduating seniors:

• Sarah Bloomberg, COEX
• Beth Bowman, Sorensen Fellow 2009
• Diler Erdengiz, COEX
• Zohar Fuller, COEX
• Feya Hillel, Slifka Scholar
• Hannah Janoowalla, ECSF 2008
• Lauren Kraus, Sorensen Fellow 2009
• Mohammad Kundas, Slifka Scholar
• Ji Yun Lee, Distinguished Visiting Practitioner Residency 2010
• Catherine McConnell, ECSF 2008
• Sheryl Nagy, Coexistence International
• Justin Papa Phalichanh, OGA
• Kathleen Rees, Sorensen Fellow 2009
• Tiffany Roberts, Ethics Center
• Jackie Saffir, Ethics Center
• Maya Siegel, COEX
• Shannon Taylor, Coexistence International
• Augustin Twagiramungu, COEX
• Dara Yaffe, Ethics Center

Refreshments will be served! For more information, email ethics@brandeis.edu.