Decolonizing International Women’s Day: From Turtle Island to Gaza
This event brings into conversation the “political intimacies” between Indigenous and Palestinian struggles (Lowe, 2015). Through global/local perspectives, we name how settler violence is enacted and the possibilities for decolonial feminist insights to sustain new solidarities.
Local Voices, Local Impact – a conversational circle, will take place after the speaker’s presentations.
Friday, March 8, 2024, at 7:30pm EST
Goodman Atrium at Brock University
Please RSVP to attend this event here or by scanning the QR code on the poster. If you have any questions or accessibility requests, or if you are a local community member who is interested in attending this event, please contact the Student Justice Centre at sjc@brocku.ca
Co-sponsored by the President’s Advisory Committee on Human Rights, Equity, and Decolonization (PACHRED), Indigenous Educational Studies Programs, Social Justice Research Institute, Social Justice and Equity Studies Masters Program, Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies, Niagara Palestine Coalition, and CUPE 4207 Political Action and International Solidarity Committee.
Learn more about our panelists and moderator below:
Ellen Gabriel – Indigenous Women of Turtle Island: The Struggle Against Colonial Assimilation and Protection of our Homelands
Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel, is Turtle Clan from the Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) territory. She is a human rights and environmental activist and artist from Kanehsatà:ke who is known for her involvement as the official spokesperson, chosen by the People of the Longhouse, during the 1990 Mohawk Crisis. She has long been involved in Indigenous land defense and Palestinian solidarity work.
Nahla Abdo – Towards Anti-Colonial, Anti-Imperialist Feminist Methodology
Using a comparative framework to situate Palestine (Israel) and Turtle Island (Canada), this talk articulates an anti-colonial-anti-imperialist framing for feminism where I will try to understand the seeming absence of a feminist critique of the Israeli Genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. Nahala Abdo is the Chancellor’s Professor, Department of Sociology, Carleton University. She has written 10 books and many articles on Palestinian women’s struggles in Israel/Palestine.
Moderated by Samah Sabra, PhD, Alumni of Brock University & Carleton University