Come to the ASpace in Philly – #dalitwomenfight photo exhibit is open till September 4! pic.twitter.com/aIUXDTr1IT
— DALIT WOMEN FIGHT! (@dalitwomenfight) September 2, 2015
By TCN News
Cambridge, Massachusetts: After success of Dalit Women’s Self-Respect tour in 2014 in India, a number of Dalit female activists have come to the United States highlight struggle of Dalit women in seeking justice and “breaking the silence on the epidemic of caste based sexual violence.”
The North Ameican tour features Manisha Devi, Sanghapali Aruna and Asha Kowtal. The tour also includes a photo exhibition by New York-based artist Thenmozhi Soundararajan.
The #DalitWomenFight 2015 North America Tour :
✽ September 3 ✽ University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
✽ September 8 ✽ Rutgers University, New Jersey
✽ September 11 ✽ Washington Center for Peace, Washington D.C.
✽ September 18 ✽ CUNY Graduate Center with performances by Climbing PoeTree, New York City
✽ September 19 ✽ Democracy Center, Boston
✽ September 20 ✽ Queens Museum, Caravan with the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, DRUM – Desis Rising Up & Moving and the Queens Ravidassi Temple ✽ New York City
✽ September 29 ✽ Mills College, Oakland
✽ October 5 ✽ UC Berkeley, Berkeley
✽ October 8 ✽ Stanford University, Stanford
✽ October 9 ✽ The Women’s Building, San Francisco
✽ October 10 ✽ Chuco’s Justice Center, Los Angeles
✽ October 10 ✽ Echoes Under Sunset Fundraiser Party with Discostan , Los Angeles
✽ October 12 ✽ UCLA, Los Angeles
✽ October 16 ✽ University of Washington, Seattle
✽ October 17 – 19 ✽ Seattle International Film Festival, Seattle
✽ October 18 ✽ Houston
✽ October 21 ✽ Chicago
✽ October 24 ✽ Detroit
The national tour is sponsored by: AF3IRM National, INCITE: Women of Color Against Violence, South Asia Solidarity Initiative, Ambedkar International Mission, Ambedkar Association of North America and Association of India’s Development.
All events are free and open to the public.
Link:
FaceBook event page for the tour
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