President's Dining Room, 7 p.m.-9:p.m.
The UDM Women and Gender Studies Program
presents : "Female-Artist-Scholar-Activist"? What is that?
Are academic culture and social activism incompatible? What motivates minority women artists and educators to spend their lives working for social justice? Why is there so little research available on the lives of such women? What strategies and inspirations can todays artists, activists, and educators draw from their experiences?
Aurora Harris will discuss these and other intriguing questions in a presentation drawn from her thesis, A Multicultural Exploration of Female Scholar-Activist Artists In Detroit, Michigan. This interview-based study examines the consciousness-shaping experiences and lives of Ms. Michele Gibbs (Russell), Ms. Lolita Hernandez, Dr. Gloria House, and Ms. Emily Lawsin--four minority women artists and educators deeply engaged in our local, national, and international struggles over race, gender, and class.
Ms. Harris's talk will be followed by a panel discussion with Ms. Hernandez, Dr. House, and Ms. Lawsin and an audience question-and-answer session. This event is free and open to the public and refreshments will be served. For more information contact Rosemary Weatherston, Co-Director of the Women and Gender Studies Program (weatherr@udmercy.edu / 313.993.1083).
About the Speaker:
Aurora Harris was born in Detroit, Michigan and is of African American Filipina heritage. She received a M.A. in Social Foundations of Education with a concentration in Cultural Studies from Eastern Michigan University and a B.A. in Sociology from Wayne State University. Ms Harris is an award winning, internationally known published poet, educator, mentor, and community worker. Her poetry regarding women, labor, jazz, African American and Filipino life appears in several poetry anthologies. Ms Harris serves as a Board member for Broadside Press and is the hostess of the Broadside Press Poets Theater at the University of Detroit-Mercy.
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