Pembroke Center Commencement Forum -
Making Waves: Brown Women Activists
May 25, 2018

Sponsored by the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Reseach on Women and the Jonathan M. Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship

"Across the world, innovative women are campaigning for change on fundamental human rights issues like gender and racial equality and government accountability. Hear the stories of three visionary Brown alumnae who are taking on systemic injustices with creativity, courage and their passion for social change."

MODERATOR:
BONNIE HONIG, Pembroke Center Interim Director, Nancy Duke Lewis Professor of Modern Culture and Media and Political Science at Brown. For more info see: https://vivo.brown.edu/display/bhonig

PANELISTS:
JOHANNA FERNANDEZ '93, Assistant Professor of History, Baruch College (CUNY); Author, Curator and Filmmaker. For more info see: http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/wsas/academics/black_latino/JohannaFernandez.htm

NANCY NORTHUP '81, P'16, Attorney, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights and 2018 Brown honorary degree recipient. For more info see: https://www.reproductiverights.org/profile/nancy-northup

RINKU SEN '88, Activist, Author, Organizer and Trainer. For more info see: https://www.themaven.net/rinkusen/pages/about-rinku-99bvqO2v70WJoH1akZWEmA

JAYNA ZWEIMAN '01, Activist, Artist, and Co-founder of Pussyhat Project. For more info see: http://www.jaynazweiman.com/