By Rebecca Irby | Executive Director, PEAC Institute
‘We’ve (always been) here, we’ve (always been) queer, get over it’
In their bid to maintain power, colonial regimes resorted not only to military force but imposed and controlled the identity of their subjects both at home and abroad. Anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and social values were a core element of colonial power. Today homosexuality remains criminalised in may countries, and new waves of anti-trans legislation and broader LGBTQ+ discrimination are taking hold in Europe and North America. How can we redefine and reclaim gender, sexuality and identity in the context of colonialism?
In celebration of Pride, Paths to Action brings together an international panel of LGBTQ+ activists working to re-queer identity. Join us for the discussion.
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Featuring Jelena Micic, Ruth Khakame, Dr. Jennifer Jewell & Julie Harris Moderated By Emma Pritchard + Rebecca Irby
Conversationalists on Feminism and Women’s rights often reference the sidelining/ devaluation of Women’s labor in fields such as domestic services, care work, and sex work. However, we rarely hear from Women actively working for change within these professions, and when we do — it is in framing and context given by men.
This world needs the regenerative, life-sustaining, and interconnected energies of the Feminine to break through the status quo and create the world we want. This International Women’s Day, join Emma Pritchard, Rebecca Irby, and our esteemed panel of international speakers in a soaring review of the crucial system changes needed today, and what each of us can do to bring them about.
Join Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, Vannary Kong (Co-Founder The World is Watching - BLM International), and Sinegugu Precious Pearl Mthethwa (SACCAWU/COSATU, South Africa) for a discussion on their journeys and what stories, people, organizations, and practices helped them get to where they are.
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS: KELLY SMITH Poor People’s Campaign, CARLOS UMAÑA IPPNW, AKMAL ALI Association of Fiji, SUMEYA OSMAN ABDI Federation of Somali Trade Unions (FESTU)
MODERATOR: MOLLY MCGINTY Nuclear Programs Associate, IPPNW
“THERE’S STILL HOPE AND HERE’S WHY!” PT. 2CONFIRMED SPEAKERS: CARMEN ATZERT Watershed Foundation, LEON KAULAHAO SIU Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Hawaii, ROBERTO BORRERO Chair of the NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, QUINN WONDERLING General Board of Church and Society, United Methodist Church
MODERATOR: REBECCA IRBY MIDHEAVEN Network + PEAC Institute
SUPPORT: AIMEE H. HONG General Board of Church & Society, United Methodist Church
CONFRONTING THE CLIMATE CRISIS
THE CENTRAL ROLE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AS FRONTLINE DEFENDERS AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
To celebrate US Indigenous Peoples’ Day in this webinar we have invited members of Indigenous Communities from around the world to talk about work as frontline defenders against climate change and the central importance of indigenous knowledge of land management in the fight to limit its effects.
This is the second webinar in our series ‘Building Back Better’ which looks forward to the world after the COVID-19 pandemic and asks what we need to do to create a more peaceful, just, and sustainable future.
DECOLONIZATION & LAND MANAGEMENT
A TALK WITH SUNNY DOOLEY, LEATRICE LEWIS, LOVELY UMAYAM, AND REBECCA IRBY
Join this spirited conversation about knowledge sharing with Indigenous and non-indigenous experts. We will be looking at ways of honoring the land & ourselves, the power of storytelling, and the importance of acknowledging non-Western stories and expertise.
read moreFeaturing, in chronological order —Yup’ik Tarvarnauramken (Blessing Song), Hopi To Wa drumming (live from a mountaintop near Phoenix, Arizona), Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins with Peter Kuznick, moderated by Rebecca Irby (live from East New York, Brooklyn), ICAN: Nuclear Age in Six Movements, United Voices 4 Peace, Hussein Smko, Bare Opera, Turning Tables Myanamar/Last Days of Beethoven, Frankie Faison, Universe City (live from East New York, Brooklyn), Hopi Prophecy #1 by Thomas Banyacya, TAXIPLASM and Junko Ichikawa
Chapter 2 | Reality of WarFeaturing — Tim Ries of The Rolling Stone Project, Minami Yusui, Bare Opera, Zoe Krantz, Koolulam, Setsuko Thurlow (Hibakusha Testimony), Scott Nagatani, Patrick Nagatani, ICAN: Banner Action (live from City Hall, NYC), International Peace Bureau Youth Seminar (live from US, UK, Brazil & Japan), TAXIPLASM, Lauren Cox, Travis Cains (for George Floyd, in tribute), |Vessels|, Hiroshima Panels by Iri & Toshi Maruki, Syndrome by Robb Leigh Davis and Hopi Prophecy #2 by Thomas Banyacya
Chapter 3 | Imagination of PeaceFeaturing — TAXIPLASM, The Japanese American National Museum, Junko Ichikawa, Annie Heath, Patrick Nagatani, Universe City (live from East New York, Brooklyn), Paperwater (live from FAENA Miami, Florida), Jean-Paul Samputu, The Ceremonialist Georgia Wall and Eden Roller with Music for Dialogue
Chapter 4 | War EconomyFeaturing — Bare Opera, Turning Tables Myanamar/Waiyan Phyo Bliss, Rebecca Stenn Company, Pangea Now by Suzi Analogue + Suzette Guy, The Ceremonialist Georgia Wall, Emily Momohara, Hibaku Trees by Hiroshi Sunairi, Legion Lighting tour (live from Brooklyn, NY) Yolantha Harrison, Una Osato, Vanessa Walters, Jong Kuen (Hibakusha Testimony), Turning Tables Myanamar/HeAvy feat. Ko Minn and Hopi Prophecy #3 by Thomas Banyacya
Chapter 5 | The Peace EconomyFeaturing — |Vessels|, Patrick Nagatani, Music for Dialogue, TAXIPLASM, Lillian Michiko Blakey, Ari Beser, Yuko Kudo + Minami Yusui, Paperwater (live from FAENA Miami, FL), Mayuka Thaïs, Lorraine Toussaint, Vanessa Walters, Nobuko Miyamoto, Global Interfaith Roundtable moderated by Rebecca Irby (live), Hiroshima 75th Memorial global committee team finale (live) and Valarie Kaur
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