Thursday, March 1, 2012

Film Screenign: Sisters in the Struggle (1991) and Pannel Discussion




During the month of February 2012, the Network for Pan-Afrikan Solidarity (NPAS) has organized a month of film screenings and intergenerational panel discussions with the goal of reflecting on, and providing space for further strategizing towards African liberation. As we recognize that our struggles as Afrikan peoples are incontrovertibly similar, these events organized by Network for Pan-Afrikan Solidaity (NPAS) will focus on Afrikan mobilizing, educating and organizing for justice and will highlight the local and international actions that make them possible. Essentially we will focus on issues that relate directly to the material conditions and liberation struggles of Afrikans on the continent and in the diaspora.

On March 2nd, we will screen:

Sisters in the Struggle (1991)
which "features Afrikan womyn who are active in community organizing, electoral politics, and labor and feminist organizing.”

Panel Discussion: Toward a Resurgent Afrikan Womyn’s Activism in Toronto

Panelists:

Anglea Robertson, Director of Equity and Community Engagement, Women's College: "The recent history of Afrikan womyn organizing and mobilizing for gender, queer & racial justice"

- Yolisa Dalamba from the Association for Part-Time Undergraduate students at UofT (APUS): "Holistic practices and frameworks to challenge and resist white supremacist values (for Afrikan womyn)"

- Kim Crosby, a multidisciplinary artist and co-founder of The People project: "The prospects and challenges of inclusive activism (queer, trans, racial and indigenous justice): From a youth perspective"

- Wariri Muhungi a community organizer and member of the Network for Pan-Afrikan Solidarity (NPAS): "Building sustainable organizations and mobilizing resources"

We will focus on issues that deal with the material realities of the community and open a space for dialogue and commitment to year-long and ongoing organizing, mobilizing and education around the subjects raised in the films and the panel discussions. We will use this gathering to reach out to Toronto's Pan Afrikan community with the goal of advancing a more progressive political agenda for the material and socio-economic emancipation of all Afrikan peoples.

We look forward to seeing you at the Afrikan Liberation Month Film Series!

Free public event - donation will be accepted. There will also be a sale of drinks and snacks. We will sell t-shirts with African liberation thems. Purchases can only be made in cash, and all the proceeds will go to support the various activities organized by NPAS. Event is wheelchair accessible. Childcare will be provided.

Sponsored by the Pan-African Solidarity Network (University of Toronto)
Co-Sponsored by CUPE Local 3907

For further information, please contact the Pan-African Solidarity Network (U of T) at network4panafrikansolidari.ty@gmail.com