¡ACTIVISTA! An International Women's Day Celebration / Framing Solidarity Through Culture. SUNDAY MARCH 7 at 4pm CST - Produced and curated by women cultural workers and Haymarket Books. An ad-hoc group of women hailing from various sectors in the arts and activism communities today announced that they have joined forces with the award-winning Chicago-based nonprofit arts presenter HotHouse and publisher Haymarket Books to curate and present an online cultural event to mark International Women’s Day. The program will be broadcast over the HotHouseGlobal streaming platforms on March 7, 2021 at 4pm CST.
The program includes performances from women-identified artists, speakers, and messages from places located throughout the world. The two–hour free event is focused on concerns that impact the lives of women and reflect issues that represent the overarching values of the producers - climate change, access to health care (clean water, housing, childcare), immigration, safe provisions for family life, economic mobility and self-determination.
Curated and Produced by Marguerite Horberg, Esty Dinur, Karima Daoudi, Claudia Norman, Viviana Benitez, Jin Won, and Haymarket Books, the program is additionally supported by HotHouse, Haymarket Books, The Mexico Now Festival, Middle East Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design.
THE PROGRAM:
Musical and spoken word:
ANGEL BAT DAWID
COLECTIVO DE MUJERES KIÑEWEN
NATU CAMARA
LYLA JUNE
BRANDY NĀLANI MCDOUGALL
IRMA PINEDA
FARAH SIRAJ
KYUNG-HWA YU
SPEAKERS:
JANEL PINEDA
DR. SEEMA YASMIN
MAYA MARSHALL
PRODUCERS:
Marguerite Horberg
Esty Dinur
Karima Daoudi
Jin Won
Viviana Mercedes Benitez
Claudia Norman
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT:
HOTHOUSE
Celebrate Mexico Now Festival
HAYMARKET BOOKS
MIDDLE EAST STUDIES PROGRAM, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
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