Social and Economic Justice Lecture Series
Barbara Ehrenreich (2004), author of Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America.
African Indigenous Women Defending Human Rights (2005), Lucy Mulenkei, director, Indigenous Information Network; Rebecca Lolosoli, founder, Umoja Uaso Women’s Group; Vivian Stromberg, executive director, MADRE.
Dr. Kasturi DeGupta (2006), sociologist, “With Eyes Wide Open: How an Education Can Help Restore our Common Humanity” and St. Ambrose University alumna panel discussion on working for social justice, featuring: Rita Baugh, affiliate specialist at Genesis Employee Assistance Program; Gwen Goos, case manager at East Madison Monona Coalition for the Aging; Judith Morrell, executive director and lead counsel for the Davenport Civil Rights Commission; Lorelei Pfautz, executive director of Friendly House; Sasha Walters, director of social work, Manor Care.
The 2008 lecture series examined the challenges and victories of Haitian women, focusing on Haitian women as active agents of change working to better their lives. Presenters included Dr. Rose-Marie Chierici, a native of Haiti and associate professor of anthropology at SUNY-Geneseo; Amy Serrano, producer of “The Sugar Babies: The Plight of Agricultural Workers in the Sugar Industry of the Dominican Republic” and Dr. Eugenio Matibag, director of the Center for American Intercultural Studies at Iowa State University.
For more information contact Katy Strzepek, 563/333-6000, ext. 4235.