Confronting Violence
Violence seems inescapable, but does it have to be?
“Confronting Violence,” a conference at the Radcliffe Institute, will explore how activism and cultural change can affect public policy and reduce violence.
The program, which includes considerations of gender, begins with an artistic event and discussion that features hip-hop music on the evening of Thursday, April 9, 2015, and continues with a full day of presentations and discussions on April 10, 2015. On Friday policy makers, journalists, culture critics, digital media experts, activists, military leaders, victim advocates, attorneys, and academics will explore entrenched challenges, identify successful models of activism, and illuminate ways to confront—and overcome—violence.
This event is free and open to the public.
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Event Videos
Changing Culture to Reduce Violence
Moderator: Zerlina Maxwell, Political Analyst, Speaker, and Contributing Writer, Essence Magazine and Mic.com
Laura Bates, Founder, Everyday Sexism Project
Hauwa Ibrahim, Senior Partner, Aries Law Firm
Jackson Katz, Author, Filmmaker, and Cofounder, Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP)
Performance and Discussions about Hip-Hop
WELCOMING REMARKS
Lizabeth Cohen, Dean of the Radcliffe Institute and Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies, Department of History, Harvard University
PERFORMANCE AND DISCUSSION ABOUT HIP-HOP
Moderator: Marcyliena Morgan, Professor of African and African American Studies and Executive Director, Hiphop Archive & Research Institute, Harvard University
Toni Blackman, Rapper, Poet, and Activist; Founder and Director, Freestyle Union
Byron Hurt, Documentary Filmmaker (Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes), Author, and Antisexism Activist; Founding Member, Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) program
Jay Smooth, Video and Multimedia Producer; Founder, WBAI’s Underground Railroad
The Power of Activism
WELCOMING REMARKS
Lizabeth Cohen, Dean, Radcliffe Institute; Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies, Department of History, Harvard University
OVERVIEW
Janet Rich-Edwards, Codirector of the Science Program, Academic Ventures, Radcliffe Institute; Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; and Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
THE POWER OF ACTIVISM
Moderator: Diane L. Rosenfeld, Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School
Alexandra Brodsky, Cofounder, Know Your IX
Mitchell Garabedian, Principal Attorney, Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian
Irene M. Santiago, Lead Convener, #WomenSeriously, Global Campaign on Women, Peace and Security
Policy Responses
Moderator: Jacqueline Bhabha, FXB Director of Research and Professor of the Practice of Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Jeremiah Smith Jr. Lecturer in Law, Harvard Law School
Flavia Agnes, Legal Scholar, Author, Women’s Right Activist, and Lawyer
Gina M. Grosso, Major General, Director of the Air Force Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR), Office of the Vice Chief of Staff, Headquarters US Air Force, Washington, DC
Richard Weissbourd, Senior Lecturer on Education and Faculty Director, Human Development and Psychology Program, Harvard Graduate School of Education
