Jul 26 2024

21st Century Internationalism: The Building of A Global Freedom Movement

Through the Portal – International Justice Series

July 26, 2024

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM America/Chicago

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Cost

FREE & Open to the public

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The global crises of this moment have motivated organizers to forge global responses. This session will explore the state of international solidarity as well as organizing work designed to build transnational power. The NGOisation of social movement work over the last few decades has contributed to the proliferation of global campaigns but it has not positioned social movements to build power transnationally. From the fight for a free Palestine to the fight to Atlanta's Stop Cop City campaign, speakers will discuss their work and how they have chosen to confront the challenges of this moment, and build solidarity.

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Contact

Social Justice Initiative
sjiuic@gmail.com

Date posted

Jun 25, 2024

Date updated

Jul 15, 2024

Speakers

Mary Hooks | Co-Director | Innovation Lab for the Movement for Black Lives

Mary Hooks is a Black, lesbian, feminist, mother and She is now the Co-Director of the Innovation Lab for the Movement for Black Lives. Mary is the former co-director of Southerners on New Ground (SONG). Mary joined SONG as a member in 2009 and began organizing with the organization in 2010. Growing up in a family that migrated from Mississippi to the Midwest, Mary’s commitment to liberation is rooted in her experiences and the impacts of the War on Drugs on her community.

Omar Barghouti | Founding Committee Member | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)

is a founding committee member of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) and a co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. He received the Gandhi Peace Award in 2017.

Mahfud Mohamed Lamin Bechri | Co-Founder and Member | Western Sahara Is Not for Sale Platform

Mahfud is a political activist and human rights defender , born and living in the Saharawi refugee camps in Tindouf, Algeria. He is part of different Saharawi collectives with international advocacy responsibilities. He is co-founder and member of the coordination team of the Western Sahara Is not for Sale Platform campaigning against multinational companies involved in the illegal plunder of Western Sahara natural resources.