Spelman College and the National Center for Civil and Human Rights Screen PBS Series “Women, War & Peace”

WHAT:          
Spelman College Women’s Research and Resource Center in partnership with the National Center for Civil and Human Rights will screen highlights from the PBS series “Women, War & Peace.”

“Women, War & Peace” is a bold new five-part PBS mini-series challenging the conventional wisdom that war and peace are men’s domain. A co-production of THIRTEEN and Fork Films, “Women, War & Peace” places women at the center of an urgent dialogue about conflict and security and reframes understanding of modern warfare. Featuring narrators Matt Damon, Tilda Swinton, Geena Davis and Alfre Woodard, the series reveals how the post Cold War proliferation of small arms has changed the landscape of war, with women becoming primary targets and suffering unprecedented casualties. Simultaneously, they are emerging as necessary partners in brokering lasting peace and as leaders in forging new international laws governing conflict.

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion about the PBS series. The panel, moderated by Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Ph.D., founding director of the Women’s Research and Resource Center, will include Abigail Disney, executive producer of “Women, War & Peace,” and Soraya Mekerta, Ph.D., director of the Spelman College African Diaspora and the World Program and associate professor (world languages and literature/French and Francophone studies).

The event is free and open to the public.

For more information, visit www.spelman.edu or call 404-270-5625.

WHO:             
Presented by the Spelman College Women’s Research and Resource Center and the National Center for Civil and Human Rights

WHEN:           
Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011
6:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

WHERE:
Spelman College, Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby Academic Center, 350 Spelman Lane, Atlanta 30314

WHY:
“Women, War & Peace” spotlights the stories of women in conflict zones   from Bosnia to Afghanistan, and Colombia to Liberia – raising awareness and facilitating dialogue about the roles of women in peace and war.

NOTES:
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