>> “Of Silk Saris and Mini Skirts: A Critical Anti-Racist Approach to Understanding Culture Conflict” and End of Term Dance Party with DJ Amita
Wednesday, November 22, 2006 - 05:41 PM
The Simone de Beauvoir Institute Presents:
END OF TERM DANCE PARTY!!!
with…
DJ AMITA
(Founder of Toronto’s Masala Mixx, and resident DJ at Besharam – North America’s largest monthly Bollywood dance party!)
and
DJ LYNNE T
(From Lesbians on Ecstasy)
Thursday November 23, 2006
La Sala Rossa - 4848 Blvd. St. Laurent
(B/w St. Joseph and Villeneuve)
10:00PM. $5.00 at the door.
____________________________
“Of Silk Saris and Mini Skirts: A Critical Anti-Racist Approach to Understanding Culture Conflict”
A Lecture by:
DR. AMITA HANDA
Friday November 24, 2006
Concordia University - 1455 de Maisonneuve blvd. W
Hall Building - Room H-767-765
2:00 pm. Free and open to the Public
Amita Handa is the author of “Of Silk Saris and Mini Skirts: South Asian Women Walk the Tightrope of Culture”. In this talk, Dr. Handa will offer educators a critical anti-racist approach to understanding culture conflict. Drawing on the South Asian cultural context, she will explore how South Asian identities are formed at the crossroads of race, racism, education, peers and communities
_______________
These events are co-sponsored by: The Simone de Beauvoir Institute’s Women’s Studies Student’s Association, Powercamp National, The South Asian Women’s Community Centre, QPIRG Concordia, QPIRG McGill, Women’s Press, Dr. Yasmin Jiwani, The South Asian News Collective: CKUT (90.3 FM)and CKUT Radio (90.3FM).
