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Focus on Liberia: April 19Th and 20Th CEW Is Joining with Sev E Ral Other U-M Units to Focus on Liberia and Women's Leadership in That Country S E R V I C E R E S E A R C H A D V O C A C Y S p r i n g 2 0 1 1 Focus on Liberia: April 19th and 20th CEW is joining with sev e ral other U-M units to focus on Liberia and women's leadership in that country. T h ro u g h a combination of speakers and film we explore recent developments in Liberia that led to increased involvement of women in the political discourse and to the election of Africa's fi rst woman president. Pray the Devil Back to Hell Film Screening with remarks by Abigail Disney, Producer, April 19th, 5:30, Michigan League Women in Charge: Leadership and Social Action in the Twenty-First Century Vivian Lowery Derryck, The Bridges Institute, April 20th, 5:00 pm, Michigan League Re g i ster at www.cew. u m i c h .e d u Be Part of the Focus on F i l m Producer Abigail Disney to Speak at EVENT P r ay the Devil Back to Hell L i b e r i a A b i gail Disney, P h . D. , s ays she produced P ray the Devil Back to Hell o u t P ray the Devil Back to Hell, a pow- Please join us on Tuesday, April 19, 2011, of fear that this story “of enormous courage and integrity and pers eve ra n c e erful documentary directed by Gini at 5:30 p.m. in the Vandenberg Room, and fo rtitude would dissolve into the mist as so many other wo m e n ' s R e t i cker and produced by A b i ga i l Michigan League, to view Pray the D i s n ey, tells the story of the Devil Back to Hell and hear Abigail accomplishments had.” Disney speak about her commitment to D i s n ey describes herself as “just a regular old mother of fo u r.” But her Women of Liberia Mass Action fo r the film's creation. Plan to stay for the c redentials extend beyond that ro l e. She's also the founder and pre s i d e n t Pe a c e, a movement that played a reception that will immediately follow. of the Daphne Fo u n d at i o n , wh i ch supports gra s s ro o t s key role in bri n ging an end to civ i l The event is free to the public, but regis- p rograms in low-income communities in New Yo rk war in Liberia and electing tration is requested on the CEW website P resident Ellen Johnson Sirl e a f. at www.cew.umich.edu. C i t y. Grants from the Daphne Fo u n d ation have p o u red millions of dollars into such causes as wo m e n ' s Continued on page 3 On Wednesday, April 20, 2011, Vivian Lowery Derryck, who has a distin- ri g h t s , AIDS advo c a cy, and ch i l d ren's health. Disney, guished career in national and interna- a grandniece of Walt Disney, has long been invo l ve d tional public affairs, will speak at 5:00 in va rious social and political causes, m a ny of them p.m. in the Hussey Room of the d evoted to women's issues: The New Yo rk Women's Fo u n d at i o n , the Wh i t e Michigan League. In her address, House Pro j e c t , and the Global Fund for Wo m e n . Women in Charge: Leadership and Social Action in the Twenty-First “I have spent many ye a rs thinking ab o u t , talking up and ge n e ra l ly advo- Century, Derryck will discuss the cur- c ating for women's political leadership at all levels of the political spec- rent situation in Liberia in order to illus- t ru m ,” s ays Disney. “I haven't done this out of any cosmic sense of trate a new era in global political leader- women's superi o ri t y, but rather because I believe that the wo rld has been ship–one in which women are rising to m a n aged by only half of its inhabitants for too long. Down to the tips of the highest political offices. my toes I know that the addition of women's voices to the barga i n i n g Support for the Pray the Devil Back to t abl e s , c o n gressional ch a m b e rs , c o u rt s , b o a rd rooms and head offices of the Hell event is provided by the CEW wo rld would enri ch and strengthen the integrity of the decision-making Cristobel Kotelawela Weerasinghe Fund. Menakka Bailey created the fund in honor p rocesses in those places and there fo re make the wo rld a better, cl e a n e r, of her mother, who continues to dedicate s a fer and more just place.” her life to advancing women's lives and (Some of this information fi rst appeared in an article at:http://www. h u ffi n g t o n p o s t . c o m / promoting cross-cultural dialogue. This ab i ga i l - e - d i s n ey) fund allows CEW to bring to campus a visiting scholar with an international focus on issues that touch women's lives. C EW STA F F Gloria D. Thomas Director T H E D I R E C T O R Kirsten Elling Associate Director for Counseling, f r o m Programs and Services Susan Kaufmann A s s o c i ate Director for A d v o c a c y S i n g ly or in Kristina Bingham Jacqueline Bowman c o m m u n i t y, Heather Branton Eilisha Dermont in Africa, in the U.S. Valerie Eaglin s I write this, it is Wo m e n ' s And let's not fo rget the diffe re n c e Connie Hansen and across the wo rl d , Jackie Johnson H i s t o ry Month. But rather than t h at one person can make. If yo u Jeanne Miller rev i ewing wh at women have done h aven't yet read The Immortal Life Huma Moulvi women Catherine Mueller Ain the past, this newsletter offe rs a of Henrietta Lack s , you can find out Doreen Murasky a re addressing m o re about this amazing book fro m Janice Reuben glimpse of wh at women today are V. Thandi Sule doing to ch a n ge their wo rl d s . our rev i ew. Beth Sullivan o n going struggles with Ching-Yune Sylvester S i n g ly or in commu n i t y, in A f ri c a , At CEW, we celeb rate the stru gg l e s Jean Waltman in the U. S. and across the wo rl d, c o u rage, Audrey Williams and triumphs of women indiv i d u a l- women are add ressing ongo i n g commitment, ly and collective ly. Our wo rk leads D i re c tor Em e r i ta s t ru ggles with courage, c o m m i t- to diffe rences in live s : a care e r Carol Hollenshead m e n t , and action. and action. ch a n ger successfully tra n s i t i o n i n g, Student Inte r n s / Resea rc h e rs Alana Font We salute the women of Liberia as or a student re c e iving the support to Woojeong Shim w i e l d e rs of new ly acquired political complete a degre e. We also aim to Kristine Vliet p owe r. The film P ray the Dev i l m a ke a diffe rence in our commu n i- On our campus, CEW's affi l i at e d Leadership Council B a ck to Hell p o rt rays the activ i s m t y, both at the Unive rsity and groups The Women of Color in the Jean W. Campbell, Ann Arbor MI of women wo rking to end civil wa r b eyo n d, t h rough wo rk s h o p s , s p e c i a l Lee Gorman, Ann Arbor, MI A c a d e my Project (WOCAP) and Susan S. Gutow, Ann Arbor, MI in Liberia; Vivian Lowe ry Derry ck eve n t s , a dvo c a cy and re s e a rch. A s the Women of Color Task Fo rc e Constance M. Kinnear, Ann Arbor, MI of the Bri d ges Institute, p rov i d e s a lway s , we are especially thankful Rani Kotha, Ann Arbor, MI (WCTF) continue to monitor the a n a lysis and understanding of these for the ge n e rosity of donors near Robert D. Oliver, Ann Arbor, MI cl i m ate for women of color fa c u l t y Ann Sneed Schriber, Ann Arbor MI events.
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