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Kimberly Robertson: “Dancing with the Devil: Settler Colonialism, Gendered Violence, and Indigenous Anti-Violence Activism”

October 29, 2015 @ 4:00 pm - 5:45 pm  |  B206 Earth & Marine Sciences

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Dr. Kimberly Robertson is a citizen of the Muscogee Creek Nation and an activist, teacher, scholar, and mother. She earned an MA in American Indian Studies and a PhD in Women’s Studies from UCLA. Dr. Robertson is an Assistant Professor at Cal State Northridge in Gender & Women’s Studies and American Indian Studies. Her academic and political interests include the relationships between violence against Native women, the construction of identity, urbanity, sovereignty, and indigenous feminisms.

The presentation will take place during the Feminism & Social Justice (FMST 20) class.
Open seating, please arrive early.

For more information and disability accommodations, please call: (831) 459-2427.

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Date:
October 29, 2015
Time:
4:00 pm - 5:45 pm
Cost:
Free
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Sponsors
UCSC American Indian Resource Center, the UC Presidential Chair in Feminist Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, UCSC Women's Center, and the UCSC Chicano Latino Resource Center
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