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Roxane Gay

What is a bad feminist? Roxane Gay, daughter of Haitian immigrants, proud Midwesterner, and Scrabble-playing Hunger-Games fanatic, demonstrates humor, anger, love, and wisdom as she addresses just how empowering it can be to redefine what it means to be a feminist in our complicated world. Book signing to follow. This address is free and open to the public. Thursday, Feb 18, 6:00–7:30PM, Hatch Ballroom, Student Union Building

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Tuesday she’ll be giving a talk on Public Sociology–that is, how to turn systems thinking and sociological analysis and imagination into organizing and activism-how to make critical scholarship accessible in popular culture and everyday life. Facebook link  Roxane Gay

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It took some time, when I first moved here, everything was hard. Taking the bus was hard, walking through town was hard. Speaking English was hard. And then one day, my son said to me, “Mama, have courage, when you walk, walk like the others, walk like you belong here.” –A4H Artisan

Courtesy: Artisans for Hope

Gender Studies 380-007/Engl 396 (Postcolonial Studies) in collaboration with non-profit organization Artisans For Hope is hosting a exhibition cum sale of quilts, knit and crochet products, by refugee women and men. The exhibition will be held as part of a Boise State University’s campus wide program “One Sky” at the Students Union Building between the 4th-14th of November 2014.

Artisans For Hope is a community-based, volunteer-driven nonprofit organization in the resettlement city of Boise, Idaho. Our goal is to assist incoming refugees to develop the skill base, language acquisition, and confidence to successfully integrate into their new community.

Artisans for Hope Website