Freedom. Safety. NOW! 2.0
Friday, March 8, 2013, 10 am-12 pm
Take a stand against sexual violence globally and regionally: Call for just reform of India’s rape laws! … Continue readingFreedom. Safety. NOW! 2.0
Category: Events
Be/Longing
Friday, March 1 – Saturday, April 13, 2013
SAWCC debuts in Washington, D.C., featuring ten South Asian women artists’ works that engage with the body, directly or metaphorically, whole or dismembered, to address the duality of female experience within the framework of a post-colonial, globalized world. … Continue readingBe/Longing
Freedom. Safety. NOW. Creative Action Against Gender-Based Violence
Saturday, January 26, 2013, noon to 1pm
Please join the women of SAWCC in front of the Indian Consulate in New York for a creative movement-based protest action in response to the horrific violence wrought upon Jyoti Singh Pandey in India in December 2012 and on women’s bodies everyday around the world. … Continue readingFreedom. Safety. NOW. Creative Action Against Gender-Based Violence
Shine Jyoti
Tuesday, January 15, 2013, 5:30-7pm
SAWCC is proud to co-sponsor Sakhi for South Asian Women’s candlelight vigil honoring the memory of Jyoti Singh Pandey, victim of the recent fatal rape in December 2012 in New Delhi. Please join us in honoring Jyoti’s life and reminding ourselves that the work to end gender-based violence is urgent, necessary, and ongoing. … Continue readingShine Jyoti
Creative Commons: A Transmedia Literary Festival
November 30–December 1, 2012
SAWCC presents Creative Commons, a transmedia literary festival featuring authors, comedians, filmmakers, and other storytellers writing at the intersection of literature, media, and performance. … Continue readingCreative Commons: A Transmedia Literary Festival
Slideshow: Reading with Tania James and Keshni Kashyap
Saturday, December 1, 2012, 7 pm
Creative Commons culminates in a multimedia reading featuring Tania James (Aerogrammes and Other Stories), and Keshni Kashyap (Tina’s Mouth: An Existential Comic Diary). … Continue readingSlideshow: Reading with Tania James and Keshni Kashyap