CFP: Pacific SW Women's Studies Association

Seventeenth Annual

Pacific Southwest Women's Studies Association Conference
Students, Teachers, and Activists Working Together
Friday, April 13, 2007
California State University, Los Angeles

Call For Proposals
Proposals should be submitted via email as Word attachments to Ester Hernandez at:
eherna17@calstatela.edu

Proposal Deadline: February 19, 2007

For More Information contact Deborah Mindry dmindry@oxy.edu
or
Ester Hernandez eherna17@calstatela.edu

Conference Registration is Required for Attendance and Presentation

The theme of this conference is motivated by current domestic and international political crises: the ongoing war in Iraq, the push for homeland security, the tightening of immigration policies, and the increased policing and criminalization of the "other," among other dehumanizing projects and actions. These affect all communities and families, locally and globally, shaping our everyday lives and the spaces in which we live, discouraging human relationship, promoting the unjust distribution of wealth and allocation of resources, and increasing the militarization of society. As feminists seeking to end the subordination of women and all oppressed people, we must challenge our complacency and sense of futility in the face of these multiple "battles" and seek ways to create solidarity across borders and boundaries to work towards change.