October 31st 2008—Violence Against Women, HIV&AIDS, and the Impetus for Civic Engagement

November 4, 2008 by Jacqui · Comments

Today I served on a panel in the Feminist Scholarship Track of the Annual Conference of the Council on Social Work Education. Organized by Dr. Tricia Bent Goodley of Howard University and moderated by Fatimaah Carmichael, Doctoral Student at Columbia University, the panel also consisted of Dr. Tonya Perry of Alabama A&M, Dr. Colita Fairfax of Norfolk State University, and me.

All three women gave insightful and riveting presentation of the dynamics of the lives of African American women, with a focus on the intersection of violence against women and HIV&AIDS. I concluded the panel with a brief presentation on the importance of coalition building to have a multi-faceted approach in addressing these complex dynamics, to maximize synergies, and achieve policy change.

I videotaped the presentations (except mine) and will upload them to the You Tube channel on www.youtube.com/womenofcolorunited

I’ve already uploaded interviews with Dr. Fairfax as well as Dr. Denise Davis Maye, who is also a professor at Alabama A&M as well as a farmer in rural Alabama. www.youtube.com/womenofcolorunited