RE:SISTER: RACE, IDENTITY AND THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT Town Hall Set for BRIC House

On Thursday, June 22 at 7:00pm, BRIC, Third Wave Fund and the Sadie Nash Leadership Project present re:SISTER: Race, Identity and the Women's Movement, a #BHeardTown Hall event at BRIC House broadcast live by BRIC TV, the award-winning Brooklyn-focused non-profit cable channel and digital network, and hosted by BRIC TV's senior correspondent, Brian Vines.

The two-hour discussion brings together a range of experts to examine topics including how the women's movement intersects with issues of race, class, sexuality and ability; the development of the next generation of leaders; and forging solidarity among those advancing the cause of women's rights.

This year's Women's March on Washington was the largest single-day protest in American history. On January 21, hundreds of thousands mobilized in protest of inflammatory statements made pertaining to human rights and issues surrounding race, gender and identity. The march was a powerful and visual show of force, bringing to light the groundwork laid forth by so many individual women's rights leaders around the world. reSISTER continues the discourse, providing the people who are integral to the work, and those who are invested in the cause, an opportunity to organize around the work that is yet to be done.

The Town Hall will be followed by the #BHeard Bar, where the conversation will continue in the BRIC House lobby.

IF YOU GO:

re:SISTER: Race, Identity & the Women's Movement, a #BHeardTown Hall

Presented by: BRIC TV, Third Wave Fund and Sadie Nash Leadership Project

Moderator: Brian Vines, Senior Correspondent, BRIC TV

Panelists:

Tamika Mallory, Co-Chair of the Women's March on Washington

New York City Council Member Laurie A. Cumbo, Chair of Committee on Women's Issues

Rye Young, Executive Director of Third Wave Fund

Mahogany Browne, Poet, Women of The World Poetry Slam

Natasha Lennard, independent journalist (The Nation Magazine, Esquire)

Safia Mahjebin, Ella Fellow at The Sadie Nash Leadership Project

WHEN: Thursday, June 22, 7:00-9:00pm

WHERE: BRIC House, 647 Fulton Street, Downtown Brooklyn (Open to the public)

ONLINE: Click here for the event page.

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ABOUT THE PANELISTS:

Tamika D. Mallory is a nationally recognized champion for social justice who has worked closely with the Obama Administration as an advocate for civil rights issues, equal rights for women, health care, gun violence, and police misconduct. Tamika has been publicly applauded as "a leader of tomorrow" by Valerie B. Jarrett, Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama, and was selected to serve on the transition committee of New York City Mayor-Elect Bill de Blasio. She served as a national organizer for the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington, which drew 300,000, as well as Justice or Else!, where she delivered a national address to over 700,000. A leading figure in the grassroots, community-based effort to stop gun violence in New York City, Tamika was instrumental in creating the NYC Crisis Management System, an official gun violence prevention program that awards nearly $20 million annually to innovative violence intervention organizations. After serving as National Action Network's youngest Executive Director, Tamika founded Mallory Consulting, a strategic planning firm in New York City.

Council Member Laurie A. Cumbo represents the communities of Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights and parts of Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant. Born and raised in Brooklyn, Cumbo worked and contributed to the growth and development of Prospect Park, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The High Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum and The Brooklyn Children's Museum. Ms. Cumbo founded Brooklyn's first Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA) in 1999 which is scheduled to reopen in 2018 in cultural partnership with the Brooklyn Academy Of Music, The Brooklyn Public Library, and 651 Arts. In 2013, Ms. Cumbo chaired the prestigious Women's Issues Committee and has remained a strong fighter and advocate for raising the minimum wage to $15, pay equity, breaking the cycles of domestic violence and successfully championed for the implementation of the New York City Paid Family Leave policy. She has more than tripled the City Council's investment in domestic violence awareness and preventative services and led the charge to create the Mayor's Office for Victim Services. She sponsored and passed legislation to create the first-ever citywide Minority and Women-Owned Businesses Task Force. During her first term in office, Council Member Laurie Cumbo has passed over two dozen pieces of legislation focused in the areas of tenants' rights, seniors, foster care reform, sex education implementation, gun violence prevention, arts equity, women's health, public safety and gender equity, increasing opportunities for minority and women-owned businesses, and campaign finance reform.

Rye Young is Third Wave Fund's Executive Director. Rye strives towards a gender justice movement that is strong and interconnected across other social justice movements. He is passionate about expanding opportunities for communities who are most affected by oppression yet remain marginalized in our movements and in philanthropy. Rye currently serves on the Board of Directors of Funders for LGBTQ Issues and the Groundswell Fund and was a past board member of the New York Abortion Access Fund. He was a Grace Paley Organizing Fellow with Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, and he graduated from Bard College in 2008 with a B.A. in Arabic Language, Culture, and Literature.

Mahogany L. Browne is a California born, Brooklyn based writer, educator, activist, mentor, and curator.

Natasha Lennard is a British-born, Brooklyn-based writer of news and political analysis, focusing on how power functions and how it is challenged. She writes regularly for The Intercept, Al Jazeera America, and Fusion.

Safia Mahjebin is a Brooklynite through and through even though her hands sometimes smell like Bangali curry. She is currently a sophomore at Hunter College double majoring in Chinese language and philosophy with a minor in human rights. In addition to school and the ELLA Fellowship, Safia dedicates her time to Sanctuary for Families. Safia is also the youngest organizing member of American Muslim Women (AMW) Political Action Committee (PAC). She is the founder of Right to Say "NO," an educational workshop series that refutes common arguments made using Islamic religious texts to justify gender based violence. The series partners with Sanctuary for Families to provide participating schools and their students with available resources that cater to the Muslim community.

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