Toward a Better Society

Monday, October 26, 2020 - 1:00pm

CST

Emily Kawano & Erella Shadmi

The pandemic has been educating us to take care of each other, to make sacrifices for the common good, to understand how we are all interconnected. How might these values guide us toward a better society? Erella Shadmi (Israeli criminologist and feminist) and Emily Kawano (co-founder of the U.S. Solidarity Economy Network) will discuss the better society that can come out of our experience with Covid.

Upcoming Webinars

Monday, March 8, 2021 - 1:00pm

CST

Between Classes: The Rise and Fall and Rebirth of the Labor-Intellectual Alliance

Steve Fraser

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The New Deal saw the emergence of a progressive alliance between intellectuals and unions. Roosevelt’s “Brain Trust” designed policies and programs responding to popular demands from organized workers. This shaped the political landscape of the U.S. up into the 1960s. But this alliance was broken by the 1970s as capital’s offensive against... Read more

Monday, March 8, 2021 - 4:00pm

CST

Organized by Ser Mujer

Four Women for Women

A Concert with Gaby Espinosa, Yaya Fuentes, Yoremen Jocobi & Gaby Perales

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A free online concert for women, and by women, to celebrate women on International Women's Day.

Wednesday, March 10, 2021 - 3:00pm

CST

Organizada con Educación Colaborativa

Sistemas de Ahorro

Lic. Diego Leandro Lazo

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Quizá una de las cosas más difíciles en estos tiempos es ahorrar dinero para nuestras necesidades. A veces incluso preferimos pagar elevados intereses a un banco por un préstamo que aprender a ahorrar hasta tener lo suficiente para pagar lo que necesitamos. Leandro Lazo nos hablará de cómo hacer una cooperativa de ahorro, que a la vez nos... Read more

Sunday, March 14, 2021 - 10:30am

Organized by Ser Mujer with the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of San Miguel de Allende

Women and Sustainability

Ana Lucía Márquez

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Making connections is key to ensuring that everyone is heard. It’s so important, especially as we deal with climate change and water issues throughout Mexico. Ana Márquez works to make sure that women are taken into account at all levels of decision-making, particularly rural and indigenous women.

Monday, March 15, 2021 - 1:00pm

CST

Co-sponsored with SER MUJER

Human Trafficking

Stephanie Bratnick

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(Note: In the US, the start time is 2:00 pm Central Daylight Time)

Clinical trauma specialist Stephanie Bratnick speaks on Human Trafficking during Women’s History Month. She has worked for the UNHCR and currently runs a counter trafficking program. She has worked with asylum seekers and refugees of sexual gender-based violence.

Wednesday, March 17, 2021 - 4:30pm

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Organized by Ser Mujer

New Masculinities

Carlos Hernández Babún

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Carlos Hernández Babún has 19 years experience in community work and pedagogy, as a teacher in academia, workshops, community interventions, and research. He has specialized in gender, sexuality, and masculinities, human rights, and peace culture with a focus on the prevention of violence.

Monday, March 22, 2021 - 1:00pm

CST

Co-sponsored with SER MUJER

Black Women in the U.S. Cooperative Movement

Jessica Gordon Nembhard

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(Note: In the US, the start time is 2:00 pm Central Daylight Time)

An important part of the history of cooperativism that is usually overlooked is the development of cooperative institutions and practices among African Americans. Emerging as defense against a hostile White world, this collective self-reliance has been a way to survive.... Read more

Sunday, March 28, 2021 - 10:30am

CST

Organized by Ser Mujer with the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of San Miguel de Allende

Women Helping Other Women

Guadalupe Alvarez

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Is there a secret ingredient that helps women achieve success? Guadalupe Alvarez would say there’s no secret to it – it’s all about women helping other women. Guadalupe Alvarez will discuss what can be achieved when women are empowered to feel courageous and unstoppable.

Monday, March 29, 2021 - 1:00pm

CST

Copatrocinado con SER MUJER

“It’s What We Do”

Joanna Kafarowski

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(Note: In the US, the start time is 2:00 pm Central Daylight Time)

Food Security, Climate Change and the Role of Inuit Women in the Canadian Arctic

In many parts of the world, particularly Indigenous communities living in remote areas, food security is compromised. Food security ensures that all people at all times... Read more

Monday, April 26, 2021 - 1:00pm

CDT

Post-socialism Vision: Revolutionary Love

Rabbi Michael Lerner and Cat Zavis

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The Covid pandemic has taught us to wear masks to prevent the spread of the disease. We have learned to protect ourselves by taking care of others. It has taught us the ethics of care. Feminism also promotes the values of caring, kindness, empathy, love. These are values that are also germane to a socialism that builds institutions through... Read more

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