[Peace] Ninotchka Rosca at Allen Hall 10/12-10/16

[Laura Haber]

Writer and human rights activist, Ninotchka Rosca, will be a Guest-in-Residence at Unit One/Allen Hall 10/12-10/16. She will be speaking each night of her residency. All events are free and open to the public and take place in the south rec room of Allen Hall, 1005 W. Gregory, Urbana, unless noted.
 
Sunday, Oct 12 
7pm - Opening Program - From Exile to Citizen: Living the Activist 
Life
 
Monday, Oct 13
7pm – Trafficking of Women and the Mail-Order Bride System
 
Tuesday, Oct 14
12pm - How  Much American and How Much Asian? Creating Uniqueness (at the Asian American Cultural Center, 1210 W. Nevada, U)
7pm - Women and Migration: How Migrant Women Maintain the American Family
 
Wednesday, Oct 15
7pm - The Presidential Elections: The Palin Phenomenon 
 
Thursday, Oct 16
7pm - Memories of a Forgotten War - A 2nd generation Filipina imagines the US annexation of the Philippines (film screening)
 
Ninotchka Rosca is an outstanding contemporary writer, human rights activist, and feminist. A political prisoner under the Marcos regime in the Philippines, she was forced into exile when threatened with a second arrest. She serves on the board of the Survivors Committee, a network of former political prisoners and human rights activists. She has also been in leadership positions with Amnesty International and the PEN American Center. Rosca was a founder and the first national chair of GABRIELA, the preeminent women's rights organization of the Philippines. She is the international spokesperson of GABRIELA's Purple Rose Campaign against the trafficking of women, with an emphasis on Filipinas. She was active in planning the UN Conference on Women which took place in Beijing, China. Rosca is particularly concerned with women's human rights focusing on the issues of sex tourism, trafficking, the mail-order bride industry, and violence against women. She is
 the author of six books, one of which earned the 1993 American Book Award for excellence in literature. Rosca's short stories have been included in several anthologies, among them, the 1986 Best 100 Short Stories in the U.S. compiled by Raymond Carver and the Missouri Review Anthology. She is a frequent contributor to Ms. Magazine, The Nation, Village Voice, Q and other U.S. and European periodicals. 
 
 
Laura Haber
Program Director of Unit One
68 Allen Hall 
MC-050
1005 W. Gregory drive
Urbana, IL 61801
lhaber at illinois.edu
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