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Filming highlights how Indigenous women influenced suffrage movement
The PRISM Multicultural Center, Office of Inclusion/Diversity/Equity/
Accountability invites the MCC Community to attend the screening of.......
WITHOUT A WHISPER
Is the untold story of how Indigenous women influenced early suffragists in
their fight for freedom and equality through a virtual screening of a new
documentary film by Akwesasne resident Katsitsionni Wagner as they seek to
correct the historical narrative about the origins of women's rights in the
United States.
Open viewing of this film is from Monday, Nov. 9th to Sunday
November 15, 2020
A question-and-answer session with the filmmaker will take place
Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. Registration for both the virtual screening
and the Q&A is available by visiting https://form.jotform.com
/202884609227158 or www.nccc.edu/live
Before the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls in 1848, European
colonial women lacked even the most basic rights, while Haudenosaunee women had
a potent political and spiritual voice and authority in all aspects of their
lives. The contact that the early suffragists had with Haudenosaunee women in
New York state shaped their thinking and had a vital impact on their struggle
for equality that is taken for granted today.
"Without a Whisper - Konnon:Kwe" follows Mohawk Bear Clan Mother Louise
Herne and Professor Sally Roesch Wagner as they seek to correct the historical
narrative about the origins of women's rights in the United States.
After the screening, a copy of the film will remain part of the North
Country Community College library digital collection.
North Country Community College, Paul Smith's College and the Zonta Club of
the Adirondacks are co-sponsoring a free screening of "Without a Whisper -
Konnon:Kwe," which will be available for viewing Nov. 9-15. A
question-and-answer session with the filmmaker will take place Nov. 12 at 7
p.m.
Questions about the screening of "Without a Whisper - Konnon:Kwe" may be
directed to Kim Irland, Dean of Students at North Country Community College, at
kirland@nccc.edu
Office: McCormick Hall, Room C-19 23 Santanoni Ave., Saranac Lake
Campus
Mailing address: PO Box 89, Saranac Lake, NY 12983
888-TRY-NCCC 518-891-2915 Ext. 1205 nccc.edu
Attached Files:
WITHOUT A WHISPER.pdf
Batistta-Provost, Shirley
Inclusion/Diversity/Equity and Accountability
10/27/2020