Queer Dreams and Nonprofit Blues: Lessons from Anti-Violence Movements

Queer Dreams and Nonprofit Blues: Lessons from Anti-violence Movements is a series by Dean Spade and Hope Dector.

More Laws = More Violence: Criminalization as a Failed Strategy for Anti-Violence Movements

Featuring Angélica Chárazo, Shira Hassan, Soniya Munshi, Andrea Ritchie, Andrea Smith, and Dean Spade

After Nonprofitization: Reevaluating Anti-Violence Strategies 

Featuring Shira Hassan, Soniya Munshi, Andrea Ritchie, Andrea Smith, and Dean Spade

What Are Alternatives to Nonprofitization and Criminalization: for Anti-Violence Movements

Featuring Shira Hassan, Soniya Munshi, Andrea Smith, and Dean Spade

 

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In October 2013, the Barnard Center for Research on Women and The Engaging Tradition Project at The Center for Gender and Sexuality Law at Columbia Law School co-convened a conference called Queer Dreams and Non-Profit blues to examine the critiques emerging from queer and feminist activists and scholars about the impact of funding on social movement agendas and formations. During the conference, Hope Dector from BCRW and Dean Spade from The Engaging Tradition Project conducted interviews with many of the speakers about their analysis and strategies related to the conference themes. These interviews were edited into 30 short videos that aim to bring these critical perspectives into an accessible format for use in activist spaces and classrooms. These videos highlight the type of knowledge production that is possible when the boundaries between activism and the academy are actively traversed. These videos are also included in The Scholar & Feminist Online issue 12.1-12.2, “Activism and the Academy”: sfonline.barnard.edu/activism-and-the-academy