Liza Maza
Is an activist and parliamentarian representing the Gabriela Women's Party in the 13th Congress of the Philippines. In the 12th Congress, she served as the sole woman representative of Bayan Muna. She was an author and a sponsor of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003 and co-authored the Anti-Violence in Women and Children Act (Anti-VAWC). Passionate about public service and activism since her days as a student leader at the University of the Philippines, Liza worked as a researcher and taught for St. Scholastica College. She worked with GABRIELA Philippines, the largest and most militant alliance of women's organizations in the Philippines.
She became part of the editors collective for LAYA magazine. Liza was Secretary General of GABRIELA for fourteen years. She was a founding member of the Asia section of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and a member of the executive committee of the Women's International Democratic Federation.
Dr. Dolores Chew
Is a longtime activist and community organizer with the South Asian Women's Community
Centre in Montreal of which she is also a founding member. She is an historian and teacher and Research Associate at the Simone de Beauvoir Institute as well as the Chair of the Liberal & Creative Arts Department at Marianopolis College in Montreal. Dr. Chew combines academic expertise with grassroots activism and is one of the founding members of Women of Diverse Origins. She has been an inspiration to young women both as her students and as activists involved in fighting for women's rights. She has been actively involved in campaigns against
racial profiling and patriarchal violence against women. She is a founding member of CERAS
(the South Asia Centre) in Montreal. She has written and presented extensively on issues such
as racial discrimination in Canada, violence against women in India, and the oppression and injustice of the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
Brenda Stokely Is a human rights activist dedicated to ending all forms of national oppression, racism, sexism
and exploitation of workers. She co-found and built several key organizations, including
The 2004 Million Worker March Movement (Co-NE Regional Organizer), NY Labor Against
the War (Co-convener), Local 215 (former President), Social Service Employees and
District Council 1707 (Former President), and AFSCME (American Federation of State,
County & Municipal Employees, representing 25,000 human service workers) (former President). She is a rank and file member in both private and public sectors who has won union recognition, just contracts, and internal union democracy. She is also a founding member of Troops Out
Now, Blacks in Solidarity Against the War, May 1st Coalition for Workers and Immigrant
Rights, NY Solidarity Coalition with Katrina/Rita Survivors, and Coalition to Save Harlem.
SHOUT OUT FORUMAT MASSEY HALL IN TORONTO CANADA
Part 1, In this segment, RAW, Vandana Shiva, Clayton Thomas- Muller and Amy Goodman
Shou out Part 2
, In this segment are, Leo Gerard, RAW, John Hilary,
Shout Part 3, In this segment are Pablo Solon, Naomi Klein Maude Barlow
Ryerson Students' Union presents Dr. Vandana Shiva
Vandana Shiva is a physicist, ecologist, feminist activist, editor and author of many books,
and the Vice President of Global Movement Slow Food International.
* Global Awareness Week*
From Boom to Bust: How Capitalism is Equity's Burden and OUR Problem
Vicki Noble, Part 1 of 3
Motherworld Conference at York University Toronto October 2009
Vicki Noble is a radical feminist healer, author, independent scholar and wisdom teacher. Born in 1947 and raised in Iowa, she awakened to the Goddess and Women's Spirituality on her arrival in Berkeley, California in 1976. Through a 'shamanic healing crisis', she opened psychically to the healing, art, yoga, and divination processes that led to the creation of the Motherpeace tarot. Since then she has written several books, including Shakti Woman (a handbook for healers) and The Double Goddess (a history of female shamanism). She has developed a powerful ritual healing process, teaches and lectures internationally.
Vicki Noble, Part 1
Motherworld Conference at York University Toronto October 2009
Vicki Noble, Part 2
Motherworld Conference at York University Toronto October 2009
Vicki Noble, Part 3
Motherworld Conference at York University Toronto October 2009