International Justice Week Continues
Through March 30

This week — beginning on Tuesday, March 20, and lasting through March 30 — is International Justice Week at Bryn Mawr. The week's events, organized by a broad coalition of student groups with support from the History Department, the Middle East Studies Initiative, the Peace and Conflict Studies Program and the SGA Special Events Fund, include lectures, film screenings, workshops and exhibitions. Each day is devoted to a different topic. Below is a schedule of upcoming events; for more information, e-mail organizers Jenny Kim '09 and Sarah Alibabaie '09 at JWeek07@gmail.com

Thursday, March 22 — Environmental Injustices

• Marking trees on campus with tape to demonstrate deforestation
• Green-Pink campaign — the relationship between women's health and the environment
• Sex and Environment Workshop — presented by the Sierra Club and Spiritual Youth for Reproductive Freedom, 6 to 8 p.m., Thomas 224

Friday, March 23 — Human Trafficking

• Map activity — each central building on campus represents a continent. Chalk will outline popular sex trafficking routes
• Movie and Discussion — Sisters and Daughters Betrayed, 2-3:30 p.m., 4-5:30 p.m., and 8-9:30 p.m., Campus Center Main Lounge
• Mock contracts written in Vietnamese and Spanish that people will sign at tables in dining halls. The contracts illustrate how women in other countries are duped into signing contracts in English that bind them to work in the sex trade, although they are given oral promises of jobs in other industries. The contents of the contracts will be revealed only after they are signed.

Monday, March 26 — Darfur

• Jerry Ehrlich of Doctors Without Borders to give presentation, The Experiences of an American Pediatrician in Darfur, 4:15-6 p.m., Campus Center Main Lounge
• Large canvas to be handprinted with red paint on Merion Green, as an act of solidarity and a show of how many people are aware of the situation in Darfur

Tuesday, March 27 — Economic Injustices

• Photo Exhibit — Global Poverty, 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Campus Center Main Lounge
• Movie and Discussion — Small Fortune: Microcredit and the Future of Poverty, 4-5:30 p.m. and 7:30-9 p.m., Campus Center Main Lounge
• Bake sale kick-off, will run Tuesday through Friday — all proceeds will go to organizations dedicated to Microfinance
• Hunger Banquet by oneworld — 5:30-7:30 p.m., Rhoads Dining Hall

Wednesday, March 28 — Palestine

• Exhibit of children's drawings — Military Occupation Through the Eyes of Children, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Campus Center Main Lounge
• Norman Finkelstein, Israel and Palestine: Roots of Conflict, Prospects for Peace, 8-10:30 p.m. Reception to follow

Thursday, March 29 — North Korea

• Mock funeral procession, 5-5:45 p.m., Pembroke Arch
• Arrows with slogans drawing attention to the lack of awareness on North Korean issues to be pointed at people passing by

Friday, March 30 — Closing Day

• All-day art and action expo in the Campus Center, with tables outside for each group to distribute more information and ways to follow up and act
• Art Gallery of gathered images from exhibits throughout the week as well as works on the theme of gender and violence in Bali by the Indonesian artist Wiss. Question and answer session with artist Wiss at 7 p.m. Reception to follow.

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