UPCOMING EVENTS
October 3 Fairfield CT
Presented by Sacred Heart University at the
Edgerton Center for the Performing Arts
Producer Abigail E. Disney will attend a keynote presentation on Women, War & Peace followed by a Q&A
Time: 7:00pm
October 4 Cambridge MA
Presented by Harvard University
John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
Harvard University
Screening of clips from Women, War & Peace and a discussion with producer Abigail E. Disney.
Time: 6:00pm
October 5 Washington D.C.
Presented by Congressman Russ Carnahan, the Office of Senator John Kerry, the Office of Senator Barbara Boxer, the U.S. Institute of Peace, The Institute for Inclusive Security, and Vital Voices.
Screening of Peace Unveiled and a discussion with producers Abigail E. Disney and Gini Reticker.
October 6 San Diego CA
"Women, Media, Revolution" Symposium
Screening of Peace Unveiled, part of Women, War & Peace
Followed by Q&A with Gini Reticker
Peace and Justice Theatre
University of San Diego
5998 Alcala Park
Time: 5:00pm
October 10 Brooklyn NY
YWCA Brooklyn and ITVS Community Cinema screening of Peace Unveiled, part of Women, War & Peace
Followed by Q&A with Abigail Disney and Gini Reticker
Roulette Theatre
YWCA Brooklyn
30 Third Avenue
Please check event website for times.
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| Mighty Be Our Powers |
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Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War, the memoir by Leymah Gbowee with Carol Mithers published by the Daily Beast's Beast Books is now available everywhere!
Purchase the book on Barnes & Noble by clicking here »
Purchase the book on amazon.com by clicking here »
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, 1984
“Mighty Be Our Powers reminds us that even in the worst of times, humanity’s best can shine through.”
BOOK TOUR for MIGHTY BE OUR POWERS
with Leymah Gbowee and Carol Mithers
SANTA BARBARA, CA
10/2: UC Santa Barbara Arts and Lectures Public Event
UCSB Campbell Hall, Building 402
507 Mesa Road
4:00pm
Click here for more information about this event »
LOS ANGELES, CA
10/3: Los Angeles Public Library Public Event
630 W. Fifth Street
7:00pm
Click here for more information about this event »
SEATTLE, WA
10/4: Town Hall Public Event
co-sponsored by University Bookstore
Great Hall, 1119 8th Ave
7:00pm-8:30pm
Click here for more information about this event »
NEW YORK, NY
10/7:
Interchurch Center
475 Riverside Drive
3:00pm
Also watch out for Leymah on Tavis Smiley scheduled to air next week!
- Links are provided above where available, and we will be posting links to our blog as we get them. If there is no link provided, kindly check your local listings for more information on attending the events.
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On five consecutive Tuesdays beginning October 11, PBS will air nationwide Women, War & Peace, a groundbreaking television series that explores women’s strategic role in conflict and peacebuilding. Women, War & Peace shines a light on women who are changing the rules of engagement in conflict zones from Colombia to Bosnia, Afghanistan to Liberia. The series features celebrity narrators Matt Damon, Tilda Swinton, Geena Davis and Alfre Woodard. Check your local listings to find out when the series will air in your area. Enter your zip code to find your local PBS station here.
HOSTING A VIEWING PARTY IS EASY
Gather your friends and family and tune in to the primetime PBS broadcast of Women, War & Peace!
Oct 11 - I Came To Testify
Oct 18 - Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Oct 25 -Peace Unveiled
Nov 1 - The War We Are Living
Nov 8 -War Redefined
Click here to get a free Viewing Party Guide!
Women, War & Peace is produced by Abigail Disney, Pamela Hogan, and Gini Reticker. The award-winning documentary Pray the Devil Back to Hell, will receive its U.S. broadcast premiere as the episode of Women, War & Peace devoted to Liberia.
www.womenwarandpeace.org
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Women, War & Peace is a production of THIRTEEN and Fork Films in association with WNET and ITVS.
Series Created By: Abigail E. Disney, Pamela Hogan, Gini Reticker
Senior Producer: Nina Chaudry
Filmmakers: Peter Bull, Abigail E. Disney, Pamela Hogan, Gini Reticker, Claudia Rizzi, Oriana Zill Granados
Co-Producers: Nina Chaudry, Johanna Hamilton
Editors: Pascal Akesson, Andrew Fredericks, Kristen Huntley, Rachel Reichman, Meg Reticker, Kate Taverna
Cinematography: Kirsten Johnson, Tony Forma, Lucy Martens
Original Music: Bob Golden, Blake Leyh
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