Goodspeed Lecture: 'Antiracist Solidarity and the Problem of Ending Gender Violence'

The Department of Religion Goodspeed Lecture Series welcomes Traci West presenting, “Antiracist Solidarity and the Problem of Ending Gender Violence.” 

To end gender violence we need antiracist solidarity that crosses national, racial, and ethnic boundaries. It requires risky strategies that address political and religious traditions to which we cling. How do we find the defiant spirituality and collective will needed to build this kind of solidarity in not merely decrying, but ending the violence? 

West is a scholar-activist serving as James W. Pearsall Professor of Christian Social Ethics and African American Studies at Drew University Theological School (NJ). Her teaching, research, and activism focus on gender, racial, and sexuality justice, particularly related to gender violence. In addition to many articles and book chapters, she is the author of Solidarity and Defiant Spirituality: Africana Lessons on Religion, Racism, and Ending Gender Violence (2019) and Disruptive Christian Ethics: When Racism and Women’s Lives Matter (2006).