Julia Sudbury - Activist Scholarship

KAMALA KEMPADOO, SERIES EDITOR

Books in the Series:

ACTIVIST SCHOLARSHIP

ANTIRACISM, FEMINISM,
AND SOCIAL CHANGE

First published 2009 by Paradigm Publishers

Published 2016 by Routledge
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Activist scholarship : antiracism, feminism, and social change/edited by
Julia Sudbury and Margo Okazawa-Rey.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-59451-608-5 (hardcover : alk. paper)

1. Social movements. 2. Social problems. 3. College teachersPolitical

activity. 4. College studentsPolitical activity. I. Sudbury, Julia. II. Okazawa-Rey, Margo.

HN18.3.A38 2009

303.484088378dc22

2008039135

Designed and Typeset by Straight Creek Bookmakers.

ISBN 13: 978-1-59451-608-5 (hbk)
ISBN 13: 978-1-59451-609-2 (pbk)

We would like to thank all those who participated in the Activist Scholarship symposium that took place at the University of Toronto in 20052006Linda Carty, Piya Chatterjee, Aziz Choudry, Janet Conway, Monisha Das Gupta, Radha DSouza, Catherine Frazee, Michael Hames-Garcia, Kate Kaul, Lilia Labidi, Shahrzad Mojab, Patricia Monture-Angus, Priscilla Settee, Nandita Sharma, Andrea Smith, Cynthia Wright and Rafeef Ziadehand the members of the Social Justice Cluster at the University of Toronto. A special thanks to the contributors to this volume. Your collective intellectual insights and political commitments made this book possible. We are also grateful to all of the antiracist, feminist, and anti-imperialist scholar, artist, and community activists who have been our teachers, our companions, and our beloved community on this journey.

This project was made possible by funding for a Canada Research Chair in Social Justice, Equity, and Diversity at the University of Toronto. We are grateful for the institutional and financial support received from the Canada Research Chairs program; the Faculty of Social Work, Center for Applied Social Research, and Women and Gender Studies Institute at the University of Toronto; and the Department of Ethnic Studies at Mills College. We are also grateful to Kamala Kempadoo and all at Paradigm Publishers for their patience and care.

Margo Okazawa-Rey:I would like to thank members of the International Womens Network Against Militarism and the staff of the Womens Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling for their willingness to share their experiences, insights, and knowledge. It is through them that I continually learn about transnational feminist praxis and activist scholarship and that I am inspired and nourished to continue the work. I am particularly indebted to Gwyn Kirk, Martha Matsuoka, Debbie Lee, Yon Ja Kim, Il Soon Ahn, Young Nim Yu, Suzuyo Takazato, Yoko Fukumura, Mara Reinat-Pumarejo, Alma Bulawan, and Aida Santos of the Network and to Maha Abu-Dayyeh, Soraida Hussein, Luna Saadeh, Fatmeh Moaqqet, Hanan Abu-Gosh, Shatha Odeh, Ashraf Abu-Haye, and Ghadeer Abdeen at WCLAC. My life in Palestine was made richer by the friendship, conversations, and dinners with Mrs. Widad Abu-Dayyeh, Fareed Mura, Judy Blanc, Um Ibrahim, and Ahmad Illftawi. I also thank Amina Mama, who introduced me to African feminist activist scholarship, and the Regional Coordinators of the 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize/Peace Women Across the Globe and the Coalition of Women Human Rights Defenders, who have shown me the power of transnational collective work. I remain indebted to my Fielding Graduate University colleagues Lita Furby, Placida Gallegos, and Steve Schapiro, who consistently nourish me. Finally, I am deeply grateful to Gwyn Kirk, Prentice Wells, Melinda Wells, Annette Dula, Mark Gross, and Julia Sudbury for their encouragement, love, and joy. I dedicate this book to the late Mrs. Willa Mae Wells and the late Larry Wells, whose love has sustained me most of my life, and to my late parents Kazuko Okazawa and Sidney Rey, who instilled the value and power of education and lifelong learning.

Julia Sudbury:I would like to thank the student activists at the University of Toronto and those at Mills College who continue to inspire me and bring joy to my work. I also thank past and present members of the Prisoner Justice Action CommitteeToronto, Critical Resistance, Justice Now, Incite! Women of Color Against Violence, Arizona Prison Moratorium Coalition, Osaba Womens Centre, and all the activists and organizers who have taught, nurtured, and challenged me along the way. I am grateful to the many scholars and colleagues who have opened doors for me and those whose friendship sustains me, including Maud Blair, Amina Mama, Kum-Kum Bhavnani, Avtar Brah, Gail Lewis, Angela Y. Davis, Nadine Naber, Andrea Smith, Clarissa Rojas, M. Jacqui Alexander, Beth Richie, Ruthie Gilmore, Dylan Rodriguez, Izumi Sakamoto, Shahrzad Mojab, Alissa Trotz, Rinaldo Walcott, Joi Lewis, Maggie Hunter, Jean Wong, Dborah Berman Santana, Melinda Micco, Vivian Chin, and Christine Williams. I thank my family and loved ones for their encouragement and support: Mary and George Sudbury; Mark, Marian, Peter, and families; Sonny, Grace, Michael, and Chris Oparah; Cindy and Ike Njemanze; Pam Green; Margo Okazawa-Rey; Notisha Massaquoi; Cata Stewart; Mark Perez; and Nadine Albert. I dedicate this book to Mami Wata and to my nephew Teddy.