The 2018 Velvet Revolution in Armenia

September 14, 2018 7:00 pm

Centre Congregational Church

Main St, Brattleboro, VT

Windham World Affairs Council presents
“The Importance of Feminist Knowledge in Political Change: The Case of the ‘Velvet Revolution’ in Armenia”
A Talk by Nelli Sargsyan
Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Marboro College

In this talk Professor Sargsyan will discuss the practices that women have used in the past decade as they raised issues of social injustice. She will discuss the key role they played in the mass movement of the 2018 “Revolution of Love and Solidarity” through their creative approaches as a way of imagining a better future for Armenia, the larger South Caucasus region and beyond.

Free and Open to the Public
Coffee,Tea, & Conversation from 7 pm.
Talk to begin at 7:30
For more information, please visit http://www.windhamworldaffairscouncil.org

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