IRAAS presents our ANNUAL ZORA NEALE HURSTON LECTURE “BLACK GIRL VISION: Inter-generational Movement Building for Race & Gender Equity” with JOANNE N. SMITH, MSW. Founder & Executive Director- Girls for Gender Equity (GGE) http://www.ggenyc.org/

Location: Barnard College – Barnard Hall
James Room- 4th Floor
3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027

Joanne N. Smith

Joanne N. Smith, founder and Executive Director, moves Girls for Gender Equity (GGE) closer to its mission through strategic advocacy, development, and leadership cultivation. Ms. Smith is a Haitian-American social worker born in NY. A staunch human rights advocate, Smith is co-chair of the nation's first Young Women's Initiative for girls of color in NYC, co-chair of the Expert Advisory Council to Ending Girls’ Incarceration. She serves as a steering committee member of Black Girl Movement and a Movement Maker with Move to End Violence -a 10-year initiative designed to strengthen the collective capacity to end gender based violence in the United States. Smith is featured on the summer 2016 Gender Justice issue of YES! Magazine sharing her experience of intersectional feminism. Joanne is an alumna of Hunter Graduate School of Social Work and Columbia Institute for Nonprofit Management. She has co-authored Hey Shorty: A Guide to Combating Sexual Harassment and Violence in Public Schools and on the Streets. Girls for Gender Equity's work to combat sexual harassment in schools is featured in the 2014 documentary Anita: Speak Truth to Power. Smith resides in Brooklyn, NY. More information about Girls for Gender Equity (GGE) may be found at ggenyc.org.

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