How can activists use knowledge to advance their

campaigns? How can scholars and activists work collaboratively to

produce and promote knowledge that is grounded in feminist and social

justice frameworks? Activists who have been able to produce and use

knowledge to initiate change across numerous issues contribute to

this conversation about the uses of knowledge in activist work.

Panelists include Rinku Sen (Applied Research Center), Dean Spade '97

(University of Seattle School of Law), and Jamia Wilson (Women's Media

Center). This discussion, moderated by Laura Flanders '85 (GRITtv), took

place on the second day of Activism and the Academy: Celebrating 40

Years of Feminist Scholarship and Action, a two-day conference held

September 23-24, 2011 in honor of the 40th anniversary of the Barnard

Center for Research on Women.