Diversity Affairs at Evergreen

Aishah Shahidah Simmons will give a presentation April 19, from 7:00 - 9:00 pm, in the Longhouse. In addition, her documentary NO! will be screened on April 11th, from 3:00 - 4:30 in Lecture Hall 1.

Simmons is the producer, writer, and director of the feature length documentary NO!. She is an award-winning African-American feminist lesbian independent documentary filmmaker, television and radio producer, published writer, international lecturer, and activist based in Philadelphia , PA. In 1992, Aishah Shahidah Simmons founded AfroLez� Productions, an AfroLez�femcentric multimedia arts company committed to using the moving image, the written and spoken word to address those issues which have a negative impact on marginalized and disenfranchised people. Coined in 1990 by Ms. Simmons, AfroLez�femcentric defines the culturally conscious role of Black women who identify as Afrocentric, lesbian, and feminist. For three years she co-produced two monthly public television programs for a PBS affiliate in Philadelphia . Her internationally acclaimed short videos Silence.Broken and In My Father's House, explore the issues of race, gender, homophobia, rape, and misogyny. On April 19th she will be speaking and showing clips of her film No!: The Rape Documentary.

This event is sponsored by Umoja, The Coalition Against Sexual Violence (CASV), Vox: Communities for Choice, Women of Color Coalition, and the WRC.