Gwyn Kirk on Woman-Stirred Radio

Please join Merry Gangemi and her guest, Gwyn Kirk, this Thursday, September 20 at 5pm (EDT), on Woman-Stirred Radio.

Kirk holds a PhD in political sociology from the London School of Economics. She is a scholar-activist concerned with gender, racial and environmental justice. Kirk has taught courses in women’s studies, environmental studies, political science, and sociology at U.S. universities and colleges, and publishes a textbook/anthology, Women’s Lives: Multicultural Perspectives (McGraw-Hill), co-edited with Dr. Margo Okazawa-Rey.

Kirk writes extensively on ecofeminism, militarism, and peace organizing. A current project is Women for Genuine Security. She is a founding member of the East Asia-US-Puerto Rico Women's Network Against Militarism, which links scholars and activists who deal with the effects of U.S. military bases, budgets, and operations on local communities.

Her current research and writing focuses on organizing efforts to promote cleanup and healing from contamination caused by military operations and war.

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