AfroLez® Productions Events

Violence Against Black Women | Aishah Shahidah Simmons’ Events

Welcome to the AfroLez® Productions Events Page, which features a listing of  Screenings, Lectures, Readings & Signings, and Workshops from January 2010 through present day.

Please visit the NO! Archives page to view the listing of Screenings, Lectures, Readings & Signings, and Workshops from 2001 through 2009.

If you want to bring Aishah Shahidah Simmons to your event, please go to the Booking Request Page for all inquiries regarding bookings, screenings, workshops, and interviews.

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2010 Events

April 28, 2010
The Black/African American Cultural Center, Women’s Programs and Studies, The Student Alliance for Gender Education host
Screening of NO! and Discussion facilitated by Aishah Shahidah Simmons
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado
6pm

April 26, 2010
Screening of NO! and Talk with Aishah Shahidah Simmons
The University of Kansas
Kansas Union
http://www2.ku.edu/~ssts_apps/cgi-bin/silcCalendar/index.shtml?m=04&d=27&y=2010&view=day
Lawrence, Kansas
7:00pm

April 22, 2010
Resources for Sexual Violence Prevention (RSVP) and Health Promotions, along with the following Community Partners: YWCA Metropolitan Chicago, Pow-Wow, INC., Pillar of Love Fellowship United Church of Christ and E3 Radio Presents…

Screening and post film discussion with Filmmaker Aishah Shahidah Simmons for NO! The Rape Documentary
The University of Chicago
Biological Sciences Learning Center (BSLC)
Room 001 (Lower Level Auditorium)
924 E. 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
Dinner Provided
6:30pm

April 14, 2010
Africana Women’s Studies/Womanist Religious Studies host
Screening of NO! and Discussion facilitated by Aishah Shahidah Simmons
Bennett College for Women
Greensboro, NC
6:00pm

April 12, 2010
Multicultural Affairs and Take Back The Night Committee host
Screening of NO! and Discussion facilitated by Aishah Shahidah Simmons
Kenyon College
Kenyon, OH
7:00pm

April 9, 2010
The Department of Social Work, the Women’s Issues Group and the Office for Diversity & Multicultural Affairs host
Special Screening of the Award -winning film Precious followed by a panel discussion with Aishah Shahidah Simmons, Sarah Hund-Brown, Lydia Cornelius, and Henry Reiff.

BRIEF Panelists Bios:
Aishah Shahidah Simmons, an award-winning filmmaker and producer of “NO! The Rape Documentary”
Sarah Hund-Brown, Community Educator for Rape Crisis Intervention Services of Carroll County
Lydia Cornelius, Clinical Social Worker at the University of Maryland Institute for Human Virology’s Evelyn Jordan Center
Henry Reiff, Dean of Graduate and Professional Studies at McDaniel
McDaniel College
Westminister, MD
7pm

April 7, 2010
Screening of NO! and Talk with Aishah Shahidah Simmons
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY
7pm

April 1, 2010
The Purdue Women’s Studies Program Presents:
A screening of NO! The Rape Documentary with a discussion led by Aishah Shahidah Simmons
http://www.cla.purdue.edu/womens-studies/documents/newsletter-spring10.pdf
Purdue University
Lawson Hall, Room 1142
West Lafayette, IN
3:00pm – 5:00pm

March 11, 2010
The Department of Performance Studies, The Department of African American Studies,The Gender Studies Program, The Radio-TV-Film Department, S.H.A.P.E. and The Ellen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media at Columbia College present:
Screening of NO! and Discussion with Aishah Shahidah Simmons
http://communications.northwestern.edu/departments/performancestudies/news/newsletter/Winter_10.pdf
Annie May Swift Auditorium
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
5:30pm

March 1- 2, 2010
Artist-in-Residence, Emporia State University
http://www.emporia.edu/news/archives/2010/february/simmons_film.htm
Emporia, Kansas