Food for Thought Books

Please join us at the Amherst College Stirn Auditorium as Food For Thought Books Collective and Amherst College American Studies, Black Studies, Women and Gender Studies, Center for Community Engagement and the Lucius Root Eastman Fund co-sponsor FLOODLINES: The Community and Resistance Tour, an exciting movement-building national tour featuring speakers, images, short videos, and inspiration which seeks to communicate about current struggles for justice and liberation, from the current BP Oil Drilling Disaster devastating the Gulf Coast to nooses hung in the northern Louisiana town of Jena. In Amherst, the tour will feature Jordan Flaherty, Jesse Muhammad and Victoria Law as they explore topics ranging from women organizing inside prisons to cultural resistance.

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Scraps of Life: Arpilleras by Iris Palma

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Arpilleras are handcrafted three dimensional appliqué textiles made with needle, thread and scraps of cloth. A folk art tradition with origins in the Chilean coastal town of Isla Negra, arpilleras became a form of political protest and social transformation during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990) when women gathered clandestinely to create arpilleras that depicted the political and economic violence they faced under military rule. Since the transition to democracy, women have continued to make arpilleras that reflect the on-going political and economic struggles they face and speak to their visions of a justice society.

The ever-awesome Get Up Get Down crew from Youth Action Coalition created this amazing mural on our sidewall the spring & summer of 2007. We are honored to have been chosen to host such a compelling piece of art for the whole community to see & share. Thank you Get Up Get Down!  

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• YAC gallery of the mural's creation & unveiling
• FFT Flickr gallery of the mural