Goodspeed Lecture Series: Becky Thompson

In her talk, “Born to Belonging: Transnational Feminist Alliances” Thompson focuses on recent transnational activism on women’s issues that sees beyond nation and distance to create a new politics of possibilities.

Thompson is a scholar, activist, and poet. She is the author of many books including “Teaching with Tenderness,” “Survivors on the Yoga Mat,” “When the Center is on Fire,” “A Promise and a “Way of Life.” Her most recent book is the new “Making Mirrors: Righting/Writing by and for Refugees.”