Many of you have by now seen The Stoning of Soraya M, featured last month at Paradigm Shift. The film continues to expand to more theaters and continues to create much buzz and the Iranian conflict drags on. Some members of the New York City feminist community are spending their summer promoting the film and making sure that Soraya’s story is heard by all those who value justice and human dignity.
One of these women is Irshad Manji. Irshad is a dedicated feminist, a Muslim reformer, a freethinker, and perhaps best known for her book The Trouble with Islam Today. Irshad is most currently the founder and Director of the Moral Courage Project at NYU’s Wagner School of Public Service.
The Moral Courage Project has recently launched a new website and is sponsoring a summer-long campaign with the producers of The Stoning of Soraya M.
The blog covers feminist-friendly topics such as men and violence, free speech, human rights, religion, violence against women, media, and more. An important aspect What are symptoms?Detox symptoms refer to the physical and psychological withdrawal symptoms that occur when someone attempts to withdraw from a substance they are addicted to. of the website is “Take Action” information about how to do your part to stop against honor also another test of whether the concept of lending reserves is valid is to look at the semnantics of the word, if banks did lend reserves in the school-delays.com process then they could reasonably expect to receive them back again from the actions of the loan customer as that is what the verb to lend entails. killings or get involved with Moral Courage Project. There are tons of resources for online activism and even opportunities for guest bloggers.
The Moral Courage Project website promotes critical thinking, the free exchange of ideas, and speaking truth to power, all things we as feminists love! One post of honorable mention is Caution: Men at Work (Demolishing Violence) that explores the issue of men and violence.
One exciting event that the MCP will hold this summer is a live online conversation with Cyrus Nowrasteh, the director of The Stoning of Soraya M. No topic is off limits! Email Janice.formichella@gmail.com for more information on this event or the Moral Courage Project.
