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Silent Tears: Disability, Violence and Resilience of Women Survivors Globally

April 24, 2018 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Free
An abstract photograph of a silhouette of a woman'd face behind a pane of glass, blurred by water condensing on the pane. The woman remains anonymous.

“Without stories there is silence. Without our stories told, we are voiceless. Without our stories heard, we are invisible. It is even harder when the stories are hard to hear and impossible to imagine.” – Belinda Mason, photographer

Silent Tears is a multi-media exhibition by internationally renowned photographer Belinda Mason, and emerging artists with disability, Dieter Knierim, Margherita Coppolino and Denise Beckwith. The exhibition will run from April 24 through May 16, 2018, in three locations at Union Theological Seminary. Visit the Knox Cloister and Bonhoeffer Room from 9 am to 5 pm on Monday through Friday, and James Chapel from 9 to 11 am and 2 to 5 pm Monday through Friday. Groups may also book Saturday times by appointment, tmessenger@uts.columbia.edu.

Attend the April 24 “Silent Tears” Opening Reception
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ASL Interpretation will be available for the opening reception and panel discussion. The venue is wheelchair accessible.

Opening Reception and Panel
6:oo pm – Reception and exhibition viewing
6:30 pm – Panel presentation
8:30 pm – Exhibition viewing continues

Silent Tears includes the stories of 25 women with disability who come from five continents and 20 countries including Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Guatemala, Mexico, Ecuador, Canada, Germany, Mali, Pakistan, Samoa, USA, South Africa, West Africa, India, Korea, England, Ireland, Italy and the Netherlands.

Silent Tears is representative of violence against women globally and ensures that the lived-experiences and voices of women with disability who experience violence are included in conversations relating to violence perpetrated against all women. In doing so, Silent Tears adheres to the United Nations (UN) definition of violence against women, as any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life (UN, Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women, 1993, p.1)

Narratives are an important part of commencing the healing process and are a major component of policies designed to increase the prevention of violence against women and girls with disability. Silent Tears provides a platform to share the women’s narratives to empower and strengthen. This validates their experiences and enables them to reach out to the wider community in order to shift perceptions and raise awareness of the issue of violence against women with disability. The participants of Silent Tears are illustrative of the broadness of what constitutes disability, the broadness of what constitutes violence as their experiences demonstrate the intersections of culture, gender and identity.

 

Details

Date:
April 24, 2018
Time:
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Cost:
Free
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Website:
http://silenttears.com.au/

Organizer

Union Theological Seminary
Phone
212-280-1591
Email
tmessenger@uts.columbia.edu
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Audience (by age)
Adults (Ages 18 and up)
Special Instructions
Trigger Warning: Silent Tears project contains images and stories that include graphic accounts of violence against women.
Program Image Caption
A participant of Silent Tears, as depicted in the story 'Transparent'.
Program Image Description
An abstract photograph of a silhouette of a woman'd face behind a pane of glass, blurred by water condensing on the pane. The woman remains anonymous.

Venue

Union Theological Seminary, James Chapel 3041 Broadway New York, NY 10027 USA
, James Chapel 3041 Broadway New York
NY, 10027 United States
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Phone
212-280-1591
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