Beyond Borders: Women's Stories and the Art of Bearing Witness

Fascinating storytellers share the intimate, personal accounts of women’s lived experiences and talk with Suffolk University professors about their work. They also entertain questions from Suffolk students and the public.

In the first season: Laura Levitt, professor, Religion, Jewish Studies and Gender, Temple University, Patricia Davis, noted author, poet, and playwright, Alba Jaramillo, executive director, Arizona Justice For Our Neighbors and nationally recognized human rights and social justice advocate, and Phoebe Potts, writer, performer and director. These four captivating women share stories which bear witness to struggles about human rights, memory, belonging, and love.

In the second season: Catherine Filloux, award winning playwright, human rights and social justice advocate, Alicia Partnoy, internationally acclaimed poet, author, survivor, scholar, and human rights activist, Mu Sochua, outspoken and respected Cambodian politician who has dedicated her life to fighting for women’s rights and democracy in Southeast Asia, and Amira Al-Sharif, Yemeni photojournalist who in her nearly two-decade career has documented the multi-cultural lives of women, the beauty in ordinary daily life, and the horror of a long-raging and brutal war. Hear their extraordinary stories of hope, survival, bravery, and perseverance.

Fascinating storytellers share the intimate, personal accounts of women’s lived experiences and talk with Suffolk University professors about their work. They also entertain questions from Suffolk students and the public.

In the first season: Laura Levitt, professor, Religion, Jewish Studies and Gender, Temple University, Patricia Davis, noted author, poet, and playwright, Alba Jaramillo, executive director, Arizona Justice For Our Neighbors and nationally recognized human rights and social justice advocate, and Phoebe Potts, writer, performer and director. These four captivating women share stories which bear witness to struggles about human rights, memory, belonging, and love.

In the second season: Catherine Filloux, award winning playwright, human rights and social justice advocate, Alicia Partnoy, internationally acclaimed poet, author, survivor, scholar, and human rights activist, Mu Sochua, outspoken and respected Cambodian politician who has dedicated her life to fighting for women’s rights and democracy in Southeast Asia, and Amira Al-Sharif, Yemeni photojournalist who in her nearly two-decade career has documented the multi-cultural lives of women, the beauty in ordinary daily life, and the horror of a long-raging and brutal war. Hear their extraordinary stories of hope, survival, bravery, and perseverance.