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A soul-searching journey to the roots of Brazil...
Join us as we meet the keepers of ancient knowledge!
Faculty, students, staff and friends are invited!
Pre-Premiere Documentary Screening & Discussion
with
KIRK BOWMAN
Co-Producer of Women of Earth
Co-founder and director of the International NGO Rise Up & Care (www.riseup.care)
Jon R. Wilcox Term Professor in Soccer and Global Politics, International Affairs, Georgia Tech
September 18, 2019 | 6 pm
Georgia Tech Alumni House (Griffin Ballroom), 190 North Ave. NW
Reception to follow
Mulheres da Terra [Women of Earth] is a project that aims to increase the visibility of the stories of women who play important social roles in their communities. Their names are many: midwives, faith healers, herbalists, shamans and community leaders. Here, we honor their stories.
They are all over the world, in the roots of all peoples and cultures…
Co-organized by the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and the Atlanta Global Studies Center