Virtual Events

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**The Meridians Project: NWSA 2024 Conference Roundtable**

Meridians Editor Dr. Ginetta E.B. Candelario led the journal’s annual NWSA conference session, “The Meridians Project: A Roundtable on Scholarship, Mentorship, and Women of Color Feminist Methods of Knowledge Production.”

Panelists included: Paula J. Giddings, Meridians Editor Emerita; Dr. Basuli Deb, Guest Editor of Vol. 23, No. 1 special issue “Indigenous Feminisms Across the World”; and Dr. Zeynep K. Korkman, winner of the 2024 Paula J. Giddings Best Article Award for her essay “(Mis)Translations of the Critiques of Anti-Muslim Racism and the Repercussions for Transnational Feminist Solidarities,” which was published in Vol. 22, No. 2 in fall 2023.

Meridians Volume 22 Celebration

Meridians Volume 22 Virtual Celebration featuring contributors from Vol. 22, No. 1 “BIPOC Europe” and Vol. 22, No. 2 “Mosaic.”

**“The Meridians Project: 23 Years of Supporting Feminist Women of Color Knowledge Production” – May 2023**

A virtual conversation, led by Meridans Editor, Ginetta E.B. Candelario ’90, about the importance of showcasing cutting-edge work at the intersection of race, gender, and ethnicity, featuring the 2023 Paula J. Giddings Best Essay Award and Elizabeth Alexander Creative Writing winners. Check out their works in the links provided below:

Paula J. Giddings Best Essay Awardees

PLGA Winner Dr. Sandra Ruiz, “A Light for a Light · Minoritarian Aesthetics and the Politics of Grief-Work” Vol 21, No. 2 (2022)
PLGA Honorable Mention Dr. Jennifer “Jae” Williams, “Apologizing to Chavers: #Blackgirlmagic’s Resilience Discourse and the Fear of Melancholy Black Femme Digital Subjectivity” Vol 21, No. 1 (2022)
PLGA Honorable Mention Dr. Asli Zengin, “Caring for the Dead: Corpse Washers, Touch, and Mourning in Contemporary Turkey” Vol 21, No. 2 (2022)

Elizabeth Alexander Creative Writing Awardees

EACWA Poetry Winner, Yalie Kamara, “American Beech, ” Vol 22, No. 1
EACWA Prose Winner, Cece Roth-Eagle, “Mes del Viento/Month of Wind,” Vol 23, No. 1

Volume 21 Celebration – December 2022

A virtual celebration featuring a panel of contributors from both Volume 21 issues:

21.1: Black Feminisms in the Caribbean and the United States
21.2: Feminist Mournings
View the event program for a list of participating contributors and their work

NWSA 2021 Roundtable

The Meridians Project: A Roundtable on Scholarship, Mentorship, and Alternative Methods of Knowledge Production with Paula J. Giddings, Ginetta E.B. Candelario and Award Winners Maile Arvin (2019) and Leigh-Anne Francis (2020)

20th Anniversary Celebration
April 29, April 30, May 1, 2021

Day One

Day Two

Day Three

View all videos from the 20th Anniversary Celebration on the Meridians Journal YouTube Page

Volume 19 Celebration – November 2020

A virtual celebration featuring a panel of contributors from both Volume 19 issues:

Panel Discussion: Womanhood and Women’s Rights – October 2020

Panel discussion led by Professor and Meridians Editor Ginetta E.B. Candelario, with artist Lina Puerta, artist and author Elia Alba, and art historian Tatiana Reinoza, presented in partnership with New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)