EPIIC

X-Effect is the youngest group at the IGL. It was founded by two EPIIC alums who wanted to create an outlet for people of all majors with an interest in women's issues to explore their interest in critical, thought provoking ways. As X-Effect grows, it is our hope to build a vast network of students, academics and professionals to connect members to for event planning, research, internships and more and to sponsor significant research projects through which members can meaningfully contribute to the women's issues that mean most to them.

Followed by a discussion with Just Vision's Suhad Babaa

The Film

My Neighbourhood chronicles the story of Mohammed El Kurd, a Palestinian teenager whose family is forced to share a section of their East Jerusalem home with Israeli settlers. When Israeli activists arrive in his neighborhood to join residents in protests against the settlements, Mohammed comes of age in the midst of unrelenting tension with his neighbors and unexpected cooperation with Israeli allies in his backyard. Directed by Julia Bacha and Rebekah Wingert-Jabi.

Speakers:
JT Thompson: After being released from Louisiana’s Angola State Penitentiary in 2003 after 18 years—14 on death row—for a murder he did not commit, Thompson founded Resurrection After Exoneration, the only reentry, transitional housing and resource center for men who were wrongly convicted and exonerated.