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Sara Milena Ferrer Valencia (Colombia) – Sara Milena Ferrer Valencia holds an LLB from the University of Cartagena and an LLM from the University of Notre Dame. She worked for five years at the Colombian Constitutional Court, where she focused on cases related with the rights of victims of forced displacement, prior consultation, rights to land and territory, and others entitlements to victims of historic and systematic discrimination. She has also specialized in public policy and its relation with economic, social and cultural rights. Returning to Colombia, she worked with organizations aimed at protecting Afro-Colombian communities’ rights, such as PCN and Afrodes, on issues related to addressing the impacts of the armed conflict on Afro-Colombian communities and populations. Currently, she is a researcher at Dejusticia and Racial Discrimination Watch.
Bodies of Revolution: Women Rise Against the Violence of Police, States & Empire was presented live at Columbia Law school on 5 Dec, 2015 by One Billion Rising, the African American Policy Forum, and the Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies. The two panels were moderated by Laura Flanders, of The Laura Flanders Show. For more information on the event, visit onebillionrising.org/bodiesofrevolution
Sara Milena Ferrer Valencia (Colombia) – Sara Milena Ferrer Valencia holds an LLB from the University of Cartagena and an LLM from the University of Notre Dame. She worked for five years at the Colombian Constitutional Court, where she focused on cases related with the rights of victims of forced displacement, prior consultation, rights to land and territory, and others entitlements to victims of historic and systematic discrimination. She has also specialized in public policy and its relation with economic, social and cultural rights. Returning to Colombia, she worked with organizations aimed at protecting Afro-Colombian communities’ rights, such as PCN and Afrodes, on issues related to addressing the impacts of the armed conflict on Afro-Colombian communities and populations. Currently, she is a researcher at Dejusticia and Racial Discrimination Watch.
Bodies of Revolution: Women Rise Against the Violence of Police, States & Empire was presented live at Columbia Law school on 5 Dec, 2015 by One Billion Rising, the African American Policy Forum, and the Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies. The two panels were moderated by Laura Flanders, of The Laura Flanders Show. For more information on the event, visit onebillionrising.org/bodiesofrevolution
