Grit City Think & Drink | May 2025
NONVIOLENCE AND THE RIGHT TO SELF DEFENSE: A DIALOGUE ON FEMINISM, RACISM AND MOVEMENTS FOR CHANGE WITH CAROLYN WEST AND MIKE HONEY, UW TACOMA
Tuesday, MAY 13th, 2025
6:30PM – 7:30PM
This dialogue draws on Carolyn West’s teaching, writing and work with the public to curb violence against women and Michael Honey’s teaching, writing and work on labor and civil rights history and nonviolence as a means to bring change. They have both been very active in the public sphere and will talk about their experiences with trying to bring about change.
Dr. Carolyn M. West is an award-winning author, internationally recognized speaker and documentary filmmaker, and expert witness. For more than three decades, she has been investigating gender-based violence, with a special focus on domestic violence and sexual assault in the lives of African American women. Dr. West is featured in the upcoming documentary Chris Brown: A History of Violence, which will premiere October 27 on Investigation Discovery.
Founding UWT faculty and emeritus professor Michael Honey brought renowned nonviolence leader James Lawson to campus. With the help of Paul Lovelady, Adam Nolan and others at UWT, he made Lawson’s lectures into a film called Love and Solidarity and a book, Revolutionary Nonviolence, Organizing for Freedom. A recipient of Guggenheim, Harvard Radcliffe and other fellowships and book awards, Honey is currently writing a book about his time as a movement organizer in the South after Martin Luther King’s death. He has donated part of his civil rights book collection to the UWT Library Chihuly Reading Room.
Grit City Think & Drink brings scholars and experts from various disciplines face-to-face with the public in a comfortable, lively atmosphere, either virtually or in person. The evening begins with a presentation or lecture (often interactive) followed by giveaways and a moderated Q&A. Grit City Think & Drink is free to the public and open to all ages.
Grit City Think & Drink presented by UWT in our Tacoma event space every 2nd Tuesday of the month. Open and free to the public!
