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The 2006 Stanton/Anthony Conversations-
100 Years Since Susan B.: The Future of Feminism

Panelist Biographies:

Awista Ayub, a 2001 alumna of the University of Rochester and education and health officer with the Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington, D.C. In 2003, Ayub founded the Afghan Youth Sports Exchange, using sports to develop leadership skills among Afghani youth. More than 250 girls in the capital city of Kabul have attended the non-profit organization's sports camps. In July, Ayub was featured in Glamour magazine and named a "Person of the Week" by ABC Nightly News. 


Crystal Lander , campus program director for the Feminist Majority Foundation. The Foundation works on issues of women's equality ad empowerment, and Lander manages the organization's programs on more than 200 campuses. Previously, she was community action manager for the international division of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. In 2005, Lander received the Young Women of Achievement Award from the Women's Information Network. 


Dawn Lundy Martin , co-founder of the Third Wave Foundation and co-author of The Fire This Time, an anthology of feminist writings by young activists and artists. The Third Wave Foundation is a multiracial, multi-issue and multicultural activist organization that supports social justice movements led by young women and transgender youth between the ages of 15 and 30. Martin, currently a doctoral student in English literature at the University of Massacusetts at Amherst, has published poems and articles in Transfer, Forward Motion, and other magazines. 


Julianne Nigro, a sophomore at the University of Rochester and secretary of the Women's Caucus, a campus organization that addresses international and domestic women's issues. Nigro is also the vice president of the campus chapter of Amnesty International, a worldwide campaign for human rights.