Blue Ridge PBS proudly presents
the following programming and special events as part of this project:

Series premiere!  Women, War and Peace uncovers powerful stories of women’s strategic role in global conflict. The five-part series premieres Tuesday, October 11 at 10 p.m. and continues on Tuesday evenings through November 8.  See more information and clips here. pbs.org/wnet/women-war-and-peace/  

Voices Beyond Borders  short video segments produced by Blue Ridge PBS feature interviews with refugee women in our region. Look for these mini-productions immediately before and after episodes of Women, War and Peace. Segments will also be broadcast intermittently as part of the regular broadcast schedule. 

Visit Voices Beyond Borders  on facebook.

 Community forums 

• Blacksburg—Wednesday, October 12 at 7 p.m.   
  Graduate Life Center Auditorium, Virginia Tech
  Blue Ridge PBS and the Center for Student Engagement and Community Partnerships at Virginia Tech will co-sponsor a community forum, “Putting Women at the Center of Peace and Conflict Resolution Dialogue.” The evening will feature Voices Beyond Borders video segments produced by Blue Ridge PBS, a special screening of Women, War and Peace and a panel discussion. Participants will be Alma and Medina Speco, who were displaced from Bosnia and resettled in Roanoke; Faduma Guhad, a Virginia Tech student originally from Somalia; and Lakshmi Jayaram, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Virginia Tech. Michele James-Deramo, Director of Service-Learning at Virginia Tech, will moderate the forum.
  
  
• Bristol, TN/VA—Wednesday, October 26 at 7 p.m.  
  YWCA Bristol, 106 State Street, Bristol, TN
  Blue Ridge PBS and the YWCA Bristol co-present an evening featuring Voices Beyond Borders video segments produced by Blue Ridge PBS, and a special screening of Women, War and Peace, followed by a panel discussion. The event will be held in connection with the annual Week Without Violence, a nationwide campaign where YWCAs across the county highlight practical, sustainable alternatives to violence, helping make homes, schools, workplaces and neighborhoods safer.