V-February 2019, in collaboration with the Native American Program, is proud to present this year's keynote speaker: Cinnamon Spear '09, MALS '13 Returning to campus to lead an honest discussion about rape as a tool for colonization and ongoing sexual assault in Indian Country, including a spoken word performance debuting a new piece. Thursday, February 7 5:00 pm Rockefeller 003 Question and answer session to follow [cid:image001.jpg@01D4BE06.AFCCE8F0] Cinnamon Spear (Northern Cheyenne) is a writer, filmmaker, and beadworker from Lame Deer, MT. She is a Dartmouth '09 who majored in Native American Studies, and a Masters of Arts in Liberal Studies '13 concentrated in Creative Writing. Cinnamon worked as a public affairs specialist for the Indian Health Service, both at the Headquarters Office in Washington, DC and the Phoenix Indian Medical Center in Arizona. This spring, Cinnamon will complete a Masters of Fine Arts in Fiction from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. -- Over the past 20 years, V-February, an expansion of the global V-Day Campaign, has evolved as Dartmouth's annual student-led campaign to promote gender equity and end gender- and power-based violence. For accommodations and/or more information, email [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.