Demanding the Right to Live without Violence: Reflections on Color of Violence 11

sharmila lodhia is currently a doctoral student in women's studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. She received her law degree from Hastings College and worked as a civil rights advocate for women at the California Women's Law Center. Her research examines the intersections of race, gender, and law.

sylvanna falcón is currently a doctoral student in sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her intellectual interests include race and ethnic relations, transnational feminism, and human rights. She has lived in California most of her life, spending seven politically influential years in the San Francisco Bay area.