Category — Activism

An Open Letter to All Feminists: Statement of Solidarity with Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim Women Facing War and Occupation
by Piya Chatterjee and Sunaina Maira
http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/cm130308.html
As feminists and people of conscience, we call for solidarity with Palestinian women in Gaza suffering due to the escalating military attacks that Israel turned into an open war on civilians. This [...]

23RD ANNUAL EMPOWERING WOMEN OF COLOR CONFERENCE (BERKELEY, CA)
“decolonizing creativity: FIERY WOMYN, FIERCE EXPRESSIONS”
Greetings! On March 8, 2008, the University of California at Berkeley’s Women of Color Initiative and Graduate Women’s Project will be hosting its 23RD Annual Empowering Women of Color Conference (EWOCC). This year’s theme, “decolonizing creativity: FIERY WOMYN, FIERCE EXPRESSIONS,” explores the [...]

Tenth Annual Women’s History Month Conference
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY (20 minutes from midtown Manhattan)
Black Power, Black Feminism: Black Women’s Activism and Development of Womanist/Feminist Consciousness in the Era Black Power.
This Conference is FREE and open to the public.
Register at:http://www.slc.edu/womens-history/conference/index.php
Traditionally scholarship on the Black Power era has [...]

Split This Rock Poetry Festival: Poems of Provocation & Witness
Washington, DC
March 20-23, 2008
www.SplitThisRock.org
info@splitthisrock.org
Split This Rock Poetry Festival calls poets to a greater role in public life and fosters a national network of activist poets. Building the audience for poetry of provocation and witness from our home in the nation’s capital, we celebrate poetic diversity [...]

December 6th is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women here in Canada. Unfortunately, that site doesn’t have links to any of the planned activities in various cities around the country, but if you live in Canada, you can contact the nearest women’s centre, shelter for abused women, or sexual assault/rape [...]

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CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS
The Department of State Health Services (DSHS) HIV/STD Program, in partnership with the Center for Health Training (CHT) and Workers Assistance Program (WAP), is conducting a call for presentations for the 16th Texas HIV/STD Conference, scheduled for May 18-22, 2008 at the Renaissance Austin Hotel in Austin, Texas. This event is designed for [...]

An estimated one million people are currently living with HIV in the United States, with approximately 40,000 new infections occurring each year. Half of all new infections in the United States occur in people 25 years of age or younger.
 
Please join us Saturday, December 1, 2007 to raise awareness about this growing epidemic. Hear [...]

EDGEWORKS Dance Theater
Open Call for Discussion Groups
Are You Interested In Participating In An EDT Project On Gender,
Sexuality, And Spirituality?
EDGEWORKS Dance Theater’s Founder & Artistic Director Helanius J.
Wilkins recently launched the determining factor– a work focused on
gender, sexuality and spirituality; and that will be the result of
community collaboration.
The research and development of this work includes organizing [...]

Check out the new Split This Rock Blog, Blog This Rock! It is edited/curated by Peter Montgomery and will showcase exciting work at the intersection of poetry and social change from all over the country. Building toward Split This Rock Poetry Festival: Poems of Provocation & Witness, March 20-23, 2008, Blog This Rock will be [...]