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 [...]

This more an FYI than anything else.
 Teaching the Levees is an AMAZING teacher’s resource for introducing discussions of race, class, and gender in the classroom. While the DVD focuses on the events surrounding Hurricane Katrina, its historical component and other supplementary resources make it clear that the events in question are not without context or politics. The website www.teachingthelevees.org [...]

http://unnaturalcauses.org/
I’m already intrigued… a documentary on healthcare in the US the acknowledges, in advance, that ’social policies are health policies?’ :fans self:
This is especially awesome given this little bit of propaganda:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTOxIFW1Mhk 
It’s so lovely to be reminded that your healthcare needs can be reduced to your ability to act as a storage unit.

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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 [...]

Race and ethnicity in vegan and animal rights Analysis….is it really a “feeble” matter? This young lady seems to think so
 
The other day, a freshman in high school contacted me. This is what she had to say. My response is after her message.

From: Clara ====
Date: November 8, 2007 7:58:54 AM PST
To: sistahvegan98@mac.com
Subject: from one [...]

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/53
 The above is a link to a speaker on environmental activism, gentrification, and its impact on communities of color. It’s very, very good.