The PIC is...

Very powerful project illustrating what the Prison Industrial Complex is and how it manifests in people's lives.

http://www.thepicis.org/

http://chicagopiccollective.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/finaldraftpiczine4-13-11.pdf

http://vimeo.com/oripsolob/pic

Blog Post at Hip Hop Cheerleader

"If you plan on getting raped, you better be white. & if you can’t manage that. You better ask your rapist to be stranger, someone who you weren’t in a relationship with, or out on a date with, or someone who you had sex with before. And you better not be a sex worker. Because sex workers cant be raped. Just so you know. You better be wearing long black clothes, be married, and be from a wealthy family. Make sure you are a virgin too. It would help also, if you were light skinned. if you had long hair. if you were thin. Dark skin marks you as a ho. As hypersexual. As undeserving of protection, autonomy, and bodily protection. Your rape doesn’t count. It would be good if you would keep this in mind."

Read More Here: http://hiphopcheerleader.tumblr.com/post/21048839969/how-to-be-a-victim

How the Right’s Using Women of Color to Shame Abuse Survivors

http://colorlines.com/archives/2012/04/the_problem_with_vawa.html

INCITE! zine: The Revolution Starts At Home

http://www.incite-national.org/media/docs/0985_revolution-starts-at-home.pdf

1973: Silvia Rivera Gives a Speech at Christopher St March

1973. Silvia Rivera forced her way on to the stage when organizers told her she would have to wait for a much later slot. (context: in 1970, she was not permitted to give a speech at the march at all) Here is the speech.

The Feministing Five: Patty Berne

http://feministing.com/2009/09/19/the-feministing-five-patty-berne/


An interview with an SFWAR board member!
The Feministing Five: Patty Berne
Patricia Berne is the Co-Founder and Director of Sins Invalid, a San Francisco theater company that blends performance and art with the political vision of a more just and equal world.

‎7th annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival!!!!!!!!

SFWAR is a community partner with QWOCMAP and we hope you can come out to the film festival this year!!

http://hosted.vresp.com/261223/12abf66dfd/1368008705/5c82cb2b2d/
http://qwocmap.org/festival.html

The Queer Women of Color Film Festival is held every year in June in San Francisco and features films that address the vital social justice issues that concern women of color and our communities, authentically reflect our life stories, and build community through art and activism. Enjoy the creativity of emerging media atrists who are Asian/Pacific Islander, Black/African American, Chicana/Latina, Native American and Mixed-Race lesbians, bisexual, queer and questioning women in the Bay Area.

‘Sex Crimes Against Black Girls’ Exhibit Uses Art to Confront Incest

Last week, I checked out “Sex Crimes Against Black Girls,” a multimedia art exhibit that tackles many forms of sexual abuse black girls endure in the African Diaspora. The work, which will be at Bed-Stuy’s Restoration Plaza until April 2, was rich, provocative, and in some cases, quite pretty. But, because I’m a nosy writer, I was most intrigued by its curator, Shantrelle P. Lewis. For her day (and all-night) job, the New Orleans native directs programs and exhibitions at another organization, the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute. But the 32-year-old chose to use her free time and psychic energy to find works by black and Latina artists that address the knotty subject of intra-racial sexual violence. Lewis, an incest survivor, was kind enough to sit on the phone and explain why:

Read more here:


http://colorlines.com/archives/2011/02/from_the_color_purple_to.html

Recy Taylor, Sexual Violence, and the Horrors of Jim Crow

Cynthia Gordy over at The Root caught up with 91-year-old Recy Taylor, who’s still fighting for justice nearly seven decades after her brutal gang rape brought international attention to America’s civil rights struggle. It’s a horrifying, but powerful story.

http://colorlines.com/archives/2011/02/recy_taylor.html

Film: Beyondmedia Education - Doin' It: Sex, Disability and Videotape

The Empowered Fe Fes, a peer group of young women aged 16 to 24 with different disabilities, strike again with their second video production, an insightful investigation into the truths about sex and disability. In the video, the Fe Fes educate themselves about sex from many angles by talking with activists and scholars. The viewer tags along on a date between a woman with a disability and her able-bodied boyfriend, exploring relationship issues of dating with a disability over a candle-lit dinner. To purchase the full version visit our website www.beyondmedia.org.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – Occupied Bodies: Women of Color Speak on Self-Image

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – Occupied Bodies: Women of Color Speak on Self-Image – Deadline October 15, 2010

I am soliciting essays for an anthology on women of color’s self-image/body image as shaped by family, friends, media, society, history, lived experiences, etc. I’m looking for smart, accessible, and snappy personal narratives that also offer nuanced analysis of the underlying constructs that affect how we perceive ourselves. Exploring intersectionality of identities is extremely important. I particularly want the voices of women of color that are not often heard to be represented, such as trans* WOC, disabled WOC, queer WOC, WOC outside the U.S., WOC with eating disorders, working class/poor WOC and fat WOC. Of course, all the varied perspectives any woman of color can offer are welcome.
This is an exciting project, as this topic has not been explored in depth and including such a diverse collection of viewpoints before. The final manuscript will be submitted to relevant independent publishers.

Click link at top for more info.

Reading and Discussion: This Bridge Called My Back

Radical Women Meeting

Thursday, July 22, 7:00 pm

Feminists of Color Theory Series

The meeting features readings from This Bridge Called My Back, and essays by Mitsuye Yamada, Barbara Cameron, Chrystos and Anita Valerio. Themes include invisibility, returning home, importance of the histories of people of color, and stories shared from grandmother to granddaughter.

Prior to the meeting you are invited to share a full course summer buffet, with vegetarian option, a fundraiser for the organization, at 6:15pm for a $7.50 donation. Everyone welcome. Copies of readings are available at the Radical Women office. Call 415-864-1278 or drop by.

New Valencia Hall
625 Larkin Street, Suite 202, San Francisco, CA 94109
Five blocks from the Civic Center BART station, and on the #19 and #31 Muni bus line
For more information or childcare, call 415-864-1278
Email: baradicalwomen@earthlink.net
www.RadicalWomen.org

East Bay Fundraising Academy for Communities of Color Begins in October

East Bay Fundraising Academy for Communities of Color Begins in October: Apply Now!

CompassPoint and the Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training (GIFT) are pleased to announce that we will offer another year of the Fundraising Academy for Communities Color focusing on nonprofits based in communities of color in Alameda, Contra Costa and Solano Counties. The deadline to apply for this seven month academy is Friday, August 20th.

The Fundraising Academy helps people of color led nonprofits that are primarily supported by foundation grants or government to build a base of supporters from the communities they serve and advocate for. With the worsening local and state budget crisis, grassroots fundraising is even more important- to raise money and to galvanize advocacy efforts.

The Fundraising Academy for Communities of Color helps individuals and organizations from communities of color to raise the funds they need in a more sustainable way, through diversity of sources and strong relationships with community donors. The academy has been successfully offered four times in the San Francisco Bay Area, and most recently in Los Angeles. Over 80 organizations have completed the academy and participants consistently report that their experience in the academy has significantly shifted their groups approach, strengthened their skills to raise money from individual donors, and increased their goals and results.

Hear what past participants have to say: Experiences in the Academy

For a complete description of the academy: Academy Program Information

To apply now or before August 20: Click Here

Thanks to the support of several foundations, the East Bay Fundraising Academy for Communities of Color is 90% subsidized. If accepted, participating organizations will contribute a participation fee of $500 - $2,000 based on annual operating budget. The academy provides 8 full days of training and peer learning, 15 hours of one on one coaching, and Kim Klein’s new book “Reliable Fundraising in Unreliable Times” and a years subscription to the Grassroots Fundraising Journal. Please review the academy information and discuss the investment of time and money in this program with key members of your organization before you apply. Then, seize the moment and apply!

Feminists of Color Theory Reading Series

Radical Women Meeting

Thursday, July 22, 7:00 pm

Feminists of Color Theory Series

The meeting features readings from This Bridge Called My Back, and essays by Mitsuye Yamada, Barbara Cameron, Chrystos and Anita Valerio. Themes include invisibility, returning home, importance of the histories of people of color, and stories shared from grandmother to granddaughter.

Prior to the meeting you are invited to share a full course summer buffet, with vegetarian option, a fundraiser for the organization, at 6:15pm for a $7.50 donation. Everyone welcome. Copies of readings are available at the Radical Women office. Call 415-864-1278 or drop by.

New Valencia Hall
625 Larkin Street, Suite 202, San Francisco, CA 94109
Five blocks from the Civic Center BART station, and on the #19 and #31 Muni bus line
For more information or childcare, call 415-864-1278
Email: baradicalwomen@earthlink.net
www.RadicalWomen.org

QWOCMAP FREE Video Workshop on Gender & Sexuality

QWOCMAP FREE Video Workshop on Gender & Sexuality

(Fall 2010)

QUEER WOMEN OF COLOR
MEDIA ARTS PROJECT
presents


A FREE Introductory Video Workshop focused on:

Gender & Gender Identity and Sex, Sexism
& Sexuality for LGBTQ People of Color

Article: It’s Official: Women of Color Feel Impact of Racial Wealth Gap The Worst

It always helps to have research to confirm what you already know about racial inequity in America. But occasionally, even when the news is not new, the findings turn out to be appallingly dire, shocking even to the sensibilities of cynical people who find it hard to be surprised anymore. (That would be this blogger.)

Such is the case with the latest report on women of color and the racial wealth gap from the Insight Center for Community Economic Development, released yesterday, on International Women’s Day.

Take a look at a few choice findings from “Lifting As We Climb: Women of Color, Wealth and America’s Future”:

-Single Black women (across all ages, from age 18 to 64) have a median wealth of $100 and single Latinas have a median wealth of $120. Single white women clock in at $41,000.
-Almost half of all Black women and Latinas have zero wealth or negative wealth. That is, their debts exceed their assets.
-Young women (aged 18 to 35) of all races have a median wealth of zero.
-And even though white women (from 36 to 49 years old) have a median wealth of $42,600, women of color in the same age bracket have a median wealth valued at $5.
-Women of color 65 and older are least likely to receive retirement income from pensions or other assets.

Read more here:

It’s Official: Women of Color Feel Impact of Racial Wealth Gap The Worst

Slavery and the Racialization of Crime and Punishment

Part I:
Visiting A Modern Day Slave Plantation

Part II:
The Racialization of Crime and Punishment

Article Abstract

JOURNEY TO EMPOWERMENT: A Transformational Workshop for Women of Color

JOURNEY TO EMPOWERMENT
A Transformational Workshop for Women of Color
In this 13-week journey, we will explore:
• How You Define Your Own Empowerment
• How Power Has Become a “Four-letter word”
• How Power Without Love Is Abuse
• How To Reclaim Your Power In An Embodied Way
We will also delve in to:
• Body Image and Self-Esteem
• Shame and Silencing
• Healthy Expressions of Anger and Rage
• Reclaiming Yourself As A Fully Embodied Being
• Learning to Love Yourself Through Self-Care
• Creating Healthy Boundaries
• Authentic Communication
Together we will be creating sacred space and building community within which to REMEMBER who we are as powerful beings, RECLAIM the power we have lost, and REJOICE in celebration of that power. With reverence, creativity, freedom of expression, mindfulness, movement, playfulness, joyful curiosity, and somatic resourcing we shall support one another as each woman discovers her own heroic journey to Empowerment.
Space is limited to 10 participants per group

When: Sundays 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Starting
March 21 – June 20, 2010
(Full 13-week Commitment required)

Where: Terra’s Temple
654 Oakland Ave, Oakland CA.

Cost: $20 per session (Full Payment of $260 at
time of registering encouraged)

Call: ilahi ehieh at 510-260-5998 or email at
ilahiehieh@gmail.com


ilahi ehieh CMT, CYT, has been co-leading support groups for survivors of sexual assault for the past 4 years with San Francisco Women Against Rape. Although she is dedicated to the empowerment of all women, she has created this workshop for Women of Color because of the particular challenges to personal empowerment that we face as minorities in this society. She draws from her education in somatic psychology, embodied spirituality and shamanic practices. Currently, she is pursuing a Master’s in Somatic Psychology at John F. Kennedy University. Her focus is psycho-spiritual approaches to healing trauma.

BACK UP! Concrete Diaries, a documentary on street harassment from the perspective of sistas

Date:	Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Time:	6:00pm - 8:30pm
Location:	The Theater
Street:	500 William Street (corner of William & Telegraph @ 20th)
City/Town:	Oakland, CA

MAAAN UP! Presents: a community screening of BACK UP! Concrete Diaries, a documentary on street harassment from the perspective of sistas

This is a free event. please come out with your lovers, family, colleagues and community members, and watch the first California screening of Nijla Mumin’s impactful and extremely relevant work-in-progress. Q&A with the filmmaker follows, donations accepted in support of the completion of this film.

BACK UP! Concrete Diaries
6-8:30pm
500 William Street,
corner of William and Telegraph @ 20th
free admission, seating for 30.
small snacks and beverages will be available.

Please click here to see a preview of BACK UP!, and forward this to your community! Bless up

http://fem-men-ist.blogspot.com/2009/10/back-up-concrete-diaries-sistas.html

***PS: extra prize for women who bring a man or boy with them!!


MAAAN UP! is the Men of African Ancestry Action Network for Unlearning Patriarchy. We hold spaces for men of African ancestry to process issues of black masculinity and its intersections with patriarchy, and seek multivariate strategies to be allies to women and girls.

Conference: Empowering Women of Color Conference

Saturday, March 13, 2010
9:30 AM-5:30 PM

Sunday, March 14, 2010
9:30 AM-2:30 PM

General Info: http://ewocc.berkeley.edu/
Fees: http://ewocc.berkeley.edu/registration.php

The 25th Anniversary Empowering Women of Color Conference (EWOCC) entitled: Intergenerational Wisdom: Celebrating Our Past, Present, & Future, returns on March 13-14, 2010 to the UC Berkeley Campus to honor the legacy of women of color in the U.S., celebrate the struggles of women of all ages, and provides a space for growth, empowerment, and practical tools for everyday life. This year, the nation's oldest and largest women of color conference will focus on embracing our collective histories, acknowledging our impact on the present, and supporting our lifelong development across generations. The two-day conference will be dedicated to issues affecting women at every stage of their lives with workshops, speakers, panels, performances, networking, and vendors of interest to all age groups.