November 2011
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October 2011
33 posts
Making Media, Building Our Movement Workshop #OWS
( ( ( ( ( MIC Check!! ) ) ) ) ) ) Making Media, Building Our Movement WHEN: THURSDAY 10/27, 6:30-8/30pm LOCATION: 60 Wall Street (Atrium) … RSVP: collectivelycocoon@gmail.com (or request additional trainings) LET’S MAKE ALL OF OUR MEDIA SHINE! If our messaging is sincere and we internalize it, we will not only succeed in...
“My political obligations? I am a Black woman … in world that defines human as...”
– Audre Lorde (via southerntellect)
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Suzy X. isn't real: "An Open Letter to SlutWalk... →
slutwalknyc:
This is an individual response.
*When I refer to women I am referring to all self-identified women.
Dear Community:
An Open Letter to SlutWalk NYC and its Critiques, from One of Your Own.
First, let me situate myself. When I say I am one of your own, here is what…
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Community Forum on Redistricting and Demographic...
WHAT: Center for Law and Social Justice and Black New Yorkers for Fair Redistricting present a Community Forum on “Redistricting and Demographic Changes: Political Opportunity or Disaster for Black New Yorkers” with John Flateau, PhD Esmeralda Simmons, Esq.
WHEN/WHERE: Thursday, October 13, from 6:00pm - 8:30pm at Medgar Evers College/Academic Building, 1638 Bedford Avenue, Bklyn
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Chauvinist Sushi: When you say "I don't see race" →
completegenus:
strugglingtobeheard:
chauvinistsushi:
Can I just put this here? I never thought I would have to have to say this, about YOU of all people. But when you say “I don’t see race/colors” I will side eye you to death.
When you say ”I don’t see race/colors”, I don’t hear
I try not to actively use my privilege
I will listen to you when you are upset over race issues
Our society is...
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“They … brought us parrots and balls of cotton and spears and many other things,...”
– Christopher Columbus,
Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States
(via cultureofresistance)
There are dozens of other quotes just like this from dear Chrissy Columbo. Ohhh, yes, wonderful! Let’s give this man a holiday. Yep, we slaughtered an entire race but now let’s spit on them as...
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To hell with Columbus Day-- celebrate Native... →
suzyxisntreal:
Native American women, like their Arab, Asian, black and Latina sisters, have also struggled in naming their own identities. Christopher Columbus’s geographic muddling typed the indigenous people of the Americas as “Indians” for centuries. Today Native American and Indian are used fairly interchangeably, but there is growing awareness as to the number and diversity of remaining...
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Day of Solidarity with Indigenous People @ Occupy... →
suzyxisntreal:
On Monday October 10th, members of the indigenous community from Owe Aku International Justice Project, First Voice Indigenous Radio, and the United Confederation of the Taino people will bring their voices to Occupy Wall Street and remind us to rethink Columbus day. They will also address how corporate greed and indigenous history have for hundreds of years been an integral part...
supreme.: GENOCIDE OF NATIVE AMERICANS: A... →
sovereigntyordeath:
The term Genocide derives from the Latin (genos=race, tribe; cide=killing) and means literally the killing or murder of an entire tribe or people. The Oxford English Dictionary defines genocide as “the deliberate and systematic extermination of an ethnic or national group” and cites the first…
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جمهورية الحب: AN OPEN LETTER FROM BLACK WOMEN'S... →
suzyxisntreal:
An Open Letter from Black Women to the SlutWalk
September 23, 2011
We the undersigned women of African descent and anti-violence advocates, activists, scholars, organizational and spiritual leaders wish to address the SlutWalk. First, we commend the organizers on their…
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38,000 NYC Transit Workers To Join Occupy Wall... →
cognitivedissonance:
Up until this announcement, the Occupy Wall Street movement has been unwieldy and somewhat lacking in a coherent voice, but that’s all about the change. New York City labor unions have decided to descend upon the streets of Lower Manhattan on Friday.
The leadership of the Transit Workers Union Local 100—comprised of subway and bus workers—voted unanimously to support the...
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