tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73876070198240775162024-03-18T20:01:41.141-07:00Communities Against Rape and AbuseCARA is a Seattle-based 501(c)(3) grassroots organization that promotes a broad agenda for liberation and social justice while prioritizing anti-rape work as the center of our organizing. We use community organizing, critical dialogue, artistic expression, and collective action as tools to build safe, peaceful, and sustainable communities. Our blog provides a Black feminist analysis of contemporary politics, debates & local Seattle issues.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7387607019824077516.post-7790873765744666702010-10-21T23:38:00.001-07:002010-10-21T23:47:05.367-07:00CARA Co-Hosts Special Pre-Release Screening & Community Dialogue of Tyler Perry's "For Colored Girls"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigoeozHM1Kpz95ozIQYo7iAb6kID7yjQJf8ddljivRgSUrpTP73TkN87PRa_KVliAZnrg2RlhGa68iFRcObbh_SDJzuCgICTJ2CZE3rA7B4o3MQD5n74NP02f5aCepb-Or1ITU6YywLJk/s1600/for_colored_girls_ver9.jpg"><img style="text-align: right;float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigoeozHM1Kpz95ozIQYo7iAb6kID7yjQJf8ddljivRgSUrpTP73TkN87PRa_KVliAZnrg2RlhGa68iFRcObbh_SDJzuCgICTJ2CZE3rA7B4o3MQD5n74NP02f5aCepb-Or1ITU6YywLJk/s320/for_colored_girls_ver9.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530756715201959954" /></a><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: right;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: -76.5pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Real Colored Girls &<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" spt="75" preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"> </v:formulas> <v:path extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" connecttype="rect"> <o:lock ext="edit" aspectratio="t"> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'position:absolute;"> <v:imagedata src="file://localhost/Users/Mako/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0clip_image001.png" title=""> <v:textbox style="'mso-rotate-with-shape:t'/"> </v:shape><![endif]--><span style="text-align: right;position: absolute; 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margin-right: 0in; margin-left: -1in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="color:#604B7A;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Present a Special Pre-Release Screening & <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: right;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: -1in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="color:#604B7A;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Community Dialogue of<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: -1in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="color:#852F2E;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: -1in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family:Impact;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: right;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: -1in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family:Impact;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: right;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: -1in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family:Impact;"></span><span style="font-family:Impact;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">FOR COLORED GIRLS</span></span><span style="font-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align: right;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family:";color:#852F2E;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:";color:#604B7A;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Tyler Perry’s adaptation of the award winning play </span></span><b><i><span style="font-family:";color:#604B7A;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">For Colored Girls Who’ve Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf </span></span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(96, 75, 122); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">by Ntozake Shange</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align: center;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family:";color:#604B7A;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: right;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: -94.5pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-family:";color:#604B7A;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Monday, November 1</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">st</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> 2010<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: right;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: -94.5pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-family:";color:#604B7A;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Pigott Auditorium (Seattle University)<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: right;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: -94.5pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-family:";color:#604B7A;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">6:30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: right;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: -94.5pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-family:";color:#604B7A;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This Event is Free & Open to the Public<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: right;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: -94.5pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-family:Garamond;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: right;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: -94.5pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-family:Garamond;color:#604B7A;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Space is limited. RSVP to </span></span></b><a href="mailto:ColoredGirls@langstonarts.org"><b><span style="font-family:Garamond;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">ColoredGirls@langstonarts.org</span></span></b></a><b><span style="font-family:Garamond;color:#8064A2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: right;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: -94.5pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-family:Garamond;color:#8064A2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: right;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: -94.5pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-family:Garamond;color:#8064A2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><!--StartFragment--></span></b></p><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: -0.9pt; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Co-sponsors include: Seattle University, Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center, Northwest Film Forum, 4Culture, Central District Forum for Arts and Ideas, Communities Against Rape and Abuse, and Washington Educators for Social Justice.</span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;color:black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </b><p></p> <!--EndFragment--> </div>CARAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11268366513564960617noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7387607019824077516.post-52069844975182266102010-08-13T11:31:00.000-07:002010-08-13T11:43:56.201-07:00CARA's Annual Nat Turner Teach-In for People of Color, Saturday, August 21stThis event is for People of Color to discuss and honor liberation struggles and<br />resistance, beginning with Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion of 1831.<br /><br />DATE: Saturday, August 21, 2010<br />WHERE: Life Enrichment Bookstore (5023 Rainier Ave. S)<br />TIME: 10:00am - 5:00pm<br />COST: FREE<br />Lunch provided<br /><br />Workshops Presented by: Communities Against Rape and Abuse Board members,<br />(YUIR) Youth Undoing Institutionalized Racism, The People’s Institute<br />Northwest and Pinay Sa Seattle<br /><br />Want to register or have other questions? Contact Georgena Frazier<br />(360) 281-6522 or 206-722-1700<br /><br /><a href="mailto:gigi.frazier@gmail.com">gigi.frazier@gmail.com</a>CARAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11268366513564960617noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7387607019824077516.post-20109871748170160782010-06-02T14:34:00.000-07:002010-06-02T14:36:01.102-07:00LADIES FIRST, ft/ Sirens Echo, Reagan Jackson & dj B-Girl<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEgJ3TijEPR_pkWyUJf-v5NbrjAK2LYIHLajNz4rNtNMRXJVZOxWCr4hm1pt05hV1UL6owBvGIvAFUhXQJ1bfSy869N8eOhSvLenIOzcyd2cg3xiNYegI83JslVKA54l7urlasSVuGM80/s1600/June+Poster-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEgJ3TijEPR_pkWyUJf-v5NbrjAK2LYIHLajNz4rNtNMRXJVZOxWCr4hm1pt05hV1UL6owBvGIvAFUhXQJ1bfSy869N8eOhSvLenIOzcyd2cg3xiNYegI83JslVKA54l7urlasSVuGM80/s400/June+Poster-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478293148173406674" border="0" /></a>CARAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11268366513564960617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7387607019824077516.post-42560692040434859692010-03-16T17:09:00.000-07:002010-03-16T17:10:06.103-07:00Let's Do It!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><b>LET'S DO IT! </b>– a night of <b>sex worker</b> made media at Northwest Film Forum<br />Saturday, March 20th<br />8:00 pm<br />Northwest Film Forum<br />1515 12th Ave. E. Seattle<br />$9 general, $6.50 student, $6.00 Film Forum members<br /><br />Panel discussion<br />Special guests in attendance<br /><br />From the Sangli district in the rural south of India to the life of a<br />New York City callboy, sex workers reach out through film and video to<br />share their experiences. LET'S DO IT! a night of experimental and<br />documentary shorts dedicated to human rights and advocacy for sex<br />workers across the globe. As misrepresentations of those who trade<br />erotic labor proliferate the mainstream media, sex workers and sex<br />worker activists help to reduce stigmatization by becoming their own<br />authors, reporters, and organizers. The evening’s films will examine<br />the unique challenges and joys of being a sex worker. Following the<br />screening will be a panel discussion with past and present sex workers<br />whose experience varies from peep show work, fetish & fantasy to erotic<br />massage and more.<b> Miss Indigo Blue</b> (Academy of Burlesque), <b>billie rain</b><br />(dual power infamy) <b>Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore </b>(Author of So Many Ways<br />To Sleep Badly), local writer and sex worker<b> Sophia J. Russel </b>and other<br />special guests will be in attendance. Please join us to discuss<br />individual experiences with advocacy, work and empowerment. There will<br />be a reception with beverages, a DJ, food and copies of $pread<br />magazines for donation, all to raise funds for a local resource zine<br />by & for sex workers.<br /><br />Curated by the bird cage collective<br />Sponsored by the Central Coop<br />Thank you Uniondocs NYC<br /><br />Note: this is a <b>fragrance free</b> event<br /><br />Wheel chair accessible</span>Seferianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488369156856781735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7387607019824077516.post-59360180774194258912010-03-05T15:38:00.001-08:002010-03-05T15:39:13.597-08:00CARA Oscar Party This Sunday at Cafe Metropolitan<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPMqmv8mzWzXkivk2Lq6dCP1B-ItdveVYHU9lv-VSkGZrV2mkRHdMssotq2Cxw-Sb4Vbl_sqPYpA_t2CGcG7GfDqoTP3SF0jTL0a5OBrMXbv3arGzmlKHb_WxllhPdZa3fcO_MB2_7Fn3r/s400/precious_film_poster2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPMqmv8mzWzXkivk2Lq6dCP1B-ItdveVYHU9lv-VSkGZrV2mkRHdMssotq2Cxw-Sb4Vbl_sqPYpA_t2CGcG7GfDqoTP3SF0jTL0a5OBrMXbv3arGzmlKHb_WxllhPdZa3fcO_MB2_7Fn3r/s400/precious_film_poster2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Join us for The 82nd Annual Academy Awards Oscar Viewing Party<br />Sunday, March 7th<br />Hosted by Café Metropolitan, 1701 E. Olive Way (Seattle)<br />4 o’clock Red Carpet Pre-Show<br />5 o’clock Watch the live telecast with us!<br />$5 suggested donation<br /><br />Dress to impress (but it is not required)<br />Cheer on your favorite films - Door Prizes, Drink Specials, and fun for all!<br />See you on the Red Carpet!<br /><br />This event benefits CARA (Communities Against Rape & Abuse)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7387607019824077516.post-84511237974323163272010-03-03T10:48:00.001-08:002010-03-03T10:50:36.368-08:00Ladies First featuring International Activist and Hip-Hop Artist, Mar. 6th<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ob5LuxJatpE/S46vONewdmI/AAAAAAAAAEc/kmIq2ezIkew/s1600-h/LF+3.2010.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 395px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ob5LuxJatpE/S46vONewdmI/AAAAAAAAAEc/kmIq2ezIkew/s400/LF+3.2010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444481658209203810" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7387607019824077516.post-69184003603300844972010-03-01T15:56:00.000-08:002010-03-01T15:59:28.004-08:00API Women & Family Safety Center's 15th Annual Candelight Vigil<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/tda/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.png" alt="" /><br /><b><i><br />Asian Pacific Islander Women & Family Safety Center's</i></b></div> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">15th Annual Candlelight Vigil</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thursday March 4</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">4-6 p.m.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> King County Courthouse lawn 516 3rd Ave</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px;"> On March 2, 1995, Susana Remerata Blackwell, Phoebe Dizon, Veronica Laureta, and Baby Kristine, Ms. Blackwell’s unborn child, were murdered by Susana’s estranged husband in the King County Courthouse as Susana attempted to escape an abusive marriage. </p> <p style="margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px;"> Since this tragic event, The Asian & Pacific Islander Women & Family Safety Center has been committed to holding a vigil every year to commemoration of all those affected by domestic violence. The event will include an indoor and outdoor program with guest speakers, Cambodian and <wbr>Indonesian dance performances and food. In addition, a silent vigil will also take place outside with a march to follow. The event is free and open to the public. Please spread the word, and join us on Thursday!</p> <p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="border-collapse: separate; font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span></span></span></p>Seferianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488369156856781735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7387607019824077516.post-24199552568108940802010-02-25T08:42:00.000-08:002010-02-25T08:44:19.780-08:00CARA Teach-In on the Award-Winning Film "Precious," Mar. 3, 6:30-8:30 pm, Wyckoff Auditorium, Seattle University<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ob5LuxJatpE/S4aogi_k9NI/AAAAAAAAAEU/4trrfeYX-3o/s1600-h/Precious+Flyer.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ob5LuxJatpE/S4aogi_k9NI/AAAAAAAAAEU/4trrfeYX-3o/s400/Precious+Flyer.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442222476826571986" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7387607019824077516.post-67146564200242982652010-01-03T16:05:00.000-08:002010-01-03T16:06:28.392-08:00ZUMBA Fitness Fundraiser! January 16th<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Start 2010 off right & JUMP START your New Years' Resolution with ZUMBA Fitness! Attend the 1.5 Zumba Fitness Fundraiser on 1/16/2010. The $10 entry fee is donated to Communities Against Rape & Abuse (CARA) of Seattle.<br /><br /><br /><br />*Make a donation of $15 -$30 and get a special thank you gift.<br /><br /><br /><br />Donate $50 or more and your name will be entered into a drawing for a special thank you gift. For more information contact <a href="mailto:zumbaworks@yahoo.com" style="color: rgb(17, 65, 112); ">zumbaworks@yahoo.com</a><br /><br />ZUMBA Fitness Fundraiser<br /><br />Saturday January 16th 4:30- 6:00pm<br /><br />Skin Deep Dance Studios<br /><br />2524 16th Ave S #311, Seattle WA 98144 ~<br /><br />(Top Floor of El Centro de la Raza , Beacon Hill Neighborhood)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.skindeepdancestudios.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 65, 112); ">http://www.<wbr>skindeepdancestudios.com/</a><br /><br /><br /><br />hosted by ZUMBA Instructors Sherina & Carol R.</span>Seferianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488369156856781735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7387607019824077516.post-44077790720206248682009-12-16T09:56:00.001-08:002009-12-16T09:56:36.250-08:00CARA's Annual Cupcake Holiday Party!CARA's Annual Cupcake Holiday Party!<br />music * dancing * cocktails * raffle<br /><br />SAT DEC 19 @ 7pm<br />CARA 801-23rd Ave, Ste G-1<br /><br />$10 suggested donation includes cupcake and one drink ticket<br />additional cupcakes are free!Seferianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488369156856781735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7387607019824077516.post-45160881060521941042009-11-12T10:20:00.001-08:002009-11-12T10:20:41.594-08:00Final Popular Education Workshop Tonight, Nov. 12BUILDING A GLOBAL RESISTANCE MOVEMENT<br />WHEN: 6-8pm<br />WHERE: Seattle University, Garrand 110<br />Here is an online link to the campus map:<br /><a href="http://seattleu.edu/campus_community/visit_campus/campus_maps/main_campus_map/" target="_blank">http://seattleu.edu/campus_<wbr>community/visit_campus/campus_<wbr>maps/main_campus_map/</a><br />COST: $10 for a single workshop<br /><br />Tonight is the final workshop in our 6-week series. Tonight's workshop will<br />feature Nada Elia, founding member of the Radical Arab Women's Activist<br />Network, member of the national steering collective of INCITE! Women of Color<br />Against Violence, and associate professor at Antioch University. Nada is a<br />dynamic speaker and facilitator and you don't want to miss this exciting<br />opportunity to expand the anti-violence movement around the globe.<br /><br />Hope to see you there...spread the word!CARAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11268366513564960617noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7387607019824077516.post-78286744825042397892009-10-19T15:04:00.001-07:002009-10-19T15:04:27.409-07:00Domestic-abuse victim says she was evicted for reporting crime -- latimes.com<a href=http://shar.es/1imkW>Domestic-abuse victim says she was evicted for reporting crime -- latimes.com</a><br /><br />Posted using <a href="http://sharethis.com">ShareThis</a>Seferianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488369156856781735noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7387607019824077516.post-22914589036096466822009-10-02T15:15:00.000-07:002009-10-21T10:09:28.416-07:00Popular Education Workshops!<span style="font-family:georgia;">POPULAR EDUCATION </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Wednesdays, 6-8 </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">October 7-November </span><span style="font-family:georgia;">11</span><span style="font-family:georgia;">, 2009</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">We are excited to share CARA's analysis of some of the most pressing issues facing activist communities, particularly communities of color and our allies. Attached is a flyer for the workshops. Please forward to your networks and encourage friends and allies to register - ALL ARE WELCOME!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">All workshops will take place in the Pigott Building at Seattle University (here is the link to the campus map: </span><a style="font-family: georgia;" href="http://seattleu.edu/campus_community/visit_campus/campus_maps/main_campus_map/">http://seattleu.edu/campus_community/visit_campus/campus_maps/main_campus_map/</a><span style="font-family:georgia;">)</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Locations for the workshops:</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />10/7: Sexual Violence 101 (Pigt. 107, Seattle University)</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />10/14: Community Accountability (Pigt। 107, Seattle University)<br />10/21: Prison Industrial Complex & Law Enforcement Violence (Pigt. 108, Seattle University)<br />10/28: Non-Profit Industrial Complex (Pigt. 108, Seattle University)<br />11/4: Community Organizing vs. Social Service Work (Pigt. 108, Seattle University)<br />11/11: Building a Global Resistance Movement (Pigt. 108, Seattle University)</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />Registration & Costs:<br />All workshops: $45-60 (sliding scale), $25 (students)Pay per workshop: $10/workshop</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />To register, send an email with your name, address, phone #, and email address to </span><a style="font-family: georgia;" href="mailto:infocara.seattle@gmail.com">infocara.seattle@gmail.com</a><span style="font-family:georgia;">. Make checks payable to: CARA. Please mail checks to CARA.Online payments via PayPal: </span><a style="font-family: georgia;" href="http://www.cara-seattle.org/">www.cara-seattle.org</a><span style="font-family:georgia;"> (click on "Make a Donation"). </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />Be sure to bring a notebook, pen/pencil and an open mind! We look forward to building with you and thank you for your continued support of CARA.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">For more information, email </span><a style="font-family: georgia;" href="mailto:infocara.seattle@gmail.com">infocara.seattle@gmail.com</a><span style="font-family:georgia;"> or call (206) 322-4856.</span>Seferianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488369156856781735noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7387607019824077516.post-34106868331073188672009-08-25T12:32:00.000-07:002009-08-25T12:43:40.565-07:00Hurricane Katrina is not Only a Reality for New OrleansI just received an e-mail from a community activist in Seattle’s Central District (or what has historically been the hub for Black Seattle) announcing an upcoming community meeting on the future of the Central District. Unlike the countless other community meetings I have attended, with regard to the changing tapestry of the Central District, this meeting will be one of the few times that representatives from the City of Seattle will be present to solicit citizen feedback about the impact that city policies (such as, the neighborhood plans) have had on this community. What becomes of this feedback, or what these officials choose to or not to do with this feedback is another issue. However, after reading this e-mail, I immediately reflected on my recent trip back to post-Katrina New Orleans—a region of my childhood. Like so many urban spaces, post-Katrina New Orleans is undergoing <em>rapid</em> growth and “redevelopment”. But, the question remains, redevelopment for whom? <br /><br />As most of the world prepares to commemorate the four-year anniversary of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, I would caution us to not focus too much on what is happening along the U.S. Gulf Coast. As I maneuver through Seattle’s Central District, I cannot help but see the rising of “flood waters” in a community whose Black identity and historical legacy is in danger of being engulfed by an urban growth machine that speaks a language of uplift, new urbanism and revitalization. <br /><br />For Seattle’s communities of color, queer communities, poor communities, youth, women of color, and grassroots activists, we need to be present for this meeting and bare witness to how “Our” Central District has been transformed by what some would consider “progress”. Unlike many of Our brothers and sisters of post-Katrina New Orleans – who have been scattered or internally displaced to the four winds and barred from returning to their legal homes – we are able to be present and we are more capable of holding those in power accountable to Our communities’ needs. <br /><br />Here is the e-mail I received:<br /><br /><strong>Subject: Central Area, Pike/Pine and Capitol Hill Neighborhood Plan Status Report Meeting — How Is Your Neighborhood Doing? </strong><br /><br />Thursday, September 3, 6-8 PM at the Miller Community Center, 330 19th Ave. E.<br /><br />Please join members of the Seattle Planning Commission and the Neighborhood Planning Advisory Committee on Thursday, September 3 from 6 to 8 pm at the Miller Community Center for an important Central Area community meeting.These two citizen groups want to hear your thoughts. Come and tell us how the Central Area, Pike/Pine and Capitol Hill has changed since the creation of their Neighborhood Plans. Your comments and input at this meeting will help the City of Seattle complete a status report that will look at how well your neighborhood plan is achieving its goals and strategies.This meeting will provide an opportunity to learn about your neighborhood plan, the projects that have been implemented, and growth and changes that have occurred since your plan was written in the late 90's. We will explore issues such as growth, transportation, housing, economic development , basic utilities, neighborhood character, open space and parks, public services, public safety, and other issues.It would also be helpful to know your Neighborhood Plan and to bring it with you, so you can reference to them when needed. <br /><br />So, here are the links to your Neighborhood Plans:<br />Central Area:<br /><a href="https://owa.seattleu.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/npi/plans/central/" target="_blank">http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/npi/plans/central/</a><br /><br />Pike/Pine:<br /><a href="https://owa.seattleu.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/npi/plans/ppine/" target="_blank">http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/npi/plans/ppine/</a><br /><br />Capitol Hill:<br /><a href="https://owa.seattleu.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/npi/plans/CAPHILL/" target="_blank">http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/npi/plans/CAPHILL/</a><br /> You can review draft status reports on-line at:<br /><a href="http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/Planning/Neighborhood_Planning/StatusReports/default.asp" target="_blank">http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/Planning/Neighborhood_Planning/StatusReports/default.asp</a><br /><br />The follow up series of meetings, tentatively scheduled for late October, will be an opportunity to review the final status report. To learn more information, please visit the Neighborhood Planning website at <a href="https://owa.seattleu.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/Planning/Neighborhood_Planning" target="_blank">http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/Planning/Neighborhood_Planning</a>. With questions, please contact David Goldberg at (206) 615-1447 or davidw.goldberg@seattle.govG. K. Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08656928126503741557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7387607019824077516.post-61084445381054018092009-08-24T13:19:00.000-07:002009-08-24T14:00:52.795-07:00Teach-in encourages participants: EDUCATE to LIBERATE!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';">This year's Nat Turner Teach-In for People of Color was a great success! Thank you to everyone who turned out and participated in the interactive discussions and workshops. We had over 30 participants, one-third of whom were male - the largest critical mass of men to participate in the teach-in's history! </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';">The half-day teach-in began by honoring our ancestors and calling upon their spirit as motivation for the day's work. Teach-in organizer Gigi Frazier led the thought-provoking discussion "Plot Your Own Rebellion" where participants were introduced to the history of Nat Turner. By engaging hypothetical scenarios of a pregnant slave woman seeking freedom, participants had the opportunity to locate the many choices that we all encounter in liberation work, choices that are timeless for people of color, particularly women. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';">Seattle University sociology professor Gary Perry led a dynamic workshop on Black pro-feminist men and the lessons that male allies can learn from their legacy. Men, such as Frederick Douglass, Alexander Crummell, W.E.B. DuBois, Michael Eric Dyson, and Mark Anthony Neal. The critical mass of male participants at this year's teach-in made for a lively discussion about the role of men in anti-violence work. In addition, we called on men of color to center gender justice and an end to gender-based violence in their work. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';">Nada Elia, Antioch University liberal studies professor and founder of Radical Arab Women's Activist Network, called upon participants to connect with the global movement to proclaim the Israeli occupation as apartheid. Through an interactive activity, she outlined the history of the Palestinian/Israeli geopolitical conflict (which is relatively short, contrary to popular belief!). She called on participants to connect the atrocities in Palestine to the history of South African apartheid, as international leaders have proclaimed such as Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu and Jimmy Carter. We need to adopt the same strategies of boycotting Israel as we did with South Africa, through economic sanctions, failure to consume Israeli goods, and remaining vocal about the situation of the Palestinian people. "If we believe apartheid is wrong" Elia proclaimed, "we do it again for Palestine!"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';">For information on how you can get involved with the campaign to end apartheid in Palestine, check out:</span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';">Electronic Intifada: <a href="http://electronicintifada.net">http://electronicintifada.net</a></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';">US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation: <a href="http://www.endtheoccupation.org">http://www.endtheoccupation.org</a></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';">If Americans Knew: <a href="http://www.ifamericansknew.org">http://www.ifamericansknew.org</a></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';">Boycott-Divest-Sanctions: <a href="http://www.bdsmovement.net">http://www.bdsmovement.net</a></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';">Campaign for Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel: <a href="http://usacbi.wordpress.com">http://usacbi.wordpress.com</a></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';">Seattle Palestine Solidarity Committee: <a href="http://www.palestineinformation.org">http://www.palestineinformation.org</a></span></li></ul></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';">Stay informed with CARA events by following us online at:</span></div><div><ul><li><a href="http://www.twitter.com/CARA206">www.twitter.com/CARA206</a></li><li><a href="http://cara-seattle.blogspot.com">cara-seattle.blogspot.com</a></li><li>Subscribe to listserv by emailing <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">cara-subscribe@lists.riseup.net</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; "></span></li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div></div>CARAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11268366513564960617noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7387607019824077516.post-42040038883050275062009-08-21T10:08:00.001-07:002009-08-21T10:25:36.132-07:00CARA's Annual Nat Turner Teach-In THIS SATURDAY!<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:13px;">The Nat Turner Teach-In for People of Color is CARA's annual event to honor liberation struggles and to discuss contemporary resistance and coalition strategies for individuals and organizations. This half-day teach-in is an opportunity for people of color to connect over food and ideas, celebrate our victories, assess challenges to doing resistance work, and share strategies for successful social change. This year's workshops include: </span><div><div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:13px;">"Plot Your Own Rebellion" </span><br /></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:13px;">"From Douglass to Dyson: The Legacy of Black Pro-Feminist Men" </span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:13px;">"Palestine, South Africa, the Americas: Global Struggles for Liberation"</span></li></ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:13px;">Big shout-out to Sylva Jones and Gigi Frazier for organizing this year's event! To register, email cara.intern@gmail.com. </span></div></div></div></div>CARAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11268366513564960617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7387607019824077516.post-80742146011073302552009-08-13T19:08:00.000-07:002009-08-13T19:13:18.897-07:00Interested in CARA's Analysis of Community Accountability?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';">Read CARA's chapter, "Taking Risks: Implementing Grassroots Community Accountability Strategies," in<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> <a href="http://www.incite-national.org/index.php?s=88">Color of Violence: The INCITE! Anthology</a> </span>(South End Press, 2006). Support INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence by purchasing the book directly from the publisher <a href="http://southendpress.org/2005/items/8762X">here</a>.</span>CARAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11268366513564960617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7387607019824077516.post-51533992578848326292009-08-13T13:25:00.000-07:002009-08-21T10:39:42.922-07:00New study finds that marriage and childbirth are declining for high-achieving Black women<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ob5LuxJatpE/SoR-57hYCJI/AAAAAAAAAEA/ky6hCl2arH8/s1600-h/halle-berry-family-fair.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ob5LuxJatpE/SoR-57hYCJI/AAAAAAAAAEA/ky6hCl2arH8/s200/halle-berry-family-fair.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369556189427796114" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ob5LuxJatpE/SoR9iXSgoaI/AAAAAAAAAD4/JplQN497wfE/s1600-h/halle-berry-family-fair.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span></span></span></span><blockquote></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32379727/ns/health-sexual_health/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';">MSNBC</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';">reports on a new study by Yale researchers </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';">Natalie Nitsche and Hannah Brueckner show that high-achieving Black women are less likely to marry and have children compared to their white female counterparts. Key findings in the study are:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;font-family:Verdana;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: normal; font-family:Arial;font-size:16px;"><p class="textBodyBlack" color="initial" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline- vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 15px; "></p><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';">Among black women with postgraduate educations born between 1956 and 1960, the median age at which they gave birth for the first time was 34 years old. This was about the same as it was for white women in the same demographic. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';">Once white women reached their 30s, many more of them did give birth, often more than once. Many black women did not. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';">The rate of childlessness among this group of black women rose from 30 percent for those born between 1950 and 1955, to 45 percent for those born between 1956 and 1960.<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';">For highly educated black women born between 1961 and 1970, 38 percent have remained childless.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li></ul><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';">These are significant findings because, as the researchers note, “in terms of American society, this is one additional obstacle” to the broadening of the black middle class. "Fewer highly educated black people having children means that they cannot pass on those advantages and knowledge.”<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p></p><p class="textBodyBlack" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border- outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline- vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 15px; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></p><p class="textBodyBlack" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border- outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline- vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 15px; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';">In another study that used interviews with Black women, sociologist Averil Clarke found that there is greater Black cultural pressure for Black women to marry within their race than there is for Black men. “A greater negative reaction falls on them,” Clarke said. “Some women in my sample told stories of African-American men on college campuses getting upset if they dated outside the race. There seems to be a sense of some </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';">policing of women’s sexuality</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';">. I think women are more controlled by these community and family pressures around who they should date. Men have greater freedom.” High-achieving Black men tend to “outmarry” (marry outside race, religion or ethnicity) at a higher rate than black women, researchers say (hmm, let's see, Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, actors Sidney Poitier and James Earl Jones, musician Quincy Jones, rapper Ice-T - all married white women!).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span></p><p class="textBodyBlack" color="initial" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border- outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline- vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></p><p class="textBodyBlack" color="initial" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border- outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline- vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';">Don't sleep on Black female interracial marriage and dating; think of Eartha Kitt, Lena Horne, Halle Berry, Alfre Woodard, Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: normal; white-space: pre; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; line-height: 24px; white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"> The crux of these findings suggest that t</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';">he historical policing of Black women's sexuality has not waned</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';">, and the pressures within our communities to contain our ability to partner with men and women outside of our race still persist.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="textBodyBlack" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border- outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 15px; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';">Image from </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://justjared.buzznet.com/2009/05/24/halle-berry-gabriel-aubry-family-fair/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';">JustJared.com</span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7387607019824077516.post-8966927523185759212009-08-11T19:23:00.000-07:002009-08-11T19:32:10.861-07:00In loving memory: Recent incidents of Black women in Seattle slain at the hands of their partners<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:14px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><a href="http://bit.ly/dIEtV"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Markesha Monroe, 19-year old Skyway teen shot to death by her boyfriend</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://bit.ly/dIEtV"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">, Aug. 10, 2009</span></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><br /></span></div><div><a href="http://www.kirotv.com/news/20151097/detail.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Sharlona White, 33-year old Tacoma woman gunned down at the Fort Lewis Post Exchange by 59-year old retired soldier and former boyfriend, July 22, 2009</span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(21, 44, 64);"><br /></span></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7387607019824077516.post-58536239171589729112009-08-11T18:52:00.001-07:002009-08-11T19:14:40.403-07:00Check out these articles on recent attacks against women<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:14px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/louise-marie-roth/woman-hating-and-the-la-f_b_254020.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;">Louise Marie Roth, "Women-Hating and the LA Fitness Massacre: Hate Crimes Against Women," Huffington Post, Aug. 7, 2009</span></span></span></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/08/opinion/08herbert.html?_r=1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;">Bob Herbert, "Women at Risk," NY Times, Aug. 7, 2009</span></span></span></a></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><a href="http://www.wimnonline.org/WIMNsVoicesBlog/2009/08/05/once-more-with-feeling-media-must-report-gender-motivation-for-mass-shootings/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;">Jennifer L. Pozner, "Once More With Feeling: Media Must Report Gender Motivation for Mass Shootings," Aug. 5, 2009 </span></span></span></span></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:13px;"><a href="http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2009/07/trenton_mother_killed_in_shoot.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">"Trenton mother is killed in shooting," NJ.com, July 31, 2009</span></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); line-height: 15px;font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-powell/rihannachris-brown-ending_b_166367.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;">Kevin Powell, "Rihanna/Chris Brown: Ending Violence Against Women </span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; line-height: 15px; font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-powell/rihannachris-brown-ending_b_166367.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;">and Girls (The Remix), Huffington Post, Feb. 12, 2009</span></span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px;font-family:Arial;font-size:24px;"><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7387607019824077516.post-38264812814937453362009-08-11T17:42:00.000-07:002009-08-21T10:36:39.828-07:00Gendered Nature of Recent Violence Goes Undetected<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">In a moment where our nation is celebrating a historic triumph for women of color - the confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor as the first Latina Supreme Court justice - I am disheartened by all the incidents of interpersonal and community violence targeting women on the national media front.</span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">There are so few critical analyses connecting the dots between isolated cases of aggressive, fatal attacks against women and a culture of gender-based violence that continues to go unrecognized.</span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">On Aug. 4, a Pennsylvania man fired 36 bullets into a dance-aerobics class at a local gym, killing 3 women, wounding 9 and taking his own life.</span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">The gunman, George Sodini, left an online trail of misogynist rants on his personal website and video posted to YouTube, documenting his hatred for and desire to kill women as a result of years of sexual rejection.</span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">On Aug. 5, an LA Superior Court judge postponed the sentencing of pop singer Chris Brown for the brutal assault of singer Rihanna.</span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">There are two stories that have not received much national media attention.</span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">The first is the July 22 shooting death of Sharlona White of Tacoma at the Fort Lewis Post Exchange by her former boyfriend, who then turned the gun on himself.</span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">The second is the July 30 shooting death of a 30-year old African-American woman in Trenton, NJ.</span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Following an argument, she was gunned down by her boyfriend in the presence of her three children.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">The pervasiveness of crime reporting has desensitized our nation to gender-based assaults.</span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Feminist blogger Jennifer L. Pozner (</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">http://twitterurl.net//X4409</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">)</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> called</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> the PA shooting a gender-based hate crime, referencing other mass killings that targeted women and girls, including the Montreal Massacre of 1989, the 1998 Jonesboro massacre, the 2006 Amish school and Platte Canyon high school shootings, and the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">It’s only the killings that are characterized as a ‘massacre’, a public act of aggression, or celebrity violence that get mainstream attention. While public displays of violence against women cannot go unnamed for what they are - a product of a culture of misogyny - it is the prevalence of private, often unreported displays of gender-based microaggressions that allow us to continually name misogyny as embedded within the fabric of our society.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Decades of research confirm that most incidents of violence against women go unreported and many governments fail to document these crimes.</span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">The United Nations reports that at least one in three women around the world has been beaten, coerced into sex or abused in some way, most often by someone she knows.</span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">The World Health Organization studied women’s health and domestic violence among 10 nations and found that: between 15% and 71% of women reported physical or sexual violence by a husband or partner; about 5,000 women are murdered by family members in the name of honor each year; and worldwide, up to 1 in 5 women and 1 in 10 men report experiencing sexual abuse as children, who are more likely to encounter other forms of abuse later in life.</span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">The most recent Bureau of Justice Statistics report on intimate partner violence in the US show that 30% of homicides of females were committed by intimate partners, compared to 5% for males.</span></span></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Are these recent news stories connected?</span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Absolutely.</span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Our increasing culture of violence, escalated during wartime, perpetuates an incessant desire to discuss, dissect, and be aware of violence and to live in a heightened state of fear.</span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">We’re reminded of the ‘other’ as the enemy, often characterized along nationalist, racist, xenophobic, and class lines.</span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Mainstream media fail to acknowledge the gendered nature of these crimes, and report on them as if they are random acts of violence.</span></span></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">It’s no coincidence that many violent crimes routinely committed against women are at the hands of their male partners.</span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Crimes against women are connected in cultural patterns of misogyny and power. More systemic responses to violence must come from community, education, media, legal and criminal justice systems. We must demand that these systems work together to connect the dots.</span></span></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Mako Fitts, Ph.D., is assistant professor of sociology in the Department of Anthropology, Sociology & Social Work at Seattle University.</span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">She is on the CARA board.</span></span><br /></span></p><p></p> <!--EndFragment-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7387607019824077516.post-63095627231151666082009-08-11T16:04:00.000-07:002009-08-21T10:35:17.094-07:00Welcome to the CARA blog!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">It's a new day at CARA! We've been holding it down in Seattle's Central District representing social justice, anti-violence activism and community accountability for 10 years and we're just getting started. Welcome to the new CARA blog, designed to transmit a Black feminist point of view that is sorely lacking in today's public discourse. This is a space to engender critical dialogue on hot button issues and to present the stories that impact women and communities of color that mainstream media outlets fail to cover.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">In a climate of anti-feminist, conservative backlash against progressive politics, it is critical that CARA's Black feminist analysis of intersecting race, gender, sex, class, nation, ableism and ageism is part of the public sphere. We look forward to sharing our perspectives and we hope to spark engaging conversations to promote grassroots methods for change that start from the local and impact global systems.</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0