Check out this comprehensive new report by the Women & Girls Collective Action Network, comprised of 16 organizations in Chicago, about ending violence against women "with a focus on women of color, youth, queer and trans youth, women with disabilities, young women in the sex trade, among others." The report includes info on...
how groups have broadened their definitions of violence, rethought the roles of survivors and perpetrators, and identified systems of oppression as root causes of violence. Rather than copy the structures of the mainstream nonprofit system, many of these groups are creating new structures and negotiating older ones.examples of how groups are building safe communities within the movement, responding to acts of violence within social justice communities, and grappling with the non-profit industrial complex.
strategies to end violence, including how to create community conversations, organize communities, use arts and performance, develop popular education, incorporate harm reduction, and partner with men.
Thanks to Ann Russo of DePaul U. for the heads up.
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that report is amazingly helpful...especially because a lot of anti-violence orgs are going in the wrong direction (i.e. trying to function in a hierarchecal model that can be disempowering to community members)...but that report shows successful alternatives that are especially useful for queer communities or people of color.
yeahh go ann for sending this in! woo.
This report is wonderful and a great example of the power of collaborating with other orgs on a regional and local level!
I have the privilege of having Ann Russo as a professor and as a result I recently posted about this same org over at faithfullyliberal.com as well!
This report is wonderful and a great example of the power of collaborating with other orgs on a regional and local level!
I have the privilege of having Ann Russo as a professor and as a result I recently posted about this same org over at faithfullyliberal.com as well!
Ann Russo is literally one of the foremost intellects amongst the Chicago feminist community. That said, I'm so pleased that feministing.org included this newsfeed into their article collections.
It's essential to feminists worldwide to publicize both the struggles women face along with the progress feminists are currently producing. This development in Chicago is an excellent example of progress.
This report is informative and a great example of the outreaching coalition of feminists in a ever-dividing international reality.
Go Chicago Women, Go!