FEMINIST GATHERING: Sunday 9th March, Hackney Social Centre, London
this looks interesting... so much so that i have gotten involved and offered a workshop i want to see happen...
maybe see some of you there *smile*
(info below copied & pasted from flyer - leave your email if you want me to send flyer/posters (.pdf))
Building on the energy of International Women’s Day 2008, we are bringing together feminists from many backgrounds and political positions for one exciting and thought-provoking day of workshops, discussions and network building.
FEMINIST GATHERING: Sunday 9th March
12:00-1:00pm
1) Fem/mes talk: consciousness-raising and coffee session
2) Open discussion on feminist childrearing
3) Feminist and queer movements in Belarus
1:15-2:15pm
1) Sex workers and feminists: why they need each other
2) Women seeking asylum
3) Women’s self-defense
2:30-3:30pm
1) Sex trafficking: myths, migrant sex workers and labour rights
2) Consent and community response to sexual assault
3) ‘Women of the Book who Go by the Name Feminists’ (for women who self- identify as religious and feminists)
3:45-4:45pm
1) F-T-eminism: workshop on feminism for male-identified trans people
2) Feminist erotic media and diy porn
3) Abortion rights: defending and extending reproductive freedoms
5:00-6:00pm
1) Slut/Goddess pleasure activism
2) Negotiating safer sex
3) Solidarity between trans and feminist movements
VENUE:
Hackney Social Centre, 231 Lower Clapton Road, London http://hackneysocialcentre.blogspot.com/
Bus stop: Lea Bridge Roundabout
Contact us: 9thmarch@lists.riseup.net www.myspace.com/march9thlondon
Activities throughout the day: Bike Repair, Luxury massage corner
Films:
6:30-8:00pm
Eve Ensler’s ‘Until the Violence Stops’
Marie Vermeiren’s film on the stop rape paper bag project.
Creche: There will be a creche provided so contact us if you will need places.
The day is open to all genders and sexualities although some workshops may be for specific groups only: for example, women or trans only.
The venue is a squatted building, therefore although wheelchairs can access the space, facilities are limited and many areas are not child-friendly.
maybe see some of you there *smile*
(info below copied & pasted from flyer - leave your email if you want me to send flyer/posters (.pdf))
Building on the energy of International Women’s Day 2008, we are bringing together feminists from many backgrounds and political positions for one exciting and thought-provoking day of workshops, discussions and network building.
FEMINIST GATHERING: Sunday 9th March
12:00-1:00pm
1) Fem/mes talk: consciousness-raising and coffee session
2) Open discussion on feminist childrearing
3) Feminist and queer movements in Belarus
1:15-2:15pm
1) Sex workers and feminists: why they need each other
2) Women seeking asylum
3) Women’s self-defense
2:30-3:30pm
1) Sex trafficking: myths, migrant sex workers and labour rights
2) Consent and community response to sexual assault
3) ‘Women of the Book who Go by the Name Feminists’ (for women who self- identify as religious and feminists)
3:45-4:45pm
1) F-T-eminism: workshop on feminism for male-identified trans people
2) Feminist erotic media and diy porn
3) Abortion rights: defending and extending reproductive freedoms
5:00-6:00pm
1) Slut/Goddess pleasure activism
2) Negotiating safer sex
3) Solidarity between trans and feminist movements
VENUE:
Hackney Social Centre, 231 Lower Clapton Road, London http://hackneysocialcentre.blogspot.com/
Bus stop: Lea Bridge Roundabout
Contact us: 9thmarch@lists.riseup.net www.myspace.com/march9thlondon
Activities throughout the day: Bike Repair, Luxury massage corner
Films:
6:30-8:00pm
Eve Ensler’s ‘Until the Violence Stops’
Marie Vermeiren’s film on the stop rape paper bag project.
Creche: There will be a creche provided so contact us if you will need places.
The day is open to all genders and sexualities although some workshops may be for specific groups only: for example, women or trans only.
The venue is a squatted building, therefore although wheelchairs can access the space, facilities are limited and many areas are not child-friendly.