From: valston-AT-email.arizona.edu
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 10:50:54 -0700
Subject: THE COLOR OF VIOLENCE II


>Subject: The Color of Violence
>Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2001 10:20:15 -0700
>
>>
>> > THE COLOR OF VIOLENCE II: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN OF
>> > COLOR
>> > BUILDING A MOVEMENT
>> > MARCH 15-17, 2002
>> > UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-CHICAGO
>> >
>> > INCITE! is a national activist organization of
>> > radical feminists of color
>> > advancing a movement to end violence against women
>> > of color and their
>> > communities through direct action, critical dialogue
>> > and grassroots
>> > organizing.
>> >
>> > INCITE! was formed at the Color of Violence:
>> > Violence Against Women of
>> > Color conference held in Santa Cruz, California in
>> > April 2000. Over one
>> > thousand people gathered at this conference to
>> > discuss and strategize about
>> > the connections among sexual/domestic violence,
>> > racism and colonialism in
>> > the lives of women of color.
>> >
>> > Color of Violence II builds on INCITE's work to
>> > advance a movement to end
>> > violence against women of color in all its forms.
>> > This work is needed now
>> > more than ever. As the U.S. fights a racism war
>> > against the Middle East
>> > while simultaneously increasing its repression of
>> > communities of color and
>> > promoting racial profiling at home, it is critical
>> > that we build a movement
>> > that ends both sexual/domestic violence AND
>> > state-sponsored violence.
>> >
>> > SPEAKERS CONFIRMED TO DATE:
>> >
>> > Angela Davis, Critical Resistance
>> > Mililani Trask (Hawai'ian), Indigenous Women's
>> > Network
>> > Yuri Kochiyama, long-time community activist, Asian
>> > Pacific Islander
>> > Coalition Against War
>> > Cherie Moraga, editor This Bridge Called My Back
>> > Madonna Thunder Hawk (Lakota), Founder of Women of
>> > All Red Nations
>> > Loretta Ross, Center for Human Rights Education
>> > Revolutionary Afghanistan Women's Association
>> > delegation
>> > Judith Scully, National Conference of Black Lawyers,
>> > Committee on Women,
>> > Population & the Environment
>> > Nadine Naber, Arab Women's Solidarity Association
>> > Tillie Black Bear, White Buffalo Calf Women's
>> > Shelter
>> > Nellys Palomo (Chiapas) KINAL ANFETIK: Tierra de
>> > Mujeres
>> > Catlin Fullwood, On Time Associates
>> > Heather Milton, Indigenous Environmental Network
>> > Youth Task Force
>> > Katherine Acey, Astraea Foundation
>> > Alma Briones, Access Living Chicago
>> > Lourdes Lugo, Puerto Rican Cultural Center
>> > Justine Smith, Women of All Red Nations
>> > Isabel Garcia, Derechos Humanos
>> > Stormy Ogden, former prisoner; American Indian
>> > Movement
>> > Paula Rojas, Sista II Sista
>> > Beth Richie, author of Compelled to Crime: the
>> > Gender Entrapment of Black
>> > Battered Women
>> > Julia Sudbury, Critical Resistance
>> > Nan Stoops, Washington State Coalition Against
>> > Domestic Violence
>> > Cathy Cohen, author of Boundaries of Blackness: AIDS
>> > and the Breakdown of
>> > Black Politics
>> > Grace Chang, author of Disposable Domestics
>> > Shamita Das Dasgupta, Manavi
>> > Deborah Santana, Mills College, Vieques activist
>> > Val Kalei Kanuha, University of Hawai`i
>> > Lakota Harden, Black Hills Alliance
>> > Amara Perez, Sisters in Action for Power
>> > Brigette Moore, Black Grrrl Revolution
>> > Mily Trevino-Saucedo, Lideres Campesinas.
>> >
>> > CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
>> > March 15-17, 2002
>> > University of Illinois at Chicago
>> >
>> > FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2002
>> > 6:30-8:30 p.m. Opening Plenary
>> > Catlin Fullwood, Judith Scully, Heather
>> > Milton,Katherine Acey, Cherie
>> > Moraga, Alma Briones
>> > 8:30 p.m. Reception
>> >
>> > SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 2002
>> > 9-10:30 a.m. Plenary: Sovereignty, State Violence,
>> > Colonialism
>> > Isabel Garcia, Nadine Naber, Beth Richie, Lourdes
>> > Lugo, Stormy Ogden,
>> > 10:45 a.m. - 1 p.m. Concurrent Workshops
>> > 1-2 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
>> > 2-4:15 p.m. Concurrent Workshops
>> > 4:30-6 p.m. Plenary: Organizing in Communities of
>> > Color
>> > Angela Davis, Madonna Thunderhawk, Yuri Kochiyama,
>> > Paula Rojas,
>> > 6-7 p.m. Concurrent Organizing Sessions
>> > 8 p.m. Women's Dance [for tickets see conference
>> > registration]
>> >
>> > SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 2002
>> > 8-9 a.m. Concurrent Organizing Sessions
>> > 9-11 a.m. Closing Plenary: Building A Movement
>> > Mililani Trask, Cathy Cohen, Shamita Das Dasgupta,
>> > Deborah Santana, Grace
>> > Chang, Revolutionary Afghanistan Women's Association
>> > representative
>> > 11 a.m. - 12 noon Closing Keynote
>> > Loretta Ross
>> >
>> > Workshop Topics Include
>> > Women of color in prison, media strategies for
>> > ending violence,
>> > re-politicizing the anti-violence movement, racism
>> > in reproductive health
>> > policies, skills-building workshops, youth activism,
>> > arts activism, and
>> > other topics. A complete list of workshops will be
>> > available on this
>> > website at a later date (www.incite-national.org).
>> >
>> > Organizing Sessions
>> > Conference participants will have the opportunity to
>> > collaborate around
>> > organizing efforts to end violence against women of
>> > color. These Organizing
>> > Sessions will either address specific issues and/or
>> > geographical needs
>> > (indicate interest on the registration form).
>> >
>> > Organizing sessions topics will include, but are not
>> > limited to:
>> > organizing against the war; working with
>> > religious/spiritual communities;
>> > dangerous contraceptives/reproductive rights;
>> > media/cultural workers
>> > against violence; violence in American Indian
>> > boarding schools
>> > documentation project; women of color and
>> > incarceration; youth and young
>> > women of color; women of color confronting child
>> > welfare systems.
>> >
>> > PRE-CONFERENCE ACTIVIST INSTITUTE
>> > Friday, March 15, 2002
>> > 10am-5pm
>> > A special Activist Institute will take place prior
>> > to the Color of Violence
>> > II conference. This Institute will be for women of
>> > color to focus on
>> > developing alternatives to addressing violence
>> > against women in communities
>> > of color, specifically ending dependence on the
>> > criminal justice system.
>> > Pre-registration is required, space is limited to 50
>> > people. To register,
>> > contact Isabel at <incite_national-AT-yahoo.com> or
>> > (510) 665-5526.
>> >
>> > REGISTRATION FEES
>> > Registration fees are on a sliding scale of $0 -
>> > $100, depending on your or
>> > your organization's ability to pay.? You can also
>> > become a conference
>> > sponsor.? Full details are on our conference web
>> > site at
>> > <www.incite-national.org>.
>> >
>> > TO REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE
>> > Registration forms for the conference, as well as
>> > full conference details,
>> > can be found on our web site:
>> > <www.incite-national.org>.? Registration must
>> > be mailed in.? We do ot accept registration by
>> > phone, fax or email.? For
>> > further information or to receive a printed
>> > conference brochure, contact
>> > Andrea Smith, <incite_national-AT-yahoo.com> or
>> > 831-460-1856.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >





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