Category: statements

For Immediate Release
September 6, 2016
Contact: Irma Bajar, Chairperson, gabrielawomen@gmail.com

Members of GABRIELA USA express our deepest sympathy for the victims of the September 2 bombing at a night market in Davao City. We condemn the heinous terror attack that killed fourteen people and injured 67 others.

GABRIELA USA calls on President Rodrigo Duterte to stand with Davaoenos and the rest of the Filipino people in seeking justice for the victims. While the perpetrators of the terror attack should be brought to justice, we find it alarming that President Duterte has declared a “state of lawlessness”

in the country. His declaration should have clearly defined parameters, otherwise state forces such as the Philippine National Police and Armed Forces of the Philippines will have carte blanche to arrest innocent civilians and commit other human rights violations against the people, under the guise of countering terrorism.

Past puppet Philippine presidents and their regimes have allowed the US to deploy troops to the Philippines, in their support of the US so-called War on Terror. But the presence of US troops in the Philippines puts the US in a favorable position to carry out military intervention in the country and push forward its economic and political agendas. The US is once again attempting to assert their presence in the country, as US National Security Council spokesperson, Ned Price, recently stated that the US is ready to provide assistance in the investigation of the bombing.

“We oppose any moves by the US government to use the recent bombing in Davao as justification for US intervention and to further militarize the Philippines,” stated Irma Bajar, national Chairperson of GABRIELA USA. “There is a strong possibility that the recent bombing in Mindanao may be an attempt to create chaos and destabilize the country and we oppose all efforts to increase deployment of US troops to the country, as well as sending of additional war equipment via anti-terror aid from the US.”

GABRIELA USA also opposes any attempts to use the Davao bombing incident to sabotage the Peace Talks that have recently resumed between the Government of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines. The next round of the Peace Talks, set to take place in October 2016, will address comprehensive socio-economic reforms such as agrarian reform, national industrialization, rights of working people and social services, and environmental protection.

“As we remember the victims of the Davao bombing, the best way we can achieve a just and lasting peace in Davao and in the entire country is by supporting the continuation of the Peace Talks and opposing all forms of US intervention in the process. We call on all GABRIELA members and supporters to learn more about the Peace Talks and the fundamental changes it will bring that will benefit women, children, and their families,” stated Bajar.

Justice for Victims of Davao Bombing!
Stop US Intervention in the Philippines!

For Immediate Release
July 21, 2016
Contact: Irma Salvatierra Bajar, Chairperson, GABRIELA USA, gabrielawomen@gmail.com

On Tuesday, July 19, 2016, the Supreme Court of the Philippines ordered the “immediate release from detention” of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA), dismissing a plunder case against the former Philippine President. The Supreme Court voted 11-4 to dismiss the case based on presentation of “insufficiency of evidence” from prosecution. GMA has been under hospital arrest since 2012.

Although GMA had been detained based on charges against her in a plunder case, these charges do not encompass the totality of the human rights abuses and crimes against the Filipino people committed during GMA’s presidency from 2001 to 2010. The GMA regime has a history of using force and state terror against the people and those whom her armed forces perceived to be enemies of the state. General Jovito “The Butcher” Palparan was indicted for two counts of kidnapping and serious detention but never prosecuted, which includes the disappearance of women student leaders Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño in 2006 under GMA’s presidency. Despite the 1,206 cases of extrajudicial killings and 206 victims of enforced disappearances of activists, human rights workers, and peasants, there have been zero convictions of military personnel.

We must not forget the Ampatuan Massacre, which occurred under GMA’s presidency on November 23, 2009, when 58 people including 32 journalists were killed. The Ampatuan Massacre is considered the single most violent incident in the history of Philippine media. Since the massacre, no one has been held accountable for the murders in a case that clearly perpetuates the culture of impunity and the prolonging of justice for the families of the Ampatuan Massacre victims.

It is evident that GMA’s economic policies have worsened the living conditions of the majority of the Filipino people, including unequal trade agreements with the United States. GABRIELA USA demands the supreme court hold Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo accountable for her crimes that have greatly contributed and exacerbated the suffering of the Filipino people, especially women and children.

For Immediate Release
July 9, 2016
Contact: Irma Salvatierra Bajar, Chairperson, GABRIELA USA, gabrielawomen@gmail.com

GABRIELA USA mourns with the black community over the continued killings of black men, black women, and black queer and trans people whose lives have been taken by police brutality. We mourn and express our deepest condolences to the the loved ones, communities, and families of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile.

“We are in solidarity with your grief and with your rage. We will stand together and help each other turn our anger into action. We will continue to organize and demand justice against police brutality, impunity, and white supremacy upheld by the system of imperialism of which the United States continues to thrive on,” said Irma Bajar, GABRIELA USA Chairperson.

GABRIELA USA recognizes the state violence and repression used against our black brothers, sisters is the same state violence and repression used against our filipino brothers and sisters. It is the same state violence and repression used against our palestinian brothers and sisters. It is the same state violence and repression used against our indigenous brothers and sisters. Freedom and liberation are not conditional. They are our basic human rights. The brutal murder of innocent black people by the police must stop NOW.

We must resist state repression and fight for the lives of black and brown people in the US and worldwide. We demand the police state in the US and the imperialist forces around the world who seek to protect only the interests of the wealthy and maintain anti-black racism be held accountable.

#BlackLivesMatter
#BlackPowerMatters
#BlackResistanceMatters
#Filipinos4BlackPower
#LongLiveInternationalSolidarity

For Immediate Release
July 3, 2016
Contact: Irma Salvatierra Bajar, Chairperson, GABRIELA USA, gabrielawomen@gmail.com

GABRIELA USA welcomes Rodrigo Duterte as the newly inaugurated 16th President of the Philippines, and joins millions of women in calling for CHANGE.

“Women in the Philippines suffered unemployment, landlessness, violence and state sponsored repression for six long years under the previous Aquino administration and we are hopeful that President Duterte will address the concerns of women and their communities,” stated GABRIELA USA Chairperson Irma Bajar.

GABRIELA defined the key concerns of the women’s sector upon conclusion of its National Women’s Summit in Davao City, Mindanao. The summit brought together 250 women from across the Philippines, representing such sectors as peasants, workers, urban poor, professionals, and indigenous women. Attendees of the summit drew up a Women’s Agenda to reflect the calls that the women’s sector urges President Duterte to take up in his first 100 days of administration and beyond. The Women’s Agenda for CHANGE outlines six key points: C in CHANGE stands for [C] Comprehensive social services, [H] Human Rights and social justice, [A] Anti-discrimination and anti-violence on women and children, [N] National Sovereignty, [G] Genuine agrarian reform and national industrialization and [E] Environmental protection.

GABRIELA USA applauds Duterte’s willingness to dialogue with people’s organizations to bring about change and his appointment of progressive leaders to several positions within his administration. The recent appointment of Liza Maza, the former Chairperson of GABRIELA and Congressional Representative of Gabriela Women’s Party, as Lead Convenor for the National Anti-Poverty Commission, will serve as an important voice in government to defend and uphold the interests of women and of the Filipino people in general.

“This is an exciting time for our kababayan–not only because there are progressives serving in important roles in the new administration but because of the resumption of peace negotiations between the Government of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines,” stated Bajar. “We must continue to support the peace negotiations because through those talks, the roots of our people’s suffering can be addressed and we can build a truly independent Philippines where people can have decent livelihood and where the rights of the people are upheld.”

#WomenWantCHANGE

For Immediate Release
April 2, 2016
Reference: Irma Salvatierra Bajar, Chairperson, GABRIELA USA, gabrielawomen@gmail.com

After experiencing hunger and crop failure caused by a seven month long drought from El Niño, 6,000 farmers and Lumad travelled to Kidapawan City, blocked the Kidapawan National Highway, and barricaded the National Food Authority to demand the distribution of 15,000 sacks of rice as food aid. They also demanded farm subsidies and that the government intervene and raise the prices of their produce.

Despite peacefully picketing for four days, combined forces of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) unleashed violence on the farmers and Lumad on April 1. The violent dispersal began when fire trucks water hosed the protesting farmers and Lumad. The PNP soon afterward shot indiscriminately into the unarmed crowd, even using high-powered M-16 rifles. Bai Ali Indayla, GABRIELA Women’s Partylist nominee and keynote speaker at GABRIELA USA’s National Congress this past March 2016, was amongst the victims fired upon.

After the shooting, 5,000 of the farmers and Lumad fled to Spottswood Methodist Center but faced further human rights violations. 200 PNP surrounded the church center and illegally detained those who sought refuge in the building. The PNP cut off electricity to the building, forbade the media from entering, and blocked access to medical care by not allowing wounded farmers and Lumad from leaving the building to go to the hospital.

“The actions of the Philippine government are utterly despicable. Instead of looking after the well-being of women, children, and their communities, President Aquino and his administration first showed their criminal neglect of the farmers and Lumad affected by the severe drought, and then they violently attacked them for simply asking for food and assistance to survive,” stated GABRIELA USA Chairperson Irma Bajar. “This tragedy exposes the state repression, fascism and violence that our kababayan face under US-backed President Aquino.”

GABRIELA USA demands that the Aquino government immediately release calamity funds and all El Niño rice subsidies. GABRIELA USA also recognizes the role the US government has played in the Kidapawan massacre; through the economic, political, and military support it has given over the years to Aquino’s fascist regime. We demand the US government stop its military aid and training with the AFP, including ending military agreements such as the Visiting Forces Agreement and the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement. GABRIELA USA urges community members to support long-term solutions that would solve the crisis of hunger and poverty of the farmers and Lumad via genuine land reform and national industrialization. Only then will the farmers and Lumad have dignity and the necessary livelihood to meet their basic needs, and only then will we see justice.

Bigas Hindi Bala! Rice Not Bullets!
Justice for the Victims of Kidapawan Massacre!
Assistance to Peasants and Lumad affected by drought and El Nino!
Genuine Land Reform and National Industrialization Now!

For Immediate Release
March 8, 2016
Reference: Valerie Francisco, Chairperson, GABRIELA USA, gabrielawomen@gmail.com (925) 726-5768

International Working Women’s Day was established to commemorate the struggle and resistance of working women in their workplaces and in this spirit, GABRIELA USA, a US-based national alliance of progressive Filipino women’s organizations fighting for genuine liberation of the Philippines, begins the countdown to its 3rd National Congress, to be held on March 19-20 in San Francisco. The general assembly will include all chapter organizations, women’s desks and chapter organizing committees from regions across the US, including New York, DC, Chicago, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles and the Bay Area. Over 200 participants, allies, supporters, members, and their families, are expected to gather in celebration of the last 4 years of their work and look ahead to unite on a general plan of action carrying the theme, “Abante! (Advance): Women Defend the People’s Democratic Rights for Our Dignity and Self-Determination”.

The two day event will begin with Congress proper on Saturday March 19, where invited keynote speakers Bai Ali Indayla and Cat Brooks will address the general assembly. Bai Ali Indayla is a Bangsomoro activist from the Maguindanaon region of Mindanao Philippines and 3rd nominee of Gabriela Women’s Partylist. Indayla is outspoken on issues of militarization, peacebuilding, and human rights violations in Bangsamoro communities. Cat Brooks is the founder of the Anti-Police Terror Project, co-chair of the ONYX Organizing Committee, member of Black Lives Matter Bay Area and one of the Black Friday 14. Brooks has organized several BLM and other protests in Oakland and has emerged as one of the most prominent organizers in the Black Lives Matter movement. We are honored to have the presence of these very powerful women to draw on the connections of state sponsored repression from the US to the Philippines and its impact to women across the globe.

On Sunday, March 20, GABRIELA USA collaborates with the National Ecumenical Forum for Filipino Concerns to hold an ecumenical service honoring migrant women in light of International Working Women’s Day. During this Palm Sunday Service, we will be greeted with a message of solidarity from Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black transgender elder and veteran of the Stonewall Rebellion who has been fighting for the rights of trans women of color for over 40 years. She is a mother, father, grandmother and grandfather to family both blood and chosen, and an icon in the struggle for transgender civil rights.

The weekend will culminate with an indignation rally outside the Philippine consulate, on Monday March 21, to condemn the recent fire at the Haran evacuation center in the Philippines, which injured 5 people, and at least 2 lumad children. GABRIELA USA members will highlight the heightening aggression of exploitative forces that continue to oppress our people and the state repression that hinders our right to self-determination.

On this International Working Women’s Day, members of GABRIELA USA unites to end all forms of violence including state repression, fascism, militarization and wars of aggression. Just as we are taking part in struggles to defend our land, our jobs, our livelihood and our rights, we must join in the struggle for a just and lasting peace in our homeland and around the globe. This is the legacy of International Working Women’s Day. We should affirm our commitment to build a strong women’s movement towards people’s emancipation. Women will never be free in a capitalist economy where crisis plagues us all and where imperialist wars of aggression are inevitable. We must continue to defend our countries from foreign aggression, defend our sovereignty toward national and social liberation. Let us continue to uphold the militant tradition of March 8 International Working Women’s Day!

Sulong Gabriela! Lumaban Makibaka!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 26, 2015
Reference: Valerie Francisco, Chairperson, GABRIELA USA, gabrielawomen@gmail.com

GABRIELA USA joins LGBTQ rights defenders and advocates in celebrating the announcement of the Supreme Court decision to uphold marriage equality, ruling that same-sex couples have the constitutional right to legally marry in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. This landmark victory would not have been possible without the decades long struggle of LGBTQ people, advocates, and supporters. While the Supreme Court decision is a major step forward in LGBTQ rights, we are a long way from genuine equality and justice.

Recently, trans Latina woman and transgender rights advocate Jennicet Gutiérrez made national headlines for interrupting President Barack Obama during the White House Pride reception. Obama’s swift silencing of Gutiérrez’s cries to release all transgender immigrants from detention and to stop all deportations highlights the glaring contradiction that while the Obama administration celebrates “LGBTQ rights” it continues to implement the systematic incarceration, detention, and violence against transgender immigrant people of color. Seventy five trans people are detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) daily, 90% being trans women and 10% being trans men (Source: Approximation based on ICE estimates and demographic analysis from the Williams Institute at UCLA). Obama’s silencing of Gutiérrez highlights the historic silencing and erasure of trans women of color, their lives, their issues, and their struggles.

In early March of this year, GABRIELA Los Angeles marched together with Gutiérrez and FAMILIA: Trans Queer Liberation Movement (TQLM) in front of the Metropolitan Detention Center to demand the release of Nicoll Polanco, a 24-year old Guatemalan transgender woman being detained by ICE in an all-male facility Florence, AZ. Polanco has suffered nearly a decade of transphobic hate crimes in Guatemala and the U.S., including sexual assault, harassment, and discrimination. We applaud Gutiérrez and FAMILIA for their continuous activism for trans immigrants like Nicoll who have been denied their freedom, dignity, and human rights. We affirm the urgency and truth behind Gutiérrez words crying out for justice from Obama who has deported over 2 million immigrants since 2008 and continues to detain immigrants in deplorable and inhumane conditions in for-profit facilities.

GABRIELA USA continues to stand with the LGBTQ community in the struggle for democratic rights. While the achievement of marriage equality is a historic victory, the fight against transphobia, hate crimes, bullying, and systemic violence must fiercely continue. We especially recognize and will continue to join the necessary struggle alongside our trans communities for basic human rights including housing, jobs, health care, genuine safety within our community and most especially liberation from state repression and violence.

During this Pride month, GABRIELA USA lifts up and celebrates the lives of all trans women who have been unjustly murdered, including the life of Jennifer Laude, a trans Filipina woman beaten and strangled by U.S. Marine Private First Class Joseph Pemberton. The trial for Laude’s murder is still ongoing in the Philippines.

We call on our communities and supporters to join us in Trans Day of Actions all across the country in celebration of trans power, trans resistance, and trans lives! We recognize and salute the Trans women of color, including Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson, who fought back against police and led the Stonewall Riots in 1969. We will continue to fight for Trans Justice and for Trans Liberation!

For Immediate Release
April 28, 2015
Reference: Valerie Francisco, Chairperson, GABRIELA USA, gabrielawomen@gmail.com
#SaveMayJaneVeloso Movement Successful In Delaying Execution!

San Francisco, CA — Filipinos worldwide celebrate over a much anticipated announcement of a last minute reprieve from execution for Mary Jane Veloso, an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who captured international attention and was set to be executed by firing squad in Indonesia today. The news comes after several days of mass protests, vigils, petition campaigns, and an international movement in support of Veloso, widely believed to be a victim of human and drug trafficking who has been wrongfully convicted. Veloso’s story has resonated with millions of Filipinos, especially with migrants and other OFWs who deeply understood the sacrifices Veloso made for the livelihood of her family and two young sons.

GABRIELA USA joins the international community in rejoicing that an unjust execution of an innocent mother has been avoided. “Today we celebrate the people’s victory in successfully advocating for Mary Jane Veloso’s life, in raising international awareness on a grave injustice faced by a fellow kababayan, and exerting pressure on the Indonesian and Philippine government to protect a victim of human trafficking!” says Valerie Francisco, Chairperson of GABRIELA USA. “It is the collective power of the Filipino people and international supporters that saved Mary Jane’s life, no thanks to President Noynoy Aquino, who allowed her to languish in Indonesia’s death row for five years before lifting a finger of support. This is tantamount to criminal neglect!”

GABRIELA USA has mobilized several actions and forums nation-wide for Veloso, including pickets in front of Indonesian consulates in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Washington DC, the Philippine consulate in San Francisco, and in front of the United Nations in New York. GABRIELA USA continues to call for Veloso’s supporters to remain vigilant. “The fight is not over,” says Francisco, “The reprieve is only temporary, and Mary Jane is still in prison. We will not rest until she is free, and goes home to her family.”

Veloso’s plight has highlighted the Aquino government’s fumblings and inaction, contributing to Veloso’s prolonged suffering. Veloso’s own family members have testified to the Department of Foreign Affairs’ slow response over the course of five years, the poor legal representation, and lackluster advocacy on behalf of Aquino himself. “Aquino continues to undermine and sabotage the future of the country and of our people, as we have seen with the Pork Barrel scandal, Mamasapano, and now with Mary Jane Veloso. It is clear that he must resign immediately, or prepare to be ousted!” says Francisco.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 17, 2015
Reference: Valerie Francisco, Chairperson, GABRIELA USA, gabrielawomen@gmail.com

On March 17, 2015, twenty years after Flor Contemplacion’s death, Filipino migrants and their families will rise up again in a weeklong series of actions from March 16-March 22, to exercise their democratic right to call for system change as more Filipino women overseas migrant workers are abused, exploited and enslaved under President Aquino’s term. Each day, an estimated 6,092 Filipinos leave the country (IBON Foundation, 2015 data), and women OFWs make up more than half the migrant workforce – 55%. Due to widespread landlessness, joblessness and poverty, mothers, sisters, aunts, nieces and grandparents are forced to leave and face dire and uncertain conditions abroad. More than 600 Filipino teachers experienced fraud and abuse by their recruiter, Isidro Rodriguez, of the Renaissance Staffing Support Center since 2003. Some 300 of these teachers were trafficked to the U.S., and forced to work under less than desirable conditions in the Washington D.C. area.

One year ago today, GABRIELA USA exposed the human trafficking scheme lead by Rodriguez, who is currently at large with two existing warrants against him for illegal recruitment and estafa. Recently, he was spotted in Granada, Spain, even when the Philippine National Bureau of Investigation barred him from leaving the country, and he continues to profit from the exploitation of OFWs. GABRIELA and Migrante International are calling for an urgent response from the Philippine Department of Justice other concerned agencies in Spain to arrest and extradite Rodriguez now.

Concurrently, the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) has been meeting over the past two weeks at the UN Headquarters in New York to discuss progress and gaps in the implementation of the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for action, a global policy intended to improve the conditions of women worldwide. GABRIELA and the International Women’s Alliance (IWA) will lead protest actions outside the UN demanding truth, accountability transparency in the negation process on March 17, 12:30PM.

Please join GABRIELA USA in a week-long series of actions to continue the fight to end the exploitation of overseas workers, stop enforced migration of Filipino people, and continue to seek justice for the trafficked teachers. It is clear there is much to be done to improve the lives of Filipino migrant women here and abroad. President Aquino is faced with losing battle to regain trust in the people, and must resign now.

#Justice4FilipinoTeachers
#RememberFlor@20
#EndForcedMigration
#AquinoResign

Press Statement

March 6, 2015

Reference: Valerie Francisco, Chairperson, GABRIELA USA, gabrielawomen@gmail.com

GABRIELA USA members and allies across the country in Oakland, Seattle, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Portland, and New York City march together on International Working Women’s Day to protest ongoing state violence from the Philippines to their locales in the US. Filipino American and immigrant women have organized together this past year to protest and assert their rights for safety, dignity and justice. On March 8th, 2015, they again come together to make their demands clear for an end to systematic violence in our communities, in the workplace, and by the state.

This past year, GABRIELA USA’s main campaign to seek justice for Filipino teachers who are survivors of trafficking sought to intensify the man-hunt for Isidro Rodriguez, a labor trafficker who single-handedly breached contracts of over 300 Filipino teachers, many of which are still seeking justice. GABRIELA members from Washington DC have led the way by confronting Philippine Embassy officials, demanding support for their case and calling for accountability by the Philippine government. Still, the Aquino administration has yet to pay attention to their calls and provide accountability from Rodriguez who remains at large after his release last May 2013, continuing his illegal recruitment schemes and victimizing many more overseas workers. Despite the hundreds of complaints to the Department of Justice in the Philippines and recent sighting of Rodriguez in Spain, little to no action has been done to extradite him.

Furthermore, the murder of Jennifer Laude, a transgender woman, by Marine Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton is a clear consequence of the danger of US military occupation in the Philippines. This international case demonstrates the puppetry of BS Aquino to US imperial powers as Aquino has kept silent and passive in achieving justice for Laude and her family. To add insult to injury, Aquino has continued to submit to US will by signing the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) last year, allowing the US greater access to military bases in the Philippines.  US militarization has been detrimental to country’s sovereignty, while the women continue to suffer from continued sexual assault and violence from their presence.

These examples of the Philippine state’s negligence to its migrant citizenry as well as the Filipino people in the homeland, move Filipino American women, migrant women and allies to mobilize on International Working Women’s Day and highlight the incompetence of BS Aquino. GABRIELA USA stands with millions of Filipinos in the Philippines and abroad calling for his immediate resignation and move towards the establishment of a transitional council.

In the US, GABRIELA USA members stand against the increasing police brutality and violence against Black people in the US, and other communities of color. In the past year, member organizations have joined the thousands of people who have insisted that Black lives matter. While state violence and repression continues in our communities, we must also march in the streets and stand against anti-trans violence and deaths that have spiked in the last year and often go unheard. GABRIELA USA will take the streets and speak out and fight for women and trans women for safety, justice, self-determination and liberation.

Justice for Trafficked Teachers and All Victims of Human Trafficking!

End Violence Against Women! End Transmisogyny Now! Justice for Jennifer Laude!

U.S. Out of the Philippines! Junk the Visiting Forces Agreement! Junk the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement!

AQUINO RESIGN!

Join us in commemorating the 105th Anniversary of International Working Women’s Day in the city near you!

Los Angeles, CA

Monday, March 9, 2015

Women Rise Up, Aquino Step Down!

6pm Rally at the Philippine Consulate

3435 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 550

Los Angeles, CA 90010

LA March 9th Event

 

New York City, NY

Sunday, March 8, 2015

International Working Women’s Day Coalition 10th Anniversary March & Speak Out

End Police Brutality, State Repression and Militarization!

12pm Rally at Herald Square, 34th Street and 6th Ave.

1pm March

2pm Speak out at Solidarity Center, 147 West 24th st.

NYC March 8th Event

 

Oakland, CA

Sunday, March 8, 2015

Lake Merritt Amphitheater (12th st. & 1st ave.)

UPHOLD the LEGACY & POWER of WOMEN’S RESISTANCE HERE and ABROAD!

12PM Rally & Speak Out for Justice

12:30PM March to Rise & Resist

1:30PM Celebration for Women’s Strength & Resistance

Oakland, CA March 8th Event

 

Portland, OR

Saturday, March 7, 2015

Portland Waterfront Esplanade

Power Project

Join this community visual project to voice the powerful ways in which we thrive as women and build solidarity among the multiplicity of nations, ethnicities and cultures that create a Portland culture of resistance and fight, in the face of intense attacks on our livelihoods, our bodies, and our communities.

10am-5pm

 

Seattle, WA

Saturday, March 7, 2015

Rainier Valley Cultural Center – 3515 South Alaska St. Seattle, WA 98118

Women Who Rock – Rocking Media Justice Festival | womenwhorockcommunity.org

11 AM International Women’s Day Musical Brigade March

(Meet Rainier Ave. S & S Dawson St. Route heads to the Rainier Valley Cultural Center.)

1:00PM Rocking Medial Justice Festival

Seattle, WA Event

 

Washington, DC

Saturday, March 21

Building A Collective Struggle for Womyn’s Liberation

4:00 – 8:00 pm at Washington Peace Center (1525 Newton St NW, Washington, DC 20010)

Washington, DC Event

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