ACTIVIST PANEL & CONSCIOUSNESS-RAISING SESSION FOR WOC -

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ACTIVIST PANEL AND CONSCIOUSNESS-RAISING SESSION FOR WOMEN OF COLOR (NYC)

WOMEN OF COLOR CAUCUS PRESENTS
Activist Panel and Consciousness-Raising Session for Women of Color:
July 15, 2006

Join us to hear why our panel of activists got involved in feminist, ant-racist, and other social justice movements, why they stayed involved, and what they are working on now. Then share what draws you or would draw you, as a woman of color, to activism, and what you want to see happen in social justice movements.

Panelists:
Nellie Hester Bailey, Co-founder & Executive Director, Harlem Tenants Council
Marretta Short, President, Women of Color and Allies, Essex County (NJ) NOW
Francie Hunt, Chair, Women of Color Caucus of Redstockings and Gainesville (Florida) Women’s Liberation

When: Saturday, July 15, 2006
Panel of Activists: 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Consciousness-Raising: 4:45-6:00 p.m.
Where: NYU Law School, Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan Street bet. West 3rd St. and Washington Square South, Room 210
Train: A, C, E, B, D, F, V to West 4th St. or N, R, W to 8th St. or PATH to 9th St. & 6th Ave.
Cost: $5-10 suggested donation

The Women of Color Caucus (WOCC) is an organizing think tank composed of women of color associated with Redstockings of the Women’s Liberation Movement and Gainesville Women’s Liberation. We believe that women of color involved in women’s liberation must also meet separately in order to address problems specifically affecting women of color. We do consciousness-raising on topics like unfair beauty standards; abortion and reproductive justice; equality in sex and relationships with men; parenting and childcare; equality for women of color in the anti-racist movement, and more. We speak from our own experience and draw conclusions about who benefits from our oppression and how best to fight it. Join us!

No one will be turned away for inability to pay
Free child care always available on site
Contact us at:
646-285-1723 or woccnyc@yahoo.com