New Year – New Circle
Please join us at our upcoming circle!
Thursday, January 29th beginning at 7pm
The City College of New York
160 Convent Ave
Shepard Hall Room 550
New York, New York 10031
A/B/C/D Trains to 145th | 1 Train to 137th Street
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/777293882345371/
For more information on what the event will be like or to stay in touch – please email us at sisterscirclecollective@gmail.com
Core Sister Veronica’s thoughts on why #FeministsOnTheMove was so important has been published on theGrio! Check it out!
AF3IRM Y SISTER CIRCLE COLLECTIVE HACE UN LLAMADO PARA UNA FUERTE PRESENCIA Y VOCES DE MUJERES EN EL MILLIONS MARCH.
NUEVA YORK: Desde Pearlie Golden de 92 años de edad, muerta en Atlanta, a Aiyana Stanley-Jones de siete años de edad, muerta en Detroit, Michigan, la violencia policial ha afectado y sigue afectando la vida de mujeres y niñas negras, queer, personas trans, y de género no conforme. “Ya es hora de prestar atención,” dice AF3IRM NYC y la Sister Circle Collective.
Bajo el hashtag #feministsonthemove/#feministasenmovimiento, las dos organizaciones están invitando a las mujeres, queer, trans y genderqueer, como aliadxs, para ayudar a crear un contingente de mujeres fuertes para el Millions March el 13 de diciembre en contra de la brutalidad policial. Se les pide a lxs participantes reunirse en Washington Square Norte / 5th Avenue a la 1:00 p.m. Estamos pidiendo a todxs lxs que quieran unirse que se vistan de morado/púrpura, como un signo de unidad en esta lucha.
“El mensaje es simple: la violencia del Estado afecta directamente a mujeres y niñas negras, queer, personas trans, y no conforme con el género. La violencia contra mujeres y niñas negras, queer, personas trans, y no conforme con el géneroha sido constante y va desde abuso físico a acoso sexual. Es hora de reconocer esto y añadirlo a nuestro entendimiento de la violencia de Estado y la brutalidad policial,” dijo Olivia Canlas de AF3IRM NYC.
“No podemos cambiar lo que no nombramos. La violencia contra las mujeres y niñas negras, queer, personas trans, y de género no conforme, ha estado con nosotros durante todo el tiempo que este tipo de violencia también ha sido infligida a los hombres negros. Es un aspecto importante de la violencia de Estado y la brutalidad policial,” dijo Lanai Daniels de la Sister Circle Collective.
La brutalidad policial contra las mujeres y niñas negras, queer, personas trans, y de género no conforme se produce en casi todos los estados de los Estados Unidos. Yvette Smith, de 47 años, murió en Texas; Nizah Morris, de 34 años, murió en Filadelfia; Miriam Carey, de 34 años, fue asesinada en Washington, DC; Rekia Boyd, de 22 años, murió en Chicago; Kayla Moore, de 42 años, fue asesinada en Berkeley, California; Tarika Wilson, de 26 años, murió en Ohio; Alberta Spruill, de 57 años, fue asesinada en Nueva York al igual que Shereese Frances, 30. Buscamos llamar sus nombres en las calles y los nombres de muchas otras que han sido asesinadas en manos de la policía.
La intención de hacer un llamado de alerta sobre la violencia policial constante contra mujeres y niñas negras, queer, personas trans, y de género no conforme, esde ser inclusiva, no divisiva. Es reconocer el liderazgo de las mujeres negras de este movimiento, el racismo anti-negro prevaleciente en muchas comunidades de color, y para mostrar solidaridad a través de líneas raciales, étnicas, y las intersecciones que tenemos como mujeres y niñas negras, queer, personas trans, y de género no conforme. Es importante, destacar que se trata de reconocer que las comunidades minoritarias, especialmente la comunidad negra, se dirige sistemáticamente como un todo, sino que hay acciones especiales que van encontra de las mujeres y niñas negras, queer, personas trans, y de género no conforme.
Uno de estos casos fue Daniel Ken Holtzclaw, un oficial de policía de Oklahoma, que ha sido acusado de agredir sexualmente a siete mujeres afroamericanas. También se le acusa de robo y acoso criminal. Él está actualmente en libertad bajo fianza.
“Cuando decimos #blacklivesmatter, eso incluye las vidas de las mujeres negras, vida de las niñas negras y la vida de homosexuales negrxs, trans, y de género no conforme. La violencia estatal, se manifiesta en la brutalidad policial, no es fragmentada,” dijo Verónica Agard de la Sister Circle Collective.
El Contingente de mujeres es una expresión de la participación activa en la oposición del asesinato de los hombres negros y una declaración de protesta contra la violencia estatal infligida contra las mujeres y niñas negras, queer, personas trans, y de género no conforme.
#blacklivesmatter
#blackwomenslivesmatter
#FeministasEnMovimiento
#assatameenseño
#angelameenseño
#mujeresenmovimiento
Media contact: Veronica Agard – veronica.agard@gmail.com AF3IRM & SISTER CIRCLE COLLECTIVE CALL FOR A STRONG WOMEN’S PRESENCE, WOMEN’S VOICE AT THE MILLION PEOPLE’S MARCH NEW YORK: From 92-year-old Pearlie Golden, killed in Atlanta, to seven-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones, killed in Detroit, Michigan, police violence has impacted and continues to impact the lives of black women and girls, as well as queer, trans and gender-nonconforming people. It is time, says AF3IRM NYC and the Sister Circle Collective, to pay attention. Under the hashtag #feministsonthemove, the two organizations are inviting women, queer, trans, and genderqueer folk, as well as allies, to help create a strong woman’s contingent for the 13th December Million People March against police brutality. Participants are asked to gather at Washington Square North/5th Avenue at 1 pm. We are asking anyone who would like to join to wear purple as a sign of unity in this struggle. “The message is simple: state violence directly affects black women and girls, queer, trans and gender nonconforming people. The violence against black women and girls, queer, trans and gender nonconforming people, has been persistent and ranges from physical mauling to sexual assault. It is time to acknowledge this and add it to our understanding of state violence and police brutality,” said Olivia Canlas of AF3IRM NYC. “We cannot change what we do not name. The violence against black women and girls, including queer, trans, and gender nonconforming people, has been with us for as long as such violence was inflicted upon black men. It is as significant an aspect of state violence and police brutality,” said Lanai Daniels of Sister Circle Collective. Police brutality against black women, girls , queer, trans and gender nonconforming people occurs in practically all states of the United States. Yvette Smith, 47, was killed in Texas; Nizah Morris, 47, was killed in Philadelphia; Miriam Carey, 34, was killed in Washington, DC; Rekia Boyd, 22, was killed in Chicago; Kayla Moore, 42, was killed in Berkeley, California; Tarika Wilson, 26, was killed in Ohio; Alberta Spruill, 57, was killed in New York as was Shereese Frances, 30. We seek to call their names on the streets and the names of many others who have been murdered by law enforcement. The intent in calling attention to the constant police violence against black women, queer, trans, and gender nonconforming people is to be inclusive, not divisive. It is to acknowledge the black women leadership of this movement, the anti-black racism prevalent in many communities of color and to show solidarity across racial and ethnic lines and the intersections we hold as women, girls, queer, trans and gender nonconforming people. Importantly, it is to recognize that minority communities, especially the Black community, is systematically targeted as a whole, but that there are special actions directed against black women and girls, queer, trans, and gender nonconforming people in particular. One such case involved Daniel Ken Holtzclaw, an Oklahoma police officer, who has been charged with sexually assaulting seven African-American women. He is also accused of burglary and felonious stalking. He is currently out on bail. “When we say #blacklivesmatter, that includes black women’s lives, black girls’ lives and the lives of black queer, trans, and gender nonconforming people. State violence, as manifested by police brutality, is not piecemeal,” said Veronica Agard of Sister Circle Collective. The women’s contingent is both an expression of active participation in the opposition to the murder of black men and a statement of protest against state violence inflicted upon black women, girls, queer, trans, and gender nonconforming people. — # #blacklivesmatter #blackwomenslivesmatter #feministsonthemove #holditdown #assatataughtme #angelataughtme www.af3irm.org; nynj@af3irm.org https://www.facebook.com/AF3IRMNYC http://www.sistercirclelcollective.org ; sisterscirclecollective@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/SisterCircleCollective
Two important updates on Patriarchy in Activist Spaces II:
1 – the event has been pushed back to begin at 3pm.
2 – RSVP is highly recommended to ensure that the organizers have an accurate head count and to provide a mechanism for sharing what may trigger guests (that feel comfortable expressing such). Here’s the link to do so!
See y’all tomorrow!
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