Fundraiser Happy Hour – New York Abortion Access Fund
December 14, from 6-10pm
Lolita Bar in the LES http://www.yelp.com/biz/lolita-bar-new-york
Happy hour is until 8 PM ($3 drafts & $4 well drinks) and $5 drafts after 8PM
Cover will be $5–all of which will go to NYAAF
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Fundraiser Happy Hour – New York Abortion Access Fund
How we can Curb Human Trafficking in NYC w/Rachel Lloyd from GEMS, 12/9
Free event posted here, with link to register: http://www.meetup.com/Fight-Slavery-Now/events/39601202/
How we can Curb Human Trafficking in NYC
Friday, December 9, 2011
12:30 PM – 3:00 PM
FREE and open to the public
RESERVE YOUR SEAT TODAY!
Human trafficking has become one of the fastest growing criminal industries in the world. Although not always recognizable, established networks of human trafficking operations are even here in New York. Victims may be forced to work as prostitutes, domestic workers, landscapers, in restaurants and bars, as forced panhandlers, in cleaning and janitorial jobs, in nail salons, or in other roles.
Rachel Lloyd from GEMS and Miriam Goodman from the Midtown Community Court will speak about their work on human trafficking and how the public can help curb this illegal exploitation of people in New York City.
Rachel Lloyd
Founder and Executive Director
Girls Empowerment and Mentoring Services (GEMS)
Rachel Lloyd is an outspoken survivor of sexual exploitation. She is the founder and Executive Director of Girls Empowerment and Mentoring Services (GEMS) in NYC, and the author of Girls Like Us. She has become a leading expert and advocate, working on behalf of girls and young women who have survived this abuse. Lloyd has been instrumental in helping craft and shepherd landmark legislation like New York’s Safe Harbor Act. She was named one of the “50 Women Who Change the World” by Ms. Magazine, among many other honors and accolades. Lloyd, her staff, and the young women served by GEMS advocate at the local, state, and national level to promote policies that support young women who have been commercially sexually exploited and domestically trafficked.
Miriam Goodman
Clinical Coordinator, Midtown Community Court
Miriam Goodman the women’s specialist at Midtown Community Court (MCC). Miriam oversees and facilitates the Women’s Independence Safety and Empowerment (WISE) program, a comprehensive psycho-educational and therapeutic program for women arrested for prostitution. Miriam’s focus is in trauma work and she has trained extensively in evidence-based practices for working with trauma survivors. Miriam is also a therapist at the Safe Horizon’s Counseling Center, where she provides trauma-focused therapy for crime victims. She received her BA in Sociology from Dickinson College and her MSW from the Silver School of Social Work at New York University.
UPCOMING WOMEN’S INTEREST EVENTS AT 92YTRIBECA
Thu, Dec 1, 12-2 pm, $18
Daytime | Extraordinary Women Leaders | CATHERINE THE GREAT: PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN
Catherine the Great, Czarina of Russia from 1762 to 1796, created perhaps the greatest collection of art in the world in the Hermitage, negotiated cantankerous court intrigue and numerous wars with consummate skill, and managed multiple lovers—all while working to bring Russia into the modern world. Hear about her astonishing life from her biographer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert K. Massie (Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman, Random House, November 8, 2011).
***JUST ADDED*** Thu, Dec 1, 7:30pm, $12
Film | PART-TIME WORK OF A DOMESTIC SLAVE
Roswitha Bronski divides her time between raising her three kids, caring for her husband, and working to support them by running an illegal underground abortion clinic. Her life is disrupted when police raid her clinic and she is forced to shut it down, and her husband gets a job in a factory, which is then outsourced to a cheaper labor force. This leads her to take part in radical direct action, and engage in social and political struggles outside of the home in order to make a better world for herself, her family, and others. Director Alexander Kluge (one of the founders of New German Cinema) and his sister Alexandra Kluge (in the title role) explore the struggles of women to transcend their traditional social role, and realize their own desires. Co-presented by Red Channels (www.redchannels.org), an open collective in NYC that engages in radical politics on the left through organizing events, screenings and projects.
Director: Alexander Kluge. 91 min. 1973. DVD.
200 Hudson Street | www.92YTribeca.org | 212.601.1000
CONNECT Training Institute’s Understanding Domestic Violence: Essentials and Intersections
CONNECT Training Institute’s Understanding Domestic Violence: Essentials and Intersections
Fridays, 9:30am-5pm
1/13/11, 1/20/11, 1/27/11, and 2/3/11
Register today for our four-day intensive course on the fundamentals of domestic violence (also known as Intimate Partner Violence)! Learn about the types, tactics, dynamics of abuse and the intersections between intimate violence and the many health and social justice issues affecting New York City’s communities. Topics include:
Why men batter and abuse,
Trauma and the impact of intimate violence on women and children
How culture and religion shape our responses to domestic violence
How domestic violence affects LGBTQ communities
HIV, domestic violence and substance abuse
The navigation of social service and legal systems.
Safety Planning
Materials fee is $200 per participant. Sliding scale is available, organizational budget will be required for sliding scale eligibility. For more information or to register go to www.connectnyc.org or call (212) 683-0015 ext.215. Understanding Domestic Violence is the prerequisite course for all CONNECT Training Institute courses. Participants who have completed a previous cycle of Understanding Domestic Violence or DV101 are not required to take this class before registering for other CTI courses.
Facilitator(s):
Sharene Roig, MA, Ed.M., full-time trainer and educator for the CONNECT Training Institute (CTI) and CONNECT’s Community Empowerment Program. Sharene is a lead trainer for Understanding Domestic Violence: Essentials & Intersections and facilitator for the Women’s Empowerment and Girls Empowerment courses. Sharene has over fifteen years of experience in working with families that experience violence. Through CONNECT’s Family Violence Prevention Program she trained foster care and preventive services staff, provided technical assistance and DV case consultations. Sharene has facilitated and developed curricula for support groups for victims/ survivors of intimate partner violence for ten years. Sharene also conducts Girls Empowerment workshops to adolescent girls in both High School and Community Based Programs.
Marlon Walker, is lead trainer for the CONNECT Training Institute and co-trainer for a collaborative project called ‘Men and Women as Allies’ that trains Verizon staff and management on domestic violence and workplace bullying. Marlon as an anti-violence activist facilitates workshops for young and adult men on how to end violence against women and girls throughout NYC. Marlon is also currently facilitating ‘Hombres Dialagoando’, a group for Spanish speaking men struggling with violence in their relationships. Marlon previously worked with The Children of New York (formerly known as Queens Child Guidance Center Early Head Start) in several capacities, including Early Head Start teacher, family worker and as male involvement coordinator. Marlon a longtime educator has taught High School, ESL (Spanish) for adults and GED classes for new immigrants. Marlon is also a FDC graduate.
Quentin Walcott, Director of CONNECT’s Training Institute and Community Empowerment programs. Quentin also spearheads CONNECT’s Male Anti-Violence initiatives, where he creatively develops programs and trainings centered on moving men and boys from bystanders to allies to activists in the anti-violence movement. Quentin also works locally and nationally with individuals, community groups and service providers as a violence prevention activist, educator, group leader, lecturer and program developer. His collaborations include projects with Eve Ensler, creating a curriculum design for young men as Part of V-Day’s New York Stop the Violence Festival; Developed, in partnership with Cornell University ILR School, Men and Women as Allies training program for Verizon management and craft from CWA Locals 1106 & 1108, which creates awareness on Domestic violence, Bullying and Workplace Violence. Quentin trained, supervised and mentored by Dr. John E. Aponte, began facilitating Batterer’s Intervention groups throughout New York City over 15 years ago. Until recently, Q chaired/co-chaired the NYC’s Coalition on Working with Abusive Partners (CoWAP) for five years.
CONNECT
P.O. BOX 20217
New York City, New York 10001
www.connectnyc.org
Legal Advocacy Helpline
212-683-0605
CONNECT is dedicated to preventing interpersonal violence and promoting gender justice.
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CONNECT Faith hosts RESPONDING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN COMMUNITIES OF FAITH
Two day training for Religious leaders, Spiritual Activists and All People of Faith
December 2nd and December 9th, 2011
9:30am – 4:30pm
Union Theological Seminary
3021 Broadway on 120th St
Communities of faith and their leaders have the potential to play a significant role in helping to prevent and eliminate family violence. This course is designed to help clergy, lay leaders and seminarians to:
Gain a basic understanding of the complex dynamics of intimate partner abuse and effects on individuals, families and communities.
Learn about intervention strategies: practices and resources needed to help keep victims/survivors safe, and abusers accountable.
Explore approaches to the challenging pastoral, theological and spiritual issues that abuse and violence in the family raise.
Develop strategies for how you and your community of faith can play a critical role in breaking the silence and preventing domestic violence.
For more information please contact Sally MacNichol at 212-683-0015 x216 or CONNECTfaith@connectnyc.org or visit our website www.connectnyc.org. No cost to attend.
The agenda to end violence against women is enormous, given that we are essentially attempting to turn the tide of centuries of norms, beliefs, attitudes and behaviors that encourage and support violence against women. Faith- based communities represent a critical ally in this effort.
~ Marie Fortune.
December 17: International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers
On December 17, International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers Marks One Year Since Bodies Discovered on Gilgo Beach
WHEN: Saturday, December 17, 2011 from 2 to 4 pm
WHERE: Trinity Lutheran Church of Manhattan, 164 West 100th Street near Amsterdam Avenue. 1, 2, or 3 train to 96th Street.
WHO: Organized by sex worker support and advocacy groups the Red Umbrella Project and the Sex Workers Outreach Project New York. Attendees will be people currently or formerly involved in the sex trades and our friends, family, allies, and those concerned for our health and safety.
In December 2010, the bodies of four women, later identified as Amber Lynn Costello, Megan Waterman, Melissa Barthelemy, and Maureen Brainard-Barnes were discovered on Gilgo Beach in Long Island, after the family of missing woman Shannan Gilbert insisted on a police investigation of her disappearance. The cases remain unsolved, and since December the remains of another six people have been discovered in the area. The Suffolk County Police Department, which is responsible for the investigation, believes that it is likely that there are multiple local killers who are preying on people who sell sexual services.
On December 17, 2011 people in the sex trade and the people who love and support us will gather at Trinity Lutheran Church of Manhattan from 2 to 4 pm to hold a vigil for the victims of the Long Island killers and the many other people killed every year because they trade sex and are vulnerable to violence. The event will feature community activist speakers, a candle lighting, and a reading of the names of people in the sex trade who have been murdered this year.
The International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers was first organized nearly a decade ago by sex workers in San Francisco to memorialize the people murdered by serial killer Gary Ridgway. Ridgway captured the attitude that cultivates violence towards sex workers: “I picked prostitutes because I thought I could kill as many of them as I wanted without getting caught.” At the event, we create a space that challenges this assumption by demonstrating that we have a caring community.
The Sexually Empowered Life: A 6-month sexuality program for women
Women need a safe space in which to heal, explore, examine and learn about their sexuality. In this unique six month program, women will be able to do the deep work on their sexual selves that can empower and affect every aspect of their being and of their lives.
This program will take place over six weekends between January and June 2012, in New York City. (Specific dates available here.) The Sexually Empowered Life involves a combination of deep work on the sexual self through discussion, coaching and self-exploration; examination of our sexual history and patterns; education about sexuality and the sexual body; and ritual, experiential learning and group support. It is a rare opportunity to dive deeply into the study and development of our own sexual selves: as we step out of cultural limitations for relationships, identity, and gender, we can examine and explore how sexual norms and sexual shame have affected or inhibited our sexuality, challenge and confront what is no longer serving us, and move into a place of full-embodiment of sexual power, desire and healthy vulnerability. Women of all sexual orientations and backgrounds are welcome.
Sexual empowerment coach, Amy Jo Goddard, M.A., facilitates this program with a progressively feminist approach that creates an environment where women can fully step into their sexual power and own the parts of themselves they have forsaken or disconnected from, while being supported by other women. Amy Jo has been a sexuality educator for over 15 years and is a published author. Having worked in various women’s and queer communities as an activist, performance artist and advocate, she maintains a deep commitment to empowering women and girls. Read more about Amy Jo’s transformational work at www.AmyJoGoddard.com.
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9 Steps to a Sexually Empowered Life
A free workshop for women
Wednesday, December 7, 7-9 pm, NYC
In this workshop, learn about the 9 steps that will help you come home to your authentic sexual self and express your sexuality with integrity and joy. Hear about an amazing opportunity to grow your sexual self in a totally unique and meaningful way.
To sign up and for more info:
http://sexuallyempoweredlife2.eventbrite.com/
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About the free teleclass:
9 Steps to a Sexually Empowered Life
A free teleclass
Saturday, Decemeber 3, 11 am-noon
In this workshop, learn about the 9 steps that will help you come home to your authentic sexual self and express your sexuality with integrity and joy. This teleclass is also an opportunity for you to learn about Amy Jo’s newly reformatted program for women, The Sexually Empowered Life, and to ask her any questions you might have about this 6-month long unique course so you can become the full sexually empowered woman you are meant to be.
To sign up and for more info:
http://sexualempowerment.eventbrite.com/
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A Guy’s Guide to Feminism Reading with Michael Kimmel & Michael Kaufman, Authors
Join Michael Kimmel, world-renown expert on american masculinity (and Paradigm Shift featured speaker) & Michael Kaufman, co-founder of the White Ribbon Campaign, the largest effort the world of men working to end violence against women, for their NYC book launch! GuysGuideToFeminism.com
SWAP! Film Benefit Fundraiser Clothing Swap & Dance Party
Sat Nov 5th at 4 -11 pm
A benefit to raise production funds for a documentary about style and substance.
$10 at the door will give you access to all the clothing your little arms can carry and all proceeds will go to support the production of a new documentary, SWAP!, a film about style, exchange, community and global sustainability.
There will be a special section for male identified persons and a baby clothes section. We will even make space for dog clothes if you bring them !
The WEST cafe
379 Union Street (bet. Powers & Hope St.)
Brooklyn, NY
Indie a Go Go link: http://bit.ly/puWewe
Call to Action Today: Facebook Rape Pages
Friends, bloggers, organizers,
I wanted to drop you a note to ask for your help with a day of action, 11/2, to pressure Facebook to take down pages that promote rape, sexual violence, and violence against women and declare these pages a violation of their Terms of Service.
A petition on Change.org, started a few months ago by Florida activist John Raines, has over 180,000 signatures; similar campaigns launched in the UK, Canada, and New Zealand bring the total number up to 200,000. In addition, Sprint, Blackberry, PBS, and other companies have insisted that their ads be taken off pages that activists have flagged as promoting rape and violence.
Facebook’s Terms of Service already ban content that is “hateful, threatening,” or contains “graphic or gratuitous violence,” and the site has also removed inoffensive content such as photos of breastfeeding mothers. However, Facebook is standing firm in their refusal to remove the pages under fire for supporting sexual violence, going so far as to say, “It is very important to point out that what one person finds offensive another can find entertaining – just as telling a rude joke won’t get you thrown out of your local pub, it won’t get you thrown off Facebook.”
Since Facebook finds pages like “Riding You Girlfriend Softly So She Doesn’t Wake Up” entertaining, we’re upping the ante. Tomorrow we’re asking people to tweet at Facebook the names of real pages that promote rape, sexual violence, and violence against women with the hashtag #notfunnyfacebook. The idea is that if more people — and yes, the media — see the bile Facebook is protecting, the site will have to cave to the pressure.
Here is a link to a post Alex DiBranco wrote for Women’s Views on News, who are leading a UK campaign, about the day of action: http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2011/11/notfunnyfacebook-join-the-twitter-day-of-action/
And here are some sample tweets:
- .@facebook “Riding your Girlfriend softly, Cause you dont want to wake her up” #notfunnyfacebook http://chn.ge/r9T2EV
- .@facebook “Let’s have sex.. LOL jk i’m a rapist, were doing it wether you like or not” #notfunnyfacebook http://chn.ge/r9T2EV
- .@facebook “Kicking sluts in the vagina because its funny watching your foot disappear” #notfunnyfacebook http://chn.ge/r9T2EV
- .@facebook “1.5 Million ‘likes’ and I will rape my mom!” #notfunnyfacebook http://chn.ge/r9T2EV
- .@facebook “We’re gonna have sex tonight” “Why?” “Because im stronger than you are” #notfunnyfacebook http://chn.ge/r9T2EV
- .@facebook “It’s Not Rape If You Yell Surprise” #notfunnyfacebook http://chn.ge/r9T2EV
- .@facebook “Whats 10 inches and gets girls to have sex with me? my knife” #notfunnyfacebook http://chn.ge/r9T2EV
We’d appreciate tweets, Facebook posts, and blog posts. Please let me know if you need a quote from us or any of the partner orgs. Thanks for all your help and all the work you do!
Shelby Knox
Director of Organizing, Women’s Rights, Change.org
Twitter: @changewomen, @ShelbyKnox
