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By: Something Within » Wear Red on April 30

Something Within » Wear Red on April 30 — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:21:53 +0000

[...] I said in an earlier post, I support the ongoing efforts of these young activist through Be Bold. Be Brave. Be Red. to raise consciousness and to get women of color to show their solidarity with women everywhere [...]

By: Call to Action for Megan Williams « Backyard Beacon

Call to Action for Megan Williams « Backyard Beacon — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 22:16:23 +0000

[...] remembering we were never meant to survive.” These words shape the collective organizing of Document the Silence to break the silence surrounding stories of violence. We are asking for community groups, grassroot [...]

By: Afro-Netizen

Afro-Netizen — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:24:08 +0000

Kindly upload this movie clip to YouTube.com, if you are willing/able, in order to further its viral effect.

Keep on keepin’ on!

By: » Stopping the Violence - By ¡Para Justicia y Libertad!

» Stopping the Violence - By ¡Para Justicia y Libertad! — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:33:18 +0000

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By: Happy Halloween! « Our Descent Into Madness

Happy Halloween! « Our Descent Into Madness — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:00:18 +0000

[...] other procrastinators out there, Boing Boing’s got a pretty good and easy idea for you. Or, you could make a different sort of statement today by wearing red. And for everyone else: are you dressing up? If so, as [...]

By: Aishah Shahidah Simmons

Aishah Shahidah Simmons — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:12:36 +0000

I am wearing red because I am a survivor of incest and rape.
I am wearing red because I live in a City (Philadelphia) where a White Woman Judge Terri Carr Deni dropped all rape and assault charges in the case of a woman gang-raped at gunpoint. Because the woman was working as a prostitute, Judge Deni decided that she could not have been raped and changed the charge to “theft of services.” Deni later said that this case “minimizes true rape cases and demeans women who are really raped.”
On Thursday, November 1, 2007, in Philadelphia, there will be a Press Conference at 1pm Outside Municipal Court (Criminal Justice Center)1301 Filbert St. On November 6, 2007, I will voice my opinion to Judge Deni by voting “NO!” on her retention as Judge in the Municipal Court of Philadelphia.

I am wearing red because I am very clear that it doesn’t matter if you’re a stripper, a prostitute, a lesbian, a bisexual woman, a heterosexual woman, a single mother (especially with several children from different fathers), on welfare, a high school drop out, college educated, working in corporate America, working at a minimum wage job with no health insurance, or working in the film/music/television entertainment industry. Yes, I placed what some people would view as very different/distinct categories of women of Color in the same category because history has consistently shown me and all of us that if any of the aforementioned Black women are at the wrong place at the wrong time (which could be at any time), we, women of Color, will be left to heal our very public wounds alone.

By: Jose

Jose — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:42:58 +0000

This is amazing….I am wearing red for my mother who was abused by my dad.

By: Lois Marie Washington

Lois Marie Washington — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:18:00 +0000

I am so glad someone is finally paying attention to women issues. Volence against women is not just a black thing, it’s helping to women of all races, and it’s time that we as women take the bull by horns ourselves. We have the power within ourselves to change our history of volence and abuse.

By: Nadine Williams

Nadine Williams — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:38:33 +0000

I wear red for myself who was assaulted by my ex-husband.

By: georgia_spice

georgia_spice — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:56:16 +0000

I wear red for Diane who was physically abused by her husband;
I wear red for Wanda whose children were physically abused by their father;
I wear red for Spicy Fire who was emotionally and verbally abused by her husband;
I wear red for Singing Fire whose son was physically abused by her boyfriend;
I wear red for Sensitive Fire whose husband physically abused her for years;
I wear red for Spanish Fire whose partner abused her;
I wear red because Miles abused Cicely;
I wear red because O.J. abused and killed Nicole;
I wear red for the women who have been raped in Iraq;
I wear red for the women who have been raped in Sudan;
I wear red for the babies in South Africa raped by adult AIDS victims;
I wear red because I was raped by my husband; and
I wear red because I will be silent no more.