Red Rally Hosted in Your Area!!!!
Please leave comments if you are hosting a red rally or some type of gathering on October 31, 2007. We want people to know that if they wanted to attend your rally or gathering they could.
Please do not leave any personal information.
Just leave the location of the event or gathering.
If it is DIFFICULT TO HOST A Red RALLY/GATHERING, PLEASE WEAR RED, GET WITH YOUR FRIENDS and at 8:00 pm CENTRAL READ in Unison the “OUT OF SILENCE LITANY” BECAUSE PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE NATION WILL BE DOING THE same thing. Please take Pictures and/or Video and EMAIL us at beboldbered@gmail.com, so that we can upload them on the website. After October 31, 2007, we want to flood the web with pictures and video of Red!!! Download Litany
October 11, 2007 at 9:07 pm
“Silent Too Long, Silent No More”
March & Rally
Friday, October 26, 2007
11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Pilsen / Little Village Area
The rally will begin in Pilsen, in front of the National Museum of Mexican Art at the corner of Wolcott Ave. and 19th Street. We will walk west on 19th street to Damen Ave. and turn South until we reach Cermak Rd. We will continue to march West on Cermak until we arrive at the Pilsen Little Village Community Mental Health Center (3113 W. Cermak Rd.),
Together we will unite, as a community of Woman, Mothers, Social Activist for Human Rights, Men, Artists, Musicians, Teenagers and Children. We will join together for a day where we can break the silence, end two centuries of female oppression, Stop the War of Violence Against Woman!
Presnted by:
The Chicago Abused Woman Coalition, Pilsen-Little Village Community Mental Health Center, Mujeres Latinas en Accion, Casa De La Cultura Yolot-Atecocoli (Pilsen – Chicago),
Calles y Suenos – Chicago, Colectivo Arte Y Realidad (Little Village – Chicago)
Café Catedral (Little Village), Dance Group Nahualy, Musician Moses Noah Valdez, Justin Josep(the kool kids rule) PAPP (Primera Asamblea Popular de Pilsen), more to confirm.
October 16, 2007 at 8:57 pm
Volunteer at Apna Ghar with the Asian American Resource and Cultural
Center on Saturday, October 27 from 11-2! (Chicago, Illinois)
Apna Ghar is a domestic violence shelter serving primarily Asian and immigrant women and children, and was the first Asian shelter of its kind in the Midwest. Volunteers will help organize donations to the NeUsed Closet, Apna Ghar’s thrift store, and will have the opportunity to learn more about Apna Ghar’s services.
Please meet at UIC at 10AM (outside of SCE by the flagpoles) to go to Apna Ghar by public transit. Alternatively, volunteers can meet directly at Apna Ghar by 11AM.
Apna Ghar/The NeUsed Closet
4820 N Broadway
Chicago, IL
http://www.apnaghar.org
Please contact Aaditi Dubale at adubal2@uic.edu by Tuesday, October 23 so
that Apna Ghar can anticipate how many volunteers to expect.
Thank you,
Aaditi
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October 17, 2007 at 6:28 pm
Does anyone know of events in Atlanta?
October 18, 2007 at 1:21 pm
Dee Dee Rhodes,
There are events bing planned in Atlanta email me at beboldbered@gmail.com and I will send you information.
October 21, 2007 at 8:21 am
are there any events in the North Carolina Triangle area (Chapel Hill/Durham/Raleigh)?
October 22, 2007 at 12:51 am
As Salaamu Alaikum,
We are asking women to wear red and come join us in prayer at:
Masjid Al Mu minun,
1127 Hank Aaron Dr. SW
Alanta, Georgia
Wednesday, October 31
at 4:20 pm Salatul Asr and 6:20 pm Salatul Maghrib. We will pray together, pass out the litany and then leave. We are not going to read it due to it will be considered interfering with the standard ritual. We will hand it out to those who attend.
Majeed
Administrator
Baitul Salaam Network, Inc.
http://www.baitulsalaam.net
October 22, 2007 at 12:59 am
We are hosting a Bible study dedicated to eradicating violence against Black women.
The title of the bible study is:
Bynum and The Bible:
7:00 pm at Ray of Hope
901 Meridian St. Nashville, TN 37207
http://www.rayofhopenashville.org/
October 22, 2007 at 6:51 pm
“Red Sunrise Gathering”
This event is one of many events occurring on October 31st around the nation dedicated to ending violence against women of color. Please come out and stand in solidarity with women of color and their allies to end violence against women of color. This event is sponsored by Ella’s Daughters which is a national women of color networking organization This event will feature drumming and solidarity statements/movements.
Location: Chicago, Illinois
(Hyde Park Area, zip codes 60653 or 60615)
Between 47th and 50th Lakeshore Drive
Date: October 31, 2007
Time: 6:00 am to 7:00 am
Attire: Wear Red
Parking People can park at the 47th parking lot located near
the Lakeshore 47th exit.
For more information, please email Fallon beboldbered@gmail.com.
October 22, 2007 at 6:56 pm
The African American Studies Program here at the College of Charleston is encouraging every one to wear red on Oct. 31 and we are gathering at noon for a picture.
Time and Place
Date: Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Time: 12:00am - 11:00pm
Location: Meet at the Cistern at noon for a picture
City/Town: Charleston, SC
Please contact francisc@cofc.edu for more information.
October 23, 2007 at 12:34 am
yes!! there is something happening at UNC Chapel hill. check with their black student association!
October 25, 2007 at 12:45 am
Is anything planned in the DC Metro area???
October 25, 2007 at 5:33 pm
For those in Atlanta:
The Spelman FMLA will be holding a RED EVENT on the campus of Spelman College on the 31st. They will be meeting at 7:30pm in the Women’s Center (located on the second floor of the Cosby Academic Center). This event is open to the public! WEAR RED!
October 25, 2007 at 9:01 pm
The New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence Women of Color Leadership Project, The Albany Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., The Graduate Chapter of Sigma Lambda Upsilon
present
Be Bold, Be Brave, Be Red
Speakout to End Violence Against Women of Color
Date: October 31, 2007
Location: University of Albany, ALbany NY
Campus Center, Room 364
Time: 7-9 p.m
Rally, Spoken Word and Faciliated Community Conversation on Violence Against Women of Color
October 27, 2007 at 12:42 am
University of Greensboro, NC
Tuesday, Oct. 30 from 6 - 8pm
Multicultural Resource Center, first floor Elliot University Center
Hosted by students in a Black Feminism course
Join us that evening to learn about violence against women of color. Wear Red!
October 27, 2007 at 5:14 pm
The Graduate and Professional Students of Color at UIUC are hosting an event”
STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN OF COLOR!
Wednesday, October 31, 7:00 - 9:00pm
McKinley Foundation - 2nd Floor
809 S. 5th Street, Champaign, IL 61820
Sadly, violence against women of color is not a new issue by any means.
In the past year in particular, brutal acts of violence against women of color have
received little attention nationally or locally.
This event is part of a national day of action to raise awareness about the recent, and historical, violence perpetuated against women of color, which continues to be ignored and/or minimized in the media and within our communities.
PLEASE WEAR RED TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT
(even if you can’t make the event)
*Men are encouraged to attend*
October 29, 2007 at 2:38 pm
Does anyone know if there are there any events on in Philadelphia?
If not I could start something- any volunteers?
October 29, 2007 at 4:37 pm
Dear Emory/Atlanta community:
This week, we will take time to stand in solidarity with survivors of
sexual violence as part of the Be Bold, Be Red Campaign, initiated by
the recent rape and torture of Megan Williams, a 20 year old Black
woman from West Virginia. Two events will be happening at Emory on this
Wednesday. Do stop by one of them, and certainly wear red to show your
support!!! For more info about the national campaign, visit:
documentthesilence.wordpress.com . You can also see a listing below of
several recent events which precipitated this campaign.
12 Noon: Wear Red and Gather in Front of Woodruff Library for a photo.
This will be part of the commemoration of events taking place
nationally.
6:00-6:30–Dobbs University Center–Rally
Event: Wear RED October 31: Stop the violence against women of
color(Emory rally) “Violence against women of color gets very little
media attention or community response. We are breaking the silence.”
What: Rally
Host: Document the Silence/Emory Students
When: Wednesday, October 31 at 6:00pm
Where: DUC Coke Commons
October 30, 2007 at 3:48 am
Is there anything happening in L.A.???
October 30, 2007 at 11:19 pm
For those in the Albany, NY area:
There is a speakout on the East steps of the Capitol Downtown Albany at noon! Wear red and show your support!
October 31, 2007 at 3:20 pm
Greetings ~
I know most of you do not live in Philadelphia . However, I’m sure there at least some of you who know folks who live and/or work in Philadelphia . If you do, please spread the word and encourage folks to attend the press conference and equally if not more importantly encourage folks to voice their opinions at the polls, in Philadelphia , on Tuesday, November 6, 2007.
THE FOLLOWING IS BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS and Judge Teres Carr Deni should not be allowed to serve another day in court.
In Struggle,
Aishah
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PRESS CONFERENCE
Thursday November 1, 2007
1pm
Outside Municipal Court ( Criminal Justice Center )
1301 Filbert St , Philadelphia
Monday October 29, 2007
To the Editor:
We were appalled to learn that on Oct 4 Municipal Judge Teresa 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.”
As groups organizing against rape and in support of victims, we could not disagree more. All women have the right to protection from violence. The idea that any woman is “asking for it” is a lie that we fought for decades to destroy. It is especially offensive to see it revived by a female judge, who reached her position as a result of the women’s movement and is now using her power to deny justice to the most vulnerable women.
Deni told Daily News columnist Jill Porter that the victim met another client before reporting the rape. We have learned that this is completely untrue; the transcript of the hearing proves it. For a judge to make a false (and self-serving) accusation against a victim in the press, in addition to her prejudiced and reckless contempt for women’s safety, confirms that she is unfit to serve. The outcry following Deni’s decision shows how out of step with public opinion she is and that most people believe that prostitute women deserve the same protection from violence that we all have a right to expect.
No woman is safe when prostitute women aren’t safe. Serial rapi sts and murderers often target prostitute women knowing that they are more likely to get away with it. Labeled criminals by the prostitution laws, women are less likely to report violence for fear of arrest themselves. When sex workers do report, the violence is often dismissed. Here, the same man and his friends gang-raped another woman four days later. Decisions like Deni’s are a green light for further attacks.
The victim in this case was a Black single mother with a young child. In Philadelphia , where one in four people lives in poverty and welfare has been almost completely dismantled, many women have been forced into prostitution to survive. This should not make them fair game for rapi sts .
We are glad that the District Attorney is pursuing the original rape charges. The public can make our voices heard in the November 6 election: vote “No” on the retention of Teresa Carr Deni as Judge of the Municipal Court of Philadelphia.
Mary Kalyna
On behalf of
Global Women’s Strike
Philadelphia , PA
and
Women Against Rape
US PROStitutes Collective
Black Women’s Rape Action Project (BWRAP)
Legal Action for Women
Every Mother is a Working Mother Network
Wages Due Lesbians
Payday Men’s Network
October 31, 2007 at 6:46 pm
Tonight at 7:45 (Oct.31st) some friends/family and I will be meeting to honor and make visible the number of women of color who have been affected by sexual/dating violence. We’ll be meeting with flashlights, candles, poems, songs, posters at 100 Allyn St. (outside of Agave Mexican Restaurant) and start walking through that neighborhood at exactly 7:50pm.
|well i’m sorry i just found out about the RED campaign| |otherwise this event would have been much more publicized| |and “legal” in regards to getting city permits etc….|
We do not want to create any disturbance for the Agave establishment so if you plan to meet us there get to that location promptly @ 7:50pm!
PEACE & BOLDNESS!
Leah “LOCKEDOWN”, CT
October 31, 2007 at 8:03 pm
In DC -
Womyn can gather at metro stops: Metro Center, Columbia Heights, Georgia Ave. Petworth, Benning Rd, Pg Plaza to greet people by asking:
1. Do you know what happened to Megan Williams
2. What have you done to support a womyn of color in your life?
Should gather at 7:45 a.m. - 9 a.m. and/or 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Womyn are encouraged to have meals together and read the litany together at 9 p.m. EST.