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Holding Our Own Offers Movement Building Grants

Posted on June 27, 2018

Holding Our Own, Movement Building Fund from Megajoule Media on Vimeo. Holding Our Own invites applications to our new Movement Building Fund.  The Fund is an emergency grant fund that makes grants up to $1000 available on a rolling basis to fund or sponsor actions, activities, and organizing efforts community-wide to respond to the ongoing attack on […]

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Posted in Activism, Economic justice, Environment, Human Rights, Immigration, Local Feminists, Local Issues, Militarism, Political Education, Poverty, Prison Justice, Social Justice, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Ancestral Vessels of Feminist Resistance

Posted on March 10, 2017

Ancestral Vessels of Feminist Resistance:  An Immersive Healing Experience for Survivors In the series Ancestral Vessels of Feminist Resistance, Rosy Sunshine creates an immersive healing experience through video, song and color-filled Goddesses that explore the power to reclaim the physical realm and thrive after acts of gender-based violence. Exhausted by countless stories of objectification, gender […]

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Posted in Activism, Events, Gender-based Violence, Local Feminists, Uncategorized Tagged activism, capital district art, feminist events, holding our own, she breathes, troy night out, women of color Leave a comment

Holding Our Own’s Statement on UAlbany Bus Students

Posted on March 3, 2016

Holding Our Own stands with the young women of color from UAlbany who reported an assault on a bus on January 30th, and who are now being prosecuted for false reporting and assault. It is our unwavering position in all instances of gender-based violence, sexual assault, and racist violence to support those who are systematically […]

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Posted in Activism, Local Feminists, Social Justice, Uncategorized Tagged #defendblackgirlsualbany, albany ny, Black lives matter, feminism, gender-based violence, holding our own, racism, she breathes, women of color Leave a comment

Open Letter To UAlbany Bus Students – [#DefendBlackGirlsUAlbany]

Posted on March 2, 2016

From Capital Area Against Mass Incarceration’s People of Color Caucus. This is a cross-post from here: CAAMI.org Dear Alexis, Ariel, & Asha: While the circumstances compelling us to write this letter have no doubt been taxing to your well-being, we hope to find you all in good physical, emotional, and spiritual health. Late last month, […]

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Posted in Activism, Gender-based Violence, Local Feminists, Social Justice Tagged black women, caami, racism, she breathes, supportblackgirlsualbany Leave a comment

adaku utah: healing resources to support us as we rise up

Posted on July 17, 2015

<3 “being oppressed in this world means endlessly having one’s heart break on many fronts simultaneously — yet a healed heart that reopens again and again after it has been broken is larger, stronger, and takes on the lessons of resilience.” ~ blkcowrie http://blkcowrie.wordpress.com <3 <3 “Contributed with fierce, magnanimous Black love from fellow Black healers […]

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Posted in Activism, Political Education, Social Justice Tagged activism, Black lives matter, blkcowrie, body image, feminism, feminist events, grief, healing, local feminism, love, mental health, power, protest, protests, safety, self care, she breathes, solidarity, spirituality, sustainability, trauma Leave a comment

interstitial stitching: checkin’ for real womanist solidarity with trans kin

Posted on July 17, 2015

from genesissy & on the eighth day, God said let there be fierce & that’s the story about the first snap, the hand’s humble attempt at thunder, a small sky troubled by attitude // & on the ninth day, God said Bitch, werk & Adam learned to duck walk, dip, pose, death drop, Eve became […]

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Posted in Activism, Body Image, Creative Writing, Gender-based Violence, Human Rights, Political Education, Relationships, Social Justice Tagged autonomy, blkcowrie, body image, community, feminism, gender, gender non-conforming, gender queer, gender violence, heterosexism, identity, self determination, sexual identity, she breathes, solidarity, trans, transgender, transphobia, womanism Leave a comment

intersectionality: weaving many roots into one tree

Posted on April 24, 2015

a natural outgrowth of the groundbreaking Black feminism of the Combahee River Collective et.al. in the 1980s, intersectionality is a 30-year old concept developed by Kimberle Crenshaw and shared by many activists and organizers across and within multiple contemporary movements. i tend to think of it as the ability to think, walk, and chew gum […]

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Posted in Activism, Political Education, Social Justice Tagged activism, blkcowrie, intersectionality, power, she breathes, women of color Leave a comment

Help send a Capital Region Delegation to INCITE!

Posted on March 4, 2015

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Posted in Activism, Local Feminists, Political Education, Sexual Assault, Social Justice, Uncategorized Tagged activism, angelica clarke, feminism, gender-based violence, holding our own, local feminism, mass incarceration, prison justice, sexual assault, women of color Leave a comment

LadyFest Artist Spotlight #7: DJ Goldee Dust

Posted on November 21, 2014

The seventh  in a series of Artist Spotlights brought to you by Lady Fest Upstate! For details on Lady Fest Upstate go to their Facebook Page For the Schedule of Events Get Tickets! ARTIST SPOTLIGHT #7: DJ GOLDEE DUST Andrea has always been fascinated with creating soundtracks and setting a mood for any environment. She […]

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Posted in Activism, Events, Social Justice, Uncategorized Tagged albany, albany ny, dj goldee dust, feminism, feminist events, gender noncomforming, holding our own, LadyFest Upstate, sanctuary fund, she breathes, trans artists Leave a comment

LadyFest–the Artist Behind the Curtain–Sean,aka bell’s roar

Posted on November 21, 2014

The tenth  in a series of Artist Spotlights brought to you by Lady Fest Upstate! For details on Lady Fest Upstate go to their Facebook Page For the Schedule of Events Get Tickets! Ladyfest Upstate is brought to us by the visionary artist, Sean Desiree. When Sean is not organizing radical cultural events, she is […]

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Posted in Activism, Events, Local Feminists, Social Justice, Uncategorized Tagged activism, albany, albany ny, bell's roar, feminist events, gender noncomforming, holding our own, LadyFest Upstate, local feminism, sean desiree, she breathes, trans artists, women of color Leave a comment
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