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Why We Need a Black Lives Matter Movement

Posted on February 19, 2016

Letter to the Editor Written in Response to Charlie’s Angle: Black lives don’t need movement, published in The Saratogian, and the Troy Record, Jan 31, 2016 Saratogian Article We were shocked and offended by the Opinion piece written by Charlie Kraebel denying the need for the Black Lives Matter movement. As managing editor of The […]

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Posted in Gender-based Violence, Local Feminists, Prison Justice, Sexual Assault, Social Justice, Uncategorized Tagged Black lives matter, holding our own, kathy sheehan, kraebel, racism, saratogian, she breathes, troy record Leave a comment

Police Surveillance & “anti-trafficking”: rally Monday March 16

Posted on March 13, 2015

Letter to the Community: On Monday, March 16, NOW NYC will be coming to Albany to rally in support of the Trafficking Victims Protection and Justice Act (TVPJA). TVPJA has widespread support from the feminist community, but has raised concerns as it grants more authority to the police and criminal justice system– and at the […]

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Posted in Prison Justice, Sexual Assault, Social Justice, Uncategorized Tagged feminism, gender-based violence, holding our own, human trafficking, sex workers project, sex workers rights, she breathes 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

Towards Eliminating the Wedge Part 2: Continuing the Conversation on Prison Justice and Gender-based Violence

Posted on March 19, 2014

Join in the conversation. We began this dialogue on November 21st, 2013. This is part 2, but don’t hesitate to join in! RSVP on Facebook Download, print or share the flyer There is a conflict between the mainstream movement to eliminate gender-based violence and the movement to end mass incarceration. But here are some basic […]

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Posted in Activism, Gender-based Violence, Prison Justice, Sexual Assault, Uncategorized Tagged activism, albany, gender violence, gender-based violence, holding our own, mass incarceration, prison justice, sexual assault, she breathes Leave a comment

Spotlight on Chrys Ballerano

Posted on February 20, 2014

In an effort to give Holding Our Own’s network members an opportunity to get to know each other just a little better, we will be spotlighting a couple of our members each month. We hope that this will help provide you with more opportunities to connect, collaborate and leverage your resources. Do you want to be next, […]

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Posted in Activism, Environment, Local Feminists, Sexual Assault, Uncategorized Tagged activism, chrys ballerano, fabulous feminist, holding our own, institute for integrative nutrition, nyscasa, sexual assault, she breathes Leave a comment

Where have all the respectable-boys gone?

Posted on November 27, 2013

Over the course of the past few months I started wondering why it seems that sexism has taken a step in the wrong direction in recent years. Why does it seem that women are spending way too much time and money trying to look good and attract men, and men are taking women less seriously? […]

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Posted in Sexual Assault, Uncategorized Tagged rape culture, robin thicke, sexism in music, she breathes, victim-blaming Leave a comment

State Terrorism and Violence Against Women

Posted on November 26, 2013

By Barbara Sutton The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence symbolically link the multiple forms of violence that women around the world experience (November 25) with the question of human rights (December 10). In Argentina, my country of origin, the specter of human rights abuses has particular connotations, reminding of a time in which […]

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Posted in Activism, Militarism, Reproductive Justice, Sexual Assault Leave a comment

“she, until then” by blkcowrie

Posted on May 1, 2013

(***trigger warning: references to sexual violence) * she envies spider webs their transparency, forever moist.  their embrace of gaps, corners and the forgotten, held within a network of countless delicate fingers.  strong enough to hold those that spun them, immune to their paralyzing poisons.  she covets that kind of love. she longs for this love, and […]

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Let’s Talk About Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)

Posted on April 18, 2013

Okay, personally, I hadn’t given much thought to the legalization of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in New York State.  What does that have to do with me? I am not going to watch it. I am not going to let my three boys participate in it any more than I would allow them to participate […]

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Posted in Activism, Events, Sexual Assault Tagged activism, arab american family support center, cage fighting, david soares, domestic violence, end violence against women international, evawi, girls for gender equity, john mcdonald, mixed martial arts, mma, nationa organization of men against sexism, national organization of women, nomas, now-nys, patricia fahy, sexual assault, she breathes, ufc 2 Comments

Rape and Mass Incarceration: Part 2, Naomi Jaffe

Posted on April 2, 2013

Note: In response to the (apparently male) poster who suggested castration for rapists: men’s preoccupation with revenge, punishment, and violence is the problem, not the solution. One more time: violence is the problem. “The master’s tools can never dismantle the master’s house.” (Audre Lorde) Also, thank you to the commenter who called on feminists to […]

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Posted in Prison Justice, Sexual Assault, Uncategorized Tagged audre lorde, male supremacy, mass incarceration, naomi jaffe, prison justice, rape, sexual assault, she breathes, women of color 5 Comments
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