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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

Say Her Name: Women, Mass Incarceration, and Violence – Part I

Posted on January 11, 2016

Fewer than 5% of those incarcerated in the prisons of New York State are women. Therefore, our movement for justice in the criminal justice system should devote less than 5% of its time, energy, and resources to issues of incarceration and women — right? Wrong. But it often seems like that’s what we do. Here […]

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Posted in Gender-based Violence, Local Feminists, Prison Justice, Social Justice, Uncategorized Tagged albany ny, feminism, gender-based violence, naomi jaffe, nys prisoner justice, prison justice, she breathes, 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

Lady Fest Artist Spotlight #1: GARMIN

Posted on November 19, 2014

The first 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 #1: GARMIN right here. be here now. is an installation that exists somewhere between performance and social practice. The project […]

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Posted in Activism, Events, Uncategorized Tagged activism, albany, albany ny, feminism, feminist events, GARMIN, gender noncomforming, holding our own, LadyFest Upstate, she breathes, the low beat, trans, trans artists, transgender, women of color Leave a comment

Everything Lady Fest!

Posted on November 19, 2014

Get Tickets to LadyFest Upstate Festival! Saturday-Sunday, November 22  1pm-1am At the Low Beat 335 Central Avenue, Albany NY  Upstate LadyFest On Facebook LadyFest Upstate is a 1 day music and arts festival featuring women-identified, trans and gender nonconforming artists. This is its 2nd year in Albany and it’s not to be missed! It’s all […]

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Posted in Activism, Events, Local Feminists, Uncategorized Tagged albany, albany ny, feminist events, gender nonconforming, gender nonconforming artists, holding our own, LadyFest Upstate, local feminism, she breathes, trans, trans artists, women of color 1 Comment

In Memory of Adrienne Rich

Posted on March 27, 2014

Victorio Reyes is a poet and Executive Director of the The Social Justice Center of Albany. Three years ago, I decided to return to school to pursue an MFA in creative writing. As a poet, who came from the spoken word and Hip Hop schools, I was surprised by how many corners of the literary […]

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Posted in Activism, Creative Writing, Social Justice, Uncategorized Tagged adrienne rich, albany ny, amiri baraka, audre lorde, holding our own, langston hughes, margaret atwood, poetry, she breathes, social justice, sonia sanchez, speaking truth to power, victorio reyes, women 1 Comment

Spotlight on Victoria Kereszi

Posted on March 12, 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, Events, Local Feminists, Reproductive Justice, Uncategorized, Women in the Military Tagged activism, albany ny, female veterans, holding our own, into loving hands, jennifer young-canton, local feminism, midwifery, motherhood, natural birth, photography, pro choice, sanctuary for independent media, she breathes, troy ny, victoria kereszi, women, women's work, workforce development institute, workshops, writing Leave a comment

Environmental Defense by Grace Nichols

Posted on January 7, 2014

Editor’s Note: We will post additional resources, references and article links in a separate post tomorrow, Wednesday,  January 8th. Please feel free to comment (be patient, all comments are moderated and you must be logged in to comment) or log in and Submit a Post of your own on this issue. There are numerous threats […]

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Posted in Activism, Local Feminists, Political Education, Poverty Tagged albany ny, bakken oil, environmental injustice, environmental justice, global partners llc, holding our own, nys department of environmental conservation, port of albany, she breathes, tar sands, tim truscott 3 Comments

Honest Weight Food Co-op Review, Gail Halestone

Posted on April 3, 2013

The cornerstone to any good diet is fresh ingredients to make delicious and nutritious meals, and the important thing is to get them from a trusted source where you can not only get more bang for your buck, but also answers to any questions you my have. When it comes to being vegan, many people […]

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Posted in Venue Reviews Tagged albany ny, honest weight food co-op, organic food, organic meats, she breathes, sustainable food, vegan lunch Leave a comment

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