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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, Part II: Women, Violence, and Incarceration

Posted on March 2, 2016

SAY HER NAME, Part II: Women, Violence, and Incarceration (Part I is here) “The greatest purveyor of violence in the world today is my own government.” – Martin Luther King, Jr., 1967 “I am convicted of murdering my ex-husband who abused me for years. I have done 33 years of my 25-to-life sentence. I am […]

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Posted in Gender-based Violence, Local Feminists, Prison Justice, Social Justice, Uncategorized Tagged feminism, gender-based violence, holding our own, intersectionality, mass incarceration, naomi jaffe, prison justice, racism, she breathes, victim-blaming, women 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

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

Very Young Girls–Movie Screening and Discussion

Posted on May 19, 2014

  “Very Young Girls”: A Film and Discussion Friday, May 23rd, 7pm at the WB, 373 Central Avenue, Albany On Facebook Sponsored by Holding Our Own,  NYS Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Patty’s Place The screening will be followed by a facilitated discussion. Very Young Girls is an expose of human trafficking that follows thirteen […]

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Posted in Events, Gender-based Violence, Uncategorized Tagged activism, feminist events, GEMS, gender-based violence, holding our own, human trafficking, nyscasa, patty's place, rachel lloyd, she breathes 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

Ending Violence Against Sex Workers

Posted on December 16, 2013

December 17th, International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, was created to address the ubiquity of crimes against this marginalized population that too often go ignored. Following the statements by the “Green River Killer” in Seattle, Washington, who claimed to have chosen sex workers as his target because he knew too few people would […]

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Posted in Activism, Gender-based Violence, Uncategorized Tagged gender violence, gender-based violence, sexual assault, victim-blaming Leave a comment

Cathy Rojas responds with her thoughts on gender violence

Posted on December 10, 2013

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Posted in Activism, Gender-based Violence, Local Feminists, Uncategorized Tagged 16 days, albany police department, cathy rojas, gender violence, gender-based violence, holding our own, police brutality, she breathes Leave a comment

Overcoming trans* and gender-based oppression by Jac Mautner

Posted on December 6, 2013

Jac Mautner is an activist and member of Women Organized to Resist and Defend (WORD) – a grassroots women’s rights organization. She has worked on a wide number of campaigns and actions including those for queer and trans liberation, for women’s rights, and against police brutality. Violence towards trans and gender non-conforming people is pervasive […]

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Posted in Activism, Gender-based Violence Tagged 16 days, activism, california bathroom bill, ce ce, coy mathis, eyricka morgan, gender non-conforming, gender-based violence, holding our own, NOM, privacy for all students, sexual assault, she breathes, trans, transgender Leave a comment

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