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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

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

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

Towards Eliminating the Wedge: a Conversation on Prison Justice and Gender-based Violence

Posted on November 6, 2013

  Thursday, November 21, 2013 at 6pm 1199 SEIU, 155 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY Join in the conversation. 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 truths: *We need to be safe from gender-based violence, *Current public policy about […]

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Posted in Activism, Local Feminists, Political Education Tagged activism, feminist events, gender violence, holding our own, mass incarceration, prison justice, sexual assault, she breathes 1 Comment

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

Rape and Mass Incarceration: the connection, Naomi Jaffe

Posted on March 25, 2013

The conversation in our feminist and justice movements about violence against women and the conversation about mass incarceration seem to be happening in separate spaces, anti-sexism and anti-racism spaces respectively. The experiences and voices of women of color make it clear that sexism and racism are intersecting oppressions,  but how do they intersect, in this […]

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Posted in Prison Justice, Sexual Assault, Uncategorized Tagged activism, communities of color, criminal justice, mass incarceration, naomi jaffe, sexual assault, she breathes, violence against women, women of color 2 Comments

Passivity-An Invisible and Pervasive Thief, Lacy O’Brien

Posted on March 24, 2013

What’s difficult about communication is that most of the messages we receive are delivered through the words we do not speak.  Passivity is an invisible and pervasive thief, which robs us of a direct route to progress.  Sometimes, no- I think most of the time, we leave information out of our dialogue on purpose because […]

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Posted in Sexual Assault, Uncategorized Tagged rape, revoice, sexual assault, she breathes, steubenville, steubenville rape case Leave a comment

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