Events

           

 

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN 2008:

Sunday, May 4, 2008

 A Bitch Project

Feminism in/Action: What is your feminism for and why does it matter?

Organized by Bitch Magazine and Detroit Feminists 

Please join Bitch publisher Debbie Rasmussen, Adele Nieves and Andrea Lavigne organizers of Detroit Feminists for a participatory discussion about how—and whether—feminism can become a transformative movement for social change. How can we demand attention to the issues of power, privilege, and marginalization that continue to play out in feminist communities? How can we shift away from the dominant, mainstream, white, class-privileged conception of feminism to one grounded in grassroots organizing, led by those actively resisting government-sanctioned violence and oppression? How can those of us with power and privilege become effective, genuine, and accountable allies to those who don’t? How can we collectively create a feminist independent media/justice movement that doesn’t rely on white supremacy, class privilege, and economic exploitation? Can the idea of “feminism” shift to foreground an uncompromising, transformative commitment to systemic social change, or is it time to evolve to new language?

 

These conversations will be organized in communities across the country, and along the way I (we) hope to create/organize a feminist/grassroots multimedia justice project, to add to the work already being done in building a movement of socially-conscious media creators, activists, and organizers whose work focuses on creation and resistance for social change.(I’d like to acknowledge and thank the following folks whose work and/or direct feedback helped shape this project so far: Jessica Hoffmann, Jocelyn Burrell, Jess Hauser, Kelli Foster, Lisa Jervis, Adele Nieves, INCITE! organizers, and the blogs of Brownfemipower, Sudy, Blackamazon, Aaminah, and Nadia [these will all be linked on our website]. The question in the subtitle, “What is your feminism for and why does it matter?” came directly from Jessica Hoffmann’s “On Prisons, Borders, Safety, and Privilege: An open letter to white feminists,” which I strongly encourage everyone to read in preparation for these discussions: www.alternet.org/reproductivejustice/81260/ .)

 

When: Sunday, May 4, 2008, 2:00 - 4:00pm.

Where: Trumbull Plex, Detroit (one of the organizers will contact women who rsvp’d)

Who to contact: bitchmagazine.org or Detroit Feminists

What: Please bring a snack to share with the group

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Sunday, March 16, 2008

What: Women’s Circle - Consciousness Raising Night - Part II

When: Sunday, March 16, 2008, 3:00pm

Where: Grosse Pointe Park, MI (We picked a central location for this meet-up, one of the organizers will contact those who rsvp’d with the address)  

 Details

At our last meet-up we discussed, “How we envision a world were women are truly free?”

At the next meet-up we’ll review our ideas, discuss new idea’s, and develop strategies for insighting change. 

These circles will continue growing and extending into greater parts, it’s a process worth sustaining. Please join us in our actions for better world.

 Items to bring

Please bring a dish to share

RSVP

If you are interested in advertising this women’s circle by passing out flyers, please go to our files section, left column of the Detroit Feminist meetup web page.

A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has. —-Margaret Mead

 

 

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Sunday, February 24, 2008

What: Women’s Circle - Consciousness Raising Night

When: Sunday, February 24, 2008, 6:00pm

Where: Royal Oak, MI (We picked a central location for this meetup, one of the organizers will contact those who rsvp’d with the address.)

Event Description: Women’s Circle: Consciousness Raising Night

• How do we envision a world where women are truly free?
• Other topics are welcome

ITEMS TO BRING: (Please bring at least one of the items listed)

1. An old t-shirt(s) and markers, glitter, sewing kit
2. Paper, colored pencils, markers, crayons
3. A small poster sized piece of cardboard and cut outs from magazines, newspapers or scraps you love, to create a vision board
4. Music/poetry/art that inspires you (related to the topic)
5. Tape, glue, pencils, pens

RSVP

Also, please bring a dish to share.

If you are interested in advertising this women’s circle by passing out flyers, please go to our files section, left column of the Detroit Feminist meetup web page.

A better world is possible!

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Saturday, February 16, 2008 (3:30pm)

Detroit Feminists will join ThinkGirl for the film: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days.

Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, this unforgettable drama is so gripping it plays like a thriller. Set during the last year of the Ceaucescu dictatorship, ironically called the “Golden Age of Romania,” life has become a nightmare for the hard-pressed citizens.

The film unfolds over 24 tense hours as a college student (Anamaria Marinca) desperately tries to arrange an illegal abortion for her irresponsible roommate (Laura Vasiliu). As almost everything that could possibly go wrong does, that film reveals how oppression infects every aspect of the culture. A political, moral and spiritual knockout. Written and directed by Cristian Mungiu. (Fully subtitled)

We will be going to see this film at the Maple Art Theatre in Birmingham.  Everyone is welcome to join!