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>>PUB: call for submissions--partner abuse magazine ============================================== Call For Submissions: Partner Abuse in Activist Communities Zine Have you experienced partner abuse/ domestic violence within an activist community? Want to break the silence and change our communities forever? The Revolution Starts At Home Collective is creating a zine to break the long-held silence about partner abuse in activist communities, building on the groundbreaking work of INCITE/ Women of Color Against Violence. We are a collective of Asian and South Asian activists and writers, women and genderqueer, who believe that it's time to create communities that are true safe zones, where abusers are held accountable and survivors can live without fear. Many conscious folks believe that abuse "doesn't happen here", that people who are fighting oppression just don't hit their partners. But unfortunately, abusers do live and work inside our communities. Even more unfortunately, too many times survivors aren't believed or listened to, and are left to struggle on our own to figure out how to be safe, especially when we feel that going to the cops isn't an option. >From prison justice to trans/genderqueer circles, from hiphop / spoken word scenes to queer women of color land to disability culture: what have your experiences been like? Were you able to successfully kick an abuser out of your group? Was your abusive girlfriend's best friend working on the DV hotline? Did your anti-police brutality group fear retaliation if you went to the cops? Was the "healing circle" a bunch of bullshit? We want to hear about what worked and what didn't, what you learned, what you wish folks had done, what you never want to have happen again. We want to hear about folks' experiences confronting abusers, both by using the cops and courts and by using methods outside the criminal justice system. We want to hear from everyone, but we are prioritizing the stories of people of color and Native folks, queer and trans folks, disabled folks, and stories from many generations. Please send submissions and a short bio both attached and cut and pasted to [EMAIL PROTECTED] by October 15, 2005. Writing, poems, visual artwork, sticker designs and stencils are welcome. Please include contact info: name, email and print address. We promise your words will be held in confidence. Anonymous contributions and those using a pseudonym are fine, but please include a name we can reach you under. Both survivors and supporters are welcome to contribute. Peace, The Revolution Starts At Home Collective: Ching-In Chen Dulani Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha Sham-e-Ali al-Jamil ############################################# this is e-drum, a listserv providing information of interests to black writers and diverse supporters worldwide. e-drum is moderated by kalamu ya salaam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). ---------------------------------- to subscribe to e-drum send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Stay Strong\ \ "Be a friend to the oppressed and an enemy to the oppressor" \ --Imam Ali Ibn Abu Talib (as)\ \ "We restate our commitment to the peace process. But we will not submit to a process of humiliation."\ --patrick o'neil\ \ http://www.sleepybrain.net/vanilla.html \ http://www.world-crisis.com/analysis_comments/766_0_15_0_C/ \ http://ilovepoetry.com/search.asp?keywords=braithwaite&orderBy=date \ http://www.lowliferecords.co.uk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/drumbeat-weekend_edition/ |
