SOCIAL JUSTICE EVENTS: 4/9-4/15
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Mitch Ellmauer
Apr 9, 2012, 2:04:19 PM4/9/12
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CASJistas!,
The film provides background on the School of the Americas and the campaign to shut it down, and then Somos Una América moves further: the film puts a spotlight on U.S. militarization and features the voices of a rising hemisphere-wide anti-militarization movement
As capitalism and the state are thrown into deeper and deeper crisis, queers and all others historically excluded from both formal economies and from the safety net of the nuclear family, will bear the brunt of the age of austerity. Reflecting critically on the past several years of radical queer action and imagination, the editors of Bash Back! Queer Ultraviolence will attempt to navigate queer space and potential in a world torn by crisis. Through this talk, Eanelli and Baroque will present a series of proposals for action and survival, taking as their starting point the position of queer autonomy and queer revolt against the State and Capital. This lecture will theorize queer gangs, self-defense networks, occupations, communes and a praxis of vengeance.
There are a bunch of cool activist events going ton this week. Let's take a look:
MONDAY 4/9:
Take Back the Night: 7pm AU Amphitheater http://www.facebook.com/events/345772422124617/
Please come and join Women's Initiative for this years Take Back the Night. Take Back the Night is an internationally held march against rape and sexual violence. The march will begin from the amphitheater around 7:45pm and will go around campus. Following the march, we invite you to Kay Spiritual Center where survivors of sexual violence and or those who have other testimonials or speak-out speeches to give regarding rape or sexual violence are able to volunteer to speak about their experience. We will be featuring performances by Batala, an all-women's drumming group and Treble in Paradise, AU's all-women's a capella group. |
TUESDAY: 4/10
Justice Not Jails Weekly Meeting: 7:30 SIS Lobby
We'll be discussing the Trayvon Martin march on Saturday, potential upcoming actions, and the New Jim Crow. Bring something to share that you've read/heard about regarding prisons and the criminal justice system lately!
"Somos Una America: Shut Down the SOA" Film Screening and Discussion by Producer Gabriela Uassouf
8-10pm EQB #203 https://www.facebook.com/events/406395846039867/
Somos Una América is the story of people from across the Americas, who are united in their struggle against the Pentagon mindset that is promoting U.S. domination and "military solutions" in the Western Hemisphere.The film provides background on the School of the Americas and the campaign to shut it down, and then Somos Una América moves further: the film puts a spotlight on U.S. militarization and features the voices of a rising hemisphere-wide anti-militarization movement
"Into the Current: Burma's Political Prisoners" 5:30 MGC 247
STAND is screening "Into the Current", a recently released documentary that highlights the repression faced by Burmese democracy and human rights activists. the film will by followed by a Q&A Session with prominent human rights activist and former political prisoner Bo Kyi.
WEDNESDAY: 4/11
Witness 2012: Voices and Faces of Genocide 8:30 Kreeger G1 STAND
Witness is a performance of monologues from different genocides and mass atrocities through out history. This is a night to STAND in solidarity with the victims of genocide and remember the stories of those individuals who's voices were so brutally stolen from them. The monologues will be primarily preformed by student actors but this year we will have a special guest: political activist and poet Omekongo Dibinga. Pre-sale tickets are sold for $4! We'll be tabling either in MGC or the quad |
THURSDAY: 4/12
"Queer Ultra Violence: Bash Back! Anthology": A Discussion with the Editors/Contributors
7pm The Radical Space 5525 Illinois Ave NW, Washington, DC 20011
Queer Ultra Violence: Bash Back! Anthology published by Ardent Press this February, is an analytical anthology that chronicles the (non)organization and militant queer tendency known as Bash Back! Although short lived, Bash Back! had an astonishing impact on both radical and queer organizing in the United States. Bash Back! took on gay assimilation, anti-queer violence, the queer radical establishment, and capitalism with a queer struggle that rejected traditional identity politics. The anthology compiles essays, interviews, and communiqués to document the new queer tendency spawned by the Bash Back! years.As capitalism and the state are thrown into deeper and deeper crisis, queers and all others historically excluded from both formal economies and from the safety net of the nuclear family, will bear the brunt of the age of austerity. Reflecting critically on the past several years of radical queer action and imagination, the editors of Bash Back! Queer Ultraviolence will attempt to navigate queer space and potential in a world torn by crisis. Through this talk, Eanelli and Baroque will present a series of proposals for action and survival, taking as their starting point the position of queer autonomy and queer revolt against the State and Capital. This lecture will theorize queer gangs, self-defense networks, occupations, communes and a praxis of vengeance.
FRIDAY: 4/13
Acapalooza: 8:30pm Kay Spiritual Life Center
Start your Friday night off right with performances from NINE fantastic acappella groups! Most importantly, support DC Chime to help keep Music Education programs in DC schools! (Suggested donation $3)
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