“Forward, women of the earth/ let’s fight for liberation/ united against imperialism/ united by the revolution.”--Latin American Hymn of the Women of the Earth
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EVENTS
SPRING 2007
MEETINGS: We meet every Wednesday at 7pm in Woods Hall 0104. We are currently working on several different projects. Our main focus now is the sweatshop-free campaign and trying to get UMD signed on to the Designated Suppliers Program. The Dupont Circle Project continues. We are doing radical crafting. Also, we are planning benefit concerts for organizations fighting against war, AIDS, and sweatshops, tentatively set for March 16, April 20, and May 4! Get involved!
Feminism Without Borders Presents:
A BENEFIT CONCERT FOR FREE SPEECH
Featuring: Baby Killer Estelle (anarcho piano punk), Marfa (indie garage), Mastako (indie folk), Svenzerelli & the Toads (grunge)
http://www.myspace.com/marfa
http://www.myspace.com/babykillerestelle
http://www.myspace.com/mastakohttp
http://www.myspace.com/svenzerelliandthetoads
SUGGESTED DONATION: $5. We won’t turn anybody away. Contributions can be made without attending, as well. See e-mail below.
Support free speech and anti-sweatshop activism!
Saturday, June 9, 2006, 7-10PM
101 Harvard St. Old Town Alexandria, VA
2 Blocks from the King St. metro stop on the yellow line.
"ANYTHING BUT CLOTHES" ANTI-SWEATSHOP PROTEST WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 11:30AM RALLY AT SUNDIAL AND 12:50 PM MARCH TO ADMINISTRATION
Event Info Name: "Anything but Clothes" Rally/ March!
Tagline: In solidarity with other DC schools against use of sweatshop
labor in university apparel!
Host: Feminism Without Borders
Type: Party - Erotic Party
Time and Place Date: Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Time: 11:30am - 2:30pm (11:30am-rally, 12:50-march)
Location: McKeldin Mall at the Sundial to Administration
City/Town: College Park, MD
Contact Info Phone: 443.928.7121 (Jenna Brager)
Email: feminismwithoutborders@riseup.net
Description:
Last week, the UMD administration issued a statement rejecting the
Designated Suppliers Program (http://www.workersrights.org/dsp.asp), for
which Feminism Without Borders is advocating. However, Feminism Without
Borders, in conjunction with other student groups and DC Student Labor
Action Project, is escalating the struggle. This Wednesday everybody
should come out wearing whatever you want as long as it is NOT clothes (as
this approach is one of the few ways to avoid wearing apparel not made in
unfair labor conditions). Be creative! Use garbage bags, boxes, paper,
saran wrap, paint, etc. to create your own sweat-free attire! In fact, we
will be meeting this Sunday at 2pm in the Student Involvement Suite of
STAMP to make our sweat-free attire and posters, so you are welcome to
come and use our supplies (we have lots of money to use before the
semester is over.) We will be rallying at the Sundial on McKeldin Mall at
11:30am and will be heading in the direction of the administration
building at about 12:50pm. Come show your support or find out more about
the issue while having some fun!
WEEK OF ACTION commemorating the 4th Anniversary of the Iraq War! We need EVERYONE to come out to this! March 12-17
MONDAY Mar. 12
10am-4pm: Tabling/ Die-In @ Stamp and Hornbake
7pm-9pm Jiminez 1224: "Hands off Iran: Stop US Imperialism NOW!" International Socialist Organization
TUESDAY Mar. 13
6:30 Key 0106: Panel-Discussion: Iraq Veteran Against War, Professor, and Students
8-10:30pm: Dorchester Hall Basement Lounge: "We Will Not Be Silent" Open Mic hosted by Ter Poets and the Jimenez-Porter Writer's House. Wear your shirts and come perform your war-related songs, stories, or poems.
WEDNESDAY Mar. 14
Noon: Rally and Funeral March at the Sundial; No to Occupation!
11am-3pm: Radical crafting! Mural making and festival at Hornbake
3pm: Meeting with Joe Ebaugh, director of licensing at UMD, to try to convince him to sign onto the DSP! @ Comcast Center! Come out if you can!
THURSDAY Mar. 15
12-2pm Stamp Student Union Baltimore Room: "Make Hip-Hop, Not War" concert featuring DJ pHenomeJon and student MCs
2-9pm Calvert Quad Block Party! Keep the festival rolling...
9am to 4pm TABLING outside Stamp Student Union - hand out info about the DSP, and advertise for the benefit on 3/16!
Women for Women International: Benefit Concert for Iraqi Women
Friday March 16, 2007
6 - 12 pm
Suggested donation $5-25
College Perk Coffeehouse
Performances by: The Max Levine Ensemble
Attentat
Ryan Harvey
Dawntreader
Baby Killer Estelle
Mind Over Matter Music Over Mind
DC Guerrilla Poetry Insurgency
9078 Baltimore Ave.
www.collegeperk.org for directions
Food, drinks, coffee, music, poetry, spoken word, dance party! Wooo!
SATURDAY Mar. 17
noon: DC! March On Pentagon, Campus Antiwar Network,
Camp Casey - Camp out on the national mall
The "F" Word: Learn about Different Types of Feminisms
A Panel Discussion on Revolutionizing Ideas about Feminisms
When: Tuesday, February 27
Time: 7-9PM
Where: Armory 0117, University of Maryland
Sponsored by: Feminism Without Borders
Price: Free
SWEATSHOP-FREE TEACH-IN:
Thursday, February 15, 2007
0126 Armory
7pm
Featuring speakers from USAS (United Students Against Sweatshops) and DC SLAP (DC Student Labor Action Project)
