Actiongirls

There will be a strategy meeting at this week's Stitch n Bitch:

2-3 pm
@ The Coffee Exchange
343 Ouellette Ave, Windsor, Ontario

There will be discussion around the recent hiring of a male Executive Director at Hiatus House -- Windsor's emergency shelter and crisis intervention centre for women and their children experiencing domestic violence. The goal is to brainstorm some strategies toward a desired outcome. Step one is determining that desired outcome.

~ Knitting not required. ~

http://www.ourjobsourfuture.org/

Standing Up For Canada's Manufacturing Sector

Community Rally:

Three locations have been identified for people to marshal at and march from. Everyone is encouraged to choose the most convenient location to themselves. We ask that you begin to gather at one of these 3 locations no later than 9:00 AM, so we can begin to march by 10:00 AM.

Choices…
Original one act plays by local and international artists.

Friday, May 18th & Saturday, May 19 th, 2007

@ Mackenzie Hall Cultural Centre,
Court Auditorium Theatre,
3277 Sandwich Street, Windsor.

Curtain: 8pm each evening.
Ticket Prices: $12 (General)
$10 (Students and Under-employed)
Tickets available at Mackenzie Hall Box Office: 519.255.7600

WFT's vision for this project is to approach the subject of "Choices" from several points of view and to provide an opportunity for regional artists to showcase their talents here in Windsor. The following

The Multicultural Council of Windsor and Essex County is holding their second harmony walkathon. The money raised by pledges goes to such causes as feeding and educating new immigrants as well as investigating and raising consciousness about race-based hate crimes—crimes whose motivations are often overlooked by the authorities. I walked last fall and enjoyed myself despite the dropping temperature...but this time it's May 21st so it should be nice. Here's the link:
Harmony Walk
Email me for pledge forms: julesoph@hotmail.com

Another school year's over -- or is it?

This Friday, May 4, 2007, Actiongirls has been invited to present a workshop on Media Portrayals of Women/Radical Cheerleading for high school students attending the Teachers for Global Awareness Social Justice Forum.

May 4, 2007

10:30a.m. - 12 in the Ambassador Auditorium, University of Windsor campus

12p.m. Radical Cheerleading in action for the forum participants to show what we've learned.

Meet us for some planning at:

El Mayor restaurant
Wednesday May 2 at 12:30
936 Wyandotte Street East

Who should attend: Actiongirls (past and present), people who support feminist community, wanna-be cheerleaders, students & non-students, and you!

The group has 40 pompoms waiting for us! Who wants to play?

Feministing has a a video posted by Country singer Toby Keith that's oddly reminiscent of the "Missing" video last year. Ironically it was nominated for Best Video at the Country Music Television Awards. Thoughts?

Everyone's invited to the next event in the Windsor Public Library Speaker Series. Want to make sure ecofeminism is on the agenda? Plan to attend on:

Tuesday, April 3
6:30 to 7:30 PM

downstairs in the Fred Israel Auditorium
of Central Library
850 Ouellette Avenue.

To be discussed:

What is our community doing about the environment?
Learn about Windsor's Earth Day celebration and
other environmental programs.

CAW Local 200 Environment Committee members Rob McLean,
Kelly St. Pierre, Troy Brian, Chris Vilag and Peter Hayfield will be presenting information on the CAW's efforts with programs to educate our youth and the community on the importance of preserving and protecting our environment.

Hello Actiongirls~~

The Feminist Feast is on for this weekend. Tomorrow morning at 9:30 a van will be leaving Windsor, heading to Laurier University for a weekend of revolutionary feminism -- and due to an unfortunate set of events 2 seats have just become available (well, unfortunate for these two but lucky for you!). The first two Actiongirls or U Windsor students or the two who write the most convincing email saying why they should be the ones to come along will get these highly coveted seats. Direct your email to actiongirls at femilicious dot com. (Replace the at and dot, etc.)

Before you commit you should know what you are getting into. Here's the schedule for the weekend:

• Leave Windsor ~9:30 a.m.
• Arrive at Laurier approximately 3 hours later. We will have some games and get acquainteds, and the beginnings of zine making.
• From 4-6:30 Tara McKee from Good For Her (www.goodforher.com) will present a workshop in the Laurier Women's Centre called "Anatomy, Orgasms, & G-spots." There is a suggested donation of $5 for this event.
• After the workshop we eat and watch movies. The night will be spent billotted with generous Laurier students so bring your sleeping bags and pillows.
• Sunday we continue with zine making and follow it up (and finish up the weekend) with:
• a Knitting Revolution. Needles and yarn will be found a-plenty and in some public space we will make it political by discussing the issues that are important to us.
• We'll head back to Windsor in the late afternoon, returning by 7ish p.m., in time for some good studying time Sunday night, because after all, we are all students.

Big bold feminist cheers to all,

Here is a link to the article Brandi talked about at this week's Stitch n Bitch.

http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Entertainment/story?id=2928386

We're still meeting on Wednesdays in Chrysler Hall South Rm 255 from 1-2:30 and alternate Saturdays at 2 pm at the Coffee Exchange. The next one there is March 17 although it will be a small group this week. If anyone is still keen to join the group going to Laurier for the Feminist Feast please send an email.

On Tuesday March 6, 2007, Actiongirls will be at Windsor Public Library, Central Branch, 850 Ouellette Avenue from 6:30-7:30 for a discussion about feminism today. We will look at how the UN's Millennium Development goals for 2015 are critically dependent on gender equality and explore what it means to say "I'm not a feminist but..."

Happy International Women's Day from Actiongirls!

The Millennium Development Goals to be achieved by 2015:

Goal 1 -- Halve extreme poverty and hunger
Goal 2 -- Achieve universal primary education