Slutwalk SF March and Rally this Saturday!

Hey all!It's finally here! Please remember to be prepared for the day. Bring layers, sunscreen, water, food, and anything else you might need. Then, join us at Esta Noche for our after party from 3-5. It is located on 16th Street between Mission and Valencia. Where we will have raffle prizes, music, more conversation, community, and FUN!  Meet up at Dolores Park at the intersection of 19th and Dolores for an hour of fascinating speakers and great conversation.  The rally starts at 11:00 and the march will start at noon.We will be at the park starting at 9 with poster and t-shirt stenciling stations.  Speakers include: Tommi Avicolli Mecca, radical queer activistCarol Queen, founder of The Center for Sex and CultureMaxine Doogan, from the Erotic Service Providers UnionAssemblywoman Sally LieberNathalie Hrizi, WORD ASL interpreted.After we march to Jane Warner Plaza, please hang around for a youth open mic and some words of support from other feminist Bay Area people and organizations.

Feminist Herstory Fundraiser

“Feminist HerStory” Slutwalk SF FundraiserFriday, August 24, 5pm – 7pmCenter for Sex and Culture1349 Mission Street, San Francisco

Our next fundraiser will be tomorrow at the Center for Sex and Culture from 5pm-7pm. It's a 5 to 10 dollar donation to get in (we will still let you in even if you don't have the funds though) and we hope to raise lots of money to fund another great march. Here is a link to the facebook event page http://www.facebook.com/events/133282593481536/

The focus of this fundraising event is to talk about different aspects and events in women’s history as well as in the everyday lives of women that are ignored in textbooks in regards to feminism and feminist history. We want to give voice to those typically marginalized aspects and groups. This event is looking back at Feminists’ HerStory while looking forward as well.
Historically, the feminist movement has marginalized the voices of lesbians, trans* women, women with disabilities, and women of color. The focus of this event is to shed a light on these voices through presentations and performance.

“Feminist HerStory” will be interpreted in ASL. The Center for Sex and Culture is wheelchair accessible. 

Here is a little more info on the Slutwalk movement.

SlutWalk is a feminist movement that is led by women of all races, class backgrounds, abilites, and sexual orientations. It began after a comment made by a police officer in Toronto, Canada during a safety demo on a school campus in 2011. Michael Sanguinetti, the police officer, was explaining to the female students that if they don’t want to get raped then they should, “avoid dressing up like sluts.” A group of women had enough with this mentality that society deems as “okay” and held a protest in front of the Toronto police department. Thousands of participants showed up to protest, and since then other SlutWalk marches have spread throughout the globe including one in SF. Slutwalk SF is having another march this year on September 8th at Dolores Park.

Along with the march, SlutWalk hopes to do more outreach, community service, and educate the public on rape culture and slut shaming. All the organizers of SlutWalk around the world believe that a woman should not be belittled for the way she dresses or acts, or who she sleeps with or doesn’t sleep with. Women should not have to live in a state of fear of being raped, or getting their rights taken away as we see in the current political climate. There are many goals SlutWalk SF has, some including to hold law enforcement and the criminal justice system accountable for decisions in sexual assault cases and to challenge proposed legislation that would have a negative impact on efforts to hold perpetrators of sexual assault accountable for their actions.

Here is the set list for the event
Shawna Virago, musician
Clip from Screaming Queens
Dana Morrigan
Clip from Human Rights Watch
Maxine Doogan from the Erotic Service Providers Union
Intermission
Clip from The Black Power Mixtapes 1967-1975
Lauren Chief Elk, Slutwalk Organizer
Francesca Alati, photojournalist and member of Ms. Revolutionaries
Jadelynn Stahl
Carol Queen, presenting on the history of vibrators

Hope to see you there and spread the word!

Free Pussy Riot!!!

Many protest today throughout the world in support of the feminist  Russian punk band Pussy Riot in which three of it's members  Maria Alyokhina, 24, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, and Yekaterina Samutsevich, 29 were arrested for performing on the steps of a Moscow Cathedral a punk prayer asking to "Throw Putin Out."

In cities such as London, Paris, New York, Dublin, and Rio many are protesting the two year sentence these women have to face.

Today at 3pm at the Russian Consulate there will be a protest and another at 6:30 at the Justin Herman Plaza. I urge all of you to go to show solidarity and support for this amazing band. For more information on how to get to these places please visit the official Facebook event page at http://www.facebook.com/events/424888970880304/

and

https://www.facebook.com/events/509970192361811/

much love!

(information found on the BBC news report)