Anti-Sexists and Feminists United Collective/Meetings/2011.09.30

= Meeting Information =

Place: Center for Feminisms

Date: Friday, September 30th, 2011

Time: 2:00PM

= Agenda =

Plans for the meeting.

Ideas


 * Intro stuff
 * Go over the different types of feminisms
 * Go over the mission statement
 * Taking input/shaping on the mission statement
 * Talk about the name
 * Ask people what they want to do this semester
 * Vote on ideas and put on a schedule (maybe not all in the same meeting)
 * Actions items:
 * Write a manifesto
 * Making a working glossary for the definition of terms used within the group
 * Discuss slutwalk

= Post-mortem =

Summary
Essential conclusions from the meeting. Action items, etc.

Proceedings

 * Slutwalk
 * Taylor Kall is orginizing with slutwalk, coming to that from a place that is critical of slutwalk.
 * Taylor will be speaking at the NoHo Slutwalk
 * An Open Letter To Slutwalk From Black Women
 * CLPP, hampshire associated orginization, signed on to statement against Slutwalk
 * Using the term and meme of Slutwalk to focus and draw local orginizing to anti-sexist and survivor supporting work
 * White women who havent attended slutwalk or been involved are the main ones ciritiqing the lack of women of color involved
 * Slutwalk toronto (1st slutwalk) "why" statement: http://www.slutwalktoronto.com/about/why
 * Slutwalk hondurus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqmqdMDKdtc
 * Hollaback http://www.ihollaback.org/
 * Make flyers to clarify purpose?
 * Anita Hill
 * Aniversery of her court case is 2 days before slutwalk Noho
 * Cccused Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment
 * Catherine McKinnon
 * Sexuality Pornography and Method; Pleasure Under Patriarchy
 * Verbal violence on campus
 * open statement
 * How do we talk about the realities of sexual assault on campus? How do we raise awareness?
 * "wall of shame" for nonymous reports online? But how to prevent fakes?
 * How do we explain/educate in a nonaggressive way?
 * In response to graffitti way messages
 * Grafitti bashing back? paint vulvas?
 * Stencil/wheatpaste making!
 * Request supplies to make grafitti wall more feminist
 * The omen/climax open letter