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National

AF3IRM, Monsoon Women of Iowa, and KmB Conduct Summer School of Youth Activism in Iowa; Advance Young People’s Social Justice Movement

DES MOINES, IOWA - For 5 days in June, 20 youth participants from Des Moines fully engaged in the inaugural Summer School of Youth Activism, convened by Monsoon Women of Iowa and conducted by AF3IRM and Kabataang maka-Bayan Pro-People Youth (KmB). The students, from 8 to 19 years of age, and of Vietnamese, Karenni, Lao, Filipina, Somali, Indian, Mexican and … Continue Reading ››
National

Reasons Why The Freedom of Palestine is a Transnational/Women of Color Feminist Issue

1. GENOCIDE: Israeli parliamentarian Ayelet Shaked has called for the specific killing of Palestinian mothers and children to end the generations of resistance to occupation. One Palestinian child has been killed by the Israeli military every 3 days since 2000. Targeting of women and children to obliterate a population echoes the sterilization and separation of Native … Continue Reading ››
National

AF3IRM Speaks Out Against Border Brutalities: Women Seek to Tear Down Walls, From Palestine to the US and Mexico!

For Immediate Release July 18,  2014 Contact: Barbra Ramos | National Communications Director | [email protected] | (323) 813-4272 Katrina Socco |  National Programme Coordinator | [email protected] Zeena Aljawad | AF3IRM Irvine/Orange County | [email protected]

This weekend, in five cities across the country, the women of AF3IRM take to the streets to demand justice against border brutalities! As transnational feminists, we stand with the women … Continue Reading ››

Hawaii, National

AF3IRM Denounces Federal Government’s Attempts to Define Sovereignty For Native Hawaiians; Echoes Calls for Genuine Self-Determination

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 7, 2014 Contacts: Nadezna Ortega, AF3IRM Oahu, [email protected], 808-255-3410 Leotele Renee Togafau, AF3IRM Oahu, [email protected], 808-429-8337 Jollene Levid, AF3IRM National Chairperson, [email protected], 323-356-4748 OAHU --- Federal recognition is being fast-tracked by the Obama administration, Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA, a state institution), members of Congress, developers, and other institutions that would benefit or would get an expansion of their power … Continue Reading ››