Category Archives: National

AF3IRM National Summit “Women on the Wave” is Almost Here!

AF3IRM is proud to host their National Summit and 25th Anniversary "Women on the Wave" on Saturday, October 11th through Sunday, October 12th in Los Angeles. The summit gathering will take place at the Social Justice Academy at the Miguel Contreras Learning Complex (322 S. Lucas Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90017). AF3IRM aims to bring together women-identified individuals … Continue Reading ››

AF3IRM National Organizing Director Talks About Ezell Ford, Police Militarization and Police Brutality on Hard Knock Radio

AF3IRM National Organizing Director Ivy Quicho is one of the guests of Davey D on Hard Knock Radio.  She talks about the protests in Los Angeles after the shooting of Ezell Ford by LAPD and also discusses how women are impacted by police brutality and the effects of police militarization. Read more about the show here and listen to … Continue Reading ››

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 ››

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 ››

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 ››