When: Wednesday June 29th—6:30-8:30pm
Where: Rainier Valley Cultural Center (3515 South Alaska St)

“The Fall of the I-Hotel” brings to life the battle for housing in 1970’s San Francisco. The brutal eviction of the International Hotel’s tenants culminated a decade of spirited resistance to the raising of Manilatown.

Join The Tenants Union with special guest Dr. Estella Habal, one of the lead organizers of the movement and author of an important book documenting the struggle.  Audience members can engage with Dr. Habal in a community dialogue on Seattle’s own fight to save affordable housing.

Suggested Donation $15 (Books & DVD’s available for purchase)

1 pm,  Sunday, June 12th

http://www.alotlikeyoumovie.com/

Directed by: Eliaichi Kimaro

Film description: What happens when a woman goes in search of her identity and discovers that the cycle of violence she’s been working hard to break in the US is part of her history and culture on another continent?

A Lot Like You raises questions about the cultures we inherit and what we choose to pass down, and reveals how bearing witness can break silences that have lasted lifetimes…

Seattle-based filmmaker Eliaichi Kimaro is a mixed-race, first-generation American with a Tanzanian father and Korean mother.  When Eli was older and in an interracial relationship of her own, she wanted to better understand this world her father had left behind when he was 18.  So when Dr. Kimaro retired and moved back to Tanzania for good, Eli followed him to make a film about this culture she would one day pass down to her kids.

What Eli discovered on that trip – in Tanzania, in her family and in herself – is the subject of this personal documentary, A Lot Like You.  As both a cultural insider/outsider, Eli asked questions that most people who grew up there would never think to ask.  And the stoic women in her family opened up, telling Eli stories about trauma and survival that they’d never even shared with each other.

And so Eli must reconcile this culture she’s inherited with how she defines herself today–as a woman, as an activist and, perhaps most of all, as a mother.  And in doing so, she finds a way to translate her father’s culture on Mt. Kilimanjaro into her own personal legacy.

More information below:

Contact: Connie Burk                    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tel: 206-568-7777
Email: connie@nwnetwork.org

SIFF FILM INSPIRES AWARDS FOR SEATTLE NON-PROFITS ON “LOVING DAY”

Seattle filmmakers’ project “A Lot Like You” highlights issues of multiculturalism and violence, prompts recognition for OneAmerica and Refugee Women’s Alliance

Immigrant justice organizations OneAmerica and Refugee Women’s Alliance will receive awards in recognition of their work on Sunday, June 12, immediately following the Seattle International Film Festival screening of “A Lot Like You,” a project by Seattle-based filmmaker Eliaichi Kimaro. The film screening and awards ceremony will take place at the Admiral Theater in West Seattle at 1:00 pm, followed by a reception hosted by non-profit The Northwest Network of Bisexual, Trans, Lesbian, and Gay Survivors of Abuse. The awards recognize the efforts of these non-profits to support immigrant communities, women, and families by connecting the mission of all three organizations to the powerful message of the film, which is “a compelling study on the roles that race, class, and gender play in forming our cultural identities.”  OneAmerica and Refugee Women’s Alliance will each be presented with a Certificate of Honor and a $1,000 award from The NW Network.  The film and reception align with “Loving Day,” which marks the 44th anniversary of the 1967 Supreme Court Case, Loving v. Virginia, which struck down all state laws banning interracial marriage.

Refugee Women’s Alliance promotes inclusion, independence, personal leadership, and strong communities by providing refugee and immigrant women and their families with culturally and linguistically appropriate services.

OneAmerica works towards principles of democracy and justice at the local, state, and national levels by building power within immigrant communities, and building coalitions with key allies.

The Northwest Network works within a broad liberation movement to support the safety and self-determination of LGBTQ survivors of abuse through education, organizing, and advocacy.

Eliaichi Kimaro is a mixed-race filmmaker and activist (born to a Korean mother and Tanzanian father), as well as a former staff member and current Board President of The NW Network. Kimaro intends to use her story as a springboard to further dialogue, introspection, and connection.  Part of her goal is to connect viewers to the people and organizations who are working locally to address the various issues highlighted in the film, organizations such as OneAmerica, Refugee Women’s Alliance, and The NW Network.

Thursday, May 26th, 2011 @ 12:15 PM, Wyckoff Auditorium, Seattle University

In October 2007, a front page article in The Seattle Times declared blueberries to be “Washington’s blue gold” as the state’s second-most-valuable crop per harvested acre. (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003984712_blues31m.html)

But who is picking the crops?

Join us for the screening of “Blood, Sweat & Berries,” a new documentary directed by a group of college students that portrays the harsh reality under which migrant workers live and work in the state of Washington today.

This event is sponsored by Latin American Studies, the Diversity, Citizenship and Social Justice Track, and Chican@/Xican@ students at Seattle University. It is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Jenny Vlad at vladj@seattleu.edu

PUT THIS ON THE {MAP} Screening with Q&A
Reteaching Gender and Sexuality

Join us on Monday, May 23rd at 6pm in Pigott Auditorium for a presentation of the documentary PUT THIS ON THE {MAP}, followed by Q&A session with the film’s subjects and filmmakers. PUT THIS ON THE{MAP} was awarded best local film in the Seattle Gay and Lesbian Film festival in 2010 and is also an official selection for the San Francisco and London LGBT film festivals.

Research indicates that queer and transgender young people are more than four times as likely to have attempted suicide in the past year than their peers, as well as face an increased risk of harassment at school, drug and alcohol use, and of being the victims of physical violence. Queer and transgender youth are also over-represented in the juvenile justice system and in systems of state care, where policies and practices often don’t meet the most basic safeguards. Educators, health providers, service organizations, and state agencies often lack confidence and competency to help or to address structural issues related to gender and sexuality.

This event is free, open to the public, and wheelchair accessible.  Sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs, Triangle Club, and Seattle University Counselors for Social Justice. Contact Erin Getchman with questions: getchman@seattleu.edu

RSVP @ http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=221334167877399&pending#!/event.php?eid=221334167877399

Created be Basil Shadid from Dual Power Productions, drunk.naked.love is a web-based talkumentary series. Season one (12 episodes) runs from February 14 to May 2, 2011. individuals, couples and (un)couples get tipsy, get naked, get in bed, and get talking… the question: what does being in love mean to you?

PART 1:

PART 2:

Check out photos from the workshop here (many thanks to the lovely Nicole Kandi for taking photos!)

Workshop description:

March 8, 2010 will mark the centennial of the working class women’s struggle for equity and emancipation from imperialism, feudalism and patriarchy. Since the early 1900’s women have been campaigning for change during a time of great expansion in the booming industrialized world. Millions of women have paved the way for the women’s liberation movement worldwide demanding for better working wages, shorter working hours and voting rights. Women have fought long and hard to protect their families and communities, but in times of economic hardship and wars of aggression, women are often the most impacted.

Post modern and western feminist ideals often neglect to connect the struggle of women to the overall working class people’s struggle against imperialism, the real enemy of women. Reducing the women’s liberation movement to gaining individual rights or to a trivialized gender war against the opposite sex only further advances US imperialism and hides the fact that its real definition of equality is no more than the right to be as exploited and oppressed as the next property-less person or being as mere sex objects of male chauvinism.

Women of the Philippines have had a long standing history of fighting for change not only amongst themselves but for the people of the Philippines. Gabriela Silang, Lorena Barros, Tandang Sora and many others have left behind a legacy militant women fighting for a Philippines free from foreign intervention and exploitation.

This workshop will pay homage to our Filipina heroines as well as the many other women around the world united to advance the revolutionary struggle for women’s liberation. We will dismantle the common notion that the liberation of women is only achieved among and within the ranks of women, but is in fact necessary to work in alliance with all other oppressed and marginalized sectors of society. After all, even women can uphold the very same system that oppresses all other working class people.

We will also examine how our bodies as Filipina women is used and abused throughout the course of history. We will discuss issues ranging from human trafficking, prostitution, rape, labor exploitation and even the idea that the Philippines is often implicated as a female entity to understand the use of the female body within the system of imperialism.

In honor of the centennial of International Women’s Day, we commemorate the historic ties between the women’s movement and the proletarian movement for celebrating women and women’s militant inter-nationalism originated from the working class movement.

Objectives:
** Understand the historical context of the working class women’s liberation movement
** Re-define feminism and feminist politics from an anti-imperialist and working class perspective
** Learn about significant Filipina heroines who have contributed to the advancement the women’s liberation movement in the Philippines
** Dissect the impacts that imperialism, feudalism and patriarchy has on Filipina women’s bodies

More info on Pinay Sa Seattle: http://pinaynews.wordpress.com/

Pinay* sa Seattle is a collective of Pinays celebrating our multifaceted identities, revolutionary history, and rich culture. We work to build a community in the Seattle area invested in educating, defending, and advocating for the human rights of Filipinas globally.

and check out the rest of their website while you’re at it, jiz is an awesome wealth of info and hotness on all things sex-positive!

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About the workshop:

The purpose of this workshop is to discuss sex-positive feminism and to engage in a debate of anti-porn and pro-sex feminist thought.  Dr. Harms Cannon will describe her research on amateur stripping and the difficulties she encountered in the process, relating it both to her identity as a feminist academic and as a mother.  How to initiate sex-positive discussions will be covered, as well as the ways in which the sex-positive paradigm confronts the issue of violence in the community.  These issues will be opened up to the group for discussion.

About Dr. Julie Harms Cannon:

Teaching and Research Interests

• Sex and gender
• Classical and contemporary sociological theory
• Feminist theory and methods
• Multicultural education
• Charlotte Perkins Gilman
• Amateur stripping.

Biography / Key Publications:

• Charlotte Chorn, and Julie Harms Cannon. 2008.  “They’re Still in Control Enough to be in Control: Paradox of Power in Dementia Caregiving” Journal of Aging Studies 22: 45-53.
• Cannon, Julie Harms. 2006. “White, Working-class, and Feminist: Working within the Master’s House and Finding Home Again.” Pp. 101-116 in Stephen L. Muzatti and Vince Samarco (eds.) Reflections from the Wrong Side of the Tracks: Class, Identity, and the Working Class Experience. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
• Dunham, Charlotte C., Julie Harms Cannon, and Bernadette Dietz. 2004. “Representing the Other in Sociology of the Family Texts.” Teaching Sociology 32(4): 374-384.
• Cannon, Julie Harms and Adrian De La Rosa. 2001. “Utopian Feminism and Feminist Pedagogy: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the Everyday Classroom.” Quarterly Journal of Ideology 24(1&2): 41 pages.
• Cannon, Julie Ann Harms, Thomas C. Calhoun, and Rhonda Fisher. 1998. “Amateur Stripping and Gaming Encounters: Fun in Games or Gaming as Fun.” Deviant Behavior 19(4): 317-337.

Exciting news! Break the Silence proudly presents our third annual conference: “Reclaiming Spaces: Bodies, Ownership, and Policing.” This years format is a little different than years past, but it seemed appropriate as most of BTS’s members will be graduating this year.  This is a student-led research conference. We especially encourage community members to attend. It is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Aldo Reséndiz at resendiz@seattleu.edu. Thank you!

Co-sponsored by the SU Diversity, Citizenship, and Social Justice Track