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THE COLOR OF VIOLENCE II: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN OF
COLOR
BUILDING A MOVEMENT
MARCH 15-17, 2002
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-CHICAGO
INCITE! is a national activist organization of radical
feminists of color advancing a movement to end violence
against women of color and their communities through direct
action, critical dialogue and grassroots organizing.
INCITE! was formed at the Color of Violence: Violence
Against Women of Color conference held in Santa Cruz,
California in April 2000. Over one thousand people gathered
at this conference to discuss and strategize about the
connections among sexual/domestic violence, racism and
colonialism in the lives of women of color.
Color of Violence II builds on INCITE's work to advance a
movement to end violence against women of color in all its
forms. This work is needed now more than ever. As the U.S.
fights a racism war against the Middle East while
simultaneously increasing its repression of communities of
color and promoting racial profiling at home, it is critical
that we build a movement that ends both sexual/domestic
violence AND state-sponsored violence.
SPEAKERS CONFIRMED TO DATE:
o Angela Davis, Critical Resistance
o Mililani Trask (Hawai'ian), Indigenous Women's Network
o Yuri Kochiyama, long-time community activist, Asian
Pacific Islander Coalition Against War
o Cherie Moraga, editor This Bridge Called My Back
o Madonna Thunder Hawk (Lakota), Founder of Women of All
Red
Nations
o Loretta Ross, Center for Human Rights Education
o Revolutionary Afghanistan Women's Association delegation
o Judith Scully, National Conference of Black Lawyers,
Committee on Women, Population & the Environment
o Nadine Naber, Arab Women's Solidarity Association
o Tillie Black Bear, White Buffalo Calf Women's Shelter
o Nellys Palomo (Chiapas) KINAL ANFETIK: Tierra de Mujeres
o Catlin Fullwood, On Time Associates
o Heather Milton, Indigenous Environmental Network Youth
Task Force
o Katherine Acey, Astraea Foundation
o Alma Briones, Access Living Chicago
o Lourdes Lugo, Puerto Rican Cultural Center
o Justine Smith, Women of All Red Nations
o Isabel Garcia, Derechos Humanos
o Stormy Ogden, former prisoner, American Indian Movement
o Paula Rojas, Sista II Sista
o Beth Richie, author of Compelled to Crime: the Gender
Entrapment of Black Battered Women
o Julia Sudbury, Critical Resistance
o Nan Stoops, Washington State Coalition Against Domestic
Violence
o Cathy Cohen, author of Boundaries of Blackness: AIDS and
the Breakdown of Black Politics
o Grace Chang, author of Disposable Domestics
o Shamita Das Dasgupta, Manavi
o Deborah Santana, Mills College, Vieques activist
o Val Kalei Kanuha, University of Hawai'i
o Lakota Harden, Black Hills Alliance
o Amara Perez, Sisters in Action for Power
o Brigette Moore, Black Grrrl Revolution
o Mily Trevino-Saucedo, Lideres Campesinas
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
March 15-17, 2002
University of Illinois at Chicago
FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2002
6:30-8:30 p.m. Opening Plenary
Catlin Fullwood, Judith Scully, Heather Milton, Katherine
Acey, Cherie Moraga, Alma Briones
8:30 p.m. Reception
SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 2002
9-10:30 a.m. Plenary: Sovereignty, State Violence, Colonialism
Isabel Garcia, Nadine Naber, Beth Richie, Lourdes Lugo,
Stormy Ogden
10:45 a.m. - 1 p.m. Concurrent Workshops
1-2 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
2-4:15 p.m. Concurrent Workshops
4:30-6 p.m. Plenary: Organizing in Communities of Color
Angela Davis, Madonna Thunderhawk, Yuri Kochiyama, Paula
Rojas
6-7 p.m. Concurrent Organizing Sessions
8 p.m. Women's Dance [for tickets see conference registration]
SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 2002
8-9 a.m. Concurrent Organizing Sessions
9-11 a.m. Closing Plenary: Building A Movement
Mililani Trask, Cathy Cohen, Shamita Das Dasgupta, Deborah
Santana, Grace Chang, Revolutionary Afghanistan Women's
Association representative
11 a.m. - 12 noon Closing Keynote
Loretta Ross
Workshop Topics Include
Women of color in prison, media strategies for ending
violence, re-politicizing the anti-violence movement, racism
in reproductive health policies, skills-building workshops,
youth activism, arts activism, and other topics. A complete
list of workshops will be available on this website at a
later date (http://www.incite-national.org).
Organizing Sessions
Conference participants will have the opportunity to
collaborate around organizing efforts to end violence
against women of color. These Organizing Sessions will
either address specific issues and/or geographical needs
(indicate interest on the registration form).
Organizing sessions topics will include, but are not limited
to: organizing against the war, working with religious/
spiritual communities, dangerous contraceptives/reproductive
rights, media/cultural workers against violence, violence
in American Indian boarding schools documentation project,
women of color and incarceration, youth and young women of
color, women of color confronting child welfare systems.
PRE-CONFERENCE ACTIVIST INSTITUTE
Friday, March 15, 2002
10am-5pm
A special Activist Institute will take place prior to the REGISTRATION FEES Registration fees are on a sliding scale of $0 - $100, TO REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE Registration forms for the conference, as well as
Color of Violence II conference. This Institute will be
for women of color to focus on developing alternatives to
addressing violence against women in communities of color,
specifically ending dependence on the criminal justice
system. Pre-registration is required, space is limited
to 50 people. To register, contact Isabel at
or (510) 665-5526.
depending on your or your organization's ability to pay. You
can also become a conference sponsor. Full details are on
our conference web site at .
full conference details, can be found on our web site:
. Registration must be
mailed in. We do ot accept registration by phone, fax or
email. For further information or to receive a printed
conference brochure, contact Andrea Smith,
or 831-460-1856.
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