incitefortcollins

* We would like to invite you to participate as more than just a
spectator at our films.  If you would like to recommend or discuss a film that focuses on issues
of social justice, please
let us know! If you would like to facilitate a discussion, let
us know! If you are an organizer and would like to make an announcement
at a film night, let us know! We are looking to turn Incite! film
nights into a community space for organization around social justice,
so feel free to contribute!
 

You are invited to a free double documentary film screening and discussion of

WAR ZONE (1998)

&

SISTA II SISTA

When: Thursday, May 8th

Where: Downstairs room at The Alley Cat Cafe (Laurel & College, behind Pizza Casbah)

Time: 7:00 pm

"The context for War Zone is powerful in its simplicity. Hadleigh-West, equipped with a video camera, walks through four major cities (New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and New Orleans) to record the day-to-day abuse – sexualized comments, objectifying stares, uninvited physical contact, and other forms of harassment and sexism – women experience that rob them of the basic right to walk safely and comfortably in their ownneighborhoods (or anywhere else). Instead of interviewing street harassment scholars or centering her own reactions to and perspectives on her abuse, Hadleigh-West turns the camera, and the heat of the spotlight,on her abusers. The film documents her confrontations with those abusers,but focuses tightly on their reactions to the turning of the tables. Everytime she experiences harassment (which runs the gamut from objectifyingstares to being followed) she directly turns the camera on the perpetrator. – EdChange Multicultural Pavilion

"Sista II Sista is a Brooklyn-wide, community based organization located in Bushwick. We are a collective of working class young and adult Black and Latina women working together to model a society based on liberation and love. Our organization is dedicated to working with young women to develop personal, spiritual, and collective power. We are committed to fighting for justice and creating alternatives to the systems we live in by making social, cultural, and political change. – Sista II Sista

You are invited to a Light Lunch, Lecture, and Discussion with

ANDREA SMITH
Assistant Professor of American Cultures, Univ of MI &
Co-Founder of INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence

Monday, April 14, 2008
Lory Student Center
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

 
Schedule

Public Lecture

Biography

Supported by Native American Student Services, Center for
Applied Studies in American Ethnicity, Office of Women’s Programs and
Studies, and INCITE! Fort Collins.

*  For the full text of Max Karson’s Anti-Asian article published on-line by Campus Press, visit the following link:
http://media.www.thecampuspress.com/media/storage/paper1098/news/2008/02/18/
Opinion/If.Its.War.The.Asians.Want-3216954.shtml 

The members of INCITE! Fort Collins recognize and experience the violent
effects of the recent incident of anti-Asian discrimination at CU-Boulder. We
oppose the indiscriminate use of words that target, intimidate, and jeopardize
the well-being of Asian Americans and other communities of color. We call for
the following:

– Mandatory anti-oppression training for staff, students, and faculty in the
School of Journalism and Mass Communication

– Concrete efforts to recruit, hire, and retain minority students, staff, and
faculty

– Demonstrate diversity through respect rather than hatred. Respecting
difference involves more than eating our food, wearing our clothes, and
objectifying us.

We stand in solidarity with the Asian and Asian American population in
Boulder, oppressed communities everywhere, and our allies who protest this act
of violence. We call on everyone to make the connections between all forms of
discrimination and exploitation and to stand in solidarity.

INCITE! Fort Collins Women and Trans Folks of Color Against Violence

You are invited to a free screening and discussion of

WE (2006)

When: Wednesday, February 13th

Where: Downstairs room at The Alley Cat Cafe (Laurel & College, behind Pizza Casbah)

Time: 7:00 pm

WE is a powerful one-hour documentary that covers the world politics of power, war, corporations, deception and exploitation. It visualizes the words of Indian novelist, writer and activist Arundhati Roy, specifically her famous "Come September" speech, where she spoke on such things as the war on terror, corporate globalization, justice, and growing civil unrest. WE was produced in the same style as a continuous music video. The music used sets the pace and serves as wonderful background for the words of Ms. Roy and images of humanity in the world we live all in today.

This screening is part of the INCITE! Fort Collins monthly film series
meant to expose, inform, and connect the Fort Collins community to
social movements happening locally, nationally, and globally. For more info, contact
incitefortcollins@riseup.net

You are invited to a free screening and discussion of

THE TAKE (2004)


When: Sunday, November 25th

Where: Downstairs room at The Alley Cat Cafe (Laurel & College, behind Pizza Casbah)

Time: 6:00 pm

In suburban Buenos Aires, 30 unemployed auto-parts workers walk
into their idle factory, roll out sleeping mats, and refuse to leave.
All they want is to re-start the silent machines. But this simple act –
the take – has the power to turn the globalization debate on its head.
Armed only with slingshots and an abiding faith in shop-floor
democracy, the workers face off against the bosses, bankers and a whole
system that sees their beloved factories as nothing more than scrap
metal for sale. With The Take, director Avi Lewis, one of Canada’s most
outspoken journalists, and writer Naomi Klein, author of the
international bestseller No Logo, champion a radical economic manifesto
for the 21st century. 

"How. Long. Have. You. Been. In. This. Country?" – Shamrock Shuttle driver

"You are so exotic-looking." – Staff member at a campus-wide orientation for university faculty and staff

"Your name… Oh, you must be Korean… You're not Korean?
You're Chinese? Wow, you don't sound Chinese! Your English is so good!" – Unsuccessful (on so many levels) car salesman

"Until Black people stop smoking crack, get off welfare, and start getting jobs, they shouldn't be allowed to have families and should be put on Norplant." – CSU student 

"Black people don't go to college, because education is not one of their cultural values." CSU student

"Talking about gay issues is against my religion." – CSU student

You are invited to a free screening and discussion of

CHINA BLUE (2006)


When: Wednesday, September 19th

Where: Mugs Coffee Lounge, Old Town

Time: 7:00 pm

Following a pair of denim jeans from birth to sale, China Blue links the power
of the U.S. consumer market to the daily lives of a Chinese factory owner and
two teenaged female factory workers. Filmed both in the factory and in the
workers' faraway village, this documentary provides a rare, human glimpse at
China's rapid transformation into a free market society. 88 minutes. This event is free and open to the public.

So a few months back this harassment happened to me in my favorite local coffee shop. Many might not view this as harassment but I left the situation feeling pretty defeated and small. Here is the situation: I'm really excited to pick up a copy of the INCITE! anthology, The Color of Violence, from the coffee shop's bookstore. The man helping me is interested in what the book is about since he has noticed a lot of people have been ordering a copy of it. I tell him that it is about violence against women and communities of color and that I am reading it along with the organization I am in. He asks about INCITE! and I tell him it is a group made up of radical women of color. He then asks if it is open to everyone and I tell him that it is a space just for women and transfolks of color. Showing his colors as a true liberal, he discusses the danger of "exclusionary" politics and that if we want to get anywhere we all need to work together. I try to explain the significance and necessity of these spaces (ie being excluded from Civil Rights and Women's Lib in the 1970s) and how it is a safe space where we don't have to explain why we feel the way we do. He then states my favorite liberal statement: "I don't see color". After asserting that he is color blind, he goes onto ask me if I am "of color" (not a new question for me). I tell him that yes, I am Chicana. He claims that I must dye my hair then since he doesn't know of any blonde Chicanas. Well yes, but so do many other Chicanas. At this point, I'm feeling extremely violated and like I am on trial for not being brown enough. I am not able to make the connection until I leave but I soon realize that he contradicted himself on his "I don't see color" statement. Obviously, he must see color since he has a certain vision of what a Chicana must look like. My skin is fair and my hair is light but I am as much a Chicana as the next. Much like Anzaldua describes, I am caught between two worlds. Mixed race, Chicana, Mestiza, Latina. This is for me to choose and I should not have to be policed on it.

   
   ENDING COLONIAL LEGACIES:

       INCITE! SOUTHWEST REGIONAL GATHERING

       OCTOBER 5-7, 2007

     

Location: Belmar
Center, 405 S. Teller,
Lakewood, CO

Cost: $20-$50 Sliding Scale & Scholarships
available; Children, Youth and Elders attend for FREE

Childcare provided
with pre-registration. Breakfast & Lunch provided Sat & Sun.

To register, volunteer,
or for more information, email southwest_regional_gathering@comcast.net, call
Causten at 303-866-0908, or see the registration form below.

This gathering will
center the experiences of Indigenous women from tribal nations located within
the Southwestern United States. Violence
against Native women is at epidemic proportions, yet is an issue that remains
hidden within the mainstream anti-violence and American Indian movements.
According the Amnesty International's 113-page report, Maze of Injustice:
The Failure to Protect Indigenous Women from Sexual Violence in the USA," (2007),
American Indian and Alaska Native women are nearly three times more likely to
be raped or sexually assaulted in their lifetimes. According to the US
Department of Justice, 86% of the reported cases of rapes and sexual assaults
are committed by non-Native men. There are approximately 44,000 American
Indians (self-identified, including mixed race) who reside throughout Colorado, of which
approximately 21,000 live in the Denver-metro area. Many American Indians live
below the national and state poverty level, have the lowest rate of individuals
attaining a higher education, and have the highest suicide rate among all
Americans. The gathering also strives to elevate the voices of Indigenous women
as the transmitters of tradition, the catalysts for healing, and the
cultivators of matrilineal leadership traditions disrupted by the encroachment
of patriarchy, an essential building block of colonization.

State violence
against immigrant women of color will also be a key focus where issues
involving immigration, border violence, and the militarization of Indian
Country intersect. The Southwest region is a strategic, militarized zone where
the US
government centers its border militarization strategy that has resulted in the
deaths of 5000+ border crossers since 1996. The Southwest region is also where
interior enforcement strategies are first piloted for use in other regions and
is the focal point for deportation strategies. The Border Patrol, the largest,
armed, federal enforcement body in the US, implements strategies that have
caused trauma in communities, and it subjects immigrant women to both state and
interpersonal violence hidden within the larger enforcement and profiling strategy
of immigration law. Join us for several days of workshops, panels, discussions,
and community celebration!
 

CONFERENCE
SCHEDULE

Friday,
October 5th – Open to the public

10:00 am – Pre-conference Institutes
(day-long)              
                 
                 
     

@ Matthews
Center, 3030 Downing St., Denver 

• Immigrant Women’s
Organizing
• Gender/Trans Justice & Solidarity
• Palestinian Women’s Indigenous Rights
• Law Enforcement Violence Against Women and Transfolks of Color
• Youth Organizing

Saturday, October 6th – Open to the public

9:00 am – 2:30 pm – Plenary Sessions, Workshops, &
Reception              
                 
  

@ Belmar Center, 405 S. Teller, Lakewood

• Women in the Red Power Movement
• Truth Telling & Justice
• Violence Against Native Women
• The Struggle Against Patriarchy in Our Progressive, Radical, Revolutionary
People of Color Movements

2:45 – 4:30pm – Community Reception hosted by Native Element

@ Chama Restaurant & Tequila Bar, located next to the Belmar Center

6:00 – 8:00 pm (doors open at 5:30 pm) – Book Launch of The
Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex

@ Mercury Café, 2199 California Street Denver, CO 80205 (303) 294-9281

Sunday,
October 7th – Open to women/youth of color & transfolks of color ONLY

9:00 am – 2:30
pm – Organizing
Institute              
                 
               
               
   

@ Belmar Center

• Building regional grassroots
solidarity
• Base-building Strategies
• Revolutionary Motherhood
• Surviving the Nonprofit Industrial Complex
• When the Revolution Burns You Out: Self-Care & Community Healing

Sponsors: Gay and Lesbian Fund for Colorado, The Chinook Fund,
Young Women United (New Mexico), Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition
(CCJRC), Colorado Progressive Coalition (CPC)/ Rights and Juvenile Justice
Education Campaign, Colorado Women’s Agenda (supported by Region VIII Office on
Women’s Health and Office of Minority Health), INCITE! Fort Collins, INCITE!
Denver-Boulder, & the INCITE! National Collective.

 
REGISTRATION

To register, you
may mail the below registration form and check (made payable to INCITE!) to Colorado Women's Agenda, c/o INCITE
Regional Gathering, 1536 Wynkoop St., Suite 301,  Denver, CO 80202
 

REGISTRATION
FORM

CHECK ONE:

___ Youth/child (FREE)           
               
               
               
               
               

___
Elder
(FREE)                      
               
                
               
               
               

___
Adult w/Child(ren) $20-$50       
               
               
               
               
       

___ Adult only $20-$50

NAME:
GENDER IDENTITY:
ETHNIC/RACIAL IDENTITY:
ACCOMODATIONS NEEDED?
        Translation (Specify):
        Physical (Specify):

CITY:    
               
               
               STATE:
        ZIP:

PHONE:
               
               
               
E-MAIL:

CHILDREN’S
INFORMATION:
NAME(S):
AGES:
CHILDCARE NEEDED?  YES ______    NO ______
PARENT/GUARDIAN CONTACT INFO: 

PAYMENT: Children,
Youth and Elders are FREE with pre-registration. Adults fees are at a sliding
scale, ranging from $20-$50. Please consider donating additional funds to help
cover scholarships for others.

Partial scholarship
needed? YES ______   NO ______  
If yes, please enclose an amount in order to
reserve your space.

DATE: ______________ CHECK #:_________ CHECK/CASH AMOUNT: __________

 
MAIL-IN
REGISTRATION MUST BE POSTMARKED BY MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2007.