National Women's Liberation

Grassroots Feminist Theory Discussion
2017-04-09 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Topic: ‘Pro-woman Line’ and ‘The Personal is Political’
Location: Sunday, April 9, 2017: 1pm – 3pm at NWL’s office, 200 NE 1st Ave., Suite 201
Please read ahead and come with your thoughts, questions, and experiences about this theory of how we are kept down as women and what this has to do with building a feminist movement.
Also we will get some NWL chapter work done in the meeting and help you figure out a role organizing in NWL if you are looking to get more involved.
Readings we will discuss:

Carol Hanisch, “The Personal is Political,” February 1969. From Notes from the Second Year. Distributed online with commentary by the author, January 2006.

Kristy Royall, The Personal is Political Lecture with personal consciousness-raising testimony from the Spring 1996 Gainesville Women’s Liberation class.

Additional Recommended Reading:

“Toward a Female Liberation Movement,” Judith Brown and Bev Jones; selection of Part I, by Bev Jones, pp. 9-18. 1968.

RSVP here. For more information, email nwl@womensliberation.org.

Loretta Ross Weekend
2017-03-31 - 2017-04-01
The Women of Color Caucus (WOCC) of National Women’s Liberation is thrilled to bring reproductive rights pioneer and human rights activist, Loretta Ross, to Gainesville this weekend for multiple events! (Visit the facebook event for additional information.)
3/31, 5:00pm, UF Speaking Event: Pugh Hall, Ocora Room
3/31, 7:00pm, Reproductive Justice Book Talk and Signing, at M.A.M.A’s Club, 435 South Main St., Gainesville, Florida 32601
4/1, 1:00pm, No! The Rape Documentary: Break the Silence, Stop All Forms of Sexual and Gender-based Violence Film Screening and Panel Discussion featuring Dr. Zohorah Simmons and Loretta Ross brought to you by Women’s March Gainesville in partnership with National Women’s Liberation Women of Color Caucus at M.A.M.A’s Club, 435 South Main St., Gainesville, Florida 32601

Mobilize Women In Higher Education
2017-03-27 17:30 - 2017-03-28 19:00
No matter your affiliation: undergraduate, graduate student, staff, faculty: meet us on UF’s campus for the first NWL Campus Committee Meeting.
Where: University of Florida Campus, Little Hall, Room 117
When: Tuesday, 3/28/17, from 5:30-7:00pm
Please read:
NWL’s, What We Want, What We Believe
Carol Hanisch’s, The Personal is Political

Community Meeting for Women of Color
2017-03-21 19:00 - 21:00
Tuesday, March 21st at 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
This meeting is open to all women of color.
RSVP for Meeting Location

Join us for a reading discussion and consciousness-raising meeting to discuss what you think the feminist movement should be fighting on right now.

In the words of human rights activist Loretta Ross, “Our ability to control what happens to our bodies is constantly challenged by poverty, racism, environmental degradation, sexism, homophobia, and injustice in the United States.”

The current administration, with the Republicans and Donald Trump at the helm and the ineffectual Democrats on the side-lines, is determined to cut reproductive health services for women and to expand criminalization of black and brown people. We want to fight for justice and genuine respect, and we understand that individual solutions will not fix collective problems, or change the power structure.

In the words of Black Lives Matters founder Alicia Garza, “If our movement is not serious about building power, then we are just engaged in a futile exercise of who can be the most radical.” Join us for a reading discussion and consciousness-raising meeting to discuss what you think the feminist movement should be fighting on right now.

We will answer the following questions:

What are your thoughts now on what has to be done to win women’s freedom? Has your thinking changed, and if so, how and why has it changed? What are you doing now to make this happen?
Are you currently involved in organizing? Are you currently involved in an organization? Why or why not, and which one and why?*

We will be reading and discussing the following reading: National Women’s Liberation: What We Want, What We Believe. We borrowed the formulation “What We Want, What We Believe” from the Ten-Point Program of the Black Panther Party (1966).

*CR question courtesy of Redstockings.

NWL-Gainesville General Meeting
2017-03-14 18:30 - 20:00
Join NWL at our monthly general meeting.
When: Tues, March 14, 6:30-8:00pm
Where: Civic Media Center, 433 S. Main Street
Abortion and reproductive rights are under attack in Florida and the US. We must fight back! To guide our resistance, we will look to lessons learned from the abortion struggle of the 1960s and 1970s.
At this month’s general meeting, we will also discuss:

Updates from our community Consciousness Raising sessions + Women’s History Month events
Upcoming Women of Color Caucus meeting (3.21.17)
Plans for organizing on the UF campus

Please read: Jenny Brown & Erin Mahoney, “Abortion Without Apology,” Jacobin Magazine, December 12, 2015.

Tallahassee Monthly Meeting
2017-03-12 16:00 - 18:00
Sunday, March 12, 2017 @ 4:00 – 6:00 pm
The Plant, 517 W Gaines St, Tallahassee, Florida
The National Women’s Liberation Tallahassee Organizing Committee is hosting its fourth monthly meeting in Tallahassee! Join us to learn more about NWL’s politics, history and guiding principles, and how we are carrying them forward in the current political climate.

Join NWL & Strike on International Women's Day
2017-03-08
We went on strike for the Inauguration, and now we’re doing it again in coordination with women in 30 countries for International Women’s Day on Wednesday, March 8, 2017. National Women’s Liberation joins organizers of the January Women’s Marches in calling for this international day for women’s freedom and dignity, #DayWithoutAWoman. Join us!
We urge you to find a way to take part. Strike by pulling back from paid or unpaid work that day. Show this country and the rest of the world that ALL women’s work is valuable- and will not be taken for granted. Sign up to strike here.
In New York: Washington Square Park, 4:00 – 8:00 pm.
In Gainesville, Florida: Join us for a picket and speakout at the SW corner of 13th St. and University Ave. from 4:00 – 6:00 pm. (RSVP or more info here.) Following the speakout, we will march to Gainesville City Hall for the Candlelight Vigil – A Day Without a Woman hosted by Women’s March on Washington DC-Florida Chapter-Gainesville/Ocala.
Visit womenstrike.org to find other locations or learn more about the International Women’s Day U.S. Strike Platform.

Gainesville Monthly Meeting
2017-02-17 18:00 - 19:30 | Civic Media Center, 433 South Main St, Gainesville, FL, 32601
Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Civic Media Center
433 S. Main St, Gainesville, Florida 32601

Join us for a report back on your involvement in the Women’s March on Washington and all sister actions- and NWL’s Women’s Strike. Work with us to figure out next steps!
Suggested Reading: Consciousness Raising Testimonies on “What is My Oppression”

Tallahassee Monthly Meeting
2017-02-12 16:00 - 18:00
The National Women’s Liberation Tallahassee Organizing Committee is hosting its third monthly meeting in Tallahassee! At this meeting, we will be exploring our reactions to the current political climate and figuring out our next action steps. The meeting will include a consciousness-raising (CR), followed by conclusions and the planning stage.
Please RSVP and share. See you Sunday, February 12th.

Roe v. Wade Anniversary Show
2017-01-28 19:00 - 2017-01-29 00:00
When: Sat. January 28, 2017
Location: Wooly, 20 N Main St, Gainesville, FL 32601
Cost: $5-$20 sliding scale
Doors open at 7:00pm
RSVP for Roe v. Wade Anniversary Show

NWL at Women's March on Washington & Sister Actions
2017-01-21
On January 21, 2017, NWL feminists will be proudly and loudly marching and protesting in D.C. at the Women’s March on Washington! If you are not going to D.C., you can still protest with NWL at a sister action as part of our 2-day Women’s Strike.

Washington, D.C. – Women’s March on Washington

We will be meeting at 9:15 am – 10:00 am at the Northeast corner of Spirit of Justice Park, C Street SE and New Jersey Avenue SE. One block from the Capitol South Metro Station on the blue line. From there, we will move to join the Women’s March on Washington, which begins at 10:00am.
From the march organizers: Backpacks may be searched and nontransparent backpacks may be confiscated. We recommend bringing a small purse or a transparent backpack. Anything that could be used as a weapon is not allowed. If you are making signs, remember that sharp sticks to hold up a sign are included in this. Use foam-board signs, and you could use a soft neck strap instead.

New York City – Women’s March on New York City

We will be meeting at 11:30am at East 49th St. and 3rd Ave., southeast corner in front of the the Lenscrafters. Look for Women Strike signs. We will start marching at 11:55am. Click here for more information.

Tallahassee, FL – Women’s March on Tallahassee

Meet us at 1:30pm at Black Dog on the Square, 567 Industrial Dr., Tallahassee, FL 32310 to march with us. For more information about marching with NWL, contact Emily. The march will start at Railroad Square, 623 McDonnell Dr. Additional information is available here.

Gainesville, FL – Picket for #WomenStrike (click here for video)

Join us from 1pm to 3pm on the sidewalk in front of Hobby Lobby, 6111 W. Newberry, Rd. Additional information is available here.
Official Sister event with the Women’s March on Washington! Protest Trump, Pence, and the Repbulican Congress and their plans for us. Hobby Lobby represents the kind of anti-woman attacks we will be facing with new force as the incoming administration takes office. Join National Women’s Liberation and Gainesville Area NOW on Saturday January 21 at 1pm for a PICKET in front of Hobby Lobby as part of the #womenstrike called for by National Women’s Liberation (NWL) and in solidarity with the Women’s March in DC.

Nashville, TN – Power Together Tennessee, In Solidarity with the Women’s March on Washington

Join us from 10am to 1:00pm CST at Cumberland Park, 592 South 1st Street, Nashville, TN 37213 (Map). NWL organizer Francie Hunt will be speaking on behalf of NWL and our womenstrike.org; she co-founded our Women of Color Caucus and works for Planned Parenthood. If you are in Tennessee, join up!

Women Strike
2017-01-20
STRIKE to protest Trump, Pence, and the Republican Congress’ ANTI-WOMAN Agenda
NO WORK, PAID OR UNPAID
Sign the pledge and share it with your friends: womenstrike.org

Why did National Women’s Liberation call a women’s strike for the inauguration?
Women had many good reasons to strike before this election, but now we have a president-elect who openly disrespects and assaults women, and wants to limit our roles to servant, mother, or sexual plaything. This strike comes from anger at men in our lives who didn’t vote, or who voted for Trump, or who aren’t taking seriously the threat that his presidency represents. And it is a reaction to an election campaign that-apart from Bernie Sanders in the primary-ignored the universal programs that women and all people need, and that work well in so many other countries, from paid family leave to childcare to national health care.
The Democrats didn’t pursue these plans when they could have, and now the Republican-majority Congress is promising to cut, undermine, privatize, or eliminate every social contract from public schools to Medicare to Social Security. They expect the family (that is, WOMEN) to fill in the gaps and pick up the pieces. NO WE WON’T. This strike is a warning. Our work can no longer be taken for granted.
When we get 20,000 signatures, the strike will be ON. Every pledge counts, pledge today.

In 2017, Let's Continue Building the Resistance
2017-01-05 - 2017-02-12
This election was a stunning reminder of how white supremacy and sexism run deep and threaten our basic democracy. That white working class people continue to identify with the capitalist 1% who are responsible for the pain in our daily lives.
While Clinton got the popular vote, a bigoted billionaire bully has taken the top spot in our country as a nightmare backlash against our first African-American President. NWL commits to build a resistance movement and stand up for justice. We need you.
Now is not the time to retreat and lick our wounds.
All of us are under threat, but in particular we stand with our Muslim brothers and sisters, our undocumented and people of color brothers and sisters.
But standing alone is not enough – we need to be ORGANIZED.
Today join a group. Go to meetings. Invest your time and your money in making social change – make it part of your life.
NWL is meeting in New York, NY and Florida to discuss what to do next. Please join us.

In New York, NY:

Mon. January 9th: Women of Color Caucus Meeting, 7:30pm – 9:30pm. Email nwl@womensliberationorg for more details.
Sat. January 14th: Abortion/Birth Control Organizing Committee Meeting, 12:00-1:30, University Settlement Houston Street Center, 273 Bowery, Manhattan
Sat. January 14th: Sign-making Party for the Women’s March, 2:00-4:00pm, Queens. E-mail for address.
Thurs. January 19th: Monthly General Meeting, 7:30-9:30, Prepare to Strike and March Inauguration weekend

In Gainesville, FL:

Thurs. January 5th: Roe v. Wade Anniversary Show Planning Committee, 6:30pm – 8:30 pm, Location: 200 NE 1st Street, suite 201 (entrance in back of building)
Mon. January 9th: Women of Color Caucus Meeting, 7:30pm – 9:30pm. Email nwl@womensliberationorg for more details.
Tues. January 10th: Monthly General Meeting, 6:30pm – 8:30pm, Location: 200 NE 1st Street, suite 201 (entrance in back of building)
Sat. January 21st: Picket for #womenstrike, 1:00pm – 3:00pm, Location: W. Newberry Rd. More information at https://goo.gl/ULSqy5.

In Tallahassee, FL:

Sun. January 8th: Organizing Meeting, 4:00pm – 6:00pm, Location: The Plant, 517 W. Gaines St.
Mon. January 9th: Women of Color Caucus Meeting, 7:30pm – 9:30pm. Email nwl@womensliberation.org for more details.
Sun. February 12th: Organizing Meeting, 4:00pm – 6:00pm, Location: The Plant, 517 W. Gaines St.

Post-Election Meeting for Women of Color
2016-12-07 19:00 - 21:00
Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at 7:00 p.m.

This meeting is open to all women of color. RSVP to nwl@womensliberation.org for meeting location and information.
Join us for a Consciousness-Raising Meeting to discuss the impact of the election on you. We will answer the following questions:
1. What has been the effect of the election campaign on your life? What effect has the outcome of the election had on you?
2. What are you doing and what do you think the feminist movement should be doing?
We will also continue discussing how we as women of color work in coalition with our allies within and across movements for social change.

Recommended Readings:
Bernice Johnson Reagon. “Coalition Politics: Turning the Century.” Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology. Ed. Barbara Smith. 356-368.
Rosario Morales. “We’re All In The Same Boat.” This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color. Eds. Cherrie Moraga and Gloria Anzaldua. 91-93.

Post-Election Meeting
2016-11-15 19:30 - 21:00
What do the results mean for the feminist movement? How do we move forward to win lasting changes for women?
Where: The Commons in Brooklyn, 388 Atlantic Avenue
Details: The Commons in Brooklyn, 388 Atlantic Avenue between Hoyt and Bond, near the Hoyt-Schermerhorn Street A/C/G. You can also take the 2,3,4,5 to Nevins or the D,N,R to Atlantic-Pacific. Map.

Quarterly Meeting for Women of Color
2016-11-03 19:00 - 21:00
Thursday, November 3, 2016 at 8:00 p.m. (please note time change)

This meeting is open to all women of color. RSVP to nwl@womensliberation.org for meeting location and information.
Join us for a discussion about when and how we as women of color work in coalition with our allies within and across movements for social justice.

We will be discussing the following readings:
Bernice Johnson Reagon. “Coalition Politics: Turning the Century.” Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology. Ed. Barbara Smith. 356-368.
Rosario Morales. “We’re All In The Same Boat.” This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color. Eds. Cherrie Moraga and Gloria Anzaldua. 91-93.

Sexism and the Election
2016-10-18 19:30 - 21:00
Are you sick of women being judged by what we wear? How we sound? Coverage of the Clinton campaign has laid bare sexist double standards on a national scale. At our October meeting we will discuss the “damned if you, damned if you don’t” moments we experience in our own lives, and how we can create a stronger feminist movement to change this.
Details: The Commons in Brooklyn, 388 Atlantic Avenue between Hoyt and Bond, near the Hoyt-Schermerhorn Street A/C/G. You can also take the 2,3,4,5 to Nevins or the D,N,R to Atlantic-Pacific. Map.
Where: The Commons in Brooklyn, 388 Atlantic Avenue

"Women's Liberation: Where Do I fit In?" A 10-Week Class in Fall 2016
2016-09-28 - 2016-12-07
Wednesdays, September 28-December 7 (excluding 11/23), 6:30-9:30pm
FEE: $40 for members, $50 nonmembers (includes readings), No one turned away for lack of funds
TO REGISTER: Email nwl@womensliberation.org
This class is for women who want to understand basic truths and political causes of the unfairness in our daily lives; how a feminist movement was organized to change this; what we can do now to build the kind of movement that can put the male chauvinist establishment on the run again; and how each woman can contribute to that effort.
You will learn about the heroic struggle women have waged, individually and collectively, for our survival and our freedom. What lessons and strategies from women’s fighting history can we apply today? Through a combination of lecture, discussion of readings*, and consciousness-raising, participants will learn about the radical ideas and methods that sparked the rebirth of the feminist movement in the 1960s.
This class is not about personal liberation through improved self-esteem or an alternative women’s culture, recalling a golden age of matriarchy, or how feminism can save the planet. Nor is it about achieving status in the present corrupt system through individual self-improvement or lifestyle changes.
The following will be covered:
• The origins of the feminist movement and the how these truths have been buried.
• Consciousness-raising: getting to the root of sexism. Who benefits? Who pays?
• Radical feminist theory: what is radical? What is radical feminism? What is male supremacy?
• Reproductive Labor and Reproductive Justice
• Planning an action to fight back

#NotMyClinic Day of Action
2016-08-01 12:30 - 14:30
Join us for a Day of Action:
Monday, August 1 from 12:30 – 2:30
200 NE 1st Street Suite 201, Gainesville, FL 32601

Are you tired of the Florida legislature telling you what to do with your body? Are you mad about Florida’s newest abortion restrictions? Governor Rick Scott signed HB 1411 into law in March, and the only reason it hasn’t gone into effect yet is because a Federal Judge granted a preliminary injunction against the bill. But an injunction is not enough! Because HB 1411 may still go into effect, it still risks the lives and freedom of women across the state of Florida.
This injunction came in the wake of the United States Supreme Court striking down a similar abortion restrictions bill in Texas in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt this June. However, the Supreme Court’s ruling was narrow enough to allow room for further creative law making by anti-woman politicians across the country. While Whole Woman’s Health decision is a small victory for women and our right to abortion, it is not enough. It is not repeal. It is reform, which keeps us fighting against restrictions and defending against more attacks. Until we achieve total repeal of all abortion laws, our freedom as women is at stake! We demand repeal of all abortion laws, including HB 1411!
If HB 1411 goes into effect and most abortion clinics across the state, including Planned Parenthood clinics, have to close their doors, the Florida legislature has referred women to a list of “Federally Qualified Health Centers” for our reproductive health and abortion needs. Not a single one of these centers provides abortions. These centers also do not provide many other reproductive services that clinics like Planned Parenthood provide, including cancer screenings, STD testing, birth control options, etc. These centers are insufficient. These centers are #notmyclinic! That is why National Women’s Liberation is calling on YOU to help us show Governor Scott and the Florida legislature why we will not stand for HB 1411 or any other abortion restrictions they try to throw our way.
We demand reproductive freedom! We demand control over our bodies!We demand repeal!

FL Women Speakout for Abortion and Birth Control
2016-06-03 17:00 - 18:30
As part of the Women are the Experts: National Week of Action for Abortion and Birth Control, in Gainesville, FL we are organizing a speakout on Friday, June 3rd from 5pm-6:30pm on the SE corner of North Main Street and University Avenue. Gainesville Area NOW is co-sponsoring the speakout with us.
This speakout is also part of the larger event, Raise Your Voice! And Funds for Reproductive Justice.

Campus Feminist Meeting
2016-05-11 18:30 - 19:30
Wednesday, May 11th, at 6:30pm
Little Hall, Rm 119 on UF campus (map)
Are you angry about the new abortion restrictions and anti-clinic laws passed by Florida’s legislature? Join the Gainesville Chapter of National Women’s Liberation at this month’s community organizing meeting on campus. We’ll be discussing our social media campaigns, #notmyclinic and #thisoppresseswomen, and planning for a national week of actions in support of full access to birth control, including abortion. We will also be discussing the article “Abortion Without Apology” by NWL members Jenny Brown and Erin Mahoney.

General Meeting
2016-04-19 19:30 - 21:30
Join us on Tuesday April 19th for our monthly meeting. We will continue to build on our previous meetings where we held consciousness-raising sessions about our experiences with birth control and abortion and the choice to have or not have children as well as discussions surrounding the social wage theory by brainstorming new ideas for future actions.
As always we encourage all women to participate during this meeting, we want to hear your ideas!
Details: Tuesday April 19, 2016 from 7:30pm – 9:30pm @ The Commons in Brooklyn, 388 Atlantic Avenue between Hoyt and Bond, near the Hoyt-Schermerhorn Street A/C/G. You can also take the 2,3,4,5 to Nevins or the D,N,R to Atlantic-Pacific. Map.
We meet the Third Tuesday of every month:

Tuesday May 17, 2016 7:30 – 9:30pm
Tuesday June 15, 2016 7:30 – 9:30pm

Speakout for Reproductive Rights
2016-04-19 12:00 - 13:00
On Tuesday, April 19, 2016, National Women’s Liberation (NWL), Gainesville chapter will hold a Speak-Out for Reproductive Rights on the Plaza of the Americas at UF at 12:00pm.
This year, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed HB 1411, an anti-abortion law defunding women’s clinics that provide abortions. The right to birth control, including abortion, is a cornerstone of women’s freedom. Women’s right to abortion is being chipped away at through each law passed, and we are fed up with it!
Join our social media campaigns #NotMyClinic and #ThisOppressesWomen
Take Action Now:
1. Visit a federal qualified health center near you
2. Film yourself asking for a reproductive health service
3. Upload the video to the Not My Clinic Facebook group and tag it using the hashtags #notmyclinic and #thisoppresseswomen

Action Planning Meeting
2016-04-01 18:30 - 20:00
Wednesday, April 13th, at 6:30pm
@ Little Hall, Rm 119 on UF campus (map)

Are you angry about the new abortion restrictions and anti-clinic laws passed by Florida’s legislature? Join the Gainesville Chapter of National Women’s Liberation for this month’s community organizing meeting to discuss our own experiences with women’s clinics (for abortions, birth control, well-woman care, etc.) and finalize plans for our April 19th action to respond to these anti-woman restrictions.

Suggested Reading for Meeting: “Abortion Without Apology” by NWL members Jenny Brown and Erin Mahoney

NWL Screening of "She's Beautiful When She's Angry"
2016-03-15 19:00 - 21:00
NWL Proudly Presents a Screening of the Documentary, She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry, followed by a Panel Discussion to Celebrate Women’s History Month
Gainesville, FL – National Women’s Liberation will be showing the documentary “She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry” on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at the Wooly, located at 20 North Main Street in downtown Gainesville. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the film starts at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $5 – $10 sliding scale. This event is co-sponsored by Gainesville Area National Organization for Women (NOW).
A panel of guest speakers will immediately follow the film. Guest speakers include:
• Kathie Sarachild, who joined the female liberation movement in 1967, working with New York Radical Women. Her radical feminist speeches and writings continue to be reprinted in anthologies. Today she is director of the Redstockings Women’s Liberation Archives for Action.
• Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons, who worked as a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) project leader during Mississippi Freedom Summer, 1964 and is currently a professor of African American and Religious Studies at the University of Florida.
• Kendra Vincent, who is a feminist organizer for National Women’s Liberation (NWL) and the chair of the Florida chapter. She is a public high school English teacher and the elected secretary for Alachua County Education Association.
• Whitney Mutch, who is a graduate of Florida State University, where she studied and taught Philosophy. She also holds a B.A. from Agnes Scott College in Philosophy and Classical Languages. Ms. Mutch is the President for the Gainesville chapter of NOW.
“Knowing the particular women makes the movement very real. It provides real women and actual work to check against distortion, the distortion which prevents women from knowing the movement’s sources, knowing the groundwork and learning from it,” said Kathie Sarachild. “For instance, without knowing the particular women you cannot know that women did what they did quite deliberately and consciously, operating on the basis of theory, strategy, and experience. You may think it was an accident of ‘history’ that those women achieved what they set out to achieve in the first stage of their plan.”
“She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry” resurrects the buried history of the outrageous, often brilliant women who founded the modern women’s movement from 1966 to 1971. The film, directed by Mary Dore, takes us from the founding of NOW, with ladies in hats and gloves, to the emergence of more radical factions of women’s liberation; from intellectuals like Kate Millett to the street theatrics of WITCH (Women’s International Conspiracy from Hell!). It does not shy away from controversies over race, sexual preference and leadership that arose in the women’s movement, and brilliantly captures the spirit of the time—thrilling, scandalous, and often hilarious.
National Women’s Liberation is a feminist group for women who want to fight back against male supremacy and win more freedom for women. We believe change comes about from the actions of everyday people. We are a new group with old roots; we come from a collaboration between organizers from Redstockings of the Women’s Liberation Movement (NY) and Gainesville (FL) Women’s Liberation that began in 1968. We are funded by the dues of women, not corporations or their foundations.

General Meeting
2016-02-16 19:30 - 21:30
To Have Children (Or Not): A Consciousness Raising
Monthly Meeting February 16th 7:30-9:30pm (*note new start time)
In January we celebrated the anniversary of Roe v. Wade by doing a CR on when we have needed birth control and abortion. In February, we will dig deeper and explore whether we want or do not want children, now or in the future, and why.
We’ll be answering the following questions:
1. What are our reasons for wanting children, if/when we wanted them. (Whether we had them, didn’t, or are still planning to.) Reasons for not wanting them? If we had them, did our thinking about this change after we had them? If we didn’t have them, did our thinking change?
2. Additional question for those who have done parenting work: When does this work feel like an individual responsibility? When does it feel like a collective (community, society wide,national) responsibility?
Details: Tuesday 2/16 from 7:30 – 9:30 pm @ The Commons in Brooklyn, 388 Atlantic Avenue between Hoyt and Bond, near the Hoyt-Schermerhorn Street A/C/G. You can also take the 2,3,4,5 to Nevins or the D,N,R to Atlantic-Pacific. Map.

Women of Color Caucus Meeting
2016-02-16 19:00 - 21:00
The Women of Color Caucus (WOCC) meets separately from white women to better understand how white supremacy intersects with other forms of oppression. WOCC meets quarterly. The next meeting will take place February 22, 2016 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Please RSVP to woccnyc@yahoo.com to get the meeting location.

Campus Feminist Meeting
2016-02-10 18:30 - 19:30
When: Wednesday, Feb 10th, from 6:30-7:30pm
Where: Little Hall, Rm 119 at the University of Florida (map)
At the meeting we will discuss Kathie Sarachild’s, The Power of History, pp. 13-24 (Sections I and II) from Redstockings’ Feminist Revolution. We’ll also have a report back on our Roe v. Wade benefit concert and continue planning on our upcoming showing of the film, She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry.

Roe v. Wade Anniversary Show
2016-01-22 20:00 - 2016-01-23 20:00

Campus Feminist Meeting
2016-01-13 18:30 - 19:30
Join us to learn how you can get involved with National Women’s Liberation in 2016, including planning for our upcoming Roe v. Wade Benefit and our Women’s History Month Event.
When: Wednesday, January 13, 2016, from 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Where: Anderson Hall Rm 117 at the University of Florida (near the corner of University Ave. and NW 13th St.) map
