National Women's Liberation

NWL Fall Tabling Events in Gainesville, FL
2013-08-28 08:00 - 2013-09-19 17:00 (America/New_York) | FL
The Gainesville Chapter of National Women’s Liberation will be tabling at the fall events listed below:

Women’s Welcome Assembly, August 28, 2013, 7-9pm, Reitz Grand Ballroom, UF

6:15pm-9:00pm

Labor Daze September 1, 2013, 5-10pm, Bo Diddley Plaza, downtown Gainesville

3pm-5:30pm
5:30pm-7:30pm
7:30pm-10:00pm

Radical Rush at UF September 18-19, 11-2pm, Plaza of the Americas, UF

10:30am-12:30pm
12:30-2:00pm

At these tabling events, we’ll be talking to women about how they can get involved with and join NWL, as well as talking about our upcoming fall organizing plans. The local chapter of NWL will be organizing against anti-woman and anti-abortion attacks. We have been reminded by Texas and North Carolina what kinds of legislation we will most likely face this fall, and our own Senator Marco Rubio has announced his plans to introduce a 20-week ban on abortions at the federal level. The right to birth control, including abortion, is a cornerstone of women’s freedom. Without an organized, strong, visible feminist movement making demands and keeping up the pressure, victories we’ve had on abortion, birth control, and health care will continue to be threatened. If we continue to lose ground, making new gains and going for more of the things that women really want and need will be next to impossible.

Please let us know if you’re able to help by volunteering to join NWL organizers for a tabling shift or two. Contact Kendra Vincent at gainesvillewomensliberation@gmail.com or 352-575-0495.

Join Us in NYC To Prepare for the October Action and Firestone Conference
2013-09-12 18:30 - 20:15
Thursday, Sept 12, 2013, from 6:30pm to 8:15pm
220 Fifth Avenue (at 26th Street), 5th floor, New York, NY (map)

In preparation for Redstockings’ upcoming “Shulamith Firestone Women’s Liberation Memorial Conference on What is To Be Done” on October 5, 2013, we will be reading Shulamith Firestone’s article “The Women’s Rights Movement in the U.S.: A New View” (article available here)1 that was published in 1968 in New York Radical Women’s Notes from the First Year.

We will be using Consciousness Raising to answer the question posed by Redstockings: “What is your thinking now and has it changed on the causes of women’s oppression? How and why has it changed?”

We will also be building off this summer’s meetings to plan NWL’s next zap action to push back against the obstacles that stand in the way of buying the Morning-After Pill.

Save the Date!
NWL’s next zap action will be Sunday, October 27th
We need more information on whether the Morning-After Pill is being sold in stores and how it’s being sold. Please fill out our survey (here) so that we will know which pharmacies are making it more difficult to buy the Morning-After Pill.

Women of Color Caucus Meeting
2013-09-13 19:00 - 21:00
Join us for a Consciousness-Raising meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 9 at 7:00pm to compare and analyze our experiences. We will be answering the following questions:
1. What do you want from men that you’re not getting? Why do you want it? Have you tried to get it? What happened?
2. What do you want men to stop doing? Why do you want it? Have you tried to get it? What happens when you tried?

This meeting is open to women of color. Contact us at 352-575-0495 or maxwell.natalie@gmail.com for more information and to RSVP.
