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The Southern Girls' Convention is a meeting of student-age (and all other
ages!) activists devoted to building pro-woman community in the South, and
providing education and empowerment for grassroots feminist activism. The
Convention will invite women and pro-woman activists from across the country
to meet in Auburn, Alabama (in the Heart of Dixie) to
discuss issues of women's empowerment, Southern culture, views of the South,
and tactics for personal/political change. The Convention will be focused around
discussions in workshops and
caucuses. Other events will include a Southern women's art show, musical
entertainment, and tables for organizations to network and raise awareness
on issues related to feminism, progressive politics, and the
South. Workshops are organized by
participants at the conference. As in years past, we hope workshops will
explore various radical issues and skill-sharing. This year we would also
like to start a critical discussion on how we organize in our communities and
develop strategies that are both empowering and accessible to all women.
Though this convention has a Southern theme, we want to include
workshops that affect all women and we invite
people from all over the country to attend.
- Learn more About Southern Girls' Convention
- Find the answers to your questions
- Register for the convention!
- Check out the tentative schedule
- Help us with workshops!
- If you're from out of town, find out about
the location
- Support us! See what you or your organization can do (some of it
free, some of it with contributions) to
help make SGC a success
- Spread the word! Let other people
know about SGC2001!
- Keep up to date! Sign up for
the e-mail lists
- Any questions left? Contact us!
The third annual Southern Girls' Convention would not have been possible
without the support of many great organizations and publications. We would
like to extend our thanks to:
Be sure to check out these other awesome organizations!
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The Choices Campus Community (a project of the
Feminist Majority Foundation) connects students, faculty and feminist leaders throughout the world
using chats, bulletins, FREE Online Organizing Workshops and other activist resources. They're also
helping us immensely with publicity and planning the logistics. They rock!
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Amnesty International's Women's Human
Rights Program works to identify and combat human rights violations
targeted against women in the United States and worldwide, including
torture, institutionalized sexual violence, and abuse of women in prisons.
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North Carolina Pridefest 2001
September 29, 2001 in Durham, North Carolina and
Raleigh, North Carolina - North Carolina's annual Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual, and Transgendered Pride parade and festival. NCPrideFest 2001 will
be a place to talk about how LGBT communities can work for social justice
and join together in a festive, celebratory space.
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Southern Activist
Solidarity Action Camp was held May 18-20, 2001 in San Marcos,
Texas - Activists and concerned individuals of many
philosophies will have an excellent opportunity to meet and learn from each
other later this May at the second "Action Camp" to be presented
by the Radical Education Community. Anyone who is interested in sharing
knowledge and information on different causes and strategies for bringing
about change in the Southern US is welcome. For more information, contact
recforaction@yahoo.com.
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Visions in Feminism: Cutting
Across Boundaries was held May 4-6 at University of Maryland in College
Park, Maryland.
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