Press Information

For all press inquiries, contact:

Natasha Murphy, Organizer

Phone: (706) 543-1846

E-mail: ecuador@uga.edu

Event Information

Takes place on Friday, July 19 through Sunday, July 21, 2001 in Athens, Georgia.
History and Frequently Asked Questions are available online.
Press releases will be posted here as they come out.

July 19^th-21^st, 2002

Athens, Georgia (UGA campus)

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Fourth Annual Southern Girls Convention

July 19 - 21, 2002

Athens, Georgia.

http://www.southerngirlsconvention.com/2002/

WHAT IS SOUTHERN GIRLS CONVENTION?

The Southern Girls Convention is an annual grassroots meeting of social

justice activists devoted to empowering women and girls in the South, and

discussing Southern culture, views and stereotypes of the South, and the

struggle for social justice. Each year's convention is hosted by a

different Southern community and facilitated by local organizers. Past

conventions were held in Memphis, Tennessee, Louisville, Kentucky, and

Auburn, Alabama. Last year's convention in Auburn drew over 500

participants from all over the South and beyond.

This year's SGC invites activists from across the country to meet in

ATHENS, GEORGIA on the weekend of July 19-21. Hundreds of activists will

meet for a weekend of discussion, action, and entertainment devoted to

building pro-woman community in the South.

WHAT CAN I DO THERE?

Southern Girls Convention is based around discussions, workshops, and

presentations which give participants the opportunity to share skills,

share ideas, discuss important issues, organize campaigns, and have fun as

a community. All workshops are organized and facilitated by the

participants themselves. Other events will include an "un-shop" swap meet,

Southern women's art show, nightly music shows, tables for participants and

organizations to display information, zines, art, and things they have

made. SGC also allows hundreds of activists from across the country to

meet, network, strategize, and organize in their efforts on behalf of

social justice. Feel free to bring video projects, zines, writing, and

anything you are interested in sharing to the convention.

Past workshops have included:

+ Group discussions on fatphobia, abortion rights and access, radical

parenting, "100 Years of Revolutionary Wimmin," the criminalization of

women, "Queer and Trans Youth in the South," gender bias in schools, sexism

in the activist community, "Marginalization and Tokenization within the

Grrrl Movement," peer education for men and ending violence against women,

and "Radical, Southern, and All Fired Up--Where Do We Go From Here?"

+ Skill-sharing on radical cheerleading, community access television, gun

safety and self-defense, workplace union organizing, screen printing,

sexercises, Internet organizing, and how to start a consciousness-raising

group.

+ Organizing meetings for campaigns from Amnesty International, the

Coalition of Immokalee Workers, and Planned Parenthood, and state-by-state

caucuses for people to meet fellow organizers in their own area.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Website: http://www.southerngirlsconvention.com/2002/

E-mail: SGC2002 Organizers <organizers@southerngirlsconvention.com>

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Thank you and hope to see you there!

Southern Girls Convention 2002 Organizers

Athens, GA

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