Resist, make waves! Women, let’s misbehave!
We numbered over 500 young women at last October's pan-Canadian young feminists gathering. We were bursting with energy, ideas and the desire to take action and make change! We, the young feminist RebELLEs who were united at that Gathering, committed to resist and protest the rise of the Right and prove to the whole country that feminism is NOT dead: it is in constant renewal and in fact is expanding, with offshoots everywhere. The proof: there are thousands of young feminists and we're knocking down the door!
March 8th is approaching fast and we're ringing the bell for feminist action! The young feminists' pan-Canadian day of decentralized actions is around the corner!
During the plenary session on action strategies to counter the rise of the Right, Gathering participants decided to have a day of joint action. We collectively decided that on March 8, 2009, we, young feminists from across the country, would organize feminist actions to resist the rise of the Right, or participate in actions already being organized by contributing our analysis and distributing the young feminists Manifesto.
Women, it's time for action; we need to raise our diverse and determined voices, make our Manifesto known and shake up the established patriarchal order. On your marks, get set, time to organize!
It's really not hard to organize an action! Especially for passionate young feminists who are eager to change the world! The Gathering's massive feminist energy generated over 20 actions that were organized and carried out in one afternoon! There, young feminists got into workshops to discuss specific topics and then agreed on an action they would carry out in connection with the theme; the idea was to move quickly from analysis to action. Why not do the same thing for IWD 2009?
The pan-Canadian days of decentralized feminist action to resist the rise of the Right will be a first in Canada, as was the Gathering. It's up to us to get involved in organizing the actions! You can organize your actions independently or join with feminists of all ages to help organize actions in your community. The main thing is, we want to see feminist fists covering the map of Canada with lightning speed, indicating all the actions organized by RebELLEs! Actions that testify to our presence, our rejection of the Right and our feminist alternatives.
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Please contact us as soon as possible to tell us about an action you're organizing or participating in: mobilisation@rebelles2008.org
The Toujours RebELLEs! website will be updated regularly with a map of Canada illustrating actions being organized by young RebELLE feminists!
This is a call to action! RebELLEs, wherever we are, let's take action!
Contact-us!!
www.rebelles2008.org - 514-876-0166 extension 253
*Please mention your province or territory when you contact us.*
In solidarity,
The Toujours RebELLEs!/Waves of Resistance organizing committee!
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