RAD Team Call Out

Dear young feminists,

Dear participants of the 2011 gathering, « Notre révolution féministe, Our Revolution is Now! »,

The Organizing Committee of the gathering is in search of 1 young feminist from each province and territory to be part of the Resistance actions, Alternatives and Demands Team (RAD Team) during the 2011 RebELLEs Gathering. The RAD Team will work through the whole weekend to compile, synthesize and write up the alternatives, resistance actions and demands that will have come from the participants, into a document that will serve as our political platform for the RebELLEs Movement for the next three years!

Therefore, the mandate for the RAD Team is to create a document that is representative of the discussions and proposals of participants, and to bring this back to paricipants in Monday's large group session. Based on the document presented by the RAD Team, and feedback from all participants, we will collectively adopt the Resistance actions, Alternatives and Demands of the RebELLEs Movement, on Monday May 23rd to close the gathering.

The 1st RebELLEs Gathering that took place in Montréal in 2008 gave the RebELLEs Movement the space to create and adopt our Manifesto, the political basis of unity for our Movement. In Winnipeg in 2011, during the 2nd gathering, the adoption of the Resistance actions, Alternatives and Demands will lay the foundation for our Pancanadian Movement to become a political actor on the national scene. At the 2nd gathering we will be discussing, drafting our demands, identifying priorities for campaigns and strategizing to take action at the local, provincial and national levels for the next 3 years! The RAD Team work will be instrumental in making this happen!

Don’t stress! It is a collective process that will build on the brilliant and creative ideas of all gathering participants. The RAD Team will also be working with 2 experienced facilitators and an interpreter.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

* 13 young feminists, 1 per province or territory
* Young feminists WITH or WITHOUT political, activist or democratic process experience
* A group of young women with diverse identities and backgrounds
* A group of young women that are involved in different social movements : student, unions and working class, environmental, anti-capitalist, anti-globalization anti-racist, anti-colonialist, etc.
* Young feminists from rural regions, different cultural communities, various Indigenous groups, women living with disAbilities, young feminists who identify as lesbian, bisexual, trans or queer, young feminists from the Northern and rural areas, young women under the age of 25 and young women over the age of 25, etc.

If you are interested in contributing to this important process and being a part of the RAD Team during the 2011 Gathering, please fill out the attached FORM.

Make herstory! Join the RAD team!