Women of Colour in the Global Womens Strike
Network of women of colour from Africa, India, Latin America, Europe, US and indigenous lands campaigning for women's unwaged work to be recognized and paid for with a #CareIncomeNow!
US: Ask your Representative to cosponsor Worker Relief & Credit Reform Act
Exciting news – Rep Gwen Moore will be reintroducing the Worker Relief and Credit Reform (WRCR) Act this Thursday, March 9. Please ask your Representative to sign-on to the WRCR Act right away as an original co-sponsor. You can send a model letter directly to your reps at this link.The WRCR Act modernizes the Earned…
Alabama: Power to prisoners & supporters on both sides of the wall
Dear friends, We wanted you to see our letter of support (below) sent by Payday and other organizations in the Global Women’s Strike network to the prisoners’ movement against slavery and cruel and unusual punishment in the US state of Alabama. The Alabama prisoners’ strike lasted almost a month last fall despite constant harassment and retaliation…
Care Income leaflet for 2023 Oxford Real Farming Conference
Campaigning for an income for all who care for people, the soil and the natural world can: • Strengthen the movement against environmental destruction & global warming • Address poverty & other injustice suffered by those, overwhelmingly women, who do this work unwaged or low-waged • Redirect economic & social priorities internationally towards nourishing food (starting with breastfeeding), clean water & air, and the care & protection of all life • Encourage all genders & identities to commit to this lifesaving life-enhancing work.
Call to action: #CTC Social Media Storm: Calling on Congress to Reinstate the Child Tax Credit Now! December 7th.
It’s URGENT that Congress members extend the expanded refundable Child Tax Credit before 2022 comes to a close. US Census data shows that child poverty was cut 46% to a record low of 5.2% in 2021, mostly due to the expanded Child Tax Credit. But Congress did not extend the CTC when it ended in December…
Event : Black Women’s Lives Count: Reclaiming Our Sisters Everywhere.
Support a permanent memorial for South Los Angeles victims of serial murders. ONLINE Thursday, December 8, 2022 3:30pm PST / 5:30pm CST / 6:30pm ESTRegister at https://bit.ly/rosesladec8 Event organized by Black Coalition Fighting Back Serial MurdersDonate: http://rosesouthla.org/donate For more info: http://rosesouthla.org/contact-us.
Haitian women mobilize against government violence
Powerful statement by Haitian women taking to the streets against government violence and massacres. Please share widely. https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/11/24/haitian-women-to-mobilize-on-november-25-against-political-violence/ Haitian women mobilize on November 25 against political violence Amid an increase in political violence and human rights violations, Haitian women of all backgrounds denounce violence against women by the governments of Ariel Henry and his Dominican…
United Friends & Family annual march, Sat 29 Oct, 12 noon
We’re joining the annual march again this Sat 29 Oct, assemble 12 noon, Trafalgar Sq. Please come to support and let your networks know. Look out for our banner. More info here: https://4wardeveruk.org/2022/10/uffc-announce-the-2022-annual-rally-demonstration/
Free Mumia! Key hearing 26 Oct, Philadelphia
Dear Friends, PACKING THE PHILADELPHIA COURT This Wednesday 26 Oct in support of Mumia Abu-Jamal An important hearing is being held 26 Oct that could lead to reopening Mumia Abu-Jamal’s case, establish his innocence and secure his release. v Links to court live-stream & what you can do: linktr.ee/mumia v More info from Love Not…
Haiti: Fri 21 Oct. Stop US-Canadian intervention, 4-5pm
HANDS OFF HAITI! Friday 21 Oct 2022 4-5pm High Commission of Canada, Canada House, London SW1Y 5BJ Called by Caribbean Labour Solidarity. See more info: Haiti Action Committee Support Haiti’s Popular Movement by donations to Haiti Emergency Relief Fund. No to US and UN military intervention in Haiti • US Stop Supporting Ariel Henry and…
Haiti Action Committee Condemns Calls for Expanded Foreign Military Intervention in Haiti
From Haiti Action <action.haiti@gmail.com> SF/Bay Area! Come Out To Protest Expanded Foreign Military Intervention in Haiti October 26th, 4pm San Francisco Federal Building 90 – 7th Street, San Francisco Turning to the UN Security Council, the OAS, and the US government to “stabilize” the crisis in Haiti is like pleading with arsonists to quell the fire they…