Save the date folks, the Big She Bang number 4 is coming up August 15th, put on by our lovely friends from the For The Birds Collective!

Support New York will be hosting a workshop about organizing survivor support that focuses on our own history as a collective, our basic practices and ideals, and how to deal with some common obstacles. And of course, we will be tabling all day with lots of literature and resources for you to check out. Hope to see you there!

THE BIG SHE-BANG IV
SATURDAY, AUGUST 15TH, 2009 @ JUDSON MEMORIAL CHURCH
55 Washington Square South
New York, NY

10AM – MIDNIGHT

In case you haven’t heard about it, The Big She Bang is an all-day event of workshops, panel discussions, visual art, and music by and for women and women-identified artists & community members. The Big She-Bang strives to cultivate a space for women to share creative endeavors, exchange ideas, and provide support in a safe and open-minded environment. It is a multimedia event that serves as a platform for women artists and activists. A typical She-Bang festival will include workshops and panel discussions on relevant community issues, live musical performances, an all-day art show and DIY flea market / craft fair. The event is always all ages, and everyone is welcome.

THIS YEAR, our theme is – A How-To Guide for D.I.Y. Feminism!
As a fairly new group, we have engaged in networking with other DIY feminist groups – as well as feminist authors, artists, and bands/musicians in this past year. We will be celebrating the DIY roots of other groups and artists in our New York feminist community, as well as offering workshops and panel discussions on the resources and tools that we have found helpful while forming our own collective. We will explore questions about how to better solidify this network, as well as how to acknowledge our differences while working together. Continuing to explore the themes we addressed in our workshop, Queer Eye for the DIY (more on that later), we will identify feminist groups past and present that have successfully “queered the queered,” and established safe spaces for feminist activists and artists – all while maintaining a more inclusive feminism. We want you to leave with the tools you need to start your own collective, we aim to provide you with the things feminists need in order to be empowered in their work, like self-defense, community, sexual assault & mental health resources. All this among simply showcasing the creative feminist community in New York.

SO PLEASE, if you are a woman-identified artist/music-maker (including full bands!)/writer/craftster/or feminist group, please apply to participate in THE BIG SHE-BANG! Similarly, if you’re interested in volunteering, let us know! E-mail contact is preferred.

We can be reached at: thebigshebang@gmail.com.
http://www.forthebirdscollective.org/