Rock and the Single Girl writes up Support New York’s workshop at the Big She-Bang!
We here at Support New York are obviously not as internet savvy as we could be, since we just found this wonderful review of the Big She-Bang by Jamielynn Varriale over at her blog Rock and The Single Girl.
Here’s what she had to say about us:
But I wasn’t outside acting like a high schooler cutting class to go smoke and talk under the bleachers the whole time. I did attend the panel on Consent and Interpersonal Communication, which featured representatives of Support New York and Fuckin’ (A).
Call For Submissions: “It’s Down to This”
This just made me cry.
While this article is certainly problematic for quite a few reasons, and definitely totally depressing, it is worth proliferating if only to remind us all how much more work we have ahead of us, although there are certainly enough reminders already.
from Huffington Post
What it Says About Us When a 17-Month-Old Boy Is Beaten to Death for “Acting Like a Girl”
by Michael Rowe
At approximately 8:25 p.m. last Sunday night, the New York State Police on Long Island logged a 911 call about a toddler in cardiac arrest. The boy, 17-month-old Roy Jones, was rushed from the Shinnecock Indian Reservation in Southampton, N.Y. to Southampton Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 9:11 p.m.
Don’t forget! Big She-Bang V is this Saturday!
Hosted by For The Birds, 11am-10pm at Church of the Messiah, 129 Russel Street, Brooklyn, NY. $6-$10 sliding scale, no one turned away.
We will be tabling all day, and also doing a workshop at some point in the afternoon in conjunction with Fuckin’ A. A list of other tablers/workshop schedule/etc is here.
Click to see photos of our table from the last Anarchist Bookfair to see how awesome our tablecloth is!
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Sir Patrick Stewart: Shakespearean actor, feminist ally.
Last year Patrick Stewart wrote an article in The Guardian recounting growing up in with an abusive father and the necessity for everyone to hold abusive spouses/parents accountable. It is a really moving piece, and he has a certain aptitude with language that makes the whole story seem triumphant even if it is ultimately tragic.
Videos after the break.
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This article is a harrowing read and is potentially triggering. It is totally infuriating and horrible, but also worth reading.
Copied from: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/03/nyregion/03rapeside.html
When she told the police that a co-worker had sexually assaulted her in her Brooklyn apartment, the response was not what she expected.
The officers warned that if they filed her report, her co-worker would be arrested. They asked, “Are you sure you want to do this?” recalled the woman, a 25-year-old waitress who asked to be identified only by her first name, Rebecca. She said she did, she recalled.
We’re doing a workshop at F.A.D.G.E Fest Saturday!
Our Workshop:
To Call Out or to be Called Out – The Accountability Question: Intimate Abuse doesn’t only affect individuals, but friends, families, and communities. In the past decade, community groups around the country have built a new politic of radical accountability to confront abuse and sexual violence and avoid using oppressive structures like the police and prison systems. The struggle of working to support survivors and transform perpetrators is key to maintaining a healthy and safe community. While this work is riddled with complications, conflict, and dead-ends, there can also be real transformation. We’ll share some useful tools and experiences in fighting intimate abuse.
Welcome!
Welcome to the Support New York website. We are a direct action survivor support and perpetrator accountability collective based in New York City and working on transformative justice around sexual assault related issues. We’ve just migrated our site from an old host to a new one, so be patient with us while we work out the kinks! For now, this page will have links to articles and news stories relevant to survivors and their allies. As well as information on events we are taking part in.
Use the navigation bar at the top right to access our links, reading list, resource list (coming soon!) or to read a little bit about who we are.
keep loving, keep fighting,
Support New York
supportny.org 