Kuumba Lynx: youth ed/hip hop/social justice/Chicago

Kuumba Lynx, Chicago Hip Hop Initiative & Connect Force present:

Uptown Hip-Hop Arena
featuring BGirl Power

Saturday July 21st 10am-4pm
@ Truman College 1145 W. Wilson
The Uptown Hip Hop Arena Summer Fest

FREE!!!

[INFO: 773-550-3849 773/550-4229]


Hip Hop Arena Stage Battles:
1. Baddest Burner (graff wall)
2. Shorty Duwop (18 and under breakin battle)
3. Phatest Poetics (poetry/rhymes/rap --theme of the piece must celebrate womyn!)
4. Freshest Female Footworker
( All battlers must register by 11am in order to participate.)
5. Toughest Trick (Skate competition)

ALSO:
• Urban Arts workshops
• food
• children's activities
Two Stages featuring: FOOTWORKKINGS, Full Effect, Rod Stars, E-Luv, Amina, AquaMoon, FM SUPREME, and more tba

kuumbalynx@yahoo.com Or call 773-550-3849/4229
Interested performers should call 773-550-4229
Vendors call 773-878-4646 ask for Denice

This KL Cultural Event is a collaborative project with
Hip-Hop Initiative B Girl Power and Aqua Moon with
support from Neighborhood fests, Wilson yards, and
Chicago Original

Larger Fest Features:
• Hip Hop Arena w/ Kuumba Lynx & Hip Hop Initiative
• Health Fair w/Weiss Hospital
• All day performances and entertainment
• Rumble on the Lake--Karate tournament
• Children's Activities: petting zoo, Brookfield Zoo characters & carnival games
• CO-ED B-ball shootouts
• Skate ramps w/Relate Skate, Wilson Yards, UPRISE & Chi Original
• Illinois State ID van
• Food
• Farmer's Market
• Free Manicures & Pedicures
• Vendors

Main Stage Performances Include:
• Margaret Murphy Quartet
• Alisa Simms
• Princes of Futa
• Sound Investment
• Jessie White Tumblers

Hip Hop Arena Stage Battles:
1. Baddest Burner (graff wall)
2. Shorty Duwop (18 and under breakin battle)
3. Phatest Poetics (poetry/rhymes/rap celebrating womyn!)
4. Freshest Female Footworker*

*All battlers must pre-register w/ Kuumba Lynx.

Other Exhibitions & Workshops by FootworKINGZ,
Urbanized Music, FM SUPREME, Rod Starz & Full Effect

Sponsors:
City of Chicago, CTA, WBBA-AM, Chicago Tribune , WEISS Hospital, Chicago Hip Hop Initiative, Relate Skate, COEDS, Comcast, Truman College, Rumble on the Lake, B-Girl Power, UPRISE, Chicago Original,
Aqua Moon, Connect Force & Wilson Yards

PBI seeks Co-Director

Co-Director Needed
Peace Brigades International - USA
Washington, DC

Peace Brigades International (PBI-USA) is seeking a Co-Director. We are an NGO that protects human rights and promotes nonviolent transformation of conflicts. Our volunteers work with human rights defenders all over the world and provide unarmed accompaniment to those threatened by violence. The Co-Director will coordinate recruitment of and support volunteers, help formulate and execute fundraising strategy, strengthen political and grass-roots networks, raise PBI/USA's visibility, supervise interns, database maintenance, and produce the monthly newsletter. Qualifications: Fluency in Spanish & English, excellent writing and public speaking skills, fundraising experience, computer skills, and ability to motivate others and lead. Position is full-time, starting ASAP. Benefits include health insurance and 3 weeks paid vacation. Salary commensurate with exp. 202-232-0142v / 232-0143 fax OR email search@pbiusa.org

http://www.peacebrigades.org/

Deadline to apply: July 9, 2007 end of business day EST

What our Social Justice Fund grantees are doing this summer

In our last round for the Spring Semester, the Social Justice Fund committee awarded $2,550 to three out of eleven applicants. We feel that these students best exemplified the Social Justice Fund's mission to support student activists on the Tufts campus and beyond. In a belated update, here's what these three are doing over the summer:

* Adam Levy is researching the effects of global migration, traveling to both Mexico and Nepal to interview and volunteer in refugee communities. Upon his return he will create a photo essay of his experience that will be used in a series of teach-ins in Boston public schools throughout the fall.
* Elena Mead is finishing up the last of her videos for the Tufts Queer History Project, an attempt to document queer history and activism on campus. Learn more about her project at http://ase.tufts.edu/lgbt/tqhp/index.html. If you were part of the sit-in at Bendetson, don't forget to email her to be filmed for that video segment! Elena.mead@tufts.edu
* Kelsi Stine will be traveling to Ghana for the summer and volunteering at a Liberian refugee camp. Part of our grant goes to pay for new sewing machines for women's skill training center. Upon her return, Kelsi will be speaking with a number of classes and student groups about the grassroots reconciliation process.

Our next SJF deadline is October 15th. Contact sjf@tuftsprogressives.org with any questions.

A Graduate Program for Activists

From the Alliance of Radical Academic/Intellectual Organizations:

You already know it in your bones. Real democracy is not a spectator sport. Don't you want to build a well-organized social movement that can challenge the downsizing of democracy and promote the common good? If so, check out Antioch University New England's master's program in Environmental Advocacy and Organizing--where we train students for activist careers as public interest advocates and grassroots organizers working for ecological sustainability, social justice, and democratic control of corporations.

This groundbreaking graduate program might be right for you, or it might be right for someone you know. Please help us spread the word to all your friends, colleagues, and contacts that you think might be interested. We still have some openings left for the Fall 2007 cohort of the Environmental Advocacy and Organizing Program and will be
accepting applications until the end of July. Check us out at:
http://www.antiochne.edu/es/eao/default.cfm.

As Eli Pariser, the Executive Director of MoveOn.Org, says about us:

There are just too few institutions that help inspire, train, and nurture progressive activists. That's why I'm so excited about Antioch University New England's Environmental Advocacy and Organizing Program. It's a graduate program that offers in-depth activist training and even connects its graduates into an ongoing support network. I encourage everyone seeking to work as a public interest advocate or a grassroots organizer to check out Antioch's Environmental Advocacy and Organizing program.

If you like, I can send you a PDF our curriculum plan. Also, please
let me know if you have any questions.

All my best,
Steve

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Steve Chase
Director, Environmental Advocacy and Organizing Program
Department of Environmental Studies at Antioch University New England
40 Avon Street, Keene, NH 03431
603-283-2336; 603-357-0618 (fax); Steven_Chase@antiochne.edu

* EAOP's Main Website: http://www.antiochne.edu/es/eao/default.cfm
* EAOP's "The Well-Trained Activist" Blog: http://eaop-blog.blogspot.com
* EAOP's Online Bookstore: http://www.antiochne.edu/es/eao/bookstore.cfm
(7.5% of your purchase price will be donated to the EAOP Scholarship
Fund at not extra cost to you.)

US, NY: Lesbians sentenced for self-defense

US, NY: Lesbians sentenced for self-defense
FREE THEM NOW!
Lesbians sentenced for self-defense
All-white jury convicts Black women
By Imani Henry
New York

Published Jun 21, 2007 2:58 AM
On June 14, four African-American women — Venice Brown (19), Terrain Dandridge (20), Patreese Johnson (20) and Renata Hill (24) — received sentences ranging from three-and-a-half to 11 years in prison. None of them had previous criminal records. Two of them are parents of small children.

Their crime? Defending themselves from a physical attack by a man who held them down and choked them, ripped hair from their scalps, spat on them, and threatened to sexually assault them — all because they are lesbians.

The mere fact that any victim of a bigoted attack would be arrested, jailed and then convicted for self-defense is an outrage. But the length of prison time given further demonstrates the highly political nature of this case and just how racist, misogynistic, anti-gay, anti-youth and anti-worker the so-called US justice system truly is.

The description of the events, reported below, is based on written statements by a community organisation (FIERCE) that has made a call to action to defend the four women, verbal accounts from court observers and evidence from a surveillance camera.

The attack

On Aug. 16, 2006, seven young, African-American, lesbian-identified friends were walking in the West Village. The Village is a historic center for lesbian, gay, bi and Trans (LGBT) communities, and is seen as a safe haven for working-class LGBT youth, especially youth of colour.

As they passed the Independent Film Cinema, 29-year-old Dwayne Buckle, an African-American vendor selling DVDs, sexually propositioned one of the women. They rebuffed his advances and kept walking.

“I’ll f— you straight, sweetheart!” Buckle shouted. A video camera from a nearby store shows the women walking away. He followed them, all the while hurling anti-lesbian slurs, grabbing his genitals and making explicitly obscene remarks. The women finally stopped and confronted him. A heated argument ensued. Buckle spat in the face of one of the women and threw his lit cigarette at them, escalating the verbal attack into a physical one.

Buckle is seen on the video grabbing and pulling out large patches of hair from one of the young women. When Buckle ended up on top of one of the women, choking her, Johnson pulled a small steak knife out of her purse. She aimed for his arm to stop him from killing her friend.

The video captures two men finally running over to help the women and beating Buckle. At some point he was stabbed in the abdomen. The women were already walking away across the street by the time the police arrived.

Buckle was hospitalised for five days after surgery for a lacerated liver and stomach. When asked at the hospital, he responded at least twice that men had attacked him.

There was no evidence that Johnson’s kitchen knife was the weapon that penetrated his abdomen, nor was there any blood visible on it. In fact, there was never any forensics testing done on her knife. On the night they were arrested, the police told the women that there would be a search by the New York Police Department for the two men — which to date has not happened.

After almost a year of trial, four of the seven were convicted in April. Johnson was sentenced to 11 years on June 14.

Even with Buckle’s admission and the video footage proving that he instigated this anti-gay attack, the women were relentlessly demonised in the press, had trumped-up felony charges levied against them, and were subsequently given long sentences in order to send a clear resounding message — that self-defense is a crime and no one should dare to fight back.

Political backdrop of the case

Why were these young women used as an example? At stake are the billions of dollars in tourism and real estate development involved in the continued gentrification of the West Village. This particular incident happened near the Washington Square area — home of New York University, one of most expensive private colleges in the country and one of the biggest employers and landlords in New York City. The New York Times reported that Justice Edward J. McLaughlin used his sentencing speech to comment on “how New York welcomes tourists.” (June 17)

The Village is also the home of the Stonewall Rebellion, the three-day street battle against the NYPD that, along with the Compton Cafeteria “Riots” in California, helped launch the modern-day LGBT liberation movement in 1969. The Manhattan LGBT Pride march, one of the biggest demonstrations of LGBT peoples in the world, ends near the Christopher Street Piers in the Village, which have been the historical “hangout” and home for working-class Trans and LGBT youth in New York City for decades.

Because of growing gentrification in recent years, young people of color, homeless and Transgender communities, LGBT and straight, have faced curfews and brutality by police sanctioned by the West Village community board and politicians. On Oct. 31, 2006, police officers from the NYPD’s 6th Precinct indiscriminately beat and arrested several people of color in sweeps on Christopher Street after the Halloween parade.

Since the 1980s there has been a steady increase in anti-LGBT violence in the area, with bashers going there with that purpose in mind.

For Trans people and LGBT youth of colour, who statistically experience higher amounts of bigoted violence, the impact of the gentrification has been severe. As their once-safe haven is encroached on by real estate developers, the new white and majority heterosexual residents of the West Village then call in the state to brutalise them.

For the last six years the political LGBT youth group FIERCE has been at the forefront of mobilising young people “to counter the displacement and criminalisation of LGBTSTQ [lesbian, gay, bi, two spirit, Trans, and queer] youth of colour and homeless youth at the Christopher Street Pier and in Manhattan’s West Village.” ( http://www.fiercenyc.org/ ) FIERCE has also been the lead organisation supporting the Jersey Seven and their families.

The trial and the media

Deemed a so-called “hate crime” against a straight man, every possible racist, anti-woman, anti-LGBT and anti-youth tactic was used by the entire state apparatus and media. Everything from the fact that they lived outside of New York, in the working-class majority Black city of Newark, NJ, to their gender expressions and body structures were twisted and dehumanised in the public eye and to the jury.

According to court observers, McLaughlin stated throughout the trial that he had no sympathy for these women. The jury, although they were all women, were all white. All witnesses for the district attorney were white men, except for one Black male who had several felony charges.

Court observers report that the defense attorneys had to put enormous effort into simply convincing the jury that they were “average women” who had planned to just hang out together that night. Some jurists asked why they were in the Village if they were from New Jersey. The DA brought up whether they could afford to hang out there — raising the issue of who has the right to be there in the first place.

The Daily News reporting was relentless in its racist anti-lesbian misogyny, portraying Buckle as a “filmmaker” and “sound engineer” preyed upon by a “lesbian wolf pack” (April 19) and a “gang of angry lesbians.” (April 13)

Everyone has been socialised by cultural archetypes of what it means to be a “man” or “masculine” and “woman” or “feminine.” Gender identity/expression is the way each individual chooses or not to express gender in their everyday lives, including how they dress, walk, talk, etc. Transgender people and other gender non-conforming people face oppression based on their gender expression/identity.

The only pictures shown in the Daily News were of the more masculine-appearing women. One of the most despicable headlines in the Daily News, “‘I’m a man!’ lesbian growled during fight,” (April 13) was targeted against Renata Hill, who was taunted by Buckle because of her masculinity.

Ironically, Johnson, who was singled out by the judge as the “ringleader,” is the more feminine of the four. According to the New York Times, in his sentencing remarks, “Justice McLaughlin scoffed at the assertion made by Johnson, that she carried a knife because she was just 4-foot-11 and 95 pounds, worked nights and lived in a dangerous neighbourhood.” He quoted the nursery rhyme, “Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me.” (June 15)

All of the seven women knew and went to school with Sakia Gunn, a 19-year-old butch lesbian who was stabbed to death in Newark, NJ, in May 2003. Paralleling the present case, Gunn was out with three of her friends when a man made sexual advances to one of the women. When she replied that she was a lesbian and not interested, he attacked them. Gunn fought back and was stabbed to death.

“You can’t help but wonder that if Sakia Gunn had a weapon, would she be in jail right now?” Bran Fenner, a founding member and co-executive director of FIERCE, told Workers World. “If we don’t have the right to self-defense, how are we supposed to survive?”

National call to action

While racist killer cops continue to go without indictment and anti-immigrant paramilitary groups like the Minutemen are on the rise in the US, The Jersey Four sit behind bars for simply defending themselves against a bigot who attacked them in the Village.

Capitalism at its very core is a racist, sexist, anti-LGBT system, sanctioning state violence through cops, courts and its so-called laws. The case of the Jersey Four gives more legal precedence for bigoted violence to go unchallenged. The ruling class saw this case as a political one; FIERCE and other groups believe the entire progressive movement should as well.

Fenner said, “We are organising in the hope that this wakes up all oppressed people and sparks a huge, broad campaign to demand freedom for the Jersey Four.”

FIERCE is asking for assistance for these young women, including pro-bono legal support, media contacts and writers, pen pals, financial support, and diverse organisational support. For details, visit http://www.fiercenyc.org/ .

Quincy 4 Victims Slammed With Jail Time

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 23, 2007

CONTACT:
Lydia Lowe (617) 851-1327
Zenobia Lai (857) 919-0565
Lisette Le (617) 970-0052


COMMUNITY STUNNED BY QUINCY 4 VERDICTS

A six-person jury delivered its verdict yesterday evening in the
case of the "Quincy 4," four Asian Americans charged with disorderly
conduct and resisting arrest in an incident involving the Quincy police.

One defendant, Howard Ng, was found innocent of disorderly conduct,
while defendants Karen Chen, Quan Thin, and Tat Yuen were found guilty
on either or both charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
The four were adamant that they were falsely charged after being victims
of police brutality in the early hours of April 30, 2006 in front of the
Super 88 market on Hancock Street.

The case had attracted local attention when defendant Karen Chen, a
former Community Organizer at the Chinese Progressive Association, and
eyewitness Joanna Ng filed a complaint of police misconduct with the
Quincy Police Department last year. The four defendants continued to
attract strong support from the Chinese community throughout a year of
pre-trial proceedings and court postponements. During this week's
five-day trial, supporters had to sit outside the courtroom for hours
because the courtroom was over-packed and the judge would not allow
people to stand.

The jury heard from seven witnesses over the course of the five-day
trial, including six law enforcement officers and one eyewitness who was
a friend of the defendants. The prosecution painted a picture of a
drunk and unruly mob which surged against the officers and made them
fear for their lives, calling forth several police witnesses to say that
the group had yelled profanities and some had swung punches. The
defense pointed out inconsistencies in the officers' testimony and
between their court testimony and written reports. Most had been asked
to write reports after the complaint of police misconduct had been
filed. A civilian eyewitness described an unprovoked attack and use of
pepper spray by a Quincy police officer, followed by a brutal series of
arrests which left Chen with a black eye and bruises and Yuen with a
concussion. The prosecution questioned the witness' account as both
biased and involving more details than her original complaint.

The racial composition of the jury was five whites and one black,
but no Asian Americans, despite the rapidly expanding Asian American
population in Quincy. While the four defendants never filed a civil
rights complaint, most perceived the situation in racial terms.
Supporters of the defendants noted that, upon entering the courtroom one
day, a white audience member friendly with police officers commented
about the American flag, "At least there's something American in the room."

Following the verdicts, the prosecution requested sentences of 18
months' probation for Chen and two years' probation for Thin and Yuen.
Judge Mary Orfanello, instead, slapped Thin and Yuen each with a six
month suspended sentence with 10 days of incarceration and two years'
probation. Because witnesses had testified that Thin was drunk on the
evening of the incident, she further sentenced him to attend Alcoholics
Anonymous meetings three days per week for the entire two-year probation
period. All three must pay one-time fees as well as $21 per month into
the probation system. Thin and Yuen were immediately handcuffed and
taken into custody, without even allowing them to say goodbye to family
members present. No visitors are allowed during the 10 days. The
community audience in the closely packed courtroom was visibly stunned
as the judge announced the verdicts and unusually harsh sentences for
what are normally considered minor offenses.

All four defendants had earlier been offered a plea bargain
agreement known as pre-trial probation, in which they could have
voluntarily entered probation to avoid incarceration by writing a letter
of apology to the Quincy Police Department and signing an agreement not
to sue the department.

"We didn't take it, because we did nothing wrong. Why should we
have to apologize to the police for what they did to us?" said Karen Chen.

The defendants expressed gratitude for the community support they
received during the trial. Supporters came from within the Asian
American community as well as from white, African American, and other
immigrant communities. Community supporters will hold a post-trial
discussion today and commemorate the 25th anniversary of the death of
Vincent Chin, a Chinese American who was beaten to death in Detroit by
two white auto workers amid rising anti-Japanese sentiment. Chin's two
killers were convicted but never served a day in jail.

A Graduate Program for Environmental Activists

You already know it in your bones. Real democracy is not a spectator
sport. Don't you want to build a well-organized social movement that
can challenge the downsizing of democracy and promote the common good?
If so, check out Antioch University New England's master's program in
Environmental Advocacy and Organizing--where we train students for
activist careers as public interest advocates and grassroots organizers
working for ecological sustainability, social justice, and democratic
control of corporations.

This groundbreaking graduate program might be right for you, or it
might be right for someone you know. Please help us spread the word to
all your friends, colleagues, and contacts that you think might be
interested. We still have some openings left for the Fall 2007 cohort
of the Environmental Advocacy and Organizing Program and will be
accepting applications until the end of July. Check us out at:
http://www.antiochne.edu/es/eao/default.cfm.

As Eli Pariser, the Executive Director of MoveOn.Org, says about us:

“There are just too few institutions that help inspire, train, and
nurture progressive activists. That’s why I’m so excited about Antioch
University New England’s Environmental Advocacy and Organizing Program.
It’s a graduate program that offers in-depth activist training and even
connects its graduates into an ongoing support network. I encourage
everyone seeking to work as a public interest advocate or a grassroots
organizer to check out Antioch’s Environmental Advocacy and Organizing
program.”

Request for TSAD sit-in participants

Below is a request for those who participated in the TSAD sit-in at Bendetson Hall. The Social Justice Fund is funding Elena to finish the series of videos for the Tufts Queer History Project, so please help if you can! You can contact Elena directly at Elena.Mead@tufts.edu.

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Hello,
I would like to send a thank you for giving me funding for TQHP this
summer. I have been researching the movie,
and was interested in knowing if any of your members were involved in
the Tufts Christian Fellowship incident and
the Bendetson Sit-in in November 2000. If you have any questions
please email me. I am looking for those who
want to participate in the film and share their story.

Please also look at the site for information on the TCF debate and sit in:
http://ase.tufts.edu/lgbt/tqhp/timeline.html

Best,
Elena

PBI Mexico

International Human Rights Observers in Mexico

Peace Brigades International (PBI) is looking for team members in their Mexico Team in Chilpancingo, Guerrero. Commitment is one year.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS

25 years old, fluent in written and spoken Spanish. Previous experience in human rights, development, social work, or in Latin America. Available for one year to work on the PBI Mexico Team.

RECOMMENDED REQUIREMENTS

Experience in public relations, communication, negotiation.

Capacity to do political analysis.

Experience working on a team and in group living situations, especially in stressful situations.

Knowledge of Mexico and its political situation

Work experience or knowledge of Human Rights.

Able to use a computer, word process, email, databases.

PBI-MÉXICO'S RULE ABOUT MEXICAN CITIZENS

PBI-México does not allow mexican citizens to work on the PBI Mexico Project, unless this person is doing administration work for the Mexico Project.

The purpose of this rule is to maintain a distance between the volunteers or member of the project and the persons and organizations that we accompany in Mexico. This also assures that the local pressures do not affect the independence of PBI Mexico. This rule is also important in order to protect the security of the volunteers and the people who work for the Project in a country where there are serious concerns for the human rights situation.

WHAT WE OFFER

Work experience in an international organization that supports and defends those that work for human rights in Mexico.

All travel expenses and expenses while on the project are covered. A stipend of 150 USD each month for personal expenses.

Special training to work on the Mexico Team.

Experience working in a team environment.

If you are interested in forming part of the Mexico Project, please contact the training team IN SPANISH AT mexico-formacion@peacebrigades.org

BESIDES THIS ANNOUNCEMENT - EVERYTHING IN THE PBI MEXICO TEAM IS HANDLED IN SPANISH

Observadores/as internacionales de DDHH en México

Peace Brigades International (PBI) busca personas para incorporarse a su equipo en Chilpancingo (Guerrero), México. (compromiso mínimo: 1 año)

REQUISITOS BÁSICOS

Ser mayor de 25 años, tener un nivel de castellano alto y fluido, tanto hablado como leído y escrito. Tener experiencia previa de trabajo cualificado en ONGs de derechos humanos, cooperación, trabajo social, especialmente en Latinoamérica. Estar disponible para un año de trabajo en un equipo de PBI-México.

REQUISITOS RECOMENDABLES

Experiencia de trabajo en el área de relaciones públicas, comunicación, negociación.

Capacidad de análisis político.

Experiencia de trabajo en equipo y convivencia en grupo, especialmente en situaciones de estrés.

Conocimiento de la situación mexicana.

Experiencia de trabajo o conocimiento del área de derechos humanos.

Manejo de computadoras, tratamiento de textos, correo electrónico, bases de datos.

Experiencia de trabajo en el campo de la información, investigación o similar.

LA NORMA DEL PROPIO PAÍS DE PBI-MÉXICO

PBI-México establece que las personas ciudadanas mexicanas no pueden trabajar en el Proyecto de PBI-México. Se hace una excepción en lo referente a las personas de servicio o asistencia administrativa en México.

El propósito de esta norma es poder tener una distancia objetiva entre las personas voluntarias o miembros del Proyecto de PBI-México y las personas y organizaciones a las cuales acompañamos en México. Y asegura también que las presiones locales no afecten a la independencia de PBI-México. Esto tiene que suponer también una ayuda para proteger la seguridad de las personas voluntarias y las personas trabajadoras del Proyecto en un país donde hay graves violaciones de Derechos Humanos.

LO QUE TE OFRECEMOS

Experiencia de trabajo en una organización internacional que apoya y defiende a los que trabajan por los derechos humanos en México.

Todos los gastos de viaje y estancia están cubiertos por el proyecto incluyendo 150 USD al mes para gastos personales.

Formación especializada para poder trabajar en el equipo y en México.

Una experiencia de trabajo en equipo, con una intensa vivencia humana.

Si estás interesada/o en formar parte del Proyecto de PBI-México ponte en contacto con el equipo de formación mandando un correo-e a: mexico-formacion@peacebrigades.org

Report from Oaxaca

This is a report from Oaxaca from my friend Eric, who is supporting the CIPO-RFM. It's in Spanish, which I can't read, but I understand that there was an attack this morning. Does someone feel like translating this?

NO NOS QUIEREN INDIOS, MUERTOS NOS QUIEREN PARA ROBARNOS.

A LOS MEDIOS DE COMUNICACIÓN.
A LAS ORGANIZACIONES SOCIALES.
A LOS GRUPOS AMBIENTALISTAS Y TODOS LOS QUE AMAN LA MADRE TIERRA
A LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS NACIONAL E INTERNACIONAL
AL PUEBLO DE MEXICO.

HERMANOS Y HERMANAS DE TODO EL MUNDO

En estos momentos los integrantes del Consejo Indígena Popular de Oaxaca Ricardo Flores Magón CIPO-RFM. Los estamos haciendo este reporte de lo que acontece en el bosque virgen de San Isidro Aloapam todo por defender la madre Naturaleza por capricho y el interés del Gobierno Federal Estatal y municipal de San Miguel Aloapam, que son talamontes y paramilitares que portege el gobierno de URO.

Hoy a las 8.15 am. Entraron los de San Miguel Aloapam. Con los talamóntes resguardados por mas de 600 hombres armados, por lo que nuestros hermanos de San Isidro Aloapam subieron al monte alrededor de unos 70 compañeros y compañeras para hablar pacíficamente con los de San Miguel, sin embargo al dirigirse a la autoridad municipal de San Miguel Aloapam, Alejandro Cruz quien con todo su cabildo se encontraban en estado de ebriedad empezaron a insultarlos y agredirlos, por lo que nuestros compañeros se defendieron de los golpes y quisieron retirarse sin embargo ellos empezaron a dispararles por los que nuestros compañeros se tiraron en el monte para salvarse de las balas. El pueblo de San Miguel Aloapam empezaron a tumbar árboles y en punto de las diez cincuenta de am. secuestraron a tres compañeros de San Isidro Aloapam que son JUVENTINO CRUZ PEREZ, ARTEMIO PEREZ CRUZ de 52 años, EUTENIO MENDES LOPEZ de 33 años, JUANA MORALES PEREZ de 29 años de edad, JOSE CRUZ CRUZ, MARIO ALVARO LOPEZ PEREZ.

Este es el modelo cruel inhumano mas de fama del señor Anta Fonseca el actual gerente de CONAFOR hoy se repite lo mismo que pasó en agua fría Xochiltepec en el 2002 consecuencia del permiso a Santa Maria Saniza, hoy las vidas de nuestros compañeros nos preocupa pues sabemos que los de San Miguel Aloapam los van a querer asesinar.
Esto es lo que querían SEMARNAT, PROFEPA, CONAFOR y el Gobierno del estado los muertos y la sangre son su responsabilidad pues ya se reportan 6 muertos que en estos momentos desconocemos de que parte son pero todo surge por este conflicto. Hacemos este llamado a los Autoridades responsables que garanticen a nuestros compañeros que han sido secuestrados para que regresen con vida.

Nos informan los compañeros que subieron aproximadamente 600 hombres de San Miguel Aloapam todos llevaban armas de fuego: PISTOLAS, RIFLES, Y ESCOPETAS DE VARIAS CALIBRES acompañados con el Presidente Municipal Y sus cabildos todos se encuentran borrachos, y los compañeros de San ISIDRO ALOAPAM los que fueron a defender el bosque solamente subieron 70 comuneros.
En estos momentos los de San Miguel Aloapam, están llamando a toda su gente para reunirse con palos, machetes, armas, etc. Para ir a atacar a la comunidad autónoma de San Isidro Aloapam.

El último reporte que nos llega de San Isidro Aloapam nos dicen que hay mas personas desaparecidas: Santiago López Alavés, Marcos Alavés Pérez y Gerardo López Alavés.

Por la reconstitución y libre asociación de los pueblos.
CIPO-RFM

Party to kick off summer and trip to US Social Forum

Join Mobilize the Bean and the Northeast Freedom Riders for a night of
dancing, community, and celebration to kick off the summer and our
journey to the US Social Forum in Atlanta, Georgia.

Who: YOU and your friends! 21+
What: live dj, discounted sushi bar til 1:00, full bar til 2:00, huge
dance floor, and lots of hot people dancing their asses off
Where: 711 Bistro and Sushi Bar (711 Boylston Street, near the Copley T stop)
When: This Friday June 22nd! 10:30 pm
Why: Because it's the first hot party to kick off the summer and
you'll also be helping to send youth from across Greater Boston to
participate the historic US Social Forum. We're taking 3 buses all
the way down to Atlanta and back!

Cover is $10 and it's tax deductible. If you were gonna go out
anyway, this is the place to be Friday night!

"proper" dress required (no athletic wear i.e. hats, sneakers, etc)
sorry, not our rule!

Please spread the word!

Job Opening @ Tisch College

SCHOLARS PROGRAM COORDINATOR - Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship
and Public Service


Job Title: SCHOLARS PROGRAM COORDINATOR - Jonathan M. Tisch
College of Citizenship and Public Service
Employment Status: Full-Time
Location: Medford, Massachusetts 02155-0000
Campus: Medford/Somerville
Hours per Week: 35
Weekly Schedule: Monday - Friday, 9 - 5
Weeks per Year: 52

External Description:

The Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service prepares
Tufts students in all fields of study for lifetimes of active
citizenship, promotes new knowledge in the field, and builds an enduring
and broadly shared ethos of citizenship and public service across Tufts
University. Tisch College offers several opportunities to engage Tufts
students in both curricular and co-curricular learning, to build the
knowledge, skills, values and habits of active citizenship, and prepare
to take on active and effective roles in public life. Tisch College
seeks an individual with demonstrated knowledge of and interest in
public service and active citizenship to fill its available Scholars
Program Coordinator position.

The Scholars Program Coordinator oversees the implementation and
continuous improvement of the Citizenship and Public Service Scholars
Program of the Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service. This
includes development and implementation of program curriculum, including
skills building and knowledge development that are essential for
exemplary work in civic engagement and implementation and supervision of
Scholar policy and funding committees. Under general direction, the
Scholars Program Coordinator performs complex program implementation and
administrative duties, requiring initiative and independent judgment, in
support of the CPS Scholars Program. She/he will also act as a resource
in answering questions, resolving problems and promoting CPS Scholars
Program.
- Basic Requirements: Bachelor's degree
- Two to five years of experience
- Knowledge of Office Suite, (especially Word, Excel, and Publisher)
- Demonstrated knowledge and interest in public service and active
citizenship; experience in program development, training workshops and
leadership skills; excellent communication skills
- Requires some local, national travel.

Preferred Qualifications:Experience working in higher education student
programs is preferred. Knowledge of student development issues is highly
valued as is knowledge of university/community partnership issues
Experience in community work or public service such as government,
non-profits, social service agencies, or K-12 education is a strong
plus. Knowledge of Somerville, Medford and/or Boston's Chinatown is
preferred but not required.

--
Gary Van Deurse
Student Programs Specialist
Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship & Public Service
Lincoln Filene hall
Tufts University
Medford, MA 02155

Tel. 617 627 4845
Fax 617 627 3401
http://activecitizen.tufts.edu/

Recycling + Barter + Social Networking = ...

I found this website called SocialWay which has a great premise, but so far doesn't have a lot of users in the states. (It's freaking huge in India, apparently). Basically, you post items that you either want to loan or give away. They are entered into a searchable database, and other users can look for the stuff they need. When they find your item, you arrange the loan/giveaway/trade! It functions much on the same principle as Freecycle and the Free Stuff section of Craigslist, except it's more graphical -- you actually get to see what you're picking up.

It's not very useful right now, I admit, but if it ever takes off, it's something I'd certainly like to be a part of.

http://www.socialway.com/Init

Attention All Vegans, Vegetarians, and Alt-Energy Fans

For those of you keeping up with news on alternative energy sources, this article may be of interest.

Charred Farm Waste Gobbles Carbon

"Since last year a number of researchers around the world have been interested in reducing CO2 emissions from soil using agrichar.

This charred product is the result of burning biomass without oxygen, a process called pyrolysis."

Cool stuff!

SEIU Organizing Jobs in Massachusetts

Fight the Good Fight – Organize!!

3-6 Month Paid Internships
Housing, travel reimbursement and car allowance may be included in addition to salary.

The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is the largest and fastest growing labor union in the country with 1.8 million members, diverse in membership and leadership and progressive in politics.
Intern organizers will work on an exciting organizing campaign in Massachusetts.
Internships may lead to full time organizer positions.


Job Qualifications for Union Organizing:

-Excellent communication skills, especially good listening skills.
-Ability to build rapport and move people to overcome fear and take action;
-Ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures;
-Ability to work well in a team but also to self motivate and work independently;
-Ability to travel within Massachusetts;
-Valid drivers license;
-Stamina and willingness to work long & irregular hours;
-Commitment to justice for working people;

If you meet the qualifications, submit a cover letter and resume to
Joe Simoes at:
Jose.Simoes@seiu.org or fax to 617.482.6521

We train talented organizers! We build strong unions!


Equal Opportunity Employer. People of color, women and bilingual people are strongly encouraged to apply.

Transform/Nation: Contemporary Art of Iran and Its Diaspora

From Tufts Alum, Nikoo Paydar:

Please join IAAB Thursday, June 21 from 6-9PM at Ellipse Arts Center for a free party in celebration of the opening. Come enjoy an evening of art, Persian food, wine, and live music from the very talented Enchanted Strings Ensemble! Artworks are for sale, starting at $200 (% of proceeds goes to IAAB). Exhibiting artists from Iran, Europe and around the US will be present. Please help us get the word out about this!

*WHAT: TRANSFORM/NATION exhibition opening
*WHERE: Ellipse Arts Center (4350 N. Fairfax Dr., Suite 125, Arlington, VA 22203). One block west of Ballston Metro at N. Fairfax and Taylor.
*WHEN: June 21, 6-9pm

For more information on the two exhibitions in Washington, DC and Tehran, as well as the many supplemental events surrounding both exhibitions, please check out the attached postcard and visit: www.iranianalliances.org/art

3rd Annual Trans Day of Action for Social and Economic Justice Points of Unity

Please Post Widely
The 3rd Annual Trans Day of Action for Social and
Economic Justice Points of Unity
Initiated by TransJustice of The Audre Lorde Project,
LGBTST People of Color Center for Community Organizing
85 South Oxford Street * Brooklyn, NY 11217-1607 Tel:
718-596-0342 ext 18 * Fax: 718-596-1328* Email:
endorsetdoa@alp.org

We call on our Trans and Gender Non-Conforming (TGNC) community and on all of our allies of many movements to join us for the 3rd Annual Trans Day of Action for Social and Economic Justice. We as Trans and Gender Non-Conforming People of Color recognize the importance of working together alongside other movements to change the world we want to see. We live in a time when we see people of color, immigrants and poor people being disproportionately underserved, facing higher levels of discrimination, under heightened surveillance and experiencing increased violence at the hands of the state. It is critical that we unite and work together towards dismantling the transphobia, racism, classism, sexism, ageism, homophobia and xenophobia that permeates throughout our movements for social justice. Let’s come together to let the world know that Trans and Gender Non-Conforming rights will not be undermined and together we will not be silenced!

Endorsers in Formation as of 6/5/07
*for identification purposes only
Individuals
The Rev. Pat Bumgardner
Thomas Chen
David Dixon
David Frost
Leslie Feinberg
Cristina Garza
Martha Grevatt, Trustee, UAW Local 122, former National Secretary, Pride At Work, AFL-CIO
Jesse Lokahi Heiwa
Ariana Martohardjono
Bob McCubbin
Amethyst Moonwater
Minnie Bruce Pratt

Organizations
Action Center For Justice
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
Carberry Development Group, Joplin, MO
CISPES (Committee In Solidarity with the People of El Salvador)
Colorado Anti Violence Program
Community Healthcare Network, Transgender Program, Bronx, NY
Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project,(CHAMP)
Critical Resistance
Dari Project
Detroit Action Network for Reproductive Rights, Pontiac, MI
Desis Rising Up & Moving (DRUM), NYC
Empire State Coalition of Youth and Family Services
Fabulous Independent Educated Radicals for Community Empowerment (FIERCE!)
Fight Imperialism, Stand Together (FIST)
Fruta Extrana Inc.
Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC)
Gender Action Coalition (GAC)
GOLES (Good Old Lower East Side)
Hudson Pride Connections, NJ
In the Life Media, Inc
INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence
International Action Center (IAC)
International Action Center, Milwaukee
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ)
Joplin Gay & Lesbian Center, Joplin, MO
Justice Committee
Justice Now, Oakland, CA
Lavender Pacific Islanders
Lighthouse Community Center, CA
LYRIC (Lavender Youth Recreation & Information Center), San Francisco
Metropolitan Community Church of New York
Neoyorquinos Socialistas
New Children/New York
NYC AIDS Housing Network (NYCAHN)
North Star Fund
Pride At Work, Washington, DC
Q~POC Lounge
Queens Pride House, Queens, NYC
Queer Bandit Bike Brigade (qb3)
Queers for Economic Justice
Queers For Peace and Justice
Queer People Of Color Action
Resistance in Brooklyn
SafeArt, Chelsea, VT
South Asian Network in Los Angeles, CA
Sylvia Rivera Law Project
The May 1st Coalition
The NYC Association of Homeless and Street-Involved Youth Organizations
The New York City Radical Cheerleaders
The NorthEast Two-Spirit Society
Unity Fellowship Christ Church of NYC--Brooklyn
Workers World Party
Working Class Queer People

Initiated by TransJustice of The Audre Lorde Project, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two-Spirit, Trans and Gender Non-Conforming People of Color Center for Community Organizing, focusing on the NYC area. New York City, June 22, 2007


These are the points of unity, which hold together the purpose of this important march;

• We demand that Trans and Gender Non-Conforming people have equal access to opportunities of employment and education. We are outraged by the high numbers of Trans and Gender Non-Conforming people who are unemployed and homeless. Many Trans and Gender Non-Conforming people continue to face blatant discrimination and harassment from employers because of the systemic transphobia that plagues their lives from an early age. Few TGNC people have access to opportunities for learning in a safe school environment. TGNC people demand that all employers and educational institutions implement non-discrimination policies that respect the rights of all workers and students and that they comply with the New York City Human Rights Law that prohibits discrimination against gender identity and expression!

• We demand the full legalization of all immigrants. TGNC people deserve the same rights as anyone else to access competent and respectful immigration services. We also demand that the consulates of all countries respect and honor our identities and issue passports and other documentation that accurately reflects who we are. We oppose the guest worker program, the Real ID Act, enforcement provisions to build more walls and give greater powers to the department of homeland security, increased barriers for asylum seekers, the HIV ban and other anti-immigrant policies that continue to divide our communities. We stand in opposition to the STRIVE Act and any other reform proposals which would result in the mass deportation of our community.

• We stand in solidarity with all prisoners and especially with the many Trans and Gender Non-Conforming people behind the walls who are often invisible even within prisoner’s rights movements. We call attention to the severe and under-reported accounts of severe violence and rape that our community faces at the hands of correction officers and other prisoners. We demand an end to the torture and high level of discrimination TGNC prisoners face. We demand that all TGNC prisoners receive competent and respectful healthcare to avoid the severe health problems they experience due to lack of care. We oppose the steadfast and continued growth of the prison industrial complex that continues to target our communities. We also recognize that in the mean time our community needs to have access to services and facilities that lessen their vulnerability to violence within the present jails and prisons. Therefore we are opposed the closing of the “gay and Trans housing” unit on Rikers Island which compromises the safety of the TGNC community that is taken to this facility. We call attention to the criminal injustice system that increasingly continues to put people of color, immigrants, Trans and Gender Non-Conforming people and the poor behind bars - further criminalizing our communities and our lives. We must stand together and fight back!

• We demand that Trans and Gender Non-Conforming people have access to respectful and safe living spaces. Many Trans and Gender Non-Conforming people face severe discrimination from landlords and other housing administrators that displace them from their homes only because of their gender identity or expression. There are a disproportionate number of Trans and Gender Non-Conforming people who have been or who are currently homeless. In addition, to being thrown out on the streets many homeless Trans and Gender Non-Conforming people continue to face discrimination when trying to access the shelters and other assisted living programs. The NYC law and the Department of Homeless Services state that transgender people will be placed in the shelters according to that person’s gender identity and that discrimination based on gender identity will not be tolerated. We demand that all Department of Homeless Service shelter administrators continue to provide adequate Trans awareness and sensitivity trainings for all of their personnel and enforce clear non-discrimination policies that respect the dignity of all homeless people, offering a safe and respectful living space.

• We demand that all people receiving public assistance entitlements including Trans and Gender Non-Conforming People of Color, be treated with respect and dignity. We stand in solidarity with all people living on public assistance in New York and across the country. As time passes, the NYC agencies responsible for the administration of public welfare, the Human Resources Administration (HRA), continue to ignore our demands to address the systemic problems that exist internally and perpetuate the transphobia and harassment faced by TGNC people of color when applying for benefits such as; welfare (Food Stamps, Medicaid, etc.), access to shelters, access to culturally competent and sensitive healthcare, drug treatment programs, adult protective services, eviction prevention, and other essential services from their agencies. We demand that there be an internal investigation of these incidents and an establishment of clear guidelines as to where to submit complaints to the entity responsible to responding to these complaints.




• We demand that the Administration of Children Services (ACS) and Private Foster Care Agencies recognize that they deal with children and youth of color from economically disadvantaged families and children and youth who have been torn away from their families and home environments. We demand that all children and youth, under the jurisdiction of ACS, have the right to the freedom of gender expression and identity. In the 2002-landmark case Jean Doe v. Bell, it was established that children in NYC’s foster care system cannot be discriminated against for being transgender and cannot be forced to wear only clothing associated with their birth gender. Government institutions like ACS and private foster care agencies must be accountable for the health of people under their care, and recognize that this responsibility must include Trans and Gender Non-Conforming people and Trans related heath care. We demand that ACS initiates a full investigation of all the incidents of misallocation of personal funds and the violations of confidentiality issues that have negatively affected the lives of children and youth under their care.

• We oppose the Bush Administration’s so called “War on Terrorism” fabricated as an excuse to legitimize the expansion of the U.S. as a imperial super power and to justify a national security strategy that is really meant to militarize our boarders and heighten surveillance and control over people living in the U.S., separating our communities by fostering feelings of hate, xenophobia, and violence. Everyday we see more and more our basic human rights like healthcare, jobs, education, housing, privacy, self-determination and the right of dissent slipping away from all of us. We must stand up now to demand the immediate removal of all U.S. troops from all countries under occupation and demand an end of use of U.S. dollars to cultivate and sponsor wars against people in the U.S. and abroad.

• We demand justice for the many trans and gender non-conforming people who have been beaten, assaulted, raped, and murdered yet these incidents continue to be silenced, misclassified or blamed on the victim as if this was their fault. The police and the media continue to criminalize us even when we try to defend ourselves. An increase in hate crime laws will not solve the problem but will give increase power to the state to put more people in jail. Instead we are calling for a unified effort for all of us to look deeper into the root causes of why these incidents happen and as a society that seeks social justice find ways of holding people accountable and come to a joint understanding of how we can make our communities safer for all of us. Like many other oppressed communities like communities of color, immigrants and the poor, TGNC people are also targeted, profiled and brutalized by the police. We demand an end to the profiling, harassment, arrest, brutality and murder that occurs at the hands of the police! These incidents of violence do not occur in isolation, and are aggravated by racism, sexism, classism, xenophobia, misogyny, ageism and damaging strict heterosexist values.

We stand in solidarity with the 7 Lesbian women arrested in the West Village for defending themselves from a man that assaulted them, we stand in solidarity with Miriam, a transgender woman who was pushed out the window of her 4th floor apt. and left for dead just a few months ago, we commemorate the memory of Ruby Ordeñana, Sakia Gunn, Gwen Aruajo, Amanda Milan and the many other brave souls we have lost, who struggled and lived their lives fearlessly day in and day out, being true to who they were. They keep the fire of struggle burning within all of us.

On June 22, 2007, Trans and Gender Non-Conforming People of Color and allies will take on the streets of New York City once again and demand justice to let the world know that the Stonewall rebellion is not over and that we will continue fighting for social and economic justice, raising our voices until we are heard. We call on all social justice activists from communities of color, the LGBT movement, immigrant rights movement, the anti-war movement, the reproductive rights movement, youth and student groups, trade unions and worker organizations, religious communities and HIV/AIDS and social service agencies, both local and organizations around the country to endorse this call to action and to build contingents to march in solidarity together on June 22nd, 2007.

Yours in Struggle,
TransJustice, a working group of the Audre Lorde Project

To endorse the Trans Day of Action for Social and Economic Justice 2007, send an email to endorsetdoa@alp.org, for more information about the march send an email to info4tdoa@alp.org or contact Elizabeth Rivera at 718-596-0342 x18.

Quincy 4 Trial Begins June 18th

UPDATE ::: The criminal case against the four victims will be held at Quincy District Court beginning on Monday, June 18 and probably will run for at least three days.


We need your help again: show your support for the Quincy 4 by filling the courtroom. We need to make a strong show of support for the Quincy 4 and send a clear message that these abuses will not be tolerated, and to demand that these victims of police brutality will be cleared of all false charges! The Quincy 4 has stood up for their community -- now it's time for you to stand up for them. Say no to police misconduct!

We are signing people up for shifts from 9am-1pm and 2pm-5:00 pm, for Monday 6/18, Tuesday 6/19, and Wednesday 6/20.



Monday June 18th

-- Morning 9:00am-1:00pm

-- Afternoon 2:00pm-5:00pm



Tuesday June 19th

-- Morning 9:00am-1:00pm

-- Afternoon 2:00pm-5:00pm



Wednesday June 20th

-- Morning 9:00am-1:00pm

-- Afternoon 2:00pm-5:00pm



LOCATION:

Quincy District Court

1 Dennis Ryan Parkway, Quincy Center

(Red Line to Quincy Center)



Please contact lisette@cpaboston.org with your contact information if you are planning on making any/all of these shifts! (also, so that you can be notified if there is any scheduling change (as it happens))

Keep an eye out for more updates regarding when the trial dates!



For more information and up-to-date announcements, please visit:
http://www.quincy4.com // http://www.myspace.com/thequincy4
Or contact: justice@cpaboston.org / 617-357-4499





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Background:



The four young Chinese American victims (Karen, Quan, Tat, and Howard) were coming home from a Chinese engagement party on the night of April 30, 2006. They were first questioned by a state trooper near the Super 88 Market. While standing and talking to the state trooper, a Quincy police car pulled up. Without warning, a police officer jumped out and pepper-sprayed three of them directly in the eyes at close range.



Karen, who is just over five feet tall, was tackled by three male officers; receiving a black eye, a swollen face, and bruises from the attack. Another victim was knocked unconscious. Throughout the incident, the police officers repeatedly yelled at the victims, used profanities, and called them derogatory names. The four were then taken to the police station in handcuffs and falsely charged with resisting arrest and/or disorderly conduct. They now have a criminal record detrimental to their futures and could face jail sentences if convicted. Karen Chen and Joanna Ng, a witness to the incident, have filed formal complaints of police misconduct with the Quincy Police Department.



The Quincy Police took the four innocent Asian Americans to the police station in handcuffs and falsely charged them with resisting arrest and/or disorderly conduct. If convicted, they may face jail sentences of up to 2.5 years and a criminal record detrimental to their future.

Over 150 people attended the first community meeting that was held on May 21, 2006 in show of support and solidarity for the Quincy 4. Since that first meeting, Karen Chen and Joanna Ng, a witness to the incident, have filed formal complaints with the Quincy Police Department about the police misconduct. The complaint is now being investigated by the FBI.

Job: Executive Director, Funders' Collaborative on Youth Organizing

The Funders' Collaborative on Youth Organizing (FCYO)
Seeks Executive Director
FCYO (www.fcyo.org) seeks full-time Executive Director
to lead the organization's roll-out of its recently
adopted strategic plan and corresponding initiatives.
Founded in 2000, FCYO is a dynamic collective of
national, regional and local grantmakers and youth
organizing practitioners dedicated to advancing youth
organizing as a strategy for youth development and
social change. Currently, FCYO has a $1.3 million
budget and a staff of 4 who carry out a national
grantmaking initiative, a communications strategy and
field-building activities.

The ideal candidate will have commitment to, and
experience in, social justice movement building work
either as a practitioner or grantmaker, and be
experienced in private sector fundraising,
knowledgeable about the field, a strategic thinker, an
exceptional facilitator, and an effective
communicator. We seek candidates with five to ten
years experience either a grantmaker or practitioner
leader with program and staff management experience.
A BA/BS (or Masters) preferred but not required.
Salary commensurate with experience. Email resumes to
fcyosearch@crenyc.org, or mail to: FCYO Search,
Community Resource Exchange, 42 Broadway, 20th Fl.,
NY, NY 10004. Fax: 212-616-4994.