[van-announce] IWD 2007 events

[Grassroots Women]

International Women's Day 2007

Since its inception, International Women's Day (IWD), March 8th, has been a
day of revolutionary struggle for the rights and freedom of oppressed and
exploited women in the context of world-wide struggle against imperialism
and war. Every year since our founding in 1995, Grassroots Women has
mobilized on March 8th. By doing so, we connect with the tradition of
working class women who have mobilized on this day for nearly 100 years,
from the garment workers of New York City at the turn of the century, to the
wives, daughters, and mothers of soldiers and armament workers in Russia who
helped spark the Russian Revolution, to the women of movements for national
and social liberation in the Third World.

 

In 2007, Grassroots Women will mark IWD by holding events under the
following theme:

 

Strengthen Women's Resistance

Oppose Imperialism's Intensifying Attacks!

Assert Women's Basic Human Rights!

 

Please join us for a march and rally on Thursday, March 8th 2007, beginning
at 5:30 pm, location TBA.

 

To build momentum and unity in preparation for the march and rally, we will
be hosting build-up activities on alternating Thursday evenings before IWD,
featuring films, speakers, and discussions on women's resistance and
challenges under imperialism. Mark your calendars now! (Details and location
TBA):

January 25th: Forced Migration, Trafficking, and Deportation

February 8th: Assert Women's Basic Human Rights!

February 22nd: Marking 5 years of resistance to the borderless "War on
Terror"

 

Get Involved!

Contact Grassroots Women at 604-682-4451 or grassrootswomen at telus.net to
find out how you can get involved in preparing for IWD.

 

 

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Grassroots Women

1115B E. Hastings (entrance on Glen)

Vancouver, BC V6A 1S3

web: www3.telus.net/grassrootswomen

email: grassrootswomen at telus.net

phone: 604-682-4451 (fax same #, please call first)