The last meeting of the semester

First of all, a great big heaping pile of thank yous to everyone who came out to Take Back the Night! You're all wonderful and we hope to see you again at our next events!

Visit the F.O.R.C.E. Flickr account for photos. :)

Here's some coverage on the event, done by the Daily 49er:
Community stands united against sex crimes - News

Also, a reminder, that the meeting this week will be the last meeting of the semester. We will discuss plans for events next semester, as well as deciding on new officers. It'll be at the usual time and the usual place: Thursday, 2:30-3:30pm in the Women's Resource Center (WRC), LA3-105. All newbies, oldies, and curious-ies (?) are invited to attend!

Clothesline Project/TBTN Volunteer Sign-Up!

Yo,

We will be having the Clothesline Project display for Sexual Assault Awareness Week from Tuesday, April 29th through Thursday, May 1st. The display will be from 10am to 4pm, with set-up starting at 8am and take-down from 4pm to 5pm. Please sign-up to volunteer at the information tables and tents. If you are SACA-certified, please let me know so you can work at the shirt-making tents.

So please email me which days and times you are available to volunteer, with your name, preferred email address, and phone number.

Thanks,
Megan Adams
Co-chair, CSULB Clothesline Project

* In addition we need volunteers for Take Back the Night (you know you want to!). We need volunteers to help out with
- Contacting Faculty
- Making announcements in their classes
- Making banners
- Viral info re-posting online
- making signs in the WRC for TBTN [all of the materials are in the WRC]
- contacting your local businesses for food donations
- and much, much more!

e-mail us at: force4change@yahoo.com

Thanks!
-Mariana

Feminist Organization Reclaiming Consciousness and Equality

FORCE Meeting Minutes 3/6/08 and TBTN Info

FORCE Meeting Minutes 3/6/08

* Wednesday, March 12th at 3:30pm at the Senate Chambers
LGBT ASI Secretary position proposal. Come show your support!! Contact Aunnie for more info


* Sexual Assault Awareness Week and Take Back the Night on April 29th, 30th and May 1st
- Please choose one or more of the following committees to work on. Even if you can't make the regular FORCE meetings, there may be ways you can help the committees at other more convenient times.
- The Site, Program, and Clothesline Committees need the most help. Everyone will, of course, help with event publicity.
- Please email your contact info and which committee you would like to join to force4change@yahoo.com so that next week the committees can start planning.

- 1) Site Committee – (Alicia & Tiffany)
--- Secure site for the rally (usually Brotman Hall fountain)
--- Arrange parking for visitors
--- Select a path and do a walk-through of the march, ensure that it is disabled accessible, and create a map for the program
--- Reserve podium, PA/AV equipment, chairs, etc.
--- Contact American Indian tribe about hosting the speak out at Puvungna and having the ceremonial fire

- 2) Program Committee – (Aunnie & Mariana)
--- Decide what the program will include
--- Book speakers for the rally
--- Plan timetable for TBTN, considering that the march must start after dark
--- Compile the event program with history of TBTN, scheduled speakers, map of the path, chants, contact information for FORCE, SACA, etc.
--- Contact Disabled Student Services for translator
--- Possible post-Speakout feminist music (e.g. Angie Evans)
--- Contact local organizations for information tables
--- Request SACA-certified counselors for Speakout
--- Get vintage videos of TBTN to project during rally

- 3) Fundraising Committee – (Desireé & Katie)
--- Create and propose budget based on anticipated expenses of subcommittees
--- Meet with SLD advisor
--- Create buttons, shirts; gather TBTN slogan signs and additional literature, if necessary
--- Discuss gifts for speakers

- 4) Clothesline Project & Additional Events Committee – (Megan)
--- Coordinate with Clothesline Project to cross-promote events
--- Plan additional event during Sexual Assault Awareness Week, particularly something concerning acquaintance/date rape, men's role in sexual assault prevention, etc. (e.g. "Voices of Men" performance, Interact performance, men's pledge, "Can I Kiss You?" etc.)
--- Create budget and submit to fundraising committee

- 5) Publicity Committee – (Wandie, Jamila, Aunnie, Carrie J. & Tiffany)
--- Design, order/print, and distribute flyers and posters (must be SLD-approved)
--- Contact school newspapers for promotion and event coverage
--- Contact professors through formal letter about promoting TBTN and Clothesline Project and possibly offering extra credit for student attendance (particularly Women's Studies, Psychology, Sociology, Art)
--- Online promotion via MySpace, Facebook, blog, message board, email listserv, etc.



* FYI: There WILL be a FORCE meeting on Thursday, March 27th (the week before Spring Break)


* Women's shelter benefit (not a FORCE event)
-- Sunday, March 30th from 5pm to 11pm.
DiPiazza's: 5205 East PCH
Long Beach, CA 90804
$10 at the door.
-- All proceeds benefit:
Women Shelter of Long Beach
Lydia's House
-- Bands/Acts that shall be playing:
Babs und Sheridan avec Marc,
Boris Smile,
Dietra Kruschev,
Family Tree
National Dear Park
Pink Moon.

FORCE Meeting Minutes: 2/21/08

Introductions and overview of agenda

***Amy Lee confirmed for 2/28/08 at 3pm in WRC***
- Teach-in about natural products for women with samples and DivaCup raffle
- Flyer by Mariana

Reminder about Ludacris protest Saturday
- Article about protest in Daily 49er

Lynne mentions potential forum/discussion about women and multitasking and the problems with fragmentation of tasks

Dolores Huerta Day – activist with Cesar Chavez coming to speak
- Tuesday, April 15th

*Women and Careers Conference on Friday, March 14th from 9am-1:30pm at the Pointe
- Promotion of event with designing posters and putting up flyers
- www.csulb.edu/women-and-careers

Representation at the Majors Fair for Women’s Studies (contact Dr. Rojas)

*T-Shirt making party
-Details on the Myspace page.

*Sexual Assault Awareness Week and Take Back the Night on April 29th, 30th and May 1st
- Discuss last year’s event: likes/dislikes, areas for improvement, etc.
-- Disorganized march path, not disabled accessible
- Necessary committees
-- SLD/ASI – Request any funding; reserve sites; rent chairs
-- Rally program – Schedule speakers; podium; banners; gifts for speakers
-- Speakout – Contact tribe for Puvungna and fire; Angie Evans or other music
-- March details – Select path; prepare signs and chants; PA equipment
-- Other events – Workshops, film screenings; men’s pledge; Interact performance on hate and sexual violence
-- Clothesline Project

Next week’s meeting:
- Select committees and preliminary to-do list
- Amy Lee’s workshop at 3pm

Ludicrous appearance of Ludacris

F.O.R.C.E. Meeting Minutes 02/07/08

Introductions – FORCE purpose, members, 49er reporters

Ludacris concert
Protest rumors
ASI irresponsible spending
Commentary in 49er

Consciousness- raising on 35th Roe v Wade Rally in
January, abortion in recent films, men’s rights
activists and abortion

Teach-in update
March 5th Friendship Walk booked, but not enough
members can commit time necessary to put on a large
event
Alternative:
Smaller monthly discussions in WRC after meeting
Invite a group/rep to lead talk, bring info, etc.
Which groups/topics?
When? Thursday 4pm once a month?

49er/Union Opinion Pieces
Members encouraged to provide a feminist voice to
counter the frequently idiotic opinion pieces featured
in the 49er and Union
Ideas: Valentine’s Day; Vagina Monologues; any
essay/artwork that would have gone in the zine

Clothesline Project - Valentine’s Day
T-shirt making tent only, no large display
Thur 2/14 10-3pm Friendship Walk
SACA-certified volunteers:
Priscilla
Any other volunteers to help set-up, take-down,
explain the purpose of the Project, etc.?

For next week’s meeting:
Planning the first teach-in discussion for beginning
of March
Semester goals – a few smaller events/workshops or
more focus on Sexual Assault Awareness Week and Take
Back the Night?

Feminist Organization Reclaiming Consciousness and Equality

FORCE Meeting Minutes 11/6/07

-Wandie is in charge of organizing the new feminist words of the week
-members will take turns defining and posting feminist-oriented terminology on campus
-ideas for words may also be emailed or posted to the blog or message board

-Zine updates (theragzine@gmail.com)
-ideas due by email by Friday 11/9
-submissions due Tuesday 11/20
-for questions, email address above or contact Wandie, Desiree, or Mariana

-Spring fundraising idea
-use gallery to host exhibition of art by students and local artists
-either have FORCE art/craft table or accept donations at the door
-planning for end of February

-Teach-in on global women’s issues
-First week of December at Friendship Walk/Speaker’s Platform?
-Coalition with Campus Progressives, LGBT center, ethnic organizations, Multicultural Center, NOW
-Representatives from each organization will discuss various issues concerning women
-ex: FGM, femicide, Darfur, Juarez, gender in birth preference, rape as a weapon of war, honor killing, etc.
-Everyone needs to make contact with other organizations and take charge planning this event from start to finish

-Diane Hayashino from CaPS has expressed interest in working with FORCE so we can also plan workshops or facilitated consciousness-raising sessions

Free movie this Thursday!

Come to a Love Your Body Day screening of Real Women Have Curves! There will be snacks! Don't be shy, come to share your reactions to the film and other topics such as: body image, media, sexuality, and more!

What: Real Women Have Curves
Where: Los Alamitos Lounge
When: Thursday, October 18
Time: 8:00 pm

This is the story of Ana, a first generation Mexican-American teenager on the verge of becoming a woman. She lives in the predominately Latino community of East Los Angeles. Freshly graduated from high school, Ana receives a full scholarship to Columbia University. Her very traditional, old-world parents feel that now is the time for Ana to help provide for the family, not the time for college. Torn between her mainstream ambitions and her cultural heritage she agrees to work with her mother at her sister's downtown LA sewing factory. Over the summer she learns to admire the hardworking team of women who teach her solidarity and teamwork. Still at odds with what her mother expects of her, Ana realizes that leaving home to continue her education is essential to finding her place proudly in the world as an American and Chicana.
- from imdb

F-Word Discussion on 10/09/07

Hello FORCEers!

I just wanted to confirm with everyone that this Tuesday, October 9th we will be having an F-Word discussion!

"F-Word" is a facilitated discussion addressing issues surrounding feminism. We will be de-bunking myths about what a feminist is, what we talk about, what we want, ext. The current president of the Long Beach chapter of NOW (National Organization for Women), Yvonne Moore, has agreed to facilitate this discussion and I anticipate it to be very exciting.

One of the purposes of this event is to have it be in a public environment. We will be having the discussion on the grass in the Fine Arts Quad. There will be posted signs around the location with quotes, images, questions, ext to perk interest of students walking by so that they may want to sit down and join the conversation. As you all know, feminists have gotten a bad wrap on this campus due to the imagination of The Union, so this is one way to spread truth.

Again, the Info is

F-Word Discussion

Tuesday, October 9th

3:30-4:30

Fine Arts Quad, on the grass

Look for the signs and Yvonne Moore from NOW

Peace & Feminist Love,

Katie Sipes & Megan Adams

PS. IMPORTANT!! ---->
ANYONE who can swing by the WRC and pick up fliers to post around campus will be greatly appreciated in our hearts!!! We have bought some large construction paper to make the signs to post on the grass during the discussion and if you want to come by and make one, PLEASE DO!!! again, our hearts would melt for you. who dosn't want that?

xo

D.I.Y. Festival in Santa Ana

Everyone should come out to the D.I.Y. festival on the 29th. It promises to be an awesome learning and sharing experience, as well as an opportunity for anyone who wants to be more self-sufficient to meet other like-minded people.

F.O.R.C.E. will be there doing a workshop, alongside other amazing people who will teach you about self defense, D.I.Y. Crafts, Deep Earth/Radical Ecology, Food Not Bombs, and so much more!

FOR MORE info please visit
www.myspace.com/ocDIYfestival07

SPREAD THE WORD!