Seattle 2022 Activities Archive
Friday, December 9, 7:00pm
In-person community discussion
Hyperinflation and social unrest rock Argentina
Featuring special guest speaker from Buenos Aires
María Álvarez
Socialist feminist, healthcare unionist, and human rights activist
with the Partido Socialismo y Libertad
Discussion will include:
-- The role of U.S. imperialism and the IMF
-- How government policies impoverish workers
-- Prospects for revolutionary change
Friday, December 9th, 7:00pm
Social Hour starting at 6pm
Door donation $2-$5 sliding scale • Light snacks $5-$7
MASKS REQUIRED
New Freeway Hall
5018 Rainier Avenue S.
Seattle, WA 98118
On #7 bus line. Near Columbia City light rail station.
Presentation in Spanish and English.
Information: 206-722-2453 • 206-722-6057
SeattleFSP@socialism.com • RW.Seattle@radicalwomen.org
Sponsored by Radical Women and Freedom Socialist Party
RadicalWomen.org • Socialism.com
Thursday, November 17, 7:00pm
In-person organizing meeting
Standing up for women’s lives from Afghanistan to the U.S.
Get to know what Radical Women and feminists internationally are doing to fight for women’s liberation and progress. Battling for “bread, work, and freedom” in Afghanistan, mobilizing for reproductive justice in the US and building labor support and involvement– these are just a few of the important fronts of “women’s work.” Check it out and learn how you can get involved!
Thursday, November 17th, 7:00pm
MASKS REQUIRED
New Freeway Hall
5018 Rainier Avenue S., Seattle
On #7 bus line. Near Columbia City Light rail Station.
For more information: 206-722-6057 • rw.seattle@radicalwomen.org • www.RadicalWomen.org • Facebook.com/rwseattle
Thursday, October 20, 7:00pm
Radical Women film screening
Let It Be Law (Que Sea Lay)
This powerful 90-minute film documents the massive organizing that occurred in Argentina predominantly by women as they challenged their government and church to pass free, legal, and safe abortion laws across the country. For seven years they persisted until abortion became a national right. Here in the USA we need to gather and organize the same energy to defend the right to abortion and full reproductive freedom. Discussion will follow the film.
Thursday, October 20th, 7:00pm
$3-5 door donation. Light snacks and drinks available for donation.
MASKS REQUIRED
New Freeway Hall
5018 Rainier Avenue S., Seattle
On #7 bus line. Near Columbia City Light rail Station.
For more information: 206-722-6057 • RWSeattle@mindspring.com • www.RadicalWomen.org • Facebook.com/rwseattle
Saturday, October 1, 3pm
Community Speakout
¡Rosie Jiménez presente!
Reproductive Justice for all!
Co-sponsored by La Resistencia and the Puget Sound Mobilization for Reproductive Justice
We demand:
• No forced sterilization!
• Repeal the Hyde Amendment; full access to abortion!
• End racism in reproductive health care!
• Affordable childcare; reunite immigrant families!
• Uphold the Indian Child Welfare Act!
• Solidarity against bigotry & homophobia/transphobia!
Westcrest Park, 9000 8th Ave SW, Seattle
Information: 206-722-6057, PugetSoundMobe@gmail.com, ReproJusticeNow.org, FB @PugetSoundMobe
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(Español)
Mitin Comunitario: ¡Rosie Jiménez presente!
¡Justicia reproductiva para la gente!
Patrocinado por La Resistencia y Puget Sound Mobilization for Reproductive Justice
Exigimos
¡Que no haya esterilizaciones obligatorias!
¡Que se rechace la Enmienda Hyde y que exista acceso fácil al aborto!
¡Que no exista el racismo en el cuidado médico reproductivo!
¡Que haya guarderías asequibles y que se reúnan de nuevo las familias de inmigrantes!
¡Que se mantenga la Ley para el Bienestar del Niño Indígena!
¡Que exista la solidaridad en contra de los prejuicios y la homofobia/transfobia!
Sábado 1 de octubre, 3pm
Westcrest Park, 9000 8th Ave SW, Seattle
Información: 206-722-6057, PugetSoundMobe@gmail.com, ReproJusticeNow.org, FB @PugetSoundMobe
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Thursday, September 15, 7pm
Radical Women online meeting
Childcare workers rise up and organize!
Hear a first-hand account from childcare workers Kailin Tintes and Charlie Morrison of the Magnolia Childcare Union. This union is organizing to represent MightyKidz childcare workers. Ten workers from the day care were recently fired in retaliation for organizing a union to achieve fair wages, adherence to state-regulated teacher/child ratios, and regularly scheduled lunch and 15- minute breaks. The sudden loss of their jobs resulted in financial hardship and loss of medical benefits. Find out how to help support this important struggle including the workers getting their jobs back. Also on the agenda: get involved in other upcoming Radical Women activities.
Register at: tinyurl.com/2022septSRW
For more information: 206-722-6057• RWSeattle@mindspring.com • www.RadicalWomen.org • Facebook.com/rwseattle
Women's Rights Day half-day online event
Sponsored by National Mobilization for Reproductive Justice and Radical Women
FIGHTING FOR OUR LIVES:
An action conference on reproductive justice
Opening panel: Perspectives from grassroots leaders Workshops: Breaking the race barrier - Labor in the forefront - All aboard for next steps
Flyer for posting (pdf): full sheet or half sheet
Register in advance at https://tinyurl.com/2022WRD
Free admission - Requested donation $5.00-$50.00
Sponsored by the National Mobilization for Reproductive Justice and Radical Women
Information: RW.US@radicalwomen.org • 206-985-4621
Thursday, July 21st, 7:00pm
Radical Women in-person skills training
Shout Your Rage at the SCOTUS decision!
Get loud and have fun in the sun with like-minded feminists while learning the skill of speaking at rallies and protests. It is time to make our voices heard! Get the basics from socialist feminists who have been upsetting the system since Day One. Learn how you too can make some noise as a Radical Women member!
Facebook event here: here.
Thursday, July 21. 7:00pm
Othello Park, 4351 S Othello St, Seattle
Meet at the amphitheater
Sponsored by Radical Women
RWSeattle@mindspring.com • (206) 722-6057 • radicalwomen.org
Thursday, June 9, 7pm
Online Pride forum
How overturning Roe v Wade
threatens LGBTQ+ rights
The leaked draft decision from the conservative Supreme Court not only threatens reproductive freedom, but queer and trans rights as well. As states continue to pass anti-trans legislation, this decision would greenlight these reactionary measures and endanger hard won LGBTQ+ victories. Examine the continued rightward march of the nation’s highest court and how to fight back.
Featuring:
Anne Slater, Clinic defense organizer, founding member Dykes Against the Right, Seattle
Jess Steever, Queer labor organizer, leader in End Homelessness Now, Los Angeles
Thursday, June 9, 7pm PDT
Online – Register at tinyurl.com/FSPrideJune9
Fund raiser for the $100,000 Freedom Socialist Fund Drive
Sponsored by Radical Women and Freedom Socialist Party Los Angeles & Seattle
206-722-2453 • RWseattle@mindspring.com • radicalwomen.org • SeattleFSP@socialism.com
323-732-6416 • LAFSP@socialism.com
To donate to the Freedom Socialist, go to socialism.com/donate
Thursday, May 19, 7pm
Reproductive Justice Teach-in
Why is controlling our bodies a threat to the system?
The Supreme Court is getting ready to overturn the right to abortion and trans youth are under attack. Equality and bodily autonomy of women, non-binary and trans people are more threatened than ever despite generations of struggle. Why is abortion such a threat to the status quo? How does this intersect with sterilization policies aimed at BIPOC and disabled people? Learn about the role of the male-headed nuclear family as a foundation of the capitalist economy. Get an optimistic look at what it will take to create a new society with true equality. All genders are welcome.
Teach-in will be followed by activities to show the Supreme Court public support for Roe v. Wade.
In person at New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave. S., Seattle
Masks required. Socially distanced & well ventilated.
Or watch livestream at facebook.com/RWseattle
Contact Radical Women, RWseattle@mindspring.com or 206-722-6057 for more information.
Mondays 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm through April 25, 2022
Revolutionary Integration: Linking the Struggles for Black Freedom and Socialism
How can we get rid of systemic racism? What is the road to justice and Black liberation in the U.S.? And how is this tied to the struggle for socialist revolution?
Discover the answers in a study of Revolutionary Integration: A Marxist Analysis of African American Liberation and other readings. Discussion will include the connection between the Civil Rights and labor movements; the need for radical Black leadership and role of women and LGTBTQ+ folks; and how to build a multiracial movement powerful enough to win fundamental change.
Mondays, 6:30-8:00 pm, January 24 – April 11
In-person meetings with zoom accessibility.
Register at tinyurl.com/RevIntStudy to receive the reading schedule and zoom link.
Sponsored by Radical Women & Freedom Socialist Party
New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA – On the #7 bus line
Everyone welcome. Suggested donation: 2$ to 5$ per session or $20 – $50 for series
Call 206-722-2453 or email seattleFSP@socialism.com for more information or to obtain reading materials.
Sunday, May 1st, 1:00pm
May Day march and rally- reproductive justice contingent
Join Radical Women and other reproductive justice activists at this annual celebration of International Workers’ Day, hosted by El Comité and May 1st Action Coalition. We know reproductive justice and accessing reproductive healthcare an issue that affects working class women, especially women of color. We will be marching under the “We Demand Reproductive Justice Now: Remember Rosie Jiménez” banner, so look for that banner in the photog For more event details, check out the general Facebook event Facebook event as well as the one for our contingent .
Gather at Judkins Park, 20th Pl. S and S. Dearborn St., Seattle
For more information: RWSeattle@mindspring.com, 206-722-6057
Thursday, April 28, 6:30pm
In-person work party
Prepare the reproductive justice contingent for May Day!
All are welcome to help make picket signs alongside community at this in-person event! Help Radical Women prepare to support the May Day march and rally hosted by El Comité and the May First Action Coalition. We will be setting up materials for the march on May 1st, at which we are going to represent a reproductive justice contingent! The contingent will carry the banner in the photo above. Details can be found on our Facebook event.
In person at New Freeway Hall
5018 Rainier Ave S
Seattle, WA
For more information: RWSeattle@mindspring.com, 206-722-6057
Thursday April 21, 7:00pm
Online public gathering
Women on the Frontlines: War in Ukraine, Battles at Home
This organizing meeting will focus on two fronts: the impact on women and marginalized people of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the ongoing battle at home to defend the right to abortion and reproductive justice. Hear lessons from the 2011 Reproductive Freedom Summer in Jackson, Mississippi that Radical Women participated in and get updated on local and national efforts to defend the right to reproductive justice. Get plugged in!
Thursday, April 21, 7:00pm
Register at: tinyurl.com/april2022rw
Sponsored by Radical Women
Information: RWSeattle@mindspring.com • facebook.com/RWseattle • 206-722-6057
Thursday, March 17, 7pm
Online public meeting
Say NO to banning books: The latest war in education
Who is behind the escalating push to ban books in schools? How can civil liberties supporters put a stop to it? Hear from two educators Davida Sharpe-Haygood, professor of education, and Bob Vegar, high school librarian, about what’s happening in local schools. Learn the connections to the attacks on Critical Race Theory, and hostility to LGBTQ folks and other marginalized communities. Examine how censoring books reflects an uptick in far-right organizing that uses banning as a front for outright bigotry. Open discussion follows.
Thursday, March 17, 7:00pm
Register at: https://tinyurl.com/march17rw
Sponsored by Radical Women
Information: RWSeattle@mindspring.com • facebook.com/RWseattle • 206-722-6057
Saturday, March 12, 4pm PST, 5pm MST, 6pm CST, 7pm EST
International Women’s Day Celebration
Still We Rise: Women Rebel Against All Odds
An uplifting appraisal of the courageous resistance of sisters in struggle at home and abroad, punctuated by poetry and song.
Speaker Maudie Osborne filmmaker, radio presenter, and Radical Women member in Retail and Fast Food Workers Union, Melbourne, Australia
Maya Angelou’s poem “Still I Rise” read by Merri Ann Osborne, Seattle-based actor and director of the Mahogany Project
“Women of the World,” read by the author, renowned San Francisco poet-activist Nellie Wong
Zoom event • Register in advance at tinyurl.com/IWD-22
Remote audience participation is encouraged! Be prepared with a picture of someone you want to honor or an important object signifying women's struggle, or simply be ready to raise your hands to salute humanity's unquenchable fight for freedom.
Sponsored by Radical Women Australia and U.S.
For more information: RW.US@radicalwomen.org
Wednesday, March 9, 6:30pm
Planning meeting
Help plan a local mobilization for reproductive justice
Get involved and work with Radical Women and other activists in a grassroots effort to defend abortion and all reproductive justice. The U.S. Supreme Court decision on the Mississippi case “Dobbs V Jackson Women’s Health Organization” will undoubtedly gut, if not destroy, abortion rights for most people. We want to put a stop to these attacks!
In 2021, Radical Women called for a National Mobilization for Reproductive Justice in response to these attacks. The intersectional demands, which are listed below, were democratically crafted by groups and activists in several cities and towns.
Locally, Radical Women has worked in coalition with others around these demands to defend reproductive freedoms. More pressure is needed. So, we are putting out this call for a “day of decision” action for when the Supreme Court rules on the Mississippi case which is expected in the summer. We also plan to organize activities and events leading up to the decision date.
The initial organizing meeting will be Wednesday, March 9 at 6:30pm via Zoom. Please register here: https://tinyurl.com/repro2022plan
Even in the Pacific Northwest, pregnant people in Central and Eastern Washington often have to travel as far as Seattle to get an abortion. In “liberal” Seattle, there are still issues of affordability. The destruction of Roe V. Wade will endanger reproductive rights in conservative regions and embolden Washington state’s patriarchal right, which already targets Planned Parenthood offices and other clinics.
Legal, free, and accessible abortion should be guaranteed for all, but it is a real survival issue for poor, women of color, and trans people. Together we can demonstrate public support for Roe V. Wade and pressure the U.S. Supreme Court. It will take feminists, working-class people, unionists, students and all defenders of human rights to make this happen.
Demands from the National Mobilization for Reproductive Justice:
• Protect & expand Roe v. Wade; safe, legal abortion on demand without apology
• Repeal the Hyde Amendment
• Overturn state barriers to reproductive choices
• Stop forced sterilization
• Not to caged kids, forced assimilation, & child welfare abuses
• End medical & environmental racism; for universal healthcare
• Defend queer and trans families
• Guarantee medically sound sex education & affordable childcare
• Sexual self-determination for people with disabilities
• Uphold social progress with expanded voting rights & strong unions
If you are part of an organization or union, please encourage them to endorse this effort too. Endorsers will be listed for the local and national campaign. Endorsement form
Feel free to contact Radical Women at RWSeattle@mindspring.com, 206-722-6057 with any questions.
Thursday, February 17, 7:00pm
Organizing meeting
Feminists mobilize for the needs of working women
Why doesn’t the U.S. have publicly funded childcare? What can be done about it? Even before Covid, U.S. childcare was in crisis. In the past two years, many working moms have been forced to give up jobs and economic independence to take care of kids. Bring your thoughts and share your experiences at this Radical Women organizing meeting.
Also on the agenda: update on the groundbreaking Black History Month event, “Black Women Fire Up the Movement for Reproductive Justice.” Find out how to plug into local reproductive justice organizing.
Register at: tinyurl.com/Feb2022RW
Sponsored by Radical Women
Information: rwseattle@mindspring.com • facebook.com/RWseattle • 206-722-6057
Sunday, February 20, 1pm PST/4pm EST
Black History Month celebration
Black Women Fire Up the Movement for Reproductive Justice
Photo caption: Nsombi Lambright speaks at Jackson, MS rally. Charles Smith/AP
The war on abortion access and reproductive rights is mounting daily. In the crosshairs of these assaults, Black women are leading the fightback. Hear from grassroots organizers about how you can help build a militant, multiracial movement that is centered on demands that leave no one behind.
Speakers
Irene Akingbade, National Mobilization for Reproductive Justice—San Francisco
Kristina Lee, queer rights activist; Comrades of Color Caucus coordinator
Register at: tinyurl.com/BHM-2022
Please register in advance
Hosted by the Comrades of Color Caucus of Radical Women and Freedom Socialist Party
Information: 206-722-2453, rwseattle@mindspring.com, seattlefsp@socialism.com
Radical Women: radicalwomen.org, facebook.com/RWseattle
Freedom Socialist Party: socialism.com, facebook.com/FSPseattle
Saturday, January 22, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
No going back on abortion rights!
Bannering for Roe v. Wade
Mark the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the decision that legalized abortion in the U.S., by demonstrating that the fight continues for all reproductive justice. Show solidarity with activists mobilizing across the country. Signs and banners will be available or bring your own. Help send the message that Seattle is a pro-choice town! #StandforRoe #MyDecisionAlone
Saturday, January 22, 1-3pm
Bannering at NE 45th St. overpass of I-5, Seattle
Sponsored by Everett Clinic Defense and Radical Women
Info: rwseattle@mindspring.com 206-722-6057 www.radicalwomen.org www.facebook.com/RWSeattle
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