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Bed Stuy Women Security Conference
May 8th 2011 - 9am to 5pm
Conference Volunteers will gather at 7am for Early morning meditation , for unity exercises and to put finishing touches on the site.
The Hattie Carthan women security conference is an opportunity for diverse groups of women to come together to gain a general consensus about the State of our health ,State of our community, State of our environment and build networks that can facilitate lasting change.
This one day conference will provide highly interactive workshops, a communal meal, a community council and woman drum and dance medicine circle. This year, women will gather to speak about the fact that one out of ten women are on some form of antidepressant drugs with no real pathway to exit. We will explore the issues that are making us sick and hear about ways that indigenous people have approached depression in their communities.
The Call :
We gather the women who know the power that women hold when we come together to dialogue,organize and vision for the future of our Earth.One of the most important acts in these times is to find the courage to be in the conversations that truly matter. We find our individual selves and our common purpose when we learn how to speak and listen to each other with respect, truth and compassion.In this place deep collaboration and beneficial partnerships among women thrives.
We gather the women who hunger for the opportunity to be outside in nature. We gather the women who tend the soil and grow healthy food. We gather the women who protect the Earth from overdevelopment and greed. We gather the women who envision a world where women have the same opportunities as men to own land.We gather the women who have committed to a life of serving others and mothering their communities back to health.We gather the women who drum,chant and sing for justice. We gather the women who dare to take stand in their communities. We gather the women who long to heal from betrayal.We gather the women who yearn for deep mutually beneficial partnerships based on respect. We gather the women who are caregivers in our society. We gather the women who have suffered trauma to their wombs. We gather the grandmothers who raise their grandchildren. We gather the women who suffer abuse in silence.We gather the young maidens who struggle to retain their innocence.We gather the women whose voices have been suppressed as though they carry no wisdom. We gather the women who have become invisible because they don't fit the mainstream standards of beauty.
Conference Outline and Objective:
Women are currently being challenged to create networks based on respect, mutuality and creativity to reverse the toxic effects of the “empire” mentality. The Hattie Carthan woman security conference is an opportunity to build a diverse group of Brooklyn women who are informed about the issues that affect women and can organize and avocate for our bodies, our children, our families,the flora and fauna, our land, rivers streams and oceans , our planet and the air around .
We understand networks are the only form of organization used by living systems on this planet. These networks result from self-organization, where individuals or species recognize their interdependence and organize in ways that support the diversity and viability of all. In our current suffocating paradigm that has guided much of recorded history much of our networks act out of domination and fear, to oppress women, wage war, terrorize, and subjugate others. We must come forward now to build diverse networks based on respect and mutuality and to organize and take action on behalf of the voices of the disenfranchised among us who have no lobbyists and corporations working for them.