Discussion List for campus-based and allied personnel working to end gender-based violence on campus.

[(Leah Prescott)]

Hi I rcvd this and wanted to make sure that you all got a chance to review, 
possibly submit or at the least passed on to someone you know.

peace
leah

--- Forwarded message from "Ching-In Chen" ---
  
Call for Submissions: partner abuse in activist communities project

Have you experienced partner abuse/intimate partner violence within an
activist community?

Want to break the silence and change our communities forever?

The Revolution Starts At Home Collective is creating a zine to break the
long-held silence about partner abuse in activist communities.  We are a
collective of activists and writers of color, women and genderqueer, who
believe that it's time to create communities that are true safe zones,
where people are held accountable and those who speak up are not further
isolated, invalidated, or deemed crazy/trouble makers/ airing dirty
laundry/ a drama queen/king/ taking energy away from the "real problems."

What have your experiences been like? Was your abusive girlfriend's best
friend working on the DV hotline? Were you able to successfully kick an
abuser out of your group? Were you able to find a solution where
accountability didn't mean isolation for either of you? Was your partner a
high-profile activist? Did your anti-police brutality group fear
retaliation if you went to the cops? Was the "healing circle" a bunch of
bullshit? Was the trans community so small that you didn't want you or
your partner to lose it? We want to hear about what worked and what
didn't, what you learned, what you wish folks had done, what you never
want to have happen again. We want to hear about folks' experiences
confronting abusers, both by using the cops & courts and by methods
outside the criminal justice system.

Please send submissions and a short bio both attached and cut and pasted to

 by July 1, 2006. Writing, poems, visual artwork,
sticker designs and stencils are welcome. Please include contact info:
name, emailand print address. We promise your words will be held in
confidence. Anonymous contributions and those using a pseudonym are
fine,but please include a name we can reach you under. Both survivors
and
 supporters are welcome to contribute. This call is open to all, but we are
especially interested in submissions by people of color and queer/trans
folks.

Peace,
The Revolution Starts At Home Collective:
Ching-In Chen,Dulani, Sham-e-Ali al-Jamil, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
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Leah Prescott, Sexual Abuse Awareness Program Coordinator
Dartmouth College
5 Rope Ferry Road
HB 6143
Hanover, NH 03166
603-650-1430
603-646-3477