Monday, March 25, 2013

March 25, 2013: Focus on Film

"Audre Lorde: The Berlin Years"


Dagmar Schultz and Ika Hügel-Marshall discuss their film "Audre Lorde: The Berlin Years" with Paola Bacchetta.  This unique film documents the time that Black feminist icon Audre Lorde spent in Berlin between 1984 and 1992.  Her presence there helped to build a community of Afro-German women.  She also challenged white feminists to acknowledge the significance of their white privilege and to deal with difference in constructive ways.  The film will screen at Oakland's Parkway Theater on March 31.

Ika Hügel-Marshall discusses her experiences growing up as the daughter of a white German woman and an African-American man after World War II in Germany. Dagmar Schultz reads from Hügel-Marshall’s book, Invisible Woman-Growing up Black in GermanyGet MP3. 32:30 min.


"Pink Smoke Over the Vatican"


Jules Hart
Jules Hart directed and produced the award-winning film "Pink Smoke Over the Vatican," which chronicles the struggle of women for ordination in the Catholic church.  During the recent conclave in Rome, the Women's Ordination Conference released pink smoke as they had done in 2005, to dramatize their demands for inclusion. Get MP3. 20:07 min.


Ordain a Lady music video from YouTube



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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

March 18th: Women's Magazine: Aging Women, Housing Rights & Domestic Violence

"How we treat people in this country--it's shameful." Rose Aguilar

The connections between domestic abuse and homelessness, issues that are increasingly affecting an aging population of women in San Francisco and the greater Bay Area, and leaving some women sleeping in plastic chairs. Do we have a real quest to invest in affordable housing in San Francisco? Or is City Hall too focused on tax breaks for new downtown businesses inviting higher rents? What are our priorities as we move forward as a City and as a nation?



 Rose Aguilar talks about older homeless women in San Francisco.

  • Valerie Ibarra of Mutiny Radio interviews Rose Aguilar - Host of "Your Call" on KALW 91.7, author of "Old, Female and Homeless" in The Nation, February 13th. There are 19,000 older adults living below the poverty line in San Francisco. There is not enough affordable housing and the problem is getting worse. According to the Coalition on Homelessness, there are over 40,000 homeless seniors in this country. The amount of money spent on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq in one month could house everyone in this country for a year. These are just a couple of astonishing facts presented in this segment with Rose Aguilar. She gives an up close and personal perspective of what it's like to be on the streets of San Francisco, how easily it can happen, what is being done about it and the huge challenge of fixing the ever-growing tragedy of homelessness.
  • Resources for homeless people: St. Anthony's feeds, houses, clothes and provides other services. Mission Neighborhood Health Center offers health care, laundry services, showers and Ladies Night every Thursday. A Woman's Place, formerly OSHUN emergency shelter for women.
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 One of the leading causes of homelessness is domestic violence.

  • Lindsay Sweetnam, Community Programs Director of La Casa de las Madres, talks about La Casa, which provides a range of domestic violence services in San Francisco.
  • La Casa de las Madres was founded in 1976 by a group of women who were survivors of domestic violence. It houses 35 women and children every night for up to 8 weeks in a safe, supportive, non-judgmental environment. La Casa provides many other services including counseling, support groups, education, legal support, referrals, and case management. They have two advocates working with the police at 850 Bryant and run 24 hour hot lines for help with domestic violence issues, including a hotline for teens.
  • 24-hour hotline: 877-503-1850.
  • 24-hour hotline for teens: 877-923-0700.
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

March 11, 2013: Special International Women's Day Edition

 On this exciting edition of Women's Magazine:


  • URGENT ACTION FUND FOR WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS

“We need students, we need housewives, we need professional people, we need high profile people like religious leaders and actors, and singers and musicians, to all speak out in one voice against violence against women. One Billion Rising provides us with that opportunity.” – Sunila Abeysekera 


www.urgentactionfund.org
Kate Raphael speaks with Kate Kroeger, executive director of the Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights, which provides funding to grassroots women's organizations in the Global South on an emergency basis, responding to applications in any language within 72 hours.




  • LABYRIS, the LGBT organization in Kyrgyzstan
 Anna Kirei, cofounder of Labyris, the LGBT organization in Kyrgyzstan, discusses the queer and feminist movements in the former Soviet Union and especially in Central Asia.  She also talks about the commercialization of International Women's Day in the Soviet Union.

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  • Rally to save City College, Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 4:00 PM in front of City Hall, San Francisco. More info at www.saveccsf.org
  •  Workers at Walmart organize for respect, better wages and affordable healthcare.

And in keeping with the labor origins of International Women's Day as International Working Women's Day, also hear from Venanzi Luna of OURWalmart about the ongoing struggle for justice at the nation's largest private employer.



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