February 7th

Frequency Feminisms talked with Doreen Silversmith from No More silence, a group that works tirelessly to bring to light the plight of the numerous missing and murdered indigenous women in Canada.

No More Silence is organizing the fifth annual march on Febuary 14, 2010 in memory of the missing indigenous women. The March takes place at 40 Wilcocks Street (police headquarters) to the Coroner’s office, with an event right afterwards at the UofT Centre for Women and Trans People (563 Spadina). This is to remember the women who went missing, to remember that they are loved and to draw awareness to the State’s inaction (government, media, police etc) that allows this violence to continue. Doreen tied the issue of violence against indigenous women to the countries history of colonialism; to the theft of indigenous lands; to the history and traumas of residential schooling, over-representation in the prisons and foster care system and other systemic and historic factors.

Please consider supporting or endorsing the rally and come out on the day of. For more information, contact No More Silence at nomoresilence@riseup.net.

Finally, we wrapped up talking about a recently released book, ÈWant to Start a RevolutionÈ ***insert authors and publication information*** The book talks about the contribution of African-american women in the Civil Rights Movement, in the Communist movement, in the labour movement. The involvement of women ranged from behind the scenes organizing to spokesperson; from educators and academics to activists and political leaders. This book chronicles the diverse contributions of a numberof women, from different walks of life. It makesa strong case for the idea of feminisms; for an intersectional analysis; for a rethinking of what we know and why we know what we know and calls for a reperiodisation of events to draw out the contributions of African-American women.