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Bittersweet #CatchAFyah Reflections: New Voices on Building Caribbean Feminist Community
However, if this most recent trip to Barbados (almost 20 years later) has reinforced anything in my mind, it is that I am powerful beyond measure and that where I fall short there are many opportunities for collective support. So, the knowledge that many of my new sisters are taking to their keyboards to share their reflections of this past few days, gives me the backative to attempt to put words to some of my thoughts on #CatchAFyah.
I was honored to be selected to join the first ever Catch A Fyah grounding of young Caribbean feminists hosted by CODE RED a collective for gender justice. A special thank must go out to Tonya H. the main coordinator. It ended three days ago and I still don’t know how to begin to process all that came of out it. It felt almost cruel to bring together such incredible women from across the region for just two days. But of course funding is not infinite and despite its brevity it was rich rich rich. In fact, one of the most powerful reminders I walked away with, thanks to my new sister Amina D ( co-ordinator of FRIDA young feminist fund) was that money is not our only resource. This gathering was not a meeting, it was not a conference, it was a truly collective action in and of itself. We were the grounding, we facilitated, documented and shared knowledge. It made my whole being sing to have the honor of guiding us through a yoga practice. The whole gathering was non-hierarchical and full of love. Click here to continue reading and to see amazing pics from the grounding.
Learn more about the CatchAFyah New Generation Caribbean Feminist Grounding which took place in Barbados last week, hosted by CODE RED for gender justice.
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Catchin’ Fyah Within: Reflecting on the Poetics of fyHER, powHER and Love
CODE RED for gender justice recently hosted a Caribbean feminist grounding for newer and young feminists.
Visit our website, follow us on facebook and join us on twitter to learn how you can be a part of the CatchAFyah feminist network.
Peggy Antrobus and Andaiye stop by the Catch A Fire space on day two along with Gita Sen and other members of the DAWN team.
Visit CODE RED on facebook to learn more about the Catch A Fire Next Generation Caribbean feminist grounding which took place in Barbados on May 18+19 and about the MOVEMENT we are building.
CATCH A FIRE: NEW GENERATION CARIBBEAN FEMINIST GROUNDING
We are farmers, medical doctors, engineers, teachers, students, artists, activists, counsellors, social workers, researchers, social entrepreneurs, journalists and the list goes one.
We come from women’s, feminist, youth and LGBT organisations in the Caribbean.
We are from Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, the Bahamas, Haiti, Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, St.Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, Guyana.
Some of us have a long history of feminist activism and some of us are just getting started.
CatchAFyah is a space we created to build a regional MOVEMENT.
Visit CODE RED on facebook for images from our first feminist grounding and to learn how you can get involved.
On May 18+19 a few young(ish) Caribbean feminists met in Barbados to work towards widening the Caribbean feminist network and collaborating regionally. This was a small meeting and we have lots more work ahead of us in order to build an inclusive movement.
Here’s a photo of some of us.
Visit CODE RED on facebook for images from this historic grounding.
Catch A Fire: it’s not a meeting. It’s a movement.
A new generation of Caribbean feminists are ablaze!
Visit CODE RED on facebook to see more photos from this historic grounding of young(ish) Caribbean feminists!
Catch A Fire the Caribbean: Regional Feminist Grounding
CODE RED will bring 10 young feminists from across the Caribbean to Barbados for a regional grounding in May (1-day meeting). We are looking for passionate and engaged leaders who are working at the community level. Do you know someone who should be there? Tell us! redforgender [at] gmail [dot] com.
The meeting is envisioned as a starting point towards regional feminist mobilisation of a new generation of Caribbean activists whose outlook is regional, who are well networked into their communities and who are connected to each other. Some young women from the region have started their own initiatives and could benefit from access to funding, mentorship and opportunities to grow and develop these initiatives into institutions. One of the objectives of this meeting is to determine how we can support each other and becoming stronger voices for social change in the region.
Persons who are working specifically in the area of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights are especially welcome.
The participation of 10 young women from the English-speaking Caribbean and Haiti will be fully funded. Country representation will be taken into account as part of the selection process.
Barbados-based activists and other participants from the region who have their own funding are also invited to participate.
Want to be there?
Send us your contact information (including SKYPE ID) and a brief bio outlining your activist work.
It’s that simple!
“We are the ones we have been waiting for.”
![CODE RED is a feminist collective of Caribbean women and men. We will be hosting REDtalk: A series of conversations aimed to help us get to know each other better and to decide on a programme for regional feminist activism in 2012. Email us at redforgender[at] gmail [dot] com with your SKYPE ID if you want to participate. Dates and times to be announced.
To learn more about us visit our website or find us on facebook.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwbfuaiGwK1qdpqwmo1_500.png)
CODE RED is a feminist collective of Caribbean women and men. We will be hosting REDtalk: A series of conversations aimed to help us get to know each other better and to decide on a programme for regional feminist activism in 2012. Email us at redforgender[at] gmail [dot] com with your SKYPE ID if you want to participate. Dates and times to be announced.
To learn more about us visit our website or find us on facebook.
RED to the world!
Want to see CODE RED on a Times Square billboard? Well click the link and vote! RED to the world!
CODE RED is a feminist collective of Caribbean women and men.
Our methods are an innovative mix of the traditional and creative.
In 2009 we founded the New Perspectives symposium series to nurture emerging feminist scholars from the Caribbean. We’ve even sponsored a young calypsonian from Barbados, providing both the lyrics and musical arrangement for her participation in the nation’s biggest festival!
We aim to bring a plurality of critical feminist voices to everything from politics and economics to gender and sexualities in our global world.
We love to collaborate with established organisations as well as emerging groups and individual artists, activists and entrepreneurs.
Email us redforgender [at] gmail [dot] com if you would like to collaborate with us.
Imagining Feminist Futures: International Conference
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
3rd Annual New Perspectives Graduate Students’ Symposium
International Conference: Imagining Feminist Futures
Venue: Institute for Gender & Development Studies, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados
Date: November 22, 2011
Deadline for submission of abstract: August 30, 2011
Background & Format
New Perspectives Graduate Students’ Symposium was conceptualised as a means of fostering a culture of critical thinking and sharing of ideas among graduate students while allowing us to network with established scholars in our fields. The conference will take the form of a workshop where short papers (2000 words) are circulated and read before-hand. Each presenter will have 10 minutes followed by a 5-minute response, engagement and critique by a pre-assigned discussant. A collegial group discussion will follow.
Themes
The broad theme of this year’s conference is Imagining Feminist Futures. The New Perspectives symposium is committed to blurring boundaries between and across disciplines and as such encourages submissions of empirical research, social and political thought/theory, literary and Cultural Studies as well as reports on activist efforts and projects which work across these fields. Work which utilises feminist theoretical tools and perspectives to explore and define critical questions in the Humanities, Social and Natural Sciences and social justice are encouraged.
Submission of Abstracts & Papers
Proposals for individual presentations should take the form of abstracts of no more than 300 words. Abstracts and bios of 50-75 words, along with contact information and institutional affiliation should be submitted to redforgender@gmail.com no later than August 30, 2011. Work-in-progress/process papers must be submitted by October 1, 2011.
Learn more
Visit www.gender.cavehill.uwi.edu to learn more about the Institute for Gender and Development Studies: Nita Barrow Unit of the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus.
For the past three years CODE RED has organised this event. CODE RED is a feminist collective of Caribbean women and men. Join us on facebook.
Reblog, reblog, reblog and help us get the word out!
Daily RE(a)D
Check out the Daily RE(a)D: A daily newspaper brought to you by the CODE RED team and the people we follow on twitter.
On twitter? Tell us your twitter name to become a part of the conversation!
Caribbean Feminist Voices
Interested in feminism but tired of the same old mainstream (exclusionary) perspectives?
Looking for intelligent commentary on Caribbean life?
An informed Caribbean perspective on all aspects of life in our global world?
Want to talk about sex, sexuality, identity in space that respects everyone’s right to a good life?
Politics? Economics? Culture?
Join CODE RED! To learn more about CODE RED come chat with us on facebook, follow us on twitter and read our articles here. Add our youtube channel to your favourites so you can be the first to meet the CODE RED team when we launch…soon!
CODE RED is a conversation so feel free to send us an email (redforgender [at] gmail [dot] com) if you wish to contribute in anyway. We also accept submissions of articles and blog posts.
Join the conversation and bring a friend!
CODE RED? No Behaviour!
Reps from CODE RED will be on the No Behaviour Show tonight at 10pm ECT.
A West Indian podcast with no agenda. Talk about anything be it tech, music, politics, food, anyting.
CODE RED e-LIME
We’re talking about the new Men’s Affairs Bureau in Guyana, male-on-male intimate partner violence, France’s anti-Islam policies disguised as feminism and so much more.
Come join us on facebook to be a part of the conversation. And yes, feel free to bring a friend!
