Music, and the spaces it occupies, has often been a safe haven for those who feel they don’t belong—a place to express and feel without fear. But in 2016 alone, over 40 women were assaulted within a week at music festivals, an entire state told trans artists and fans they weren’t welcome in facilities, and […]
Editor’s Note: The note below was distributed by the DC Justice for Muslims Coalitions. Collective Action for Safe Spaces is proud to be part of the Coalition. We hope you will join us in rallying against these unjust bans. At 11:30 AM this morning, President Trump signed an Executive Order putting Muslim Ban 2.0 into […]
Intersectionality, a term coined in the 1980s by UCLA and Columbia law professor Kimberle Crenshaw, seeks to define the overlapping oppressions that people who are part of multiple marginalized groups experience. “Intersectionality draws attention to invisibilities that exist in feminism, in anti-racism, in class politics,” she shared in a New Statesman article, pointing out the […]
“2015 was the worst year on record with 78 [anti-mosque] incidents documented,” said Corey Saylor of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) at DC Public Library’s recent event, Tackling Islamophobia at Home. When the numbers are totaled, he said, 2016 will top that. Saylor noted, “Each year is becoming more violent.” And new research from […]
This year has been a whirlwind. But I don’t look back at 2016 as a year of failures and tragedies. I see how many challenges we’ve overcome and how many new activists are stepping up and mobilizing for safe spaces. The hardest lesson I’ve learned in 2016 has been about the prevalence of racism within […]