Oct 3 Cristy
Oct 10 Raeann
Oct 17 Barb
Oct 24 Cristy
Oct 31 Barb and Abby's Halloween special
Nov 7 Raeann
Nov 14 Cristy
Nov 21 Barb
Nov 28 Raeann
Monday, September 27, 2010
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
September
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month -
September 15 to October 15
September Highlights in US Women's History
Sept 12, 1910 - Alice Stebbins Wells, a former social worker, becomes the first woman police officer with arrest powers in US (Los Angeles, CA)
Sept 14, 1964 - Helen Keller receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom along with 4 other women: Dr. Lena Edwards, Lynn Fontainne, Dr. Helen Taussig, and Leontyne Price
Sept 14, 1975 - Elizabeth Ann Seton is canonized. She is the first American-born saint, and founded the first U.S. Order of Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph
Sept 20, 1973 - Billie Jean King defeats Bobby "No broad can beat me" Riggs in the battle of the sexes tennis match
Sept 25, 1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor is sworn in as the first woman U.S. Supreme Court justice
Sept 26, 1971 - Rep. Shirley Chisholm (D-New York) announces she will enter the Democratic presidential primaries
Sept 26, 1973 - Capt. Lorraine Potter, an American Baptist minister, is the first woman U.S. Air Force chaplain
Sept 29, 1988 - Stacy Allison becomes first U.S. woman to reach the summit of Mt. Everest
September Birthdays
Sept 1, 1933 (2006) - Ann Richards, second woman elected governor of Texas (1990)
Sept 2, 1948 (1986) - Christa McAuliffe, NH teacher, selected in 1985 to be the first teacher in space; died aboard space shuttle Challenger
Sept 3, 1920 (1966) - Marguerite Higgins, first woman to win Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting (1951) for coverage of the Korean War
Sept 6, 1860 (1935) - Jane Addams, founder of Hull House in Chicago, first major settlement house. First American woman to receive Nobel Peace Prize (1931); helped establish American Civil Liberties Union (1920)
Sept 8, 1859 (1918) - Mary M. Kimball Kehew, union organizer, cofounder of the Union for Industrial Progress (1892); first president of National Women's Trade Union League (1903)
Sept 14, 1830 (1910) - Emily Edson Briggs, first woman White House correspondent, during Lincoln's administration; first president of Women's National Press Assn. (1882)
Sept 14, 1879 (1966) - Margaret Sanger, pioneer in birth control and sex education; founded predecessor to Planned Parenthood
Sept 18, 1905 (1993) - Agnes De Mille, dancer, choreographer, pioneer of the American Ballet Theater
Sept 20, 1946 - Judith Baca, Latina visual artist and muralist; community activist.
Sept 23, 1863 (1954) - Mary Church Terrell, first president of National Assn. of Colored Women (1896); picketed in Washington DC for suffrage and desegregation
Sept 23, 1838 (1927) - Victoria Woodhull, feminist, first woman candidate for U.S. President (1872) for the Equal Rights Party; with sister, first women to be members of the NY Stock Exchange (1870's)
Friday, August 13, 2010
CUPride Fest August 20
CUPride Fest is Friday, August 20th from 4pm-2am at the Lincoln Square Mall!
Mark your calendar now! PrideFest is Friday, August 20 from 4pm-2am in DOWNTOWN URBANA!
Champaign Urbana-Pride is presented by the following:
* The UPCenter of Champaign County
* The LGBT Resource Center at The University of Illinois
* Piato Cafe
* Urban Outfitters
* WEFT Community Radio
* The BUZZ Magazine
This event is presented by:
88 West Broadway
Fluid Events
Mark your calendar now! PrideFest is Friday, August 20 from 4pm-2am in DOWNTOWN URBANA!
Champaign Urbana-Pride is presented by the following:
* The UPCenter of Champaign County
* The LGBT Resource Center at The University of Illinois
* Piato Cafe
* Urban Outfitters
* WEFT Community Radio
* The BUZZ Magazine
This event is presented by:
88 West Broadway
Fluid Events
Monday, March 8, 2010
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
International Sex Workers Right's Day
via SerpentLibertine
Sex Worker, Activist, Antagonistic Sympathizer http://www.sexpros.net/
Today is International Sex Worker Rights Day
Did you know that? Well now you do.
Here’s a brief background-
The day originated in 2001 when over 25,000 sex workers gathered in India for a sex worker festival. The organizers, Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee, a Calcutta based group whose membership consists of somewhere upwards of 50,000 sex workers and members of their communities. Sex worker groups across the world have subsequently celebrated 3 March as International Sex Workers’ Rights Day.
Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee: “We felt strongly that that we should have a day what need to be observed by the sex workers community globally. Keeping in view the large mobilization of all types of global sex workers [Female,Male,Transgender], we proposed to observe 3rd March as THE SEX WORKERS RIGHTS DAY.
It’s a great reminder of how well-organized many of the sex worker advocacy groups are around the world and how here in the US, we are struggling every day. I know we try hard, but I will say that it’s such a difficult fight here in the states. I couldn’t even imagine being able to get 25,000 sex workers to come together for one event here (unless maybe it was happening on Facebook). Perhaps we have “US privilege” and people think that everything is just fine and dandy here, but we are living under some of the strictest laws against prostitution here. Not to mention the most negative attitudes towards sex work.
I became active in sex worker advocacy and organizing about 3 years ago when I attended a party, in honor of International Sex Worker Rights Day, and started talking to the two fabulous ladies that founded the SWOP-Chicago chapter, kittenINFINITE and Betty Devoe. I’d been an activist for quite some time, but hadn’t done anything in regards to sex worker rights at that point, even though I’d desperately wanted to. I guess I wasn’t googling to right organizations otherwise I would have found a world of resources, many of the available on my links sidebar. Still, in relation to how many years I’ve actually been a sex worker, 3 years isn’t very long. I’d had a longstanding desire to improve the conditions for myself and others working in the industry, but didn’t have the proper knowledge or support to do it. It’s been a pretty amazing ride over the past three years and I definitely think we’ve made a lot of progress, at least here in Chicago, but every day I think about how we can really take this to another level, how we can really get the public opinion to change (ever so gradually), and what more I myself can do as an activist. Then I realize I can’t do everything…and I shouldn’t try.
It’s been tough for me in the past year in terms of putting myself out there as a leader in this movement, having to make controversial decisions, knowing that people judge my words and actions. I’m only one voice here and don’t claim to speak for anyone else. I’m a big believer in encouraging people to take a stand and speak for themselves. I know it’s difficult for many sex workers, but it’s what I believe is the cornerstone of what this whole sex worker rights/advocacy movement is all about. Real change doesn’t begin with an organization, a rally, or groups. It starts with the individual. I think the only way real change can occur is when we, as individuals, change the way we view ourselves, the industry we work in, and how others perceive us.
You don’t need to be an activist to create real change. Your words, your actions, your attitude can all contribute to the progression of our movement. All I’ve done is the past three years was to try to be a positive example. it’s still a work in progress. But it’s all that I would encourage others to do as well.
This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 at 3:57 am and is filed under sex worker rights. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.-SerpentLibertine
Sex Worker, Activist, Antagonistic Sympathizer http://www.sexpros.net/
Today is International Sex Worker Rights Day
Did you know that? Well now you do.
Here’s a brief background-
The day originated in 2001 when over 25,000 sex workers gathered in India for a sex worker festival. The organizers, Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee, a Calcutta based group whose membership consists of somewhere upwards of 50,000 sex workers and members of their communities. Sex worker groups across the world have subsequently celebrated 3 March as International Sex Workers’ Rights Day.
Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee: “We felt strongly that that we should have a day what need to be observed by the sex workers community globally. Keeping in view the large mobilization of all types of global sex workers [Female,Male,Transgender], we proposed to observe 3rd March as THE SEX WORKERS RIGHTS DAY.
It’s a great reminder of how well-organized many of the sex worker advocacy groups are around the world and how here in the US, we are struggling every day. I know we try hard, but I will say that it’s such a difficult fight here in the states. I couldn’t even imagine being able to get 25,000 sex workers to come together for one event here (unless maybe it was happening on Facebook). Perhaps we have “US privilege” and people think that everything is just fine and dandy here, but we are living under some of the strictest laws against prostitution here. Not to mention the most negative attitudes towards sex work.
I became active in sex worker advocacy and organizing about 3 years ago when I attended a party, in honor of International Sex Worker Rights Day, and started talking to the two fabulous ladies that founded the SWOP-Chicago chapter, kittenINFINITE and Betty Devoe. I’d been an activist for quite some time, but hadn’t done anything in regards to sex worker rights at that point, even though I’d desperately wanted to. I guess I wasn’t googling to right organizations otherwise I would have found a world of resources, many of the available on my links sidebar. Still, in relation to how many years I’ve actually been a sex worker, 3 years isn’t very long. I’d had a longstanding desire to improve the conditions for myself and others working in the industry, but didn’t have the proper knowledge or support to do it. It’s been a pretty amazing ride over the past three years and I definitely think we’ve made a lot of progress, at least here in Chicago, but every day I think about how we can really take this to another level, how we can really get the public opinion to change (ever so gradually), and what more I myself can do as an activist. Then I realize I can’t do everything…and I shouldn’t try.
It’s been tough for me in the past year in terms of putting myself out there as a leader in this movement, having to make controversial decisions, knowing that people judge my words and actions. I’m only one voice here and don’t claim to speak for anyone else. I’m a big believer in encouraging people to take a stand and speak for themselves. I know it’s difficult for many sex workers, but it’s what I believe is the cornerstone of what this whole sex worker rights/advocacy movement is all about. Real change doesn’t begin with an organization, a rally, or groups. It starts with the individual. I think the only way real change can occur is when we, as individuals, change the way we view ourselves, the industry we work in, and how others perceive us.
You don’t need to be an activist to create real change. Your words, your actions, your attitude can all contribute to the progression of our movement. All I’ve done is the past three years was to try to be a positive example. it’s still a work in progress. But it’s all that I would encourage others to do as well.
This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 at 3:57 am and is filed under sex worker rights. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.-SerpentLibertine
Monday, March 1, 2010
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