Posts Tagged ‘Women’s Equity Media Summit’
More Notes from Detroit : Via Hermana Resist, Have you not seen/read/been transformed by the work of my sisters?
9:00 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Detriot|Media|media justice|Women · Comments Off
30 Jul 2009
Hijas de Speak! Winter y la Mapu
Noemi “Capital 2″ shares her experience from the Women’s Equity Media Summit.
By knitting together a fabric of our many kinds of media into a warp and woofed whole we automatically strengthen the feminist public sphere. Our words will be louder, our images more brilliant, our analysis on women’s lives will deepen. All of this is to inform and encourage women in communities to tackle vital issues that will improve the conditions in their lives and for their families and communities.”
okay, what? Now I looked up woof and, keep in mind, I come from a very isolated town way down south “really really close to the border”-high school dropout- and I think in spanish sometimes and some words only come in Spanish and sometimes I can’t think straight[straight is overrated, AMC team -0 represent], but I asked folks and we couldn’t understand this. We strengthen the feminist public sphere. What about the mujeres who don’t have that aim, what does that mean? What public sphere is this? Who’s sphere, who’s public and who’s the audience?
“Our words will be louder.” Really? How much louder can I get? And how can our words get any louder if it’s all become unified into this magic tapestry? And images brilliant? Have you not seen the work of my sisters? Analysis will deepen? [this. hopefully this happened.]
All of this to inform [seriously? Are we not doing this already? Have you not seen/read/been transformed by the work of my sisters?]
…to tackle vital issues [seriously? Have you not seen/read/been transformed by the work of my sisters?]
… will improve the conditions [seriously? see above.]
All of this is to inform and encourage women in communities to tackle vital issues that will improve the conditions in their lives and for their families and communities.” Because…the mujeres…at a media summit…aren’t doing this already? Please see above.
How Can Mami Movements Move Forward and be Resourced
9:06 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Activism|children|Family|Justice|Media|media justice|Women · 1 Comment
27 Jul 2009Crossposted from la Mamita Mala
This is a continuation of this post, based on conversations had at the Women’s Equity Media Summit with Noemi and BFP.
In all honesty, I don’t even quite remember the questions we were answering pero I know that BFP primarily came up with this:
Multiple Media tools politicized for transformative justice
Are those our resources? Our goals? Part of our vision? Sounds like a plan of attack to me, a way to use our weapons of media, media as defined as how we communicate ourselves to others.
And how are mamis of color movements resourced?
501c3′s are not the only way we seek/need resources or want to be resourced as. We are more than charity cases, communities to be served.
BFP gave an excellent example about how in her hood the only way families, especially Latino families could get services like coats for the winter, was if they fit a certain mold, that is cleaned up and made themselves more presentable, looked deserving of services.
We should not be resourced based on our education but rather on our history of work
Education is a privilege. I personally have two years of college under my belt pero most people won’t even consider me for jobs or my opinion because I had to drop out to take care of my child. Forget the years of experience or how I have personally have helped others get their degrees. Without letters after my name on a piece of paper, I don’t fit in.
We should be resourced in terms of the role we play as part of larger struggles, as part of a continuation of historical lines of struggle.
We should not be tokenized
We should not be expected to compromise our values
We should not feel the need to compartmentalize ourselves
Resourced doesn’t just mean money, it means, especially within the context of online work, linking, citing
we should be resourced by the community, as we are part of the community
How are you resourced vs how you would like to be resourced?
What Do Mami Movements Need?
2:15 pm By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Activism|children|Detriot|Family|media justice|Women · Comments Off
25 Jul 2009Cross Posted from la Mamita Mala
One of the first spaces I wa in in Detroit was at the Women’s Equity Media Summit. To say that it was an uncomfortable space would be too simple. There was a sense among many of the women of color I was with that we HAD to be there, since many of has had been given some money to help defray our travel costs. We would have been in Detroit anyway for the Allied Media Conference and truth be told we weren’t sure why we had been invited into the WEMS space? What was the mission and what was expected of us radical women of color media makers.
We all conglomerated in one corner of the room, close to the door, forming a protective circle of love and support around each other as other women spilled their female creds on the table, leaving many of us feeling marginalized. What of us who didn’t claim the word woman or the word feminist? What made one a “woman” in that space? Was it being born with a white vagina? Did bringing up these issues make us automatic enemies of the space of chairs and tables that wound around the conference room? What of us who had no interest or desire to be part of a non-profit structure? What of us who didn’t want their money?
What did come out of that space however and many other spaces in the days that followed at the AMC and after, were the gathering of mamis. That’s right, mamis not mommies. I even had to correct the spelling as it was written on butcher paper at the front of the room because for the last almost 12 years (carajo I feel vieja) it has been made clear to me that my experiences are not the ones being blogged about or written about in books. After all it was my mami’hood, with all the sex/gender/race/class/language issues you can pull from that word, that started me seeking others like me through blogging and organizing on the ground.
One of the first exercises I did in my small caucus of three, that included bfp and Noemi, was what do we need in order to do our work, which we translated as what do mami movement’s need. Here is a list of what I came up with:
mami’hood
justicia
not speaking for people
comunidad
multi-lengua’ed
access
accountibility
amor
apoyo
collective
seguridad
multiple points/ways of entry
poesia
arte
sexo
child-inclusive
childcare
sustainability
flexibility
What does your list look like?
It’s been a long time, pero la Mala is back
9:42 pm By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Allied Media Conference|Detriot|Media|media justice|VivirLatino|Women · 1 Comment
22 Jul 2009Peeps may have noticed my absence over the last week. While I wasn’t blogging, I was hard at work meeting with other radical media makers, including our own la Macha in Detroit which housed the Allied Media Conference and the Women’s Equity Media Summit.
This was my second year attending the AMC and I consciously entered the experience with the intent of using it as an opportunity to examine my work here and in other spaces as a radical woman of color media maker. I was blessed with amazing experiences and sharing space with other radical women of color media makers who inspire me and teach me. I also left with a head full of ideas and projects that will be sustained with the help of some of the same women who busted ass making sure that I was housed, fed, and loved.
I will resume regular posting, some which will include deconstructing some of the experiences I have had over the last week so stay tuned and gracias for reading and supporting the important work we do here at VivirLatino.
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