March 2012
1 post
My Creating Change Experience 2012
by Karen Hall (rainbowtastica)
Karen Leading FIERCE’s Media Justice Workshop at Creating Change 2012!
I have so much to say that I don’t even know where to start! Creating change was epic and the high light of my 17-year-old life! I remember looking at myself in the hotel room mirror and wondering if my mom was going to notice a change in my physical appearance from my experience and...
February 2012
4 posts
Summing Up: Creating Change Conference 2012
by Evonna Rae Crudup (qweenofzamunda)
As I stepped out of the crowded cab and onto the pavement in front of the Hilton, the scene looked mildly familiar.
A few queers huddled outside for a smoke, while others arrived in yellow vehicles periodically, just as we had. Every city, each hotel, same feeling. Muddled excitement was in the air even though it was Tuesday and attendees were few in...
CPR's Week of Action starts February 26: Stepping... →
FIERCE is excited to be working with so many incredible organizations as a member of the Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) Campaign. Get ready ya’ll. Lots of action and organizing taking place. Join us this week as we kick off the campaign with a week of actions and be sure to sign up for campaign updates at: http://changethenypd.org/.
Communities United for Police...
Dean Spade on Prison Abolition and... →
If you haven’t checked out Out-FM’s segment featuring our friend Dean Spade and FIERCE’s People’s Mic at Creating Change, you should, and then pass it along.
“We insist and demand that foreign policy, war, militarization, imperialism, surveillance, policing, any type of militarization is very directly linked with our local LGBTQ U.S. issues in terms of police...