Wearing Red|Ending Violence Against Women of Color

Be Bold. Be Brave. Wear Red on Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Women of color cannot and should not wait to keep a social movement alive that is in defense of ourselves and our daughters. History and contemporary reality has consistently shown all of us that hardly anyone will speak on behalf of us, in defense of us, and/or for us but ourselves. It is based on this, that I made NO! The Rape Documentary.

In the Spirit of so many Diasporic African, Latin, Asian, Indigienous, Arab, Pacific Islander women, my Sistren at Document the Silence have organized their second national campaign to raise awareness around the various forms of violence against women of Color.

On Wednesday, April 30, 2008, which is the last day of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, women of color and their allies will wear red to:

1. commemorate Sexual Assault Awareness Month
2. represent the various forms of violence against that women of color experience on a daily basis
3. show how allforms of violence are interconnected.

After April 30, 2008, please email your pictures and videos connected to any Be Bold. Be Brave. Wear Red. activites to beboldbered@gmail.com so that the sistren at Document the Silence can flood the web with RED.

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