Violence Against Women of Color |The INCITE Anthology

Womens History Month | Stopping Violence Against Women of Color

Color of Violence: The INCITE! Anthology
South End Press © 2006

What would it take to end violence against women of color?

In the early winter of 2006, INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence, a national organization of radical feminists of color, announced the launch of an anthology of critical writings demanding that we address violence against women of color in all its forms, including interpersonal violence, such as sexual and domestic violence, and state violence, such as police brutality, militarism, attacks on immigrants and Indian treaty rights, the proliferation of prisons, economic neo-colonialism, and violence from the medical industry.

This anthology started in 2000, in an attempt to document and commemorate the first Color of Violence Conference at Santa Cruz. At that time, I was in year six of my eleven year journey making NO!. I was one of the 2000 predominantly women of color who attended the herstorical first Color of Violence Conference. It was at that conference that I interviewed Rev. Dr. Traci C. West about the role of religion in violence against women. Traci’s voice joined the chorus of voices featured in both NO! and Breaking Silences. Her written words are a part of the quilt of women and trans activists of color, of which I’m honored to be one, featured in this brilliant anthology.

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