SPARK in the News
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Proposed Georgia Law Discriminates Aganist South Asian Women
Read the Featured article in the Khabar, the community magazine serving Georgia and surrounding areas, written by Atlanta activist and SPARK member Deepali Gokhale, about the impact of the Race and Sex selection in South Asian community.
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No Show Tea Party
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Join us for these two Legislate THIS! events
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2011
Join us to celebrate the publication and launch of
"Realizing Reproductive Justice for Incarcerated Women:
A Resource Guide"
Philip Rush Center
1530 DeKalb Ave.
Atlanta 30307
6:30-8:30 PM
TUESDAY,
MARCH 1, 2011
4th Annual Legislate THIS! Statewide Day of Action
This year's theme is:
"Race, Gender, Reproduction and Body Ownership: Challenging Reproductive Oppression at the Gold Dome"
Tuesday, March 1st 9AM-12PM
Trinity United Methodist Church
265 Washington Street Southwest Atlanta, GA 30303
To get more information or to RSVP contact Tonya
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SPARK Community Calendar
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Keep up with SPARK!
We have many activities, trainings, meetings, and ways for you to plug in! This calendar is a listing of events organized by SPARK, members, partner organizations and movements.
For more information about SPARK specific events, please contact 404.532.00022 or email
info@sparkrj.org.
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If you would like to submit an event to the calendar, please email
info@sparkrj.org.
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Become a Monthly Sustainer~ Fund Reproductive Justice In the South
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The threats are real and so is our POWER!
This works needs your support.
Help to sustain our powerful reproductive justice movement in the South.
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Greetings!
We hope that you have cleared off that last bit of snow, and are easing into 2011. This year has been hard to start, but SPARK is back in the saddle providing you with the programs and leadership you can count on! This month's update is filled with a report back from the FYRE Media Camp, Save the Date for the 4th Annual Legislate THIS! Day of Action, SPARK in the news, community events, and more. On top of all the programming goodness, SPARK has moved into a gorgeous new home in the historic Kirkwood neighborhood and we have been nestling and creating a wonderful space to house our work. We can't wait to invite you to our housewarming this Spring!
SPARK is amplifying and supporting the brilliance that already exisits in the dynamic leadership of LGBTQ youth of color, young women of color, families, women who are incarcerated, and folks living and loving in the South. We are committed to building a movement by and for us, and your support is vital.
Please consider making a donation to continue to make our work possible.
For reproductive justice,
SPARK
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Introducing the Brilliance of SPARK's First FYRE Media Camp Crew! 
Deconstructing media, talking reproductive justice, creating short films, and building relationships-that's only some of the magic of SPARK's first FYRE Media Camp held December 17-20 2010. In four days, Nine dynamic LGBTQ youth of color leaders(from right to left: Andre, Toni, Angie, Ahvee, Trentiss, Dean, Chase, Valerie, and Bianca) from all over Georgia and North Carolina learned about media literacy and justice, reproductice justice thru interactive trainings, and created 3 short films based on the Illuminate, Make it Hot, and How we Resist chapters from the FIRE Zine! After being mountain high, what's next for this crew; the FYRE Media Crew has already started meeting to plan next steps for our big Atlanta/Georgia screenings, distribution, LGBTQ Youth Summit and community conversations!
Want to make sure Georgia and beyond see the brilliance of LGBTQ youth of color? - Request a screening or a DVD of the FYRE Media Camp videos
- Help us go viral: Videos will be available online in February and we will need your help sharing these great real life videos
- Support: Attend and let your friends and community know about the FYRE Media Camp screening- Date TBA
- Join: SPARK is planning a LGBTQ Youth Summit and we need your support. Join the planning committee
- Get involved in the FYRE program
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SAVE THE DATE!
4th Annual Day of Action
March 1 2011
Tonya and the Legislate THIS! crew have been working since September to bring Georgia a day of action to remember. With a super majority of conservatives who have been taking bold actions to legislate our bodies, gender, and sexualities, we are responding to our communities needs by not only monitoring and working to defeat dangerous legislation, but also introducing proactive legislation(Giving Birth in Dignity and Safety Bill) and creating resources and tools to educate and prepare our members. This year we will be watching for the reintroduction of the Race and Sex selection bill. We have been working together with Black and South Asian women to center our lived experience in this racist and sexist legislation. We are prepared to see Georgia lead the nation on birthright citizenship legislation(stripping US citizenship of newborns born to women who are not US citizens) and, we are organizing with immigrant rights activists to best respond to this threat. We are continuing our push to be the first state in the South to ban the inhumane practice of shackling incarcerated pregnant women during labor, transport, and delivery. We believe our Giving Birth with Dignity and Safety bill will get introduced this year. The threats are real and our we are responding by people a community centered movement where public policy reflects our lives. SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS Attending these two events WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2011 Join us to celebrate the publication of "Realizing Reproductive Justice for Incarcerated Women:
A Resource Guide" Philip Rush Center 1530 DeKalb Ave. Atlanta 30307 6:30-8:30 PM
TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 2011 4th Annual Legislate THIS! Statewide Day of Action This year's theme is: "Race, Gender, Reproduction and Body Ownership: Challenging Reproductive Oppression at the Gold Dome" Tuesday, March 1st from 9AM-12PM Trinity United Methodist Church 265 Washington Street Southwest Atlanta, GA 30303 Joining the Legislate THIS! Crew Contact Tonya to see how you can get more involved in shifting and creating community centered public policy |
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