NATIONAL: In partnership with Monsoon Asians & Pacific Islanders in Solidarity, AF3IRM National announces the start of the 8th Annual Summer School of Youth Activism in Iowa. This is the second year we will be conducting the school remotely due to the pandemic. The theme of the school is Regeneration: Cultivating Intergenerational Learning and Leadership and calls on … Continue Reading ››
Contact:
Connie Huynh
National Chairperson, [email protected]
It is with a heavy heart that AF3IRM condemns the recent murders of mostly Asian women at several Georgia massage establishments. Eight people were killed on Tuesday night, six of them were Asian women, four of those women were Korean nationals. While Georgia officials have not confirmed that these murders were racially motivated, … Continue Reading ››
Contact: AF3IRM Seattle, [email protected]
International Women’s Day, though presently pinkwashed, was originally created as part of the organizing strategy of Socialist parties in the United States and Europe. Previously called International Working Women’s Day (IWWD) it signified a day of striking, political organizing, and dismantling capitalism with the express goal of prioritizing the … Continue Reading ››
Every year, AF3IRM chapters observe Purple Rose Day in order to honor those impacted by sex trafficking and sexual exploitation and to renew our commitment to the work of ending gender-based violence. After some setbacks due to weather, we made it out to Aurora on February 17, and placed our memorial at the cross sections … Continue Reading ››
Contact:
Connie Huynh
National Chairperson, [email protected]
On February 14th of every year--what is widely recognized as Valentine’s Day in this place we call the U.S.--AF3IRM observes Purple Rose Day. While the rest of society partakes in (or rejects) the commodification of romance, every year on this day AF3IRM recommits to ending the commodification of women … Continue Reading ››
Sisters,
Today we are breathing a momentary sigh of relief. A sigh that acknowledges the official transition of power from the 45th President of the United States to the 46th. Our families and communities are still reeling from this mismanaged pandemic and mourning our losses, so we may feel as if we’re far too numb … Continue Reading ››
Today, December 10, marks the end of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. We honor Las Mariposas—Patria, Minerva, María Teresa, and Dedé—the brave Mirabal sisters who fought a regime that ultimately cost them their lives. We also launched the Feminist Covid Diaries on Day 1 passing the mic to our members of primarily women of color … Continue Reading ››
“In order to rise from its own ashes, a Phoenix first must burn.” - Octavia Butler
Contact:
Connie Huynh
National Chairperson, [email protected]
Olivia Canlas
National Education Director, [email protected]
The fascist in power wishes to remain in power. That is why he spent 2020 mismanaging the pandemic and playing with our lives. That is why his party … Continue Reading ››
On the day that is reserved for honoring Indigenous people whose stolen land many of us occupy as settlers, the United States Senate has begun its hearings for Trump’s nominee for Supreme Court justice, Amy Coney Barrett. There is no greater miscalculation than to pick this date out of haste, as our nation is reminded of the widespread … Continue Reading ››
Contact:
Connie Huynh
AF3IRM National Chairperson, [email protected]
There is a war on people of the global south occurring inside the bodies of women in migrant detention centers. The mass hysterectomies being performed on the women at LaSalle Corrections facilities in Georgia are acts of mutilation, torture, and the tools of genocide.
On September 14, a complaint … Continue Reading ››
Contact:
Connie Huynh
AF3IRM National Chairperson, [email protected]
Valeria Espinosa
AF3IRM National Programme Coordinator, [email protected]
“Our strategy should be not only to confront empire, but to lay siege to it. To deprive it of oxygen. To shame it. To mock it. With our art, our music, our literature, our stubbornness, our joy, our brilliance, our sheer relentlessness – … Continue Reading ››
AF3IRM National is pleased to announce the fulfillment of our National Finance and Fundraising Director position for the remainder of the 2020-2023 term. We are welcoming back Daniella Navarrete from the San Francisco/Bay Area chapter to the National Executive Council!
Daniella joined AF3IRM in 2014 and has previously served as the AF3IRM SF Bay Area … Continue Reading ››
Our hearts are breaking and are filled with anger for the workers and families impacted by the shooting in San Jose, CA and for the larger, broader labor movement including our union siblings in the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 265 and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 521. Nine people were killed Wednesday morning, May 26, at … Continue Reading ››
Contact: AF3IRM San Diego [email protected]
In March of 2021, the San Diego Organizing Committee honored women's struggle against patriarchy and imperialism by spotlighting local women of color whose labor supports our community. The paid and unpaid labor performed by women is undervalued, and the past year's pandemic and callous response by authority figures … Continue Reading ››
Contact: AF3IRM Las Vegas [email protected]
On March 8, 2021, our national organizing body called for a return to the origins of International Working Women’s Day in support of our sisters in the global south, who have tirelessly fought not just in the past year, but for most of their lives, inheriting critical struggles from their … Continue Reading ››
