Category Archives: Los Angeles

International Women's Day, Los Angeles

Women of Color to Take Over Downtown Los Angeles for the Third Straight Year in honor of International Women’s Day

Contact: Barbra Ramos, National Communications Director, AF3IRM [email protected] | 323-813-4272 LOS ANGELES--On Sunday, March 5th, 2017, AF3IRM will center the experiences and voices of women of color with a march and rally in downtown Los Angeles to mark International Women’s Day. This march, organized for the third year in a row, will call attention to the diverse issues facing women today, as well … Continue Reading ››
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Women of Color Convene to Chant Down the Walls of Fascism in the United States, Moving Beyond the Aims of the Los Angeles Women’s March

Contact: Barbra Ramos, National Communications Director, AF3IRM [email protected] | 323-813-4272 Armando Carmona, Communications Coordinator, NDLON [email protected] | 323-250-3018 Los Angeles-- This Saturday, January 21, 2017, the Los Angeles chapter of AF3IRM will carve out much-needed spaces for women and communities of color at the Women’s March on Washington in Los Angeles. Beginning at 9am, they will lead a contingent of women of color and their … Continue Reading ››
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AF3IRM Los Angeles Launches School of Youth Activism, First of its Kind in LA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ivy Quicho National Organizing Director [email protected] | 951-333-4306 LOS ANGELES-- On September 10, 2016 AF3IRM, in conjunction with the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship, and in partnership with People's Yoga Los Angeles, launched the first-ever School of Youth Activism by AF3IRM LA (SOYA LA). SOYA LA is a free, holistic three-part program for high-school-aged girl-identified … Continue Reading ››
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AF3IRM Presents: Ending Anti-Blackness in Our Communities of Color/Strategizing for Liberation

TRANSNATIONAL/WOMEN OF COLOR FOR BLACK LIVES MATTER: AF3IRM Los Angeles humbly, with the blessing of Black Lives Matter LA, invites all people of color, especially our women-identified sisters of color, to an educational discussion on how to address and ABOLISH anti-black racism in our communities. As allies/accomplices/co-conspirators to Black Lives Matter, we are asking community to come to the … Continue Reading ››
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AF3IRM Presents Beyond the Struggle featuring Ana Tijoux, Medusa, Obsidian Flows, and Los Cambalache!

DREAMING BEYOND THE STRUGGLE is a special benefit concert to sustain transnational feminist work in Los Angeles & beyond. Support us as we dare to put forth a vision of women’s power and liberation and of lives filled with dignity! This will be Ana Tijoux's only concert during her visit in the United States. The night will feature Tylana Renga and the Obsidian Flows in what … Continue Reading ››