Category Archives: National

National, Women on the Wave Summit

AF3IRM’s 2014 International Working Women’s Day Statement

For Immediate Release March 7, 2014 Contact: Barbra Ramos, National Communications Director [email protected] (323) 813-4272

On March 8th, more than any day, we, the women of AF3IRM, salute all women, their struggles, and their stories in honor of International Working Women’s Day and Women’s History Month. This day was born from the New York City women garment workers in 1857 and born … Continue Reading ››

Chapters, Events, National

AF3IRM’s International Working Women’s Day & Women’s History Month Calendar

MARCH 7th, 2014 Los Angeles | IWD Celebration: Bridging Stories Across Our Backs 6:30PM @ The Park's Finest, Los Angeles Facebook Invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/213438248853217/ New York | Women Organizations Building Women Power Panel  - part of Women Empowerment Week facilitated by Da Urban Butterflies (ft AF3IRM NY's Ninotchka Rosca) 4:00-6:00PM @ Borough of … Continue Reading ››
#JusticeNotCharity, #NotYourFetish, National, Purple Rose Campaign

AF3IRM Marks Milestone 15 Years of the Purple Rose Campaign, Renews Resolve for Justice with Launch of Transnational Work Here and Abroad

1395312_582669758491666_489759508_n National Chair Jollene Levid at the "Relief, Rebuild & Remember" fundraiser in San Diego (Photo Credit: JoAnn Fields)

For Immediate Release February 14, 2014 Barbra Ramos AF3IRM | National Communications Director (323) 813-4272 | [email protected]

NATIONAL - 2014 marks the fifteenth anniversary of the Purple Rose Campaign. For fifteen years, we, the women of AF3IRM and previously … Continue Reading ››
#JusticeNotCharity, Campaign, National

AF3IRM Commits to Building Sexual Violence Relief Resources in the Philippines

For Immediate Release
December 10, 2013
Contact: Barbra Ramos, National Communications Director
(323) 813-4272
AF3IRM Commits to Building Sexual Violence Relief Resources in the Philippines
  Today, on Human Rights Days and the end of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, AF3IRM announces a partnership with the National Association of Asian and Pacific Islanders Ending Sexual Violence (NAPIESV) and Balik sa Dagat Bangka Journey to … Continue Reading ››
National

AF3IRM Rejects Corporate Greed and Launches List for Women’s Lives/Livelihoods

For Immediate Release
November 29, 2013
Contact: Katrina Socco, National Programme Coordinator
  On Black Friday and everyday, AF3IRM rejects the corporate greed that fuels imperialist control which militarism enforces. Women produce the labor, which makes all labor possible, and yet we are the most vulnerable in the workplace. We know that women are exploited as the means of production and in the mode … Continue Reading ››