“I’d always wanted to work abroad and have always been fascinated by violence and political unrest, but for a long time, I was ashamed to say this out loud. As a woman, I was afraid people would think I was silly to presume I could go into places where there was that kind of turmoil. “
The idea was that we wanted to do action/activist medicine. We understood that many communities have to create their own medical infrastructure, taking care of themselves, because of racism, sexism, homophobia, or transphobia. Many of us in the collective have not felt safe accessing conventional emergency medical services
Cagan’s voice, presence, and expertise have long been visible.
On a quieter but important level, one thing we’ve all agreed to do is never let anyone make a racist or dehumanizing comment or ‘joke’ in our presence.
The issue gets to the core of equity and does not have a partisan feel to it.
How a group of women made the Upper West Side the sister city of Tipitapa, Nicaragua to support the Sandanista government in the 1980s—and the organizing work they’re doing today.
I believe that it is my place to stand alongside the farmworkers who are fasting.
Wendy’s is the only the only major fast food restaurant chain to refuse to adopt regulations to protect farmworkers from sexual harassment.
I went to a Promise Keepers rally. Their events were not open to women so I went undercover, disguised as a teenaged boy.
An interview with Merle Hoffman, founder and CEO of the Choices Women’s Medical Center, sheds lights on the unique problems that incarcerated women encounter.
