Toward a Holistic Anti-Violence Agenda: Women of Color as Radical Bridge-Builders

Part of a special section on the intersection of ideologies of violence. An examination of the living legacy of women of color as bridge builders in the U.S. is presented. An account of the Incite! Women of Color Against Violence movement, which emerged from the Color of Violence conference held at...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sudbury, Julia (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2003
In: Social justice
Year: 2003, Volume: 30, Issue: 3, Pages: 134-140
Online Access: Volltext (Publisher)
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Keywords:
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color (Book)
Racism
POLICE brutality
White women
Women of color
Social Movements
Political Participation
Minority women
Feminism
Ideology
Violence
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Summary:Part of a special section on the intersection of ideologies of violence. An examination of the living legacy of women of color as bridge builders in the U.S. is presented. An account of the Incite! Women of Color Against Violence movement, which emerged from the Color of Violence conference held at the University of California, Santa Cruz, in spring 2000, is provided. It is noted that the movement teamed up with the Critical Resistance organization, which had been founded in 1998 at the Critical Resistance: Beyond the Prison-Industrial Complex conference held in Berkeley, and that the two movements wrote a joint Critical Resistance-Incite! statement. Details of how the joint statement came to be written are provided.
ISSN:2327-641X