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2012 San Antonio International Woman’s Day March & Rally
PRESS CONTACTS:
Patricia Castillo: (210)533.2729
Agatha Calica: (210)326-9809; aggie.calica@gmail.com
Jessica O. Guerrero: (210) 262.0654; aspanglisholive@gmail.com
San Antonio Women Will March in 2012, the Year of Rebirth!
The San Antonio International Woman’s Day March & Rally (IWD) Planning Group announces the upcoming 22nd Annual SA IWD March to be held on Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 10am in downtown San Antonio. All are invited to join the march, from the Grand Hyatt to the Plaza del Zacate (milam Park). The slogan for the theme of this pivotal year’s march is:
Women Leading the Rebirth; Mujeres al frente del Renacimiento!
The image shown above, called Second, created by Suzy Gonzalez, was selected by the planning group to represent the theme and our enduring vision (See IWD Vision Statement and Image Selection Statement below). Women, with our families, our partners, our children and community’s children, our friends, and allies will march together in celebration of a new year of hope and opportunity for social change. The march will start next to the downtown Grand Hyatt where we’ll express our outrage at their continued mistreatment of and lack of respect for women and all the workers they employ here and throughout the united states. The march will culminate with a Rally in the Plaza del Zacate (milam Park) where we will honor women leaders like Emma Teneyuca, who have paved the way for our struggle and for the rebirth that allows us to renew our energies and ensure that our youth are prepared to continue working for justicia.
The IWD Rally will include speakers, performers and intergenerational activities that will articulate the vision of the 22nd Annual SA International Woman’s Day March & Rally. This year, we’ll highlight the importance of the role of children in the struggle for local and global change. Parents, guardians, abuelit@s, ti@s and prim@s and friends are encouraged to bring your kids and enjoy activities planned especially for them at the San Antonio International Woman’s Day March & Rally on Saturday, March 3, 2012.
For more info call, (210)326-9809, (210) 262.0654 or visit www.sawomenwillmarch.org.
WHO: 22nd San Antonio International Woman’s Day March & Rally Planning Group
WHAT: 22nd San Antonio International Woman’s Day March & Rally
WHEN: Saturday, March 3, 2012; 10am
WHERE: corner of Market & Bowie St., next to Grand Hyatt hotel
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Women Leading the Rebirth * Mujeres al frente del Renacimiento
Renacimiento (rebirth) is not only about motherhood. Every woman is more than just the sum of all of her parts--the pieces of us that politicians, the insurance companies, the clergy, and others use to try to define woman. I am responsible for my body, my choices and Our future.
I am a woman, reborn.
The renacimiento I speak of in 2012, refuses limitations and is challenged with raising the voices of our youth, and re-creating our commitment to the next generation of leaders in this movement. Women’s struggles are Human struggles. Issues of health care, housing, education, and fair wages are valid concerns that must be resolved. It is time to reclaim our womanhood, our person-hood, our power, and our voice.
We are Women, reborn.
- 2012 SA IWD Planning Group
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San Antonio Woman’s Day March VISION STATEMENT
We, like women and girls all over the world, are the voices of conscience, the roots of change and the leaders of local and global movements. Out of love for our communities, we come together time and time again to envision and create a world in which all people are free from exploitation, oppression and violence. As women and girls, we have learned the meaning of these injustices. Our work has gone unpaid. Our bodies have been bought and sold. Our desires have been demonized. Our voices have been silenced. And our efforts to come together have been violently repressed by institutions of power like governments, churches, banks, schools, prisons and other spaces in which we have been subjected to oppression. We have come together to make positive social change and have been the targets of racist, classist, homophobic and sexist attacks. Despite this history of repression, we continue to stand together, unwavering on the issues that are of critical importance to our communities. We seek healthcare, environmental justice, housing, education and fair wages not just as women, but also as people of color, as youth and elders, as immigrants and indigenous people, as lesbian, bisexual, intersex, two-spirit, transgender and queer women, and as poor and working class people. We oppose all forms of violence. We advocate for reproductive choice. We call for an end to war, genocide and occupation. We claim our own voices and come together to share them in public spaces. We march in solidarity with women and social justice movements around the world.
Sunday, February 26, 2012 ;)
artwork by Suzy Gonzalez;)
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