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IWD Press Coverage

2013-03-19T09:25:06Z

click image for Express News IWD Slide Show

click image below for an SA Current International Woman's Day Q&A:

Press Release: Mujeres Marcharán

2013-03-09T07:25:29Z

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contacts:
Patricia Castillo -210.632.1996 / 210.533.2729; patpeacesa@gmail.com

Jessica O. Guerrero -210.262.0654; aspanglisholive@gmail.com

www.sawomenwillmarch.org
www.facebook.com/SAWomenWillMarch

On Saturday, March 9, 2013, the 23rd Annual San Antonio International Woman’s Day March & Rally (SAIWD) will begin at 10am at Dignowity Park in San Antonio’s Eastside. For decades, women and allies of San Antonio, surrounding areas and from as far as Austin, Corpus Christi, and Houston, have marched throughout our city chanting, singing, drumming and holding colorful signs and banners. We march for what we believe in and for what we hold most dear. Our collective commitment to our communities, to our families and to this world plays a crucial role in our city. We value the importance of taking to the streets and gathering in the parks built by our ancestors.

The SA International Woman’s Day March & Rally invites the whole community; our mothers and grandmothers; our sisters in the struggle, our fathers, grandfathers, uncles, tias, our neighborhoods’ business owners, our government leaders, educators, professionals, service providers and workers, to join us in a historic event marking various Points of Oppression, citing numerous injustices endured by women and many in our community.

A Rally will follow the march at the Plaza del Zacate (milam park) where we’ll hear from community leaders, performers and artists, enjoy children’s activities, plus learn about various women led organizations that do essential work. San Antonio’s annual march honors the women that work locally and affect our communities globally.

Our city has become a model for an overbearing tourism industry, for ill-fitting growth and development, and for stunting the improvement of our public school system. The women of San Antonio are leading our city in a transformation that will make us the model for innovation and progressive change for workers, for our environment and for our children and elders. Join us on Saturday, March 9, 2013 and follow us on Facebook & Twitter and in person at weekly meetings throughout the year!

WHO: SA International Woman’s Day Planning Group

WHAT: SA International Woman’s Day March & Rally

WHEN: Saturday, March 9, 2013; 10am

WHERE: Dignowity Park to Plaza del Zacate (milam park)

WHY: We are the power of light and strength in the struggle… Somos poder de luz, fuerza y lucha!

S.A. Express News Women's Day Article

2013-03-09T00:59:44Z

click image to check out San Antonio Express News Article by Elaine Ayala

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SA IWD articles in El Placazo!!

2013-03-09T00:33:19Z

Download this issue at www.sananto.orgVisit www.sananto.org/el-placazo
to download the latest issue of
San Anto Cultural Arts'
El Placazo Community Newspaper

Full of IWD awesomeness!!

p.4
Marcha del Día Internacional de la Mujer: ¡Somos poder de luz, fuerza y lucha! We are power of light and strength in the struggle!
por Veronica Anne Salinas

p.5
Fashionable Phoenix by Dolores Valles

Plus cover by Suzy Gonzalez (whose artwork has been used in 2012/2013 IWD) and a Westside Dog Initiative article by Rosalynn Warren, who'll be performing at the 2013 IWD Rally.

Día Internacional de la Mujer

2013-03-05T09:07:42Z

un extracto del boletín de Fuerza Unida, página 5.El Comité de Planificación para la Marcha del Día Internacional de la Mujer en San Antonio se reunió cada semana del año 2012 y continua su esfuerzo en este año, 2013! El sábado, 9 de marzo, a las 10am se reunirán mujeres con toda nuestra comunidad en el Parque Dignowity en el este de nuestra ciudad. De ese sitio, marcharán hasta llegar a la Plaza del Zacate (Milam Park) donde se ofrecerá un programa que incluirá oradoras, actuaciones musicales, arte en vivo, actividades para los niños, información de organizaciones comunitarias, más comida para comprar y disfrutar durante la presentación!

Cada año, el Día Internacional de la Mujer se celebra en grande en varias partes del mundo, el 8 de marzo. En San Antonio, Tejas, por 22 años se ha celebrado este día con una marcha por las calles de nuestras vecindades en el este, el oeste, en el sur y en el centro de la ciudad. Por décadas, Fuerza Unida ha participado en los planes mara la marcha, anualmente programada para el día sábado más cerca a la fecha, 8 de marzo. Otras organizaciones que también han participado en mantener la tradición de la marcha y aún mantienen un activo apoyo de estos esfuerzos, más grupos que en años recientes se han unido al esfuerzo incluyen, P.EA.C.E. Initiative, Martinez Street Women’s Center, Domesticas en Acción, UNITE HERE!, Southwest Workers Union, Domésticas Unidas y más. En años recientes, se ha extendido el alcance del grupo y de nuestro mensaje con la creciente participación de individuos de la comunidad que llevan la lucha por la justicia a diario en sus vidas cotidianas y por vocación. Los temas que tratamos abarcan los siguientes y más...el seguro médico, alojamiento, la educación, el medio ambiente, sueldos justos y el impacto de las injusticias y la violencia sobre mujeres, gente no blanca, jóvenes, gente mayor, inmigrantes, gente indígena, gente queer, y gente pobre y trabajadora. ¡Únase a un esfuerzo comunitario que va evolucionando y desplegándose más con cada año que pasa!

La Lucha Sigue! También asista a eventos antes y después de la marcha

un extracto del boletín de Fuerza Unida. Haga click aqui

www.lafuerzaunida.org | Facebook

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The San Antonio International Woman’s Day March Planning Group has met weekly throughout the year, 2012 and continues their efforts this year, 2013! On Saturday, March 9, at 10:00 am mujeres along with all of our community will meet at Dignowity Park in the Eastside of our city. From here, they will march to the Plaza del Zacate (Milam Park) where a rally including speakers, musical performances, live art, children’s activities, info on community organizations, plus food for sale to enjoy during the program!

Each year, International Woman’s Day is hugely celebrated in various parts of the world, on March 8th. In San Antonio, Texas, for 22 years, this day is celebrated with a march through the streets of our neighborhoods in the East, West and South sides and through Downtown. For decades, Fuerza Unida has participated in the planning of this march, annually scheduled for the closest Saturday to March 8th. Organizations that have also maintained the tradition of this march and continue to actively support these efforts, plus groups that, in recent years, have joined the work include, P.E.A.C.E Initiative, Martinez Street Women’s Center, Domésticas en Acción, UNITE HERE!, Southwest Workers Union, Domésticas Unidas and more. In recent years, the group’s reach and our message have extended with the growing participation of individuals from the community that lives the struggle for justice every day in their daily being and by vocation. The topics that we address include the following, plus more... healthcare, housing, education, environmental justice, just wages and the impact of injustice and violence on women, people of color, youth, elders, immigrants, indigenous people, queer people and the poor and working class. Join a community effort that is evolving and unfolding more with each passing year!

The Struggle Continues!! Also join us for events before and after the march

an excerpt from p5 of the Feb/March 2013 Fuerza Unida Newsletter
Click here to download a pdf | For more info on Fuerza Unida, check www.lafuerzaunida.org | Facebook

San Antonio Women Host Community Forum

2013-02-26T14:00:00Z

The San Antonio International Woman’s Day March Planning Group will hold a Press Conference on Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 3pm, on the steps of City Hall to present the Community’s Experience of the City Address. The address will include reports and information from mujeres at the forefront of the issues that most impact our San Antonio communities.

We are educators, entrepreneurs, workers, engineers, artists, mothers, experts, queer people, young leaders and learners, elder mentors and students and much more! As all eyes are on our city to influence state and u.s. policy, we, the women, mujeres of San Antonio, proudly assume the responsibility of informing our local and state government leaders of both the challenges we confront daily and the successes we realize every day in our homes, in our places of work, throughout our varied experiences in our communities.

The SA International Woman’s Day March & Rally (SA IWD) Planning Group invites gente, individuals, and groups and organizations of San Antonio to participate in our Community’s Experience of the City Address by briefly sharing their knowledge and experiences in a Community Forum following our address. The Mayor, City Council members, City Manager and their staff and government officials are invited to attend and take note of the comments made by the community they are charged with representing and advocating for.

We also ask the media for their support in reporting on the Community’s Experience of the City Address in order to continue and further encourage the exchange of community perspectives on this day (TUES FEB 26) and at the upcoming San Antonio International Woman’s Day March & Rally to be held on Saturday, March 9, 2013, beginning at 10am at Dignowity Park in San Antonio’s Eastside.

WHO: San Antonio International Woman’s Day March & Rally Planning Group

WHAT: Community’s Experience of the City Address

WHEN: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 3pm

WHERE: steps of City Hall

Contacts:
Patricia Castillo 210.632.1996 / 210.533.2729; patpeacesa@gmail.com
Jessica O. Guerrero 210.262.0654; aspanglisholive@gmail.com

2013 Posters Online Now! Download, Print & Post!

2013-02-14T09:21:37Z

click links to
download poster
(legal size)

Full Color:
IWD2013-Poster-COLOR.pdf

Black:
IWD2013-Poster-BW.pdf

IWD March Fundraiser Show! PUMP IT UP!

2013-02-09T18:12:50Z

ONE NIGHT * TWO VENUES * ALL AWESOMENESS

WEB-HOUSE - 2106 N Saint Marys St, San Antonio, TX [$5 cover]

HI TONES - 621 E Dewey Pl, San Antonio, TX [$5 cover]

Musical Talents

Heather Go Psycho * Las Krudas * So Unloved

Christine Roberts of the Hawks of Holy Rosary

4Rios of Calmeca Skwad

Madison Lucida * Saakred

Burlesque & Belly Dance & Fire Play

Gaige * Zombie Bazaar* Las Panzantes

Bedouin Troupe * Lady Adonais

Spin & Poetry

DJ Paloma Negra * Kalia * HUSH * Faylita Hicks

ART AUCTION / RAFFLE / VENDORS

Come get empowered by the amazing artistical talents of the women in PUMP IT UP!

A conglomeration of skills to help raise money for the 23rd Annual San Antonio International Womens Day March and Rally on March 9, 2013.

Click link to download a 4up flyer with Fundraiser and March info (prints two sides): IWD2013-MarchWithFundraiser.pdf

New Flyers: Outreach & Call for Donations!

2013-02-08T15:41:58Z

Help spread the word!
Download, Print & SHARE!
a black and white version
of this flyer
IWD2013-QtrFlyer.pdf

Spread the Word! Download IWD 2013 Outreach Flyers

2012-12-19T16:14:47Z

click image to download a 6up 8.5 x 11 PDF of the Save the Date flyer with our 2013 slogan and image!