Searching for a way to help out local feminist, anti-violence work in Brooklyn on your Wednesday night? Look no further! For all of our New York based readers, we hope you’ll be able to make it to the 8th Sound Wave Benefit show organized by Permanent Wave, a NYC based grassroots feminist collective. Tonight’s show, happening at Death By [...]

SisterSong NYC, a collective of women of color activists who have committed to advocating for women of color and reproductive justice, has sent out a call for interviews for their video blog project: Sisters, Loud and Proud. Please see their call for participants below:
“Sisters, Loud and Proud is a video blog project that is being [...]

Since April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month – or if you take a page out of SAFER’s book it is Sexual Assault ACTIVISM Month – there are plenty of events, gatherings and benefits to raise awareness, honor survivors and engage in discussions around prevention. One quick way to take action is to support New Yorkers [...]

For the Birds is happy to say that our very own Kate Wadkins, along with Stacy Konkiel of Soul Ponies have teamed up to create a fantastic new zine – International Girl Gang Underground. Check out the announcement about this zine and the release party happening this Saturday, March 12th at Death By Audio in [...]

The month of October is a time to honor survivors of domestic violence and intimate partner violence, to raise our voices against abuse and to think about working towards prevention. Throughout the month there are a number of events, such as the 1st Annual Westside Walk Against Domestic Violence on Thursday October 28th, starting at [...]

Have any of you ever thought what it would take to completely end sexual violence? If someone asked you what it would take or what the world would look like after, how would you respond? Asking these questions and working towards the answers is exactly the work of the three neighborhood based coalitions that comprise [...]

As most folks out there probably know by now Arizona recently passed SB 1070, an immigration law that requires police officers to detain individuals whom they have “reasonable suspicion” are not legal residents of the United States. Many fear, including myself, that this law will basically legalize racial profiling in Arizona, despite Gov. Jan Brewer’s [...]

If you want a chance to support Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls and hang out with amazing female musicians, here is your chance! The Fourth Annual Rock N Roll Auction will be held Tuesday February 9th, 8 pm at The Knitting Factory in Brooklyn.

The auction helps provide much needed scholarships for young rock stars [...]

For folks who follow local New York politics there has been a lot of buzz recently around how broken the New York State juvenile justice system is. Reports published in 2009 indicate high levels of re-arrest after release, abuse of young detainees by guards and staff and an over representation of young people of color [...]