Women & Girls CAN and the Chicago Freedom School work collaboratively through the Chicago Alliance Against White Supremacy.  In summer 2009, a group of CAAWS members wrote this statement about recent cases of racism and white supremacy in the news, to promote public dialogue.

A day-long Transformative Justice Teach-in happened on June 6, which bought together over 85 organizers, activists, adults and youth, for a day of popular education workshops and movement-building.  The event was organized by Women & Girls CAN, the Queer Transformative Justice Working Group, DePaul’s Program in Women’s & Gender Studies, and dozens of partner organizations from across Chicago and beyond, who generously offered their time & expertise to make the day possible.

A zine, a result of the collaboration that went into this event, was produced.

FUFA stirred up city-wide and national discussions  this spring through our youth-authored article “Beyond Chris Brown and Rihanna”.  The article was published by the Chicago Tribune and used by schools and organizations not just in Chicago, but all over the country.  In order to share the article with other youth, FUFA leaders turned it into a mini-zine with pictures, and started passing it out.  The zine has helped us to facilitate a workshop on strategies to support survivors of violence with local high schools and community groups.

Beyond Chris Brown & Rihanna, Chicago Tribune, Exploring Race, February 24, 2009

During the heated Democratic primaries in early 2008, WGCAN leaders called on white progressive women activists and feminists to join us in challenging the onslaught of reactionary and racist arguments being put forward in the name of feminism and in defense of Hillary Clinton. Read our Call to Action.

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Written by WGCAN leaders, the Communities Engaged in Resisting Violence report is part of a growing movement in Chicago of community-based initiatives seeking to resist violence against women, to create community accountability for the perpetuation of violence, and to develop strategies to end violence and the oppressive systems that support it. While the women’s anti-violence movement has made many inroads in the past 35-40 years, the groups and initiatives in this report are rejuvenating the movement, and taking the work in exciting new directions. The goals of this report are to highlight these inspiring initiatives, to encourage exchange and coalition between groups, and to generate more community antiviolence projects.