[New-imc] imc woman's proposal replied by imc-worcester

[gaba]

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From: gerardo <yerard at riseup.net>
To: gaba <gaba at riseup.net>, imc-worcester at lists.indymedia.org
Subject: imc woman
Date: Sat, 01 May 2004 11:49:47 -0400


A. How does the makeup of your collective reflect the diversity of the 
local community (e.g. in realtion to gender-, sexual-, spiritual-, 
and/or cultural-identity)?

The diversity has been better in the past, currently we are severely 
lacking diversity in our collective.  We have decided to  start a full 
outreach effort when the momentum picks back up with progress around 
setting up the website.  In our outreach plan we will be very aware of 
under-represented groups.

B. If your group currently does not represent the diversity of the local 
community, particularly in relation to groups who  are in mainstream 
society and denied access to vehicles expression, what steps will be 
taken to address this on an ongoing  basis?

We hope to build the relationships we currently have within the 
following communities: Latino (Bohemian Latin Stand, Spanish Media, 
community-based organizations), women (worcester Global Action Network 
Womyn's Caucus, radical cheerleaders),  transgender (AIDS Project 
Worcester Transgender Working Group), and queer (AIDS Project Worcester, 
Clark Univ. GLBTQ).  Activists in the collective are currently working 
with groups that are active in marginalized and voiceless communities.We 
plan to contact individuals and organizations to develop better 
diversity with respect to race, income, ability/disability and age. We 
currently hold some meetings bilingually, and intend to keep our 
materials and meetings open and welcoming to non-english-speaking people.

C. What steps will be taken to involve individuals in workfields new to 
them? What measures will be taken to overcome a gendered work division?

We will organize constant internal skillshares to socialize information 
and knowledge, especially trainings that can de-mystify technological 
tasks.  Facilitation of meetings and other ongoing tasks will rotate.  
Collective members will always be encouraged and empowered to take on 
new roles and responsibilities.  We will continue to address these 
questions periodically in general meetings and encourage any caucuses 
that may form.
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gaba <gaba at riseup.net>
indymedia