SlutWalk D.C.

Event Schedule,March Route and Guidelines for SlutWalk DC

Hello Everyone! August 13th is near, so please check out the Event Schedule, March Route and Guidelines!

Event Schedule:

11am – Rally in Lafayette Square!
12am – Begin Marching down 15th St, NW
1pm – Speakers at the National Sylvan Theatre

Welcome – Dr. Ruth Neustifter
Stop Street Harassment – Holly Kearl
Sadie Healy
A Long Walk Home, Inc. – Dr. Salamishah Tillet
Defend Yourself – Lauren Taylor
Elina Reyes
Deaf Abused Women’s Network – Sasha Ponappa
Radio Show “One Mic Stand” – Aiyi’nah Ford
DC National Organization for Women – Elisabeth Crum
Erin Sherrange
Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive – Meredith Zoltick
Robbie Woodsum
Maryland District 16 – Delegate Ariana Kelly
Shawn Wright
New York Times Best Seller “If I Am Missing or Dead” – Author Janine Latus
Kim Cohen
Join the Conversation – Andrea Bredbeck
LTB Comedy – Luce Tomlin-Brenner

After the speakers finish there will be booths from our allies for everyone to visit with, get information, and get involved!

March Route:

Guidelines:

1.SlutWalk is not about hate, and we do not use hateful language.

2.SlutWalk aims to reclaim the word “slut” and use it in a positive, empowering and respectful way.

3.Refer to sexual assault, not solely rape.

4.Do not frame sexual assault as something solely done by men to women.

5.Women are most often the targets and men are most often the perpetrators, but all genders are affected. SlutWalk recognizes all gender expressions as those that have been and can be negatively impacted. All genders can be sluts or allies.

6.Some communities/people are at a higher risk of sexual assault than others based on their status, work, ability, access, race, identity, and a variety of other factors. We aim to recognize this and come together, in all our diversity, as people who are all affected and unite as sluts and allies.

7.Use inclusive and respectful language when discussing the diversity of people affected: men/women and all gender expressions, racialized communities, people of different abilities, etc.

8.SlutWalk is an impassioned and peaceful stance that aims to engage others in dialogue

**URGENT!! SLUTWALKDC.ORG HAS BEEN HIJACKED**

SlutWalkDC.org has been hijacked so PLEASE DO NOT USE THAT SITE ANY LONGER FOR INFORMATION! At the moment, no information on the page has been changed, but it was just compromised in the last hour. The two hijackers were previously associated with SlutWalk D.C. and have decided that they want personal recognition for the event.

As I cannot control the information that is on SLUTWALKDC.ORG any longer - If you do not want your organization/business name associated with that page due to inaccurate and potentially damaging information that may be changed - You are welcome to email the hijackers personally @tedstein@gmail.com to remove your information.

I sincerely apologize for any collateral damage from this ridiculous occurrence and I hope that everything will be changed soon.

SlutWalk D.C. 2011
Samantha Wright

Twitter and Facebook pages are not affected, for the time being keep updated through these two media outlets!

You can still contact Samantha for information through email! info@slutwalkdc.com

Slut Walk Fundraisers!!

Hey Everyone!

There will be several fundraisers coming up in the next few weeks, so please come out to support, raise awareness and help raise money!!

Check out our Website or Facebook page for more information

SlutWalk D.C Upcoming Events - Planning Meeting

Hello Everyone!

I wanted to let you know about our upcoming volunteer meetings for SlutWalk D.C.!

We will be meeting on Saturday, June 18th from 12 - 3pm and Saturday, July 2nd from 3 - 6pm.

Both meetings will be at:

The Emergence Community Arts Collective
733 Euclid St. NW
Washington, DC

We will be discussing allies and logistics for August 13th, upcoming fundraisers, how to handle media, canvassing, and more! We will also be gathering to make purple ribbon pins for sexual assault awareness.

For directions visit: Click Here

Please pass the meeting information along to anyone that may be interested in attending!

Hope to see you all there!

**Also Join the Facebook Event Page for the Planning Meeting: Click Here **

vodkadrunkenski:

amindfullofyou:

In case anyone wants a copy of the flyers I made and have been putting up around Boise, here you go!

[An image with text cut out individually from a white piece of paper over a black lace background. The text reads: consent is…/voluntary/sober/enthusiastic/verbal/non-coerced/continual/active/honest/lack of consent = rape]

With young women, it’s about teaching the difference between the desire to be desired and desire itself. (I’ll deal with young men in another post.) It only takes a girl a few seconds to realize what someone else may want from her sexually. It often takes her much longer to figure out what she really wants, to discern the pleasure she gets from bringing pleasure to another from the pleasure she wants for herself. And once she’s figured that out, it’s vital to work to create a culture where she can articulate that want without shame. That’s part and parcel of what it means to stand up for sexuality — and stand against sexualization.

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—	http://jezebel.com/5686773/the-problem-with-being-sexy-but-not-sexual (via angstmuffin)

Look, guys. No matter what a girl does, no matter how she’s dressed, no matter how much she’s had to drink, it’s never, never, never, never, never okay to touch her without her consent. That doesn’t make you a man, it makes you a coward.

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—	Vice President Joe “the BAMF” Biden, in a speech launching the federal government’s campaign to fight sexual violence on college campuses (via girl-non-grata)

tuwmnsngndrstudies:

PREACH!

tuwmnsngndrstudies:

Unfortunately.