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Radical Women of color confab
2002-05-01
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Blacklines, May 2002
Copyright © 2002 Lambda Publications Inc. All rights reserved.
The National Women's Alliance Radical Women of Color Conference is May 9-12 at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The event is sponsored by the National Women's Alliance, with partners including Critical Resistance, Sacred Circle, African-American Studies Dept. UIC, Black Feminist Caucus of the Black Radical Congress, Third Wave Foundation, Afro Lez Productions, and NOW.
For more information, visit www. NWAFORCHANGE.org, or ( 202 ) 518-5411.
The National Women's Alliance is a grassroots women of color organization devoted to addressing the intersections of race, class, gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation through community organizing, training and advocacy.
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