I gave you a heads-up last week about the Be Bold! Be Red! campaign that kicked off a year ago and will be observed again tomorrow. Its point: to stop violence against women of color and to support women of color as they stand up for their basic human rights.
So read up on the campaign and tomorrow, please wear red.
And as a way to get us geared up for tomorrow's activities, I'm posting a video in two parts about the Gulabi Gang, a group of women in India who have donned bright pink saris (since pink is the color that celebrates life in India). The members of this ferocious group of women move among their fellow citizens like real live super-heroes, addressing wrongs and defending the rights of themselves and their sisters in a nation where women have been traditionally seen and treated as second-class citizens. The sociology club I advise have gotten all excited of late about these women and what they do as an example of what it looks like and what happens when people organize in their own best interests.
It works for me.
"The Gulabi Gang" (Part 1)
"The Gulabi Gang (Part 2)
I want one of those pink saris.
ReplyDeleteI want one of those canes. They must be effective 'cause these women don't look as if they'd settle for anything less.
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