Felicidades and Thank You!

photo by Sandra AlvaFelicidades and Thank you to all participants in the SA IWD Planning Group and all the community that came out to the march for creating such beautiful and important moments this past Saturday! The 22nd Annual San Antonio International Woman’s Day March & Rally was a great success thanks to the hard work of many San Antonio mujeres and supporting organizations!

Don’t forget about the Post-March Debrief Potluck & Media Share on SATURDAY, March 17th, 12:30pm-2pm at P.E.A.C.E. Initiative (1443 S St. Mary’s, at Eagleland). Join the SA IWD Planning Group in a celebratory review of how things went at this year’s march. Share your feedback and suggestions about what made this march a success and how we can improve on next year’s planning.  Bring your ideas on ways this group can continue to organize throughout the year!

If you or someone you know took pictures and/or video during the march and rally, please bring those to share on March 17th.  (Laptops will be available for downloading pics off a jump drive, cd, external harddrive etc so that we can add them to the photo gallery on this website)

March Community Events

Here are some upcoming events hosted by some of the organizations that were tabling and/or present at the San Antonio International Woman’s Day March.  Please support community organizing and cultural events throughout San Antonio!
 

Don’t Mess With Texas Women
Tuesday, March 6, 12pm-1pm @ parking lot on Ashby & Belknap (SAC campus across the street from Temple Beth-El)

Rally to support the Women's Health Program! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE IS NOT A POLITICAL GAME! COME SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR TEXAS WOMEN! Meet up with the Planned Parenthood bus touring Texas to fight against the governor's unconscionable decision to sabotage the Medicaid Women's Health Program.
Don't Mess with Texas Women: pptexastour.tumblr.com or on Facebook
Contact:publicaffairs@pptrust.org; 210.736.2244 x353



The Vagina Monologues/V-Day 2012
WED  MAR 7, 7pm (English)

THURS MAR 8, 7pm (Spanish)

FRI MAR 9, 7pm (Spanish)
Guadalupe Theatre (1300 Guadalupe St.; 78207);
V‑Day 2012 in San Antonio will present a three-night only benefit reading of Eve Ensler’s award-wining play The Vagina Monologues at the Guadalupe Culture Arts Center. The three-day performance, comprised of local community actresses, will benefit The Rape Crisis Center, Family Violence Prevention Service (The Battered Women’s Shelter), and the P.E.A.C.E. Initiative.
Read More: http://qsanantonio.com/vday2.html
Get Tickets: vday2012sanantonio.eventbrite.com

Japan's Fukushima Disaster: 1st Anniversary Nuclear energy protest & vigil

Saturday, March 10, 2012 @ 6pm at the Federal Building, 727 E Cesar Chavez
Candlelight vigil commemorating the one-year anniversary of the disaster at the Japanese Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. 
Read More: energiamia.org

PRESS RELEASE: 22 Years of San Antonio’s Woman’s Day March!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
2012 San Antonio International Woman’s Day March & Rally

CONTACTS:
Jessica O. Guerrero: 210.262.0654; aspanglisholive@gmail.com

Patricia Castillo:  210.533.2729; patpeaceSA@gmail.com

Agatha Calica: 210.326.9809; aggie.calica@gmail.com

22 Years of San Antonio’s Woman’s Day March!

 

Second by Suzy GonzalezThe 22nd Annual San Antonio International Woman’s Day March (SA IWD) will be held this Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 10am in downtown San Antonio.  All are invited to take to the streets and march from the Grand Hyatt (at Market & Bowie St.) to the Plaza del Zacate (milam Park). 
 

This year, the planning group took a look back at what we’ve learned over the last 22 years and to reflect on what we envision for our community’s future.  Our recommitment to the struggle for social justice includes renewed efforts to connect with our community’s youth and to work together to learn from and teach each other.  We acknowledge that women are at the forefront of social justice movements in San Antonio and throughout the world.  We reclaim our roles in working towards una vida digna/a life with dignity for all people in our communities.  The image shown above, called Second, created by Suzy Gonzalez, was selected by the SA IWD planning group to represent our enduring vision and this year’s theme: 

Women Leading the Rebirth; ¡Mujeres al frente del Renacimiento!

 

A rally will be held as marchers enter the Plaza del Zacate.  Many consider the plaza sacred ground for honoring our community’s legacy of women organizers from Emma Teneyuca, to the young girls of Martinez St. Women’s Center, who will march with a mobile mural they have created.  Patricia Castillo of P.E.A.C.E. Initiative, a long time activist against violence against women, will co-MC the rally with 19 year-old film maker and artista, Jessica Torres.  The Domestic Workers Union will speak on the invisibility of domestic workers and how their unfair treatment is further burdened with additional work as unpaid home health care providers.  The planning group, made up of individual mujeres and supporting organizations, aims to keep children engaged in the Rally too!  Child-centered and intergenerational activities will be available for all to participate in.  A special musical collaboration between the great accordionista, Eva Ybarra and Suzy Bravo (The Soul Revue) will keep everyone in the Plaza… and dancing!   For info call, (210)326-9809, (210) 262.0654 or visit www.sawomenwillmarch.org.  (click to read IWD Vision Statement & 2012 Image Statement)
 

WHO: 22nd San Antonio International Woman’s Day March & Rally Planning Group

WHAT: 22nd San Antonio International Woman’s Day March & Rally

WHEN: Saturday, March 3, 2012; 10am

WHERE: corner of Market & Bowie St., next to Grand Hyatt hotel

Comunicado de prensa: 22 Años de la Marcha de la Mujer en San Antonio

PARA DISTRIBUCIÓN INMEDIATA

Marcha del Día Internacional de la Mujer, 2012 en San Antonio

CONTACTOS:    

Jessica O. Guerrero: (210) 262.0654; aspanglisholive@gmail.com

Patricia Castillo: (210)533.2729; patpeaceSA@gmail.com

Agatha Calica: (210)326-9809; aggie.calica@gmail.com

Second por Suzy Gonzalez22 Años de la Marcha de la Mujer en San Antonio
 

La 22a Marcha Anual del Día Internacional de la Mujer en San Antonio, (SA IWD) se llevará acabo este sábado 3 de marzo, 2012 a las 10am en el centro de San Antonio.  Todos estan invitados a retomar las calles y marchar desde el hotel Grand Hyatt (esquina de Market y Bowie St.) hasta la Plaza del Zacate (milam Park).
 

Este año, el grupo de coordinación reflexionó sobre todo lo que hemos aprendido en estos 22 años y sobre que visualisamos para el future de nuestras comunidades.  Nuestro renovado compromiso a la lucha por la justicia social incluye esfuerzos para conectarnos con la juventud de nuestra comunidad y trabajar juntos, aprendiendo de y enseñandonos unos a otros.  Reconocemos que las mujeres estan al frente de luchas por la justicia social en San Antonio, y por todo el mundo.  Retomamos nuestro rol en luchar por una vida digna para toda la gente de nuestra comunidad.  La imagen mostrada aqui, llamada Second (Segunda), creada por Suzy Gonzalez, fue seleccionada por el grupo de coordinación de SA IWD para representar nuestra visión y el tema de enfoque de este año:  Women Leading the Rebirth; ¡Mujeres al frente del Renacimiento!
 

Una manifestación se llevará acabo cuando llegue la marcha a la Plaza del Zacate.  Muchas consideran esta plaza tierra sagrada que tributa el legado de nuestra comunidad de mujeres lideres como Emma Teneyuca y las niñas de Martinez St. Women’s Center, quienes presentarán un mural que crearon para la marcha.  Patricia Castillo de P.E.A.C.E. Initiative, activista contra la violencia contra la mujer, será co-MC con la joven Jessica Torres, artista local.  La Unión de Trabajadoras Domésticas hablarán sobre la invisibilidad de trabadoras domésticas y como su maltrato pesa hasta mas cuando les exigen que también cuiden familiares de sus empleados sin pagarles por el trabajo adicional.  El grupo de coordinación, que incluye a mujeres individuales, mas organizaciones de apoyo, quiere que la juventud participe también.  Actividades para niños y actividades para todas edades formarán parte del evento.  Una presentación musical muy especial cerrará el rally.  La Reina de la Accordión, Eva Ybarra presentará una colaboración con la gran vocalista, Susy Bravo (The Soul Revue)!  Para mas info, llame (210)326-9809, (210) 262.0654 o visite www.sawomenwillmarch.org.
 

QUIEN: Grupo de coordinación para 22a  Marcha del Día Internacional de la Mujer 

QUE: 22a  Marcha del Día Internacional de la Mujer

CUANDO: sábado, 3 de marzo, 2012; 10am

DONDE: esquina de las calles Market y Bowie, enseguida del hotel Grand Hyatt

IWD March & Rally, Route & Parking Info

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2012 Rally Speaker & Performers
2012 Route & Parking Info 

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