U.S. Radical Women Activities
National online meetings are held on the 4th Saturday of each month at 2pm PT/5pm ET
P.O. Box 1076
Seattle, WA 98111
Tel: 206-985-4621
Email: RW.us@radicalwomen.org
Facebook: Radical Women – U.S.
Instagram: nationalradicalwomen
Online Meeting • Saturday, July 25
Stop the criminalization of dissent!
Portraits of Prairieland defendants at protest in Fort Worth, Texas. The Intercept
From sea to shining sea, activists are facing political witch hunts. In the U.S., defenders of immigrants and Palestine are being harassed relentlessly. Trump has directed federal agencies to investigate and prosecute advocates of “anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity,” as well as “hostility” towards “traditional American views on family, religion, and morality.” In Australia, Radical Women sisters are fighting measures intended to silence movements for Palestine, First Nations and climate justice. This March, Queensland passed a law bans pro-Gaza protest slogans — with penalties of up to two years in jail! The capitalists are running scared and ready to jettison even the trappings of democracy.
Come discuss how to fight back against the right-wing offensive — including the insidious pro-patriarchy efforts of the Heritage Foundation. Let’s brainstorm how to build the united action and solidarity that are needed. Share your ideas and information and get involved! Get updated on socialist feminist organizing around the country.
Saturday, July 25
2pm PDT, 3pm MDT, 4pm CDT, 5pm EDT
Online event • Register here.
More information: rw.us@radicalwomen.org
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Online Meeting • Saturday, June 27
African lesbian refugees face hardship and violence, seek safety
The International Kakuma Refugee and Kids’ Collaboration is a partnership between lesbians from East Africa who need to emigrate to a safe place and lesbian supporters in Seattle, London, Germany, and Canada. They connect monthly on Zoom to share needs, strategies, and updates.
Hear from Juliet Wabule and Sue Hodes of the Collaboration. Juliet Wabule is an extraordinary organizer and human rights defender. She will talk about her escape from Uganda to the giant Kakuma Refugee Camp in Northern Kenya, LGBTQ organizing at the camp, and life now with her three children in Canada.
Sue Hodes, an anti-Zionist Jewish and lesbian activist, will share how supporters work to raise funds for basic necessities, and to raise awareness of the enormous obstacles that lesbians and their families need to overcome. Learn how you can help. Discussion follows the presentations.
The agenda will also include updates on current work and an evaluation of the May 31 zoom panel “Farmworkers Betrayed: Latinx feminists speak out on César Chávez abuses.”
Saturday, June 27 • 2pm PDT, 3pm MDT, 4pm CDT, 5pm EDT
Zoom event • Register here
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2026 archive
Sunday, June 21 – 3pm PT, 4pm MT, 5pm CT, 6pm ET
LGBTQI+ Pride meeting
Trans Pride and Protest: Resist Rightwing Backlash
Every day, new attacks come down on trans people from legislatures, court rulings, medical denials, physical assaults, and more. But trans people are fighting back and the need for support and defense has never been more urgent. Bold defiance is happening in numerous places and public support is very deep. This meeting’s featured report will provide updates on both the backlash and the resistance.
Plus — we’ll pay tribute on this Father’s Day to dads who are boldly defending reproductive justice. And let you know out how to help the Mobilization’s social media campaign that educates on the intersections of immigrant rights and reproductive justice. Bring news of your own organizing and key events happening near you. Help shape the Mobilization’s reproductive justice organizing.
Sunday, June 21 at 3pm PDT / 4pm MDT / 5pm CDT / 6pm EDT
Zoom event • Register at tinyurl.com/NMRJ-June21
Hosted by the National Mobilization for Reproductive Justice
More information: info@reprojusticenow.org
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Online public forum • Sunday, May 31
FARMWORKERS BETRAYED:
Latinx feminists speak out on César Chávez abuses
Revelations of Chávez’s sexual grooming of farmworker children and rape of UFW leader Dolores Huerta have shaken those who viewed Chávez as a hero. Movement activists will present feminist, pro-union perspectives on how this behavior went unchecked for so long and what organizations can do to prevent such horrors in the future.
Speakers
Desirèe Rojas – Labor organizer, daughter of UFW cofounder Albert Rojas, officer of Labor Council for Latin American Advancement – Sacramento
Martha Cotera – A leader in the 1970s La Raza Unida Party, author of groundbreaking writings on Chicana feminism and achievements, Austin, TX
Yolanda Alaniz – Former farmworker, Radical Women member, co-author of Viva la Raza: A History of Chicano Identity and Resistance, Los Angeles, CA
Yuisa Alegria-Gimeno – Queer feminist; LA County worker and member of SEIU 721; veteran of LA homelessness organizing
Sunday, May 31, 1pm PDT/2pm MDT/3pm CDT/4pm EDT
Online: Register at https://tinyurl.com/FarmworkersBetrayed
Sponsored by Radical Women
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Online Meeting • Saturday, April 25
In praise of heroes past and present
Now: Trans rights activists protest in the Idaho Capitol building.
This gathering will combine historical education with news of current organizing. Hear about the early German communist and feminist Clara Zetkin, initiator of International Women’s Day and a fighter for the United Front strategy to defeat fascism. Then move to the present day to get up to speed on widespread attacks on trans people and bold efforts to oppose them in several states. Find out how you can help build a forum featuring Latinx feminists on the César Chávez sexual abuse revelations and learn what Radical Women members are doing around the country. Bring your questions and ideas. Everyone welcome.
Saturday, April 25 • 2pm PDT, 3pm MDT, 4pm CDT, 5pm EDT
Online event • Register here.
More information: rw.us@radicalwomen.org
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Online Meeting • Saturday, Feb. 28
2pm PST, 3pm MST, 4pm CST, 5pm EST
Black History Month meeting & video
The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the women who sparked it
Hear a first-hand account of the history-making 1955-56 Black transit riders’ strike in an unvarnished 30-minute interview with the amazing Jo Ann Robinson. Courageous and tenacious, Robinson was the head of the Women’s Political Council in Montgomery, Alabama. She and other Black women and students organized the community in a battle that shook segregation to its core. The 1985 interview was conducted for the award-winning documentary “Eyes on the Prize.” Open discussion will follow the film.
2023 activities and meetings were focused on the National Mobilization for Reproductive Justice – see 2023-2024 media coverage here