Exploring Disability Justice
Check out the upcoming Sins Invalid show, happening October 14-16 in San Francisco!!
In our recent September dialogue, we set out to explore concepts and practices of disability justice in our lives and movements. Below are the resources we compiled for the dialogue, some background, and the questions we explored. … Read more
Resources for Engaging and Ending Police Violence
In this time of mourning, rage and national reckoning with the legacies and realities of racist police violence – resources for connection, deeper engagement and different forms of action are flooding through the widening cracks of this broken system. Here is a partial compilation, from quick click actions to concrete alternatives to political education to visionary policy solutions. … Read more
The Future of Solidarity: How White People Can Support the Movement for Black Lives
Resources for Understanding and Challenging Islamophobia
“Muslim subjects are constructed and judged in terms of, and in comparison to, the West, so they are always the Other, the conquerable, and the inferior.” – Edward Said, Orientalism
Trump’s call for a ban on all Muslims entering the United States, and reference to internment camps sent out waves of shock and horror, catalyzing many non-Muslim groups into action.… Read more
2 Mini-zines for MLK Weekend
Two mini-zines made by White Noise and friends for a Black Lives Matter march and the Reclaiming Dr. King’s Radical Legacy march last year are available to download and print – a small way to contribute to the waves of organized actions this weekend.
Please take and share these tiny folded pieces packed with quotes and food for thought for white allies:
I Don’t Want to Be an Excuse for Racist Violence Anymore: White women’s passive role in racist attacks like Charleston
This insightful article is cross-posted from New Republic:
By Chloe Angyal
We cannot talk about the violence that Dylann Roof perpetrated at Emanuel AME last Wednesday night without talking about whiteness, and specifically, about white womanhood and its role in racist violence. We have to talk about those things, because Roof himself did.
White Females* in Food Justice: Maintaining or Challenging the System?
Join us for our next workshop!
White Females* in Food Justice: Maintaining or Challenging the System?
Sunday, August 10, 1-5pm
$35-60 sliding scale (work trade and scholarships available)
Location given upon registration (near W Oakland BART)
Description:
Are you passionate about food justice?
Do you lead, work at, volunteer at, or otherwise support a food justice organization in your neighborhood or community?… Read more
Creating “Safe” Neighborhoods: A reflection on my neighborhood’s private patrol — and what to do with my disapproval
Reclaiming Mother’s Day
As Mother’s Day approaches, the White Noise Collective is once again faced with more questions than answers about this national holiday with a rich but forgotten history. We all agree that the current mainstream celebration of Mother’s Day — adorned with endless plastic, fuzzy and floral ways to express your annual appreciation to your mother — are at best a capitalist co-optation of a holiday that was originally meant for a completely different purpose.… Read more