Monday Night Moving Parties: Brooklyn Edition!
September Newsletter
Dear Community,
As summer winds down, we want to consider what it means to return to study and reflection, as a season of sunlight and community transitions into a cooler version of itself, preparing us all for back to ALP Season.
This August, our Safe Outside the System Collective brought you another phenomenal Bed-Stuy Pride celebration, which was a full day of participation, challenges, learning, and resilient problem solving. Under the current political conditions, our joy and gathered presence in public space is an act of resistance. Creating this annual ritual for our neighbors and community creates a powerful sense of real life connectedness for ALP Members, staff, long-time community members, and the folks who find out about us by walking through the park that day. The success of the event is one example of the strides we’re making as an organization.
August Newsletter
Dear Community,
Pride season has washed over us, and here we are on the other side. Here at the Audre Lorde Project, we've had an eventful month of organizing, educating, holding space, and navigating the inevitable changes that come in the reflective moments in a season of renewal. The sun drenches us, and the weather tempts us back into community; folks are out in the streets, finding each other in the world. Black and Brown bodies are everywhere, finding places to gather and take care of one another, out in public. It's beautiful. It's also a time when concerns about how we stay safe while we're out and about in the world come up. Let's take a moment to consider what we're all doing to love and protect one another out there in the world as the season heats up.
BED-STUY PRIDE COMMUNITY SAFETY TRAINING 2019
Ya'll know what it is... The duty to love and protect each other is a priority for liberation work! Join ALP for a Community Security Training in preparation for Bed-Stuy Pride 2019!
Bed-Stuy Pride
It's that time again - drum roll please - time for Bed-Stuy Pride on August 11th, 2019! Our 9th annual Bed-Stuy Pride will be back at Herbert Von King Park, but we need community to make it as beautiful as it is year after year.
Grounding Today with Reflections from the Past
“I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal, and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood”
-Audre Lorde
June Newsletter
Dear Community,
June is here, and we have a lot going on at ALP! In preparation for our 15th Annual Trans Day of Action (TDOA), we're bringing you powerful opportunities to participate in movement history with us this year. It's been 50 years since the Stonewall Riots, and we still have work to do, but it can't happen without your support and participation. It's the perfect time of year to get involved in the work of centering LGBTSTGNC People of Color in our movement spaces. Volunteer with us, apply to join our board, or make a donation to support our work. Folks who have been trained on ALP's Community Safety protocols are strongly encouraged to join our Safety Team and support us at TDOA.
Brooklyn Pride: Audre Lorde Project Contingent
In the fight back spirit of the Stonewall Riots of 1969, mobilize with the Audre Lorde Project on Saturday June 8th, at the Brooklyn Pride Twilight March! Join our resistance contingent with our movement allies, our community- as we take back the streets and joyfully resist the corporatization and policing of pride while building safety for our people!
NYC conference on feminism empowers working-class and poor women
“Seventy percent of this nation’s poor are women and children,” voiced Kerbie Joseph of the No New Jails Coalition in a fiery opening of the “Feminism for the 99%” conference held March 23 in New York City. “Our challenge in the midst of a coordinated offensive against women,” she said, “is not only react but also to go on the offensive and truly think about what we need to build a movement that can win.”
Audre Lorde Project's Monthly Meetings
