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International | IndymediaSF Bay IMC Supports Global Women's Proposal
This is the SF Bay Area Independent Media Center's collective response, in english and spanish, to the global proposal of how to make IMC's a more gender-inclusive environment, as well as to address ongoing issues of sexism (and racism) within our own progressive activist communities. We fully support the IMC Global Women's List and all their efforts to address these issues full-on! [EN]
The San Francisco Bay Area IMC supports the Women's Group's proactive proposal as a first step towards addressing increasingly alarming issues of sexism within the Indymedia network. As a collective that has endured its own issues of blatant sexism, we are committed to fostering an environment where men, women and genderless people of all ethnicities, sexual orientations and and class backgrounds can work together in an inclusive and supportive environment without fear of intimidation or domination. We recognize that this proposal primarily addresses the need for change at an entry level through New-IMC process. As an existing collective, we are also committed to applying this proposal to our own IMC and continuing to work with the community to see it realized on a long-term basis. We are alarmed at the high rate of attrition of women throughout the global network and know many women that have left their existing collectives due to unaddressed issues of patriarchy and exclusivity. We want to make it clear that we are very concerned by this and the statistics presented in Blue's survey, in addition to the fact that it has become a low priority within the network. We have recently taken steps in the network to address an instance of physical force and aggression by a man in another local collective against a woman within our group. We feel this is unacceptable. We want to acknowledge that this is NOT a small issue and that we would like to work with other IMC's to continue to address the issues of sexism and racism within the network. We hope that this proposal can be used as a starting point for this extremely important work. In solidarity, The San Francisco Bay Area IMC ************************************************************************* [ES] La organización IMC de la área de San Francisco apoya la propuesta de Women´s Group’s como un primer paso hacia el reconocimiento del problema de sexismo entre el network Indymedia. Como una organización que ha experimentado su propio dilema con respecto al sexismo, nosotros estamos comprometidos en la creación de un ambiente donde hombres así como mujeres y personas sin sexo de todas etnias, orientaciones sexuales, y clases sociales pueden luchar juntos en un ambiente de apoyo sin miedo a ser intimidados ni dominados. Nosotros entendemos que la propuesta reconoce principalmente la necesidad de un cambio en los primeros niveles del proceso New IMC. También estamos comprometidos a la aplicación de esta propuesta hacia nuestra IMC y a trabajar con la comunidad para que sea aplicada a lo largo. Estamos alarmados con el alto nivel de mujeres que han dado por baja a su organización por falta de respeto a su sexo. Queremos hacer claro que estamos muy preocupados por esto y las estadísticas presentadas por la encuesta Blue, además del hecho que el problema no ha sido uno de alta prioridad entre el network. Recientemente hemos resuelto una instancia de violencia contra una mujer de nuestro grupo. Estos tipos de actos no son aceptables. Queremos reconocer que este problema no es nada ligero y asegurarles que queremos trabajar con otros IMCs para erradicar estos actos. Esperamos que esta propuesta pueda comenzar el muy importante trabajo de tratar con estos asuntos. En Solidaridad, SF Bay Area IMC |
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