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DESCRIPTION:This is a conference that seeks to resist, challenge, and deconstruct 
 damages wrought by patriarchy and its many manifestations - some of which 
 include racism, sexism, the destruction of the Earth, the murder and 
 exploitation of the world's poor and indiginous, and many other forms of 
 oppression. Focuses at this years conference include feminism, community, 
 anarchy, ecodefense, and more.\n\nThis year's conference will take play May 
 4th, 5th and 6th on the University of Oregon and feature a keynote address 
 from Ecofeminist author and activist Noel Sturgeon. Confirmed workshops 
 include: Critical Masculinities, Anarcha-feminism, critical discussion of 
 Sex Workers, and more.\n\nOur group is still looking for additional 
 organizers, funding, and workshop presenters/panelists. We meet every 
 Thursday at 7:45 pm in Eugene. Email  againstpatriarchy@gmail.com for 
 details.\n\n\n\n--------------------------\n\nLet's be clear, what is 
 PATRIARCHY?\n\nA very "straight" forward definition: patriarchy is a set of 
 social and institutional agreements in which men have authority over women 
 and children. However, it's also a system in which straight, white women 
 maintain privilege in terms of class and race. This presents the need for a 
 more nuanced foundation in understanding patriarchy and enabling the 
 process in reflecting and coming to terms with the multifarious ways in 
 which patriarchy enters our lives.\n\n- Within western society, patriarchy 
 is a system in which men hold primary authority and is deeply linked to 
 systems of white supremacy and civilization.\n\n- Patriarchy is a system of 
 entitlement that rewards behavior that is anti-woman, anti-queer, 
 anti-body, anti-nature, and anti-color. Patriarchal values are embodied in 
 everyday life whether in an essentialized notion of beauty, a woman locked 
 in her home, or the intersecting oppressions of racism, classism, and 
 sexism that occludes voices from the margins.\n\n-Anyone, whether he/she 
 occupies a subordinated category or not, can gain power and privilege by 
 advocating patriarchal values.\n\n-Patriarchy is cross-cultural and 
 reflects multiple prisms of subordination including the mutually 
 reinforcing realities of the nation-state, the nuclear family, the mass 
 media and the "normalization" of values.\n\n-Environmentalism and feminism 
 are linked struggles. The destruction of the environment and the oppression 
 of women are historically mutually enabling.\n\n-As many activists and 
 academics from a wide range of ideologies and focuses have discovered, 
 single-issue struggles fail to create deep-rooted change.\n\n\nOur 
 Vision\n\n\n-Resisting patriarchy represents disjuncture within a 
 monolithic cultural discourse. Since patriarchy tells one story—the 
 naturalization of power and oppression, globalization, binary genders, 
 etc.—a feminist consciousness can create space for multiple ways of 
 knowing, which are pro-body, pro-nature, pro-agency, and 
 pro-community.\n\n- This gathering is meant to bring passionate people 
 together in an empowering yet challenging environment.\n\n-This year's 
 Against Patriarchy Gathering will focus on environmentalism, feminism, 
 anti-racism, queer politics, and anarchy.\n\n-We are not shy of radical 
 change, deep coalitions, or personal and political risk.\n\n\nthe current 
 webpage is: http://againstpatriarchy07.wordpress.com/ \n\nthe old webpage 
 is www.againstpatriarchy.org\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/05/18389848.php
SUMMARY:Against Patriarchy Conference in Eugene, Oregon (4-6 May)
LOCATION:McKenzie Hall, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/05/18389848.php
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