For me, Women's History Month isn't simply time to remember the names of mainstream cis white women such as Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. It's a pertinent time to note radical women who are often overlooked for their contribution to social justice revolutionary struggles. From Ferguson to Chicago, Black, Brown, transgender, queer women and femmes are at the forefront of political analysis, revolutionary organizing, petitions, rallies, and holding it down for their communities while also working as teachers, artists, writers, cooks, and students. Last night, We Charge Genocide, an intergenerational organization effort to center the experiences of young people most targeted by police violence, hosted their second annual event, "Women to Celebrate", at Village Leadership Academy on Chicago's West Side. The event, started by Mariame Kaba of Project Nia, emphasizes the extraordinary contributions that women in radical spaces made in the past year. Among the honorees were 12-year old Jakaya Hobbs, (a student at Village Leadership Academy who organized the Reclaim MLK March on Martin Luther King's birthday), Charlene Carruthers, (National Director of Black Youth Project), Fresh Robinson (a self-identified poly-dyke who has opened a community cafe in Chicago), and Sara Gonzalez (Latina organizer for prison abolition in Pilsen). The event ended with an Assata Shakur affirmation, "It is our duty to fight. It is a our duty to win, We must love each other and protect each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains." Ashe.
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