International Women’s Day 2022: Our community has a voice!

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International Women’s Day (IWD) is Tuesday, March 8, 2021!

At the beginning of February, we started collecting responses from our community asking:

What does our anti-racist gender-equitable future look like?

Then, we read every single one of them and made art! Art can be a tool for changing existing social and political realities. The human imagination provides opportunities for creative solutions, opening minds and hearts toward a future where things can be different because we choose to make them so.

Original Artwork by Dania Bowie.

The photo shows 9 silhouettes of human shapes, filled with colorful and varied themes such as water, natural growing plants and food, words, patterns, and even numbers. The human shapes look out onto a field of plants, a hill, and a big evening sky where there are two moons, one full and a waxing crescent. Overlaying the plants and the hill, into the sky, is a word cloud with multiple fonts and text reading things like freedom, love, food, reproduction, difference, care, genders, and more.

Our community said that anti-racist and gender-equitable future is:

  • when everyone's basic needs are met, including clean air and water & free healthcare and education;

  • safety from and an end of white supremacy, patriarchy, ableism;

  • free and safe abortion & reproductive education and healthcare;

  • freedom from the gender binary, particularly for parents;

  • free and quality child care and education; and

  • when everyone has the "opportunity to reach their highest and best potential".

Thank you to everyone who visioned with us and inspired our art! We celebrate together in honor of our entire community, without which we could not be here.

The last three years of the pandemic have shown us the power of community – of being in this work together across differences--even in hard times. You can jump-start the work that still needs to be done & celebrate IWD with us by:

  • reflecting on these themes and visioning even more,

  • sharing this email or our social media posts today with a loved one,

  • giving a gift, or

  • emailing us about volunteering (info@mainewomen.org)!

A gift of any amount – or the gift of ones’ time and care-- is one that can transform our community care for each other and ourselves into systems change.

Below are some of the virtual events around the world that you can join this month. Also, see our compiled list of Black, Brown & Indigenous Feminist Texts & Media for more.

IWD Events in March 2022:

  • International Women’s Day Virtual Bike Ride - To celebrate the achievements, persistence, and future of women around the world by doing a bike ride in honor of International Women’s Day.

  • Artistic Utterances: An evening of music, poetry & storytelling - Celebrate International Women's Day 2022 with an evening of music, poetry and personal storytelling about what International Women's Day means to us.

  • Let’s Thrive Again - Join us for a special webinar on International Women’s Day to help rebuild the lost generation of women leaders. DDI’s CEO, Tacy Byham, Ph.D., and her colleague, Dominique Powrie, Managing Consultant for DDI Australia, will share stories and practical advice anchored on research and their experience working with organizations worldwide.

  • 1600 IWD 2022 - This March 8th, 1600 Cyber, and 1600 Avenue’s NPCC are taking International Women’s Day to their own stage bringing together tech advocates, DEI changemakers, and key community influencers to share their stories and hopes for 2022 and women in tech and business.

  • Future of Work: Women Shaping the Pandemic Pivot: This is a multi-day conference for Women professionals and leaders, as well as allies

  • #BreakTheBias Forum: a Virtual Expo in Dubai for our early risers or friends in different time zones. From 4AM to 9AM tomorrow morning, March 8, this expo is convening visionaries, leaders, and innovators from around the world to tackle the issues of harmful stereotypes that prevent women from reaching their potential.

Black, Brown, Indigenous Feminist Texts & Media:

Mona Eltahawy, author of Feminist Giant Newsletter and award-winning columnist and international public speaker on Arab and Muslim issues and global feminism.

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