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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY #IWD2020 #EachforEqual March 8, 2020 “An equal world is an enabled world. How will you help forge a gender equal world?  Celebrate women’s achievement. Raise awareness against bias. Take action for equality.

International Women’s Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women’s equality. International Women’s Day (IWD) has occurred for well over a century, with the first IWD gathering in 1911 supported by over a million people. Today, IWD belongs to all groups collectively everywhere.” IWD 2020 This year’s theme is about each one of us holding ourselves accountable and making a choice to participate in action to bring about equity for all women. With our collective efforts, we can see the impact we bring about together.    SDL would like to call our sisters and allies to political action this IWD as we support Samelys Lopez’s campaign for the 15th congressional district. As a truly progressive woman of color who has been consistent in her community based work and platform, we believe she is the right person to take this office and represent the people. As progressive women of color, we must take up all the spaces we can and create our own seats at the table where we have been historically denied. This means organizing for political power to reclaim our rights.   

Join us March 8th as we canvass (door-knock) with the campaign in the Bronx and have a celebratory dinner afterwards. 

And just to add the campaign has been endorsed by us (SDL), Democratic Socialists of America, and just today Alexandria Ocasio Cortez’s Courage to Change PAC.  

Please email us at sisterdiaspora@gmail.com

We look forward to building with you all! Happy International Women’s Day! #SisterDiaspora #ALoveEthic #IWD2020

Elizabeth Acevedo’s Poet X launched the 2020 #SDLReadingCircle. Hosted at Buunni Inwood, with the support of the Dominican Writers Association, the event was filled with an energy that was as vibrant, as it was heartening. Alongside Omaris Z. Zamora-García, Ph.D., participants explored the interconnectedness between gender, sexuality, and religion, and the ways in which the main character, Xiomara’s, transition into adulthood mirrored our own stories. Poet X gives words to experiences that up until now, have rarely been seen. And that process, of examining and reflecting on our stories, offered a unique elixir instrumental for our collective healing. Mothers even brought their daughters!

For more information, please check out the following resources:

·      “Black Latina Girlhood Poetics of the Body: Church, Sexuality and Dispossession” (Zamora, 2020)

·      Elizabeth Acevedo

·      Dominican Writers Association

As part of SDL’s #16DaystoEndGenderBasedViolence we will be hosting an Upstander Workshop. Hate crimes and public aggressions have been increasing for our communities, how can we be an upstander in a safe way and not just a bystander? Join SDL and CAE for a workshop for international human rights day and learn how we can all protect each other better.

REGISTER HERE!

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8TH TIME: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

LOCATION: 107 Suffolk St. 2nd FLOOR

NEW YORK, NY. 10002

Join SDL as we celebrate the beauty and power of sisterhood- a sisterhood that is built on a love ethic and is nourished by our differences and united by our struggles for liberation.

It will be our 5th revolution around the sun this December and we can’t think of a better way to party than to uplift a fellow activist who will be taking on the establishment by running for Congressional District 15 in the Bronx! Samelys López and her campaign will be with us as we rejoice in good music and vibes.

We will be collecting donations for her campaign while we build community and toast to our 5th year anniversary. 
Please RSvP here.
DECEMBER 14TH
TIME: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
LOCATION: 780 E 133RD ST THE BRONX 10454
BRONX TAVERN

López for the People does not accept contributions from real estate developers or corporate PACs. Contributions or gifts to López for the People are not tax deductible. We may accept contributions from an individual totaling up to $2,800 per election; $5,600 per election cycle. Federal PACs may contribute up to $5,000 per election; $10,000 per cycle. Federal law PROHIBITS contributions to the campaign from corporations, labor organizations and national banks; from any person contributing in the name of another’s funds; from foreign nations who lack permanent resident status; from federal government contractors; contributions from minors under 18 years of age.

Paid for by López for the People

SDL is proud to support Samelys López for Bronx’s Congressional District 15. The establishment is vacating the CD and we have an opportunity to elect a real grassroots, housing activist, with a demonstrated record of serving and building with the community. Samelys has already committed not to take any real estate or corporate donations. Unlike other candidates is this primary, she is committed to the Bronx and actually resides in district. This is a real on the ground, grassroots campaign and we need all the support possible. SDL is hitting the pavement at full speed! Join us! You can donate for her campaign here.
#aLoveEthic #sisterdiaspora 

This workshop presented by CONNECT Safe Families and Peaceful Communities is for people who work or live in communities that are impacted by domestic violence. The workshop will focus on defining domestic violence, revisiting societies analysis of domestic violence, forms, dynamics and tactics of abuse within an intimate partner relationship.This is a trauma informed basic workshop. We will be learning and healing collectively. Facilitated by: Daralee Vázquez-García Community Educator/Organizer at CONNECT Safe Families and Peaceful Communities. 
You can RSVP here.

This workshop is part Sister Diaspora Liberation #16DaystoEndGenderBasedViolence.

Sister Diaspora is super excited to be collaborating with Chinatown Soup for our first ever arts and crafts workshop. We will have dope faciliators that will guide us in expressing our creativity through zines!

This will be a time to share laugher, sisterhood and most of all just relax, create and breathe. A time to disconnect for a bit.

More details on facilitators to come! You can RSVP here.

On 6/23/19 SDL Birth Support united with Carmen Mojica, Certified Professional Midwife (These Waters Run Deep) to host “Reproductive Wellness,” a workshop that encouraged participants to take a deeper dive into womb healing. Carmen thoughtfully and thoroughly examined the historical context of reproductive health, providing an extensive overview of the female reproductive system, and proposing nutritional recommendations for optimal wellness and fertility. Participants were invited to compassionately and openly reframe the way they have been thought to think about their health histories – directly challenging the history of colonization of wombs of color. It was a truly empowering and informative event!

For more information, please check out the following books as resources:

• Killing the Black Body by Dorothy Roberts
• Women’s Bodies Women’s Wisdom by Christine Northrup
• Beyond the Pill by Jolene Brighten
• WomanCode by Alisa Vitti

Hello SDL sisters,  

Join Sister Diaspora for Liberation for our 3rd Sister Solstice potluck picnic! 
Get your sunglasses, nicest & comfiest Summer clothes, best dish – homemade or bought, and a blanket for our 2019 Sister Solstice.
We will be welcoming summer and building sisterhood with good food, libations, music, and sunshine in Central Park. 
Please bring something to share and your positive vibes!
Children are welcome. Please RSVP @sisterdiaspora@gmail.com

“You’re money should grow. Do you want an easy commute or do you want to be a homeowner.” A great conversation and training at our financial workshop on tools for homeownership and retirement for WoC with Impaact Brooklyn. We discussed creating a budget and programs available for 1st time homebuyers among other tips. This financial workshop was made possible by a grant awarded to Sister Diaspora by Citizen Committee for New York City.