Joomla! site syndication http://www.dashatcornell.org Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:09:11 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.dashatcornell.org/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.dashatcornell.org Joomla! site syndication http://www.dashatcornell.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=44&Itemid=33 News Update: Police Riot Against Queers DASH member and Cornell Alum Rye (Aly) Blum is one of the Chicago Fabulous Four (http://www.chicagofabfour.blogspot.com/) .Arrested 5-30-09 during a police riot against a crowd of queer and trans people walking in Chicago's Boystown, the Chicago Fabulous Four are four folks who bore the brunt of the police's attack that night.After being beaten on the street and assaulted in police custody, the four now face serious charges--3 felonies and 5 misdemeanors--a tactic frequently used by the police when they themselves commit crimes against people trump up their victims' charges as supposed justification. Please visit their site to learn more about their situation and to contribute to legal fees if you're able!http://www.chicagofabfour.blogspot.com/ Contact: chicago.fabulous.four(at)gmail(dot)com [PLEASE REPOST THIS EVERYWHERE] News - News Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:55:15 +0100 http://www.dashatcornell.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=33 Chicago Police Attack Queers at Bash Back! written by Max Montana Chicago Police attempt to re-enact Stonewall by rioting against queers. On Saturday night, May 30th, a group of approximately 100 queers disembarked the red line train at the Belmont stop into Chicago's Boystown area. Intending to march around a bit, the crowd found themselves too large to fit on the sidewalk (especially in an area where bars are frequent and patrons and tables spill out the front doors). Most of the crowd moved into the street, walking around cars and allowing cars to pass in the middle. A few blocks down, the crowd took a left turn, and the police showed up from behind. In attempting to get their cars around the crowd, they repeatedly ran into people's legs, in some cases knocking the victim onto the hood of the car, then slamming on their brakes to cause the person to fall to the ground. During this time a few queers at the back of the crowd moved one newspaper box and one trash can (without spilling the trash) into the road in front of cop cars. A few other queers, yelling things like no! and this is nonviolent! moved the items back to the sidewalk (see sibling article, What Happened at BashBack? for more details on this incident). [ Note: In my opinion this was fucked up and endangered people in the street by providing a clearer path for the cops to attack and target people from behind, which is what happened. Discomfort with certain tactics is totally okay, but in these situations please disengage and direct your energies to something you feel more comfortable with, separate from the other action!!! Damn. ] As a few cop cars got to the front of the crowd. The first car in the line stopped and the cop jumped out and ran at the crowd, which parted down a residential side street. The cop stopped, shook his baton at the crowd, then went back to his car. The first few cars followed the crowd onto the side street. More cops parked and began running into the crowd, grabbing queers seemingly at random (although they did catch a high percentage of non-gender-conforming folks) and proceeding to beat them with batons and extendable asps. At this time, there was a scream from the middle of the crowd, and then people shouting, he just ran her foot over! The patient was helped out of the fray and a medic took over her evacuation. During this time, at least 8 cops were involved in the beating of at least 10 queers in the crowd. News - News Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:08:29 +0100 http://www.dashatcornell.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=42&Itemid=32 THURSDAY APRIL 23rd 2009 5:00PM in G90 Myron Taylor Hall DASH presents a talk on the future of the DADT military policy and its affect on LGBT servicemembers and the US military Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) is the common term for the military policy that bans openly lesbian, gay and bisexual Americans from serving in the military. Since the law's 1994 implementation under the Clinton Administration, recent statistics have shown that more than 12,500 women and men have been discharged. Today, gay service members are still harassed based on their perceived sexual orientation and gender expression and serve in fear of losing their careers and livelihoods. Events - Events Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:54:56 +0100 http://www.dashatcornell.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=32 direct action to STOP heterosexism presents..... the last film of the spring radical QUEER FILM series Wednesday, April 22 at 7pm in the Music Room of Willard 'Straight' Hall SCREENING: MADE IN SECRET: the story of the east van porn collective -- a thought-provoking and genre-bending look behind the scenes of what might be the world's only underground DIY anarcho-feminist porn collective --free water and discussion provided!ABSOLUTELY EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO ATTEND! ALL GENDERS, SEXES, SEXUALITIES, AGES, OPINIONS, ETC.! Events - Events Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:47:18 +0100 http://www.dashatcornell.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40&Itemid=32 SALT LINES live!a slam poetry showof being basic to the earthin honor of women's history monthwithAndrea Gibson, Tara Hardy, Sonya Renee, and Denise Jolly Saturday March 28th, 20098:00pmAnnabel Taylor Hall Auditorium$10 donation suggested (all are welcome, regardless of ability to meet donation) In honor of women's history month, the four powerhouses Andrea Gibson (Women of the World Poetry Slam Champion), Denise Jolly (Seattle Poetry Slam), Sonya Renee (Individual National Poetry Slam Champion), and Tara Hardy (Bent Writing Institute) are coming to Cornell to give a slam poetry/a'cappella performance meant to bring the audience to their feet in release, revolt, and redemption. Sonya, Tara, Andrea and Denise are performers, educators, facilitators, developers, and believers in the human ability to create change by honoring and expressing personal, cultural, and social history. This verbal quartet will storm, sing, slam, and sling salt into the eye of all that has ever silenced voices meant to be heard. Their celebration is one of being basic to the earth as salt--necessary, life allowing, wound stinging, heart-wrenching inspiration to live profoundly. The show is not to be missed!DASH co-sponsored event, meant to shake the sexist, heteronormative, gender constraining foundations of this society. All are welcome. Events - Events Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:51:54 +0100