Our host, Deana Lewis, chats with Theryn Kigvamasudvashti, Kiyomi Fujikawa and Shannon Perez-Darby whose early community accountability work in Seattle rippled throughout the country. Their feminist abolitionist work inside and outside the evolving local domestic and sexual violence non-profit context in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s innovated so much of what we still use today. They discuss the critical work from Black-led, survivor-led, punk and queer and trans communities to create the many iconic projects such as Communities Against Rape and Assault (CARA) and API Chaya that were born during this critical era and that together dismantled the foundations of rape culture.
List of references mentioned in this episode:
Communities Agaisnt Rape and Abuse (CARA), Alisa Bierria, Eliaichi Kimaro, Incite! Women & Trans People Against Violence, Critical Resistance, African American Task Force Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Committee on Women, Population, and the Environment, Sista II Sista, Sister Song, Xandra Ibarra, For Crying Out Loud, Accountable Communities Consortium, Northwest Network, Seattle Rape Relief, API Chaya, Mia Zapata and The Gits, Home Alive, Girl We Got You, Collective Justice, Incite Diagram on Community Accountability (see more at StoriesforPower.org)
Presented by Creative Interventions and Just Practice Collaborative
Executive Producers — Mimi Kim, Rachel Caïdor & Shira Hassan
Producer, Sound Recordist, and Editor — iLL Weaver for Emergence Media
Host - Deana Lewis
Music Editor and Audio Engineer — Joe Namy
Digital Strategy- Yessica Gonzalez
Graphic Design - And Also Too
Theme song & music composed by — Scale Hands and L05 of Complex Movements in collaboration with Ahya Simone
Stories for Power is supported by Collective Futures Fund and Libra Foundation
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