Initiatives Include:-

• SALTY: A Feminist/Antiracist Zine. :- (2004-05/6) In order to create a more visible space for feminist work on this campus, we were also interested in spearheading a feminist media project. The aim was to create a permanent “broadsheet/journal/newspaper” which highlights progressive feminist writing in the community.  Desiree Letoi Brown, Piya Chatterjee, Sheila Givens, Jackie Newton, Natalie Newton and Christine Petit joined forces to bring out a grassroots, “zine” (see http://www.grrrlzines.net/) , SALTY. Our first, and only, issue was produced in Spring 2005. Again, because of a resource crunch, we could not continue this effort—but hopefully, if there is interest, we can forge ahead. Please contact us if you are interested in producing SALTY again.

• Basta! Enough!: Young Women Write Anti/Violence, Education and War. :- (Current) CWIC seeks energetic, organized and committed girls and women (ages 11-25) to create an anthology of writing (including poetry, essays, short stories, photography etc.) which address the current conditions (and crises) within contemporary U.S. society—and its effects on poverty nationally and globally. We invite international contributions as well. CWIC, however, would like to do this with an editorial collective constituted of young women who are willing to commit to the project for a minimum of one year. If you are a UCR undergraduate, academic credit through a WMST internship can be worked out. Please contact Piya at piyachatterjee@yahoo.com