+ Brooklyn new media education center and "open digital art collaboratory," Powrplnt, has teamed up with sound initiative Intersessions to host a series of DJ workshops aimed at teaching women and LGBTQ and gender nonconforming people more about the craft. The workshop series has been scheduled across eight days with panels and classes on vinyl, beat matching software, and how to put together promotional materials. Learn more on their website. (Read THUMP's full story for more.)
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+ Philadelphia's Federation of Teacher's is gathering in Aviator Park across from Logan Square before the march for art and sign making. The PFT's "Day Without a Woman" march hopes to initiate negotiations for a new contract with the district and remind the public that without women, our schools would not function. To learn more about the event, head over to their website.
+ New York City grassroots arts organization, 8 Ball, is hosting a pot luck / hang out at the DIY gaming and technology hub, Babycastles, in preparation of the general strike gathering in Washington Square Park.+ If you're in the Chicago area and in the mood for some musical theater you can check out the 24WORDS equal rights musical. Described as a "90 minute, 200 year odyssey to Equality," 24WORDS features 20 original songs written by Charles Kouri and Gary Bragg that address the Congressional Vote in the Equal Rights Amendment in 1972 that was never passed. Click here for more information.
+ The Women's Health And Reproductive Rights (WHARR) committee from #GetOrganizedBK group is launching a weekly Wednesday Lunch outside the offices of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. The group's demonstration is a campaign for the passage of the Reproductive Health Act (RHA), which will help systematize Roe v. Wade and strengthen the state's abortion law. Learn more about the event on Facebook.+ In San Fransisco, a group female comedians are putting on a comedy show with performances by Irene Tu, Priyanka Wali, and Sara DeForest among others. In addition to the stand ups, the event will host a series of presentations from women at Google and Women's Audio Mission. For more information click here.
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