Action Corps' International Women's Day in Photos

And just like that, International Women's Day has come and gone - although today in the Oxfam America office, I overheard someone say "Happy IWD Week." I guess it's not over just yet.

Many of our Action Corps cities have hosted spectacular International Women's Day events this year. Here's a roundup in photos of a few:

Washington, D.C. held an Oxfam Slam last Saturday, February 27th, featuring local poets, artists, and musicians. You can't tell from the pictures, but estimated attendance for the Slam was 150!

Photo: Tapan Bhargava

Photo: Tapan Bhargava

Photo: Tapan Bhargava

Photo: Tapan Bhargava

Photo: Tapan Bhargava

Photo: Tapan Bhargava

Boston: Boston Action Corps' official IWD event has yet to happen (it's scheduled for March 26th - view the event here) but volunteers at their last meeting took photos with signs that detailed reasons to celebrate women.

Chicago: On Saturday, March 5th. Chicago Action Corps held Inequality: Local and Global Action for International Women’s Day - a discussion and call to action to fight inequality at all levels. One of the results: this beautiful photo campaign.

Photo: Meggie Zayas

Photo: Meggie Zayas

New York City: On Monday, March 7th, NYC Action Corps held an Oxfam Jam, a benefit concert featuring badass female performers Ellen Winter, Amy Leon, The New Tarot and Madame Gandhi. This event attracted over 150 attendees and raised roughly $1100!

Photo: Niya Sinckler

Photo: Niya Sinckler

Photo: Sam Monaco

Kiran Gandhi and the Oxfam Jam making headlines!

Celebrate International Women’s Day with the Oxfam Action Corps!

Every March 8 for more than a century, millions of people around the world have come together to celebrate International Women’s Day. Here in the US, Oxfam Action Corps members are hosting events that raise awareness and public action for equality. Oxfam Action Corps members around the country will hold local events ranging from panel discussions to concerts to bar trivia.

Our Action Corps events provide a venue for Oxfam supporters to come together to recognize women’s leadership and central role in community efforts to achieve greater wealth equality, end hunger, and fend off the impacts of climate change. We decry that too often today women earn less than men for the same work, are denied property rights or bank loans, and are blocked from education systems. We will stand together for our sisters worldwide!

Here's a quick look at some of our events, with active links to event pages::

      

• Just around the corner is New York City Action Corps’ Oxfam Jam, a benefit concert featuring Kiran Gandhi as the headliner! Kiran is the drummer for the band M.I.A, but you may know her as the badass feminist who ran the 2015 London Marathon while menstruating to raise awareness for women who don’t have access to feminine care products. She’ll be performing alongside a handful of other powerful women on Monday, March 7^th at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn at 7PM. To purchase tickets to the concert and find out more details see the event page.

•  Albuquerque, NM - On March 5th at 2:30 pm in the Student Union Building at the University of New Mexico, the UNM Oxfam Club will be honoring women around the world. Come join us in celebrating the social, political, and economic achievements of women while focusing world attention on areas requiring further action. To RSVP to this event or learn more, click here.

• Austin, TX – Austin Action Corps will be tabling at the Culture Collide parties at SXSW (March 16-18^th) from noon-closing at the Container Bar on Rainey Street. 

• Boston, MA – Boston Action Corps will be hosting an Oxfam Jam in collaboration with Calling All Crows at the Aeronaut Brewery in Somerville, MA from 1:00-3:30PM on Saturday, March 26^th.  Activities include a small raffle, tables for both organizations and a presentation about Oxfam’s work with women from an Oxfam America staffer. Event page coming soon!

• Chicago, IL - Chicago Action Corps presents Inequality: Local and Global Action for International Women’s Day - a discussion and call to action to fight inequality at all levels. The event will be held on the 12^th floor of Coalition: Energy at 18 South Michigan Avenue from 12:00-3:00PM on Saturday, March 5^th. To RSVP to this event or learn more, click here.

• Columbus, OH – Columbus Action Corps will be hosting an IWD event at the Roosevelt on Monday, March 7^th at 5:30PM. To RSVP to this event or learn more, click here.

• Indianapolis, IN – On Saturday, March 19, Indianapolis Action Corps will be hosting a grassroots volunteer training at Fletcher Place Arts & Books at 642 Virginia Ave from 10:00AM to 4:00PM. Come learn advocacy skills from Indianapolis groups who have mastered effective letter-writing campaigns, hosted events that have led to concrete follow-up actions, and convinced legislative leaders to make decisions that support the world's most vulnerable people. To RSVP to this event or learn more, click here.

• Madison, WI – Madison Action Corps is hosting a Geeks who Drink for a Cause Bar Trivia at Buck and Badger on State Street, Thursday, March 10^th at 8:30PM. To RSVP to this event or learn more, click here.
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• Philadelphia, PA – Philadelphia Action Corps will be hosting a casual film screening at one of the co-leaders’ homes on Tuesday, March 8^th from 8:00-9:30PM. They will be viewing a segment from the PBS Docuseries Half the Sky - Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide and having a discussion afterwards. To RSVP to this event or learn more, click here.

• San Francisco, CA – SF Bay Area Action Corps will be tabling at an International Women's Day community celebration hosted by Sisters in Solidarity at Richmond Memorial Convention Center, 440 Civic Center Plaza. The table will be open Saturday, March 5 from 9:30am-1:00pm. To RSVP to this event or learn more, click here.

• Seattle, WA – Seattle Action Corps will be holding a panel discussion to better understand the inequality; specifically, how structural inequality disproportionately affects women. Additionally, they will discuss ways to take action as a community, and at the national level. Join them on Tuesday, March 8^th from 6:00-8:00 PM in Parrington Hall, at the Evans School at University of Washington. To RSVP to this event or learn more, click here.

Last but not least, let’s give a shout out to Washington, D.C. Action Corps for their stellar IWD event last Saturday, February 27^th! Over 150 people came and enjoyed the work of DC area female artists, poets, writers, comedians and musicians.

Author and former Oxfam Action Corps co-leader Emily Hubbard reads during the Oxfam Slam

If you don’t live near one of these cities, check out the International Women’s Day website or the Oxfam America website for more events! We hope to see you there!