Christiane Assefa
Template:TOCnestleft Christiane Assefa aka Christine Assefa is a refugee child who centralizes the interests of Black working class women in her work. As an organizer with the Organization for Black Struggle, Assefa uses Black Feminism as a tool to examine the intersections of gender, police brutality, and bodily autonomy. Assefa’s work encompasses reproductive justice, legislative advocacy, police accountability, and mass movement building.[1] In 2020 she was a PhD student in the Ethnic Studies department at UCSD.
Palestine
Christiane Assefa, an Ethiopian-American, traveled to Palestine circa 2016 as part of an Indigenous and People of Color delegation. She will reflect on her experiences witnessing Israeli violence against Palestinians and how those experiences inform her work against police brutality and racism in the United States.
2016 Hershel Walker Peace and Justice Awards
24th Annual Hershel Walker 'Peace & Justice' Awards Breakfast. Hosted by St. Louis Workers’ Education Society.
Saturday, May 14, 2016 at 9:30 AM - 11:30 PM CDT
Painters District Council No 2, 2501 59th St, St. Louis 63110
Please come to our activist awards ceremony!
Friends - we are happy to announce the 24th Annual Hershel Walker 'Peace & Justice' Awards Breakfast recipients and keynote speaker. This year's Awardees are: Al Neal is a coordinator for SEIU Healthcare representing Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Kansas. He worked as the chief negotiator during the recent SSM-SLUH contract negotiations. He also serves as secretary-treasurer for the Mid-South Organizing Committee (Fight for $15). “As organizers, our real work is in the background,” he said. “I accept this award on behalf of healthcare workers and Black Lives Matter.”[2]
- Alderwoman Megan Green, Ward 15
- Steve Wayland, director of business dev., Painters' DC 58
- Christine Assefa, organizer, Organization for Black Struggle
The keynote is: Tiffany Dena Loftin, the AFL-CIO's Civil, Human and Women's Rights Department Program Coordinator.
Now What? Defying Trump and the Left's Way Forward
Now What? Defying Trump and the Left's Way Forward was a phone in webinar organized by Freedom Road Socialist Organization in the wake of the 2016 election.
- Now what? We’re all asking ourselves that question in the wake of Trump’s victory. We’ve got urgent strategizing and work to do, together. Join Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson of the Movement for Black Lives and Freedom Road, Calvin Cheung-Miaw, Jodeen Olguin-Taylor of Mijente and WFP, Joe Schwartz of the Democratic Socialists of America, and Sendolo Diaminah of Freedom Road for a discussion of what happened, and what we should be doing to build mass defiance. And above all, how do we build the Left in this, which we know is the only solution to the crises we face?
- This event will take place Tuesday November 15, 2016 at 9pm Eastern/8pm Central/6pm Pacific.
Those invited, on Facebook included Christiane Assefa.[3]