| Dear (Re)Collection: A WGS Newsletter Readers:
June 2008 is a significant time of the year for U.S. citizens
and the global community. As the hot war in Iraq continues
with oil prices rising and the U.S. dollar, to put it simply,
deflating, how are women mobilizing and redefining their experiences
from the ground? (Re)Collection, founded by Ellen-Rae Cachola,
Annie Fukushima, Maikiko James, and Aileen Suzara, was imagined
and enacted as a space of possibility, of change, of peace,
through quarterly publications on militarism from women’s
perspectives. This newsletter is an important collecting point
for the narratives that the women of the peace movement paint
through their lives, as delineated in a previously featured
Insight Interview with Gwyn Kirk and the current Insight Interview
with Deborah Lee. In collecting these narratives we realize
that it isn’t just about the individual voices, but
that of the collective and how the individual lives of women
interface with that of the dominant society and the global
community through transnational feminisms. This newsletter
is a space for articulating what is going on in the world
today in regards to U.S. global militarism that is normalized
in the everyday, but redefined in everyday acts of resistance
where it is the community of women that “speaks”.
This newsletter features two aspects that bring the global
to the local U.S.: continued feature of the Country Reports
on sister countries in the Asia-Pacific, Latin America and
the Middle-East, and a Country Highlight that illuminates
specifically the local community concerns in another country
surrounding U.S. militarisms. In our first newsletter we featured
Hawai`i and militarism, “10,459 Miles From the Hot War:
How Hawai`i Is Impacted During Militarized ‘Peace’”
by Fukushima. This June 2008 publication, we are honored and
privileged to say that (Re)Collection will feature as a Country
Highlight, Guam, “Ladrones de la Isla/Thieves of the
Island “ by Sabina Perez. And, we are happy to announce
a new component to our newsletter: International Diaries,
“My First Tour – Civilian Reflections on Visiting
Militarized Lands” by Maikiko James, that which explores
James’ travels to Guam, Hawai`i, and the Philippines.
Our editorial staff has also grown since our first publication,
and we have now added on board Taeva Shefler. We hope you
enjoy traversing the text of these pages to learn more about
women whose lives are impacted by militarism globally and
whose words and lives embody women making changes, women working
towards peace. Thank you for your support as readers and critical
thinkers.
Ellen-Rae Cachola, Annie Fukushima, Maikiko James, Aileen
Suzara, and Taeva Shefler
Editorial Staff
NOW
AVAILABLE: June 2008 Newsletter
(RE)Collection is a newsletter that illuminates the work
of those committed to a culture of peace. (RE)Collection developed
from the collaboration of U.S. based activists who are part
of the WGS connection. WGS envisions a world of genuine security
based on justice, respect for others across national boundaries,
and economic planning that meets people's needs, especially
women and children. WGS work toward the creation of a society
free of militarism, violence, and all forms of sexual exploitation,
and for the safety, well-being, and long-term sustainability
of our communities.
Contact:
recollection@genuinesecurity.org
submissions
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Article Submissions
- Word Document Format
- The name of the author as you would like it to appear in
the publication
- Brief bio about the author
- Email contact and phone contact
- 400 to 1,500 words
Country Update
- Word document or information in the body of your email
- Country Name
- Date of publication
- Links (If the country report does not have a link, but is
an email, simply forward and we will post on our blog)
- Sample, visit: http://genuinesecurity.org/reportsmarch2008.htm
Event
- Word document or information in the body of your email
- Event Title
- Date of Event
- Location of Event
- Link for more Information or contact
- Sample: http://genuinesecurity.org/calendarmarch2008.htm
IMPORTANT DEADLINES
March Publication Deadline: February 15
June Publication Deadline: May 15
August Publication Deadline: July 15
December Publication Deadline: November 15
THEMES:
(Re)Collection is open to our submissions/reader interest
forming the direction of our themes. Submissions, however,
must reflect the mission of the newsletter.
Suggested themes (but not limited to)
* Amerasian Children
* Base Conversion
* Connecting Militarism in Asia-Pacific to Other Regions/Countries
* Environmental and Health Effects of Military Operations
* Gender and Militarism
* Militarism and Globalization
* Military and Asia-Pacific Regions
* Military Budget and Alternative Budgets
* Military Expansion
* Military Policy
* Military Recruitment
* Organizing & Peace
* US Foreign Policy
* Violence Against Women
SUBMIT TO:
recollection@genuinesecurity.org
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editorial staff
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ELLEN-RAE CACHOLA: Ellen-Rae is a graduate
student, archivist, technology activist, and cultural
worker. She has been part of the International Women's
Network Against Militarism as one of the Hawaii delegates
since the 2004 meeting in Manila. Currently, she is in
San Francisco studying at the California Institute of
Integral Studies in the Social and Cultural Anthropology
Program. Her specializations are diasporic identities
within Asia-Pacific demilitarization movements, cross-cultural
and multi-issue organizational building, and intersections
of militaristic and capitalistic cultures.
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ANNIE FUKUSHIMA: Fukushima
is a doctoral student in Ethnic Studies and a Designated
Emphasis in Gender, Women & Sexuality. Fukushima's
research connects gender, migration, visual culture,
social movements, and transnational feminisms. As a
scholar activist Fukushima is the founder of a grassroots
initiative, SAFEHS (Students & Artists Fighting
to End Human Slavery).She is also a first team responder
to human trafficking with SAGE, the Programs Coordinator
for Narika at Berkeley, a student outreach and educational
program on issues of sex exploitation, domestic abuse,
human trafficking and intersecting violences that impact
the community, co-organizer for the San Francisco Fight
Human Trafficking Meet Up, a grassroots meet up whose
goal is to fight human trafficking through education,
volunteers with Asian Women's Shelter, San Francisco
and serves as the Board of Advisor for Chinese Adoptee
Links International. Her scholarly activism also includes
her participation in various working groups including:
The Visuality & Alterity Working Group, Graduate
Asian Pacific Islander Collective and Lyric: Women of
Ethnic Studies.
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MAIKIKO JAMES: Maikiko
is a Bay Area born and bred Artist/Activist and is the
progeny of activist parents, stepparents and godparents.
She spends her daytimes in development and grantwriting,
and her nighttimes performing, playwriting, and screenwriting.
She graduated from NYU with a degree in Dramatic Writing
and Asian Pacific American Studies.
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AILEEN SUZARA:
I’m a second generation Filipina
American, environmental justice advocate, and member of
the Filipino/American Coalition for Environmental Solidarity
(FACES). Hawai’i and the Philippines are two landscapes
that first opened my eyes to militarism and its impacts
on our bodies, cultures and environment. I believe that
women’s voices and creativity are among the most
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