Summer vacationing in Orlando

You heard it here first. . .

The Southern Girls Convention returns summer 2010, this time in Orlando, FL!

Paraphrasing from the official website: the Southern Girls Convention is an annual grassroots meeting for networking, organizing, educating, agitating, and activism, devoted to empowering wimmin, girls, and transfolks in the South, and to furthering the struggle for social justice. Each year’s convention is hosted by a different Southern community and facilitated by local organizers. Next summer, hundreds of activists will meet for a weekend of discussion, action, and entertainment devoted to building a feminist community in the South.

This ain't your mama's feminism (and don't expect any "empowerment through pole dancing" classes either).

There are a handful of us forming a core committee right now. Interested parties should email marcillapalooza AT ya hoo DOT com to be involved. Members of marginalized communities (religious minorities, LGBTIQH+ [including F2M], wimmin of color, undocumented and non-citizens, economically disadvantaged, disabled, etc.) are strongly encouraged to take leadership positions.