<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi to all,<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>An amazing white anti-racist organizer I have the privilege to know named Ari has been visiting and in correspondence with anti-racist, anti-imperialist political prisoner named David Gilbert. </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>David sent this message to Ari, in honor of Int'l Women's month, and Ari has asked me to forward it to my anti-racist networks, so I am doing this in honor of Ari and all of you who are committed to nurturing the next generation of freedom fighters.</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Please pass it on to your networks, especially to the male and male identified comrades.</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>In solidarity, sharon<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Ari*el <<a href="mailto:a_clemenzi@yahoo.com">a_clemenzi@yahoo.com</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">March 13, 2010 10:17:17 AM PST</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">sharon martines <<a href="mailto:cws@igc.org">cws@igc.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Please Forward : Open Letter to Movement Men</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 2.5in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 150%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic; ">David Gilbert (SDS, Weather Underground) did extensive childcare, as part of his Men Against Sexism group, in the days before he went underground.</div><div style="text-align: right; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 150%; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times; "> <o:p></o:p></div><div style="text-align: right; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 150%; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times; ">February 17, 2010</div><div style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times; ">An Open Letter to Movement Men</div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times; "> <o:p></o:p></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times; ">To My Brothers in the Movement,</div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times; "><span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>This open letter is a call, made both passionately and emphatically, for movement men to get fully involved in childcare. Childcare is one of the most demanding and most rewarding jobs in the world and is essential to advancing the struggle. I’ve been surprised to learn that in this day and age that responsibility still falls overwhelmingly on women. Men’s failure in this regard is not only unfair but also hurts our movement since it is a major impediment to women’s participation, to the full range of contribution they can make. But even more, if truth be told, this aloofness damages men the most because we cut ourselves off from the regular interactions that can enrich our lives in many ways. Children ask the questions that make us think more deeply about everything, exude the energy that buoys our spirits, embody the potential that gives us hope for the future.</div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times; "><span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>It’s for the children that we fight to make a better world. Brothers, it is way past due to get fully involved in childcare.</div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times; "> <o:p></o:p></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times; ">David Gilbert</div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times; ">(anti-imperialist political prisoner)</div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times; ">______________________________________________________________________</div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times; ">To get involved with childcare check out:</div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times; ">Bay Area:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.bayareachildcarecollective.net">www.bayareachildcarecollective.net</a></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times; ">NYC:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://childcarenyc.mayfirst.org/">http://childcarenyc.mayfirst.org/</a></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times; ">Montreal:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.childcarecollective.blogspot.com/">http://www.childcarecollective.blogspot.com/</a></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times; ">Philly:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://phillychildcarecollective.org/">http://phillychildcarecollective.org/</a></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times; ">DC:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://dcchildcarecollective.org/">http://dcchildcarecollective.org/</a></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times; ">If you aren't in any of these locations check in with your local racial & economic justice organizations to see what their childcare needs are.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><br></div></span></blockquote></div></div></body></html>