You are invited to attend the
7th Annual MCASA Women of Color Conference
Bring the Noise: Communities of Color Speak Out Against Sexual Assault
July 18, 2012 -- 9:00am-5:00pm
Busboys & Poets, 5331 Baltimore Avenue, Hyattsville, MD 20781
Featuring – Loretta J. Ross, a pioneer and visionary in the violence against women movement. Ms. Ross is acclaimed for her early role as one of the first African American women to direct a rape crisis center in the 1970’s. She is a Co-Founder of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective and currently serves as its National Coordinator. Her work focuses on the intersectionality of social justice issues and how this affects social change and service delivery in all movements. Ms. Ross will be discussing the history of the movement to end violence against women and how our movement may meet new challenges that are both local and global in nature Also featured at the conference, panel presentations and topical discussions on: