Gender Equality Festival

I received an email today from Girls for Gender Equity which operates out of Bed-Stuy's Restoration Plaza. GFGE is "a community based organization, woman of color founded and led, with its offices in Restoration Plaza. We have several programs (Urban Leaders Academy, an after school program serving boys and girls at MS61 in Crown Heights; Health & Fitness which serves elementary and middle school girls in all 5 boroughs; and Youth Organizing comprised mainly our Sisters in Strength internship for young women of color who have done a lot of anti-sexual harassment work.)" Come celebrate with them at their 4th Annual Gender Equality Festival:

Brooklyn Celebrates Equality, Health, and Women’s Empowerment
Saturday July 11, 2009 10am – 4pm
Free Event! Live Music, Food, Prizes, Games!

At Cuyler Gore Park, Fort Greene, Brooklyn
Corner of Greene Ave + Fulton St
Accessible by the C to Lafayette; 2,3,4,5,B,D,M,N,R,Q to Atlantic/Pacific; B52, B69, B25, and B26.

The 4th Annual Gender Equality Festival is here! New this year, the festival is moving to Cuyler Gore Park in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn. Join us for an exciting day of education, resource sharing, arts and recreation as we celebrate women’s advocacy, resilience and leadership!

The festival will feature live music, dance, spoken word, and theater by established and emerging artists. We will also feature a Youth Forum to highlight young activists working for equality and health across the city!

Visit our resource fair, with 30 community and youth organizations providing health services, testing, and education – proving the fight for women’s rights is alive and fierce!

Participating Organizations:
Afrikumba Utibe' Drummers, Asian Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Bailey's Café, Bed Stuy's Project Re-Generation, Inc., Brooklyn Public Library, CAMBA, Child Development Support Corporation, Children of Promise, NYC Department of Consumer Affairs Office of Financial Empowerment, Disabilities Network of New York City, The Door, Gay Mens Health Crisis, Harlem United, SESA Program, Community AIDS Center, Health and Education Alternatives for Teens (HEAT Program), International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC), NARAL Pro-Choice New York, New York Civil Liberties Union, NYC Alliance Against Sexual Assault, RightRides for Women's Safety, Stay Right in association with Collaborative Movements, The Hip-Hop Association