FORWARD
FOR Women’s Autonomy, Rights & Dignity

The
Women’s
Report
from
the
Grid

Written by FORWARD (For Women’s Autonomy, Right’s & Dignity)
Patricia Cummings-Diaz, April 2010
pgcumdiaz@gmail.com

We are human beings
born with inherent rights.
We are now older women,
mothers, grandmothers, sisters, and friends.
We come from all religious and spiritual [...]

Inspired by Nigerian history and tragedies all but forgotten by recent generations of westerners, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novels and stories are jewels in the crown of diasporan literature.
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Discuss this Talk
2 days ago: Thanks to Ms. Adichie for her frank and illuminating talk. As a fellow Nigerian, I too can identify [...]

The Women’s Report from the Grid

Written by FORWARD (For Women’s Autonomy, Right’s & Dignity)
April 2010

We are human beings
born with inalienable rights.
We are now older women,
mothers, grandmothers, sisters, and friends.
We come from all religious and spiritual backgrounds,
of the four colors, from the four directions,
of all [...]

Hi,
The Health Circles will be complete by the end of March and the women are interested in writing a report from the grid. Anyone who is or had daily-lived experiences of homelessness and under housing are more than welcome to give your voice to this document.
One of our speakers at the Circles was Tracy Heffernan [...]

Patricia Diaz-Cummings
 
FORWARD is a community-based multicultural group of homeless and under housed women. We began in April of 2005 as a human rights program called “Claiming Our Rights” by researcher Emily Paradis of the University of Toronto. Women came together every week at Sistering to learn about human rights, analyzed their experiences of having their [...]

Going to Geneva was one of the most wonderful experiences in my life!
It all began in April of 2005 as a human rights program called “Claiming Our Rights” with researcher Emily Paradis of the University of Toronto. Homeless and under housed women from many cultures, ideologies and persuasions began coming together every week to learn [...]