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Have you heard IDEX has moved? After over 20 years at 827 Valencia Street, we’ve pulled up our roots and headed a few blocks north to 333 Valencia Street.
The decision to move was both exciting and overwhelming. 827 Valencia was IDEX’s home. It had welcomed partners, supporters, allies, and volunteers for many years. But as some of you know it had its quirks, and after putting out feelers for other spaces it become clear that we could get a much better deal.
We are delighted to have a new home at 333 Valencia Street, also known as The Fog Building. It houses a number of other non-profits and also for-profits.
Even better it is lower cost, more energy efficient, clean, spacious, bright and with our final touches it is now a beautiful new home for IDEX.
Mindful that a move in itself is not usually inexpensive, we were able to negotiate excellent rates and many of our moving costs were heavily discounted. What’s more our new space is actually bigger than we need, and we are subleasing about 500 square feet as of January 1, to further minimize our costs.
Also, don’t forget December 8 is our housewarming celebration. We would love for you to help us warm our new IDEX office/community space with your special presence.
And for all of our partners and friends around the world who are too far away to attend, your presence will be missed but we will be thinking of you – for the “true” IDEX cannot be housed in any one location- it is the relationships that we have with all of you that make up our IDEX family!
What happens when you put two Californians together who share an equal thirst for adventure and social change? Grassroutes of course.
Aaron Zukoski and Naveen Agrawal met while working together at Yammer, an enterprise social network in San Francisco, and soon discovered their shared passion and created Grassroutes, a venture dedicated to bringing like-minded adventurers together to climb, ride, run, hike – for a good cause.
Grassroutes founders Aaron Zukoski (L) and Naveen Agrawal (R).
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16PWN celebrates 100 years of International Women’s Day and 15 years of supporting women living with HIV/AIDS
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To celebrate International Women’s Day, Tuesday, March 8, many IDEX partners planned and participated in local events.
IDEX partner Positive Women’s Network (PWN) held an event on March 10th to celebrate the lives and achievements of women living with HIV/AIDS. The event hosted 50 women from PWN outreach areas and recognized the achievements of the women, PLWHA, mothers, caregivers and community members that PWN works with. The event also provided a discussion session for the women to engage each other on the issues that predispose women to gender-based violence and risky behaviors leading to HIV/AIDS as well as methods to increase the involvement of women in HIV/AIDS and sexual and reproductive health policy design and implementation. Read the rest of this entry »
To celebrate International Women’s Day, Tuesday, March 8, many IDEX partners planned and participated in local events.
One partner AFEDES, in Guatemala, led a press conference at the Cultural Center in Antigua with other women’s groups to demand the government support initiatives for women’s development and safety under constitutional law. Read the rest of this entry »
A group of women who are part of APROSADSE's microcredit program.
March 8th is International Women’s Day and 2011 marks the 100th anniversary of this day to celebrate women across the globe.
IDEX staff and volunteers are taking part in Mother’s March in San Francisco- come join us at 4:30pm near the 16th St. BART station and march to protest war and oppression, support social justice and solidarity with women around the world. See our event posting HERE.
IDEX also stands in solidarity with our partners around the world who are celebrating this historic day. We are getting updates from Guatemala, Mexico, South Africa, and Nepal.
Read about the exciting events they are planning below:
AFEDES: In Sacatepéquez, Guatemala, AFEDES is coordinating with other women’s organizations in holding a press conference to demand the Guatemalan state fund the construction of a women’s center for the survivors of violence and to demand public investment for women’s development, including implementing the Femicide Law. Although the 2008 law, a huge victory for feminists and women’s rights organizations, considers violence against women a punishable act, many women and those in the judicial system are unaware of the law and thus implementation is weak. AFEDES has been creating awareness on the law and empowers women to speak up for their rights and come forward about abuse.
APROSADSE: APROSADSE is organizing a celebration with a group of women and mothers of families of the students who participate in APROSADSE’s radio distance-learning education program. They are planning a morning filled with exchanging experiences as housewives and integrating a lens of gender equity. The official theme for International Women’s Day activities is “Access to education for women and girls: training, science and technology” – sharing the rights that women have to education for economic development and social change.
Nepi Behña: Nepi Behña in Mexico is working together with RedPar – National Network of Rural Promoters and Advisors – in a National Gathering of indigenous, rural and mixed race women this week. The gathering will address the findings of an investigation they carried out last year about the impact of the food crisis and climate change – as well as the changes in migration patterns.
Positive Women’s Network: Positive Women’s Network in South Africa will be holding an event to celebrate the lives and achievements of women living with HIV/AIDS. The event will host 50 women from PWN outreach areas and will provide a platform for the women to recognize and applaud each other for their achievements as women, PLWHA, mothers, caregivers and community members. The event will also provide a discussion session for the women to engage each other on issues that predispose women to gender-based violence and risky behaviors leading to HIV/AIDS as well as methods of increasing the involvement of women in HIV/AIDS and sexual and reproductive health policy design and implementation.
Whole World Women Association: WWWA, also in South Africa, will have an event on Saturday, March 12th to celebrate International Women’s Day. The theme is “Women’s Reproductive Health.” An International Women’s Day Panel Discussion will be held with representatives of the reproductive rights alliance, gender activists, and feminists attending.
Women’s Awareness Center Nepal: Women Awareness Center Nepal’s training and resource center will be inaugurated by rural women on March 8th. Women from the village will share their experiences of empowerment with the audience in the program and after the inauguration, 1000 members of WACN promoted cooperatives will participate in a rally in Kathmandu on the occasion of 100th Women’s Day in support of the IWD theme for this year “Equal access to education, training and science and technology: path way to decent work for women.” Informational placards displayed at the rally will address challenges such as, tax break for cooperatives run by village women, allocate more resources for disadvantaged women, timely drafting of the constitution, and the right to citizenship through motherhood.
Look for photos and an update from the event on our blog!
IDEX Panel Discussion – A Right to Home: Confronting the Global Crisis on Migration and Displacement
Informal Settlement in South Africa
Join this panel of experienced community organizers, scholars, researchers and advocates for a discussion on migration and displacement. Learn about the challenges and innovative solutions that local communities are initiating. Find out how people here in the Bay Area and in Africa, Asia and Latin America are organizing to confront the injustice, inequity and discrimination that create the conditions for homelessness, forced migration and displacement. Learn what you can do to get engaged in these people-centered solutions.
When: Tuesday, May 11, 2010, registration from 5:30pm, discussion 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Where: World Affairs Council, 312 Sutter Street, San Francisco. Map.
What: A timely discussion on migration and displacement, the challenges and innovative solutions local communities are initiating.
Who: Nunu Kidane (Priority Africa Network), Colin Rajah (National Network on Immigrant and Refugee Rights), Joanna Levitt (International Accountability Project), and Maria Poblet (Just Cause::Justa Causa). Moderated by Rajasvini Bhansali (IDEX).
RSVP: Via Brown Paper Tickets. Everyone is welcome. Recommended donation of $10, no one turned away for lack of funds.
For more details contact Gillian Wilson at (415) 824-8384 | idexevents@idex.org
We hope to see you there!
Join us for a Brownbag Lunch and Presentation by Cambodian Land Rights Activist, Sao Sotheary. Co-hosted by the International Accountability Project (IAP) & IDEX (International Development Exchange).
When: Thursday, December 10th, 2009 at 12.30 p.m.
Where: IDEX, 827 Valencia Street, San Francisco CA 94110
RSVP: For questions and to RSVP, please contact Joanna Levitt by email joanna@accountabilityproject.org, or phhone (415) 659-0555.
Sao Sotheary, a human rights activist from Phnom Penh, Cambodia, currently serves at the Program Manager for the Community Empowerment and Legal Awareness program of Bridges Across Borders Southeast Asia (BABSEA).
Sotheary is deeply committed to promoting housing and land rights, and challenging the exploding rates of illegal land-grabbing and forced evictions that are devastating so many communities across Cambodia. She also has significant experience in grassroots advocacy for women’s rights, sexual health education, and domestic violence prevention. Sotheary believes that women’s rights and well-being must be an integral part of the movement for land and housing rights, and for development justice.
Sotheary is an author, editor and lead community trainer for the recently published Cambodian Guide to Defending your Land & Housing Rights –a 3-volume book of curriculum designed for community-led workshops in areas threatened by eviction and displacement in the name of development. The Guide is a collaborative initiative of BABSEA, the Centre on Housing Rights & Evictions (COHRE), and San Francisco-based International Accountability Project (IAP).
Sotheary will speak about the current status of land rights and forced evictions in Cambodia, and her work in building a network of grassroots trainers mobilizing communities to hold on to their land and homes, and to demand development that upholds their fundamental human rights.
This is Sotheary’s first trip to the United States, and she is particularly interested to meet colleagues from organizations here in the Bay Area that are addressing similar issues. Please RSVP if you are interested to attend, and feel free to pass this notice along to interested friends and colleagues. Thank you!
A timely discussion of the problems with the global food system, and solutions created by ordinary citizens around the world.
When: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 6:00pm
Where: Goldman Theater, The David Brower Center, 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley
What: An insightful discussion on the global food system, the challenges and innovative solutions local communities are initiating.
Who: Dr. Raj Patel (Author & Activist), Brahm Ahmadi (The People’s Grocery), Jeff Conant (Food & Water Watch), and Rajasvini Bhansali (IDEX). Moderated by Pete Stanga (IDEX)
Join us for this eye-opening panel to learn how communities around the world, from Brazil, India, South Africa and Oakland are facing the challenges posed by the current food system. Find out how people are organizing and creating local alternatives. Learn what you can do.
Everyone is welcome. Recommended donation of $10, no one turned away for lack of funds.
For more details contact Gillian Wilson at IDEX – (415) 824-8384 | idexevents@idex.org
We hope to see you there!
IDEX is expanding its work. Come learn about IDEX staff’s recent trip to South Africa to select new grantees.
What: A casual wine and cheese get-together and the unveiling of a 5-minute video featuring the work of our newest grantees
Who: IDEX Program Officers, Katherine Zavala and Vini Bhansali, staff, board members and you!
When: Thursday, September 10, 2009 from 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Where: IDEX, 827 Valencia Street, Ste 101, San Francisco (See map)
Why: The vibrant civil society in South Africa is full of energy and hope despite widespread poverty in rural villages and urban townships in the post-Apartheid era. Come learn about inspiring people leading change in their communities and IDEX’s role in their initiatives.
We hope to see you there!
IDEX invites you to join us at 111 Minna for an evening dedicated to the work of exceptional women: women who challenge injustice and inequity to ensure a better life for their families and communities.
When: Tuesday, June 10, 6:30 – 10:30pm
Where: 111 Minna Gallery, 111 Minna Street, San Francisco
Tickets: $50 – no host bar
RSVP: Purchase your ticket online, email idexevents@idex.org, or call Gillian on (415) 824-8384 ex 201.
Featured Speaker: Anne Firth Murray, Founding President, the Global Fund for Women and Consulting Professor, Stanford University. Anne has recently published her book, From Outrage to Courage, which will be available at the event. Learn more at www.annefirthmurray.org.
Wander through captivating images of our work in Nepal, Bangladesh and Guatemala as you enjoy sumptuous appetizers. Bid on prints in our silent auction. Preview our Silent Auction items. Don’t miss the premier of IDEX’s first multimedia video highlighting our work in Nepal.
Reconnect with your friends at IDEX! This evening will be truly enjoyable and a great opportunity to learn more about our work.
Can’t make it! Consider making a donation, enter our drawing, or contact Gillian at (415) 824-8384 to discuss your bids on Silent Auction items.
