{"id":1191,"date":"2025-01-21T14:53:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T19:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians25thanniversary\/?page_id=1191"},"modified":"2025-01-21T14:57:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T19:57:35","slug":"archived-solidarities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/about-us\/solidarities\/archived-solidarities\/","title":{"rendered":"Archived Solidarities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Archived Solidarities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>NOVEMBER 21, 2019<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>STATEMENT BY MENA SOCIALIST FEMINISTS AND ALLIES ON THE POPULAR UPRISINGS IN THE REGION<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/254\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-14-at-11.10.25-AM-1-e1573747932190.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"331\" height=\"207\"><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>In all the ongoing struggles in the region, the most progressive demands have been raised by women participants who oppose patriarchy and do not separate social justice from women\u2019s emancipation. In order for the 2019 uprisings to move forward,&nbsp; the struggle for women\u2019s emancipation and its inseparability from the struggle against capitalist exploitation and alienation needs to become much more explicit and act as a guiding light for the movement. What can socialist feminists in the region and around the world do to help in this effort?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about MENA Socialist Feminists &amp; Allies&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allianceofmesocialists.org\/statement-by-mena-socialist-feminists-and-allies-on-the-popular-uprisings-in-the-region\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>JULY 7, 2020<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Meridians stands with our international students and condemns the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) decision on Monday, July 6th regarding International Students on F-1 and M-1 visas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attached below is an open letter and petition to ICE. Please sign and share this petition to stand in solidarity with International students in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Link to petition here: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2BMKsww\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/2BMKsww<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>AUGUST 1, 2020<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>We at <em>Meridians<\/em> support Tsitsi Dangarembga and join PEN Africa in calling for her release.&nbsp; Read PEN Africa&#8217;s official statement below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/254\/2020\/08\/African-PEN_insta-and-twitter.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1425\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Archived Solidarities NOVEMBER 21, 2019 STATEMENT BY MENA SOCIALIST FEMINISTS AND ALLIES ON THE POPULAR UPRISINGS IN THE REGION In all the ongoing struggles in the region, the most progressive demands have been raised by women participants who oppose patriarchy and do not separate social justice from women\u2019s emancipation. In order for the 2019 uprisings [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6381,"featured_media":0,"parent":180,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"wp-custom-template-blank","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1191","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6381"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1191"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1201,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1191\/revisions\/1201"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}