I’ve just come across this Call for Submissions now and it ends in two days. I’m posting it in case anyone has something already completed they might want to submit.

Call For Submissions: Partner Abuse in Activist Communities Zine

Have you experienced partner abuse/ domestic violence within an activist community? Want to break the silence and change our communities forever?

The Revolution Starts At Home Collective is creating a zine to break the long-held silence about partner abuse in activist communities, building on the groundbreaking work of INCITE/ Women of Color Against Violence. We are a collective of Asian and South Asian activists and writers, women and genderqueer, who believe that its time to create communities that are true safe zones, where abusers are held accountable and survivors can live without fear.

Many conscious folks believe that abuse doesnt happen here, that people who are fighting oppression just dont hit their partners. But unfortunately, abusers do live and work inside our communities. Even more unfortunately, too many times survivors arent believed or listened to, and are left to struggle on our own to figure out how to be safe, especially when we feel that going to the cops isnt an option.

From prison justice to trans/genderqueer circles, from hiphop/spoken word scenes to queer women of color land to disability culture: what have your experiences been like? Were you able to successfully kick an abuser out of your group? Was your abusive girlfriend’s best friend working on the DV hotline? Did your anti-police brutality group fear retaliation if you went to the cops? Was the “healing circle” a bunch of bullshit? We want to hear about what worked and what didn’t, what you learned, what you wish folks had done, what you never want to have happen again. We want to hear about folks experiences confronting abusers, both by using the cops and courts and by using methods outside the criminal justice system. We want to hear from everyone, but we are prioritizing the stories of people of color and Native folks, queer and trans folks, disabled folks, and stories from many generations.

Please send submissions and a short bio both attached and cut and pasted to revolutionathome@riseup.net by October 15, 2005. Writing, poems, visual artwork, sticker designs and stencils are welcome. Please include contact info: name, email and print address. We promise your words will be held in confidence. Anonymous contributions and those using a pseudonym are fine, but please include a name we can reach you under.

Both survivors and supporters are welcome to contribute.

Peace,
The Revolution Starts At Home Collective:
Ching-In Chen Dulani
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Sham-e-Ali al-Jamil