1st FLYER EVER with our mission statement. we passed these out at Chicago's CLITFEST (which was organized by a group including some of A/P's board members!)
where Chris, of A/P, did sound for all three days, we sold cupcakes and cookies and created a sign up sheet for our newly active organization.
C.L.I.T. FEST is an annual 3 day music festival dedicated to DIY punk and Combating Latent Inequality Together. The fest is usually held in a different city every year and it is filled with punk music featuring and highlighting the talents of the under-served, underestimated, under recognized underdogs of DIY. This 9 year old fest is dedicated to giving voice to the marginalized people of society including women, trans*, queer, differently abled and hosting workshops on a wide variety of helpful topics such as oppression and resistance, DIY skill-shares, sex ed, body positivity...etc.
the mission posted on their website reads:
"C.L.I.T. Fest (Combating Latent Inequality Together Fest) in an annual three day DIY punk/alternative music and workshop festival organized by and celebrating womyn, trans, genderqueer, youth, and people of color of all shapes and sizes in the punk scene. This fest encourages all marginalized folx and their allies to come together to combat latent inequalities in our scene and in the world at large!
What does “combating latent inequality together” mean? In punk and radical spaces, folx often think that racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, queerphobia and other forms of discrimination are absent, because punk is an alternative to mainstream society.
However, these forces are present in our scene and need to be fought against to maintain healthy outlets for all people to express themselves. We aim to collectively build empowering relationships, smash long held silences, showcase our diverse talents and cultures, and fund-raise to support organizations that help our communities thrive!
Despite the name, this is not a body-centered event. We encourage ALL people to join us as allies in raging against oppression."
here are some articles written about the fest! check it out. http://noisey.vice.com/blog/vive-les-differences
http://mijajaja.tumblr.com/post/57449517318/reflections-on-chicagos-clitfest-2013
http://theclustermag.com/current-issue/ (issue #4: PARTIES)
CLITFEST is a project ACCESS/PRAXIS fully supports!
