JASS Southeast Asia

#AWIDForum2024 📣On the panel Pan-African + Feminist Philanthropies, JASS ED Shereen Essof highlighted the need to reimagine feminist philanthropy—not just resourcing organizations, but building long-term, collective power rooted in histories, herstories & resilience ✊🏾#JustPower

"We need to have clarity on what unites us. Collectively building ethics is an important aspect when we talk about #FeministPopularEducation. We can’t talk about transformative movements, when movements exclude segments of the population." - Laura Zuñiga #NoMovementsNoPower

"To sustain a movement, we must take on the fervor and commitment of the youth. We can observe them in the streets. Just like in the Philippines, they are the ones that instigated these radical formations and activism." - Jojo Guan #NoMovementsNoPower

"As supporters of movements, we are part of oppressive systems that we are trying to dismantle. How it is we do the work to not replicate the power dynamics of oppressive systems is part of mvmt work, and can be facilitated through #FPE." - @ShereenEssof #NoMovementsNoPower

"Our context helps us to understand our historical oppression, but also the historical resistance we’ve inherited. That’s #FPE in practice: honoring the women that have passed onto us the knowledge and ways in which they’ve resisted." - Laura Zuñiga #NoMovementsNoPower

"We should use all forms of struggle. We need to match the force of the enemy. All over the world, we know that fighting for what is right is nobler than not fighting at all." - Jojo Guan #NoMovementsNoPower

"Filipino activists have organized communities across the country, and immersed themselves with the basic masses. Women had been organized to be part of the struggle since their oppression is linked to foreign domination and feudal values." - Jojo Guan #NoMovementsNoPower

Womxn activists & communities have always committed 🫱🏾‍🫲🏿 to collective practices that generate hope, love, care even in times of conflict & uncertainty. Learn about 👉🏾 speculative embodied storytelling 💭 + how it can be a 🛠️ for transformation & revolution: yesmagazine.org/opinion/2024…

Feb 1 marked 3️⃣ years of united resistance of the people against the military coup in #Myanmar This week, we invite you to join the global online #campaign👇🏾 to support + stand in #solidarity with #WHRDs 👩🏿‍🤝‍👩🏽 in 🇲🇲 as they continue to resist authoritarian forces. More @JASSSEA

What are YOU building 🧩 #power FOR? Here's 👇🏾 what our speakers 🗣️ had to say. Stay tuned for highlights & resources from part 2 of our #powermovementschange dialogue Song credit 🎵 Nobuntu click song - Nobuntu

Feminist popular education (FPE) is ＝ Experience. 🌀 ＝ Analysis. 📝 ＝ Action. 🙌🏾 Last week, @JASSSEA as part of the WE Lead consortium in #Indonesia reflected on their leadership 👩🏿‍🤝‍👩🏽 + organising schools + support to inform their work with the movements in Indonesia this year

Our #feminist goals this year include: PLAY! 🎲 Engage with some ‘tasks’ towards liberation 👇🏾 ✨Be revolutionary. You have a right to dream ✨Care for ourselves, each other & the 🌍 ✨Relinquish borders & nation-being ✨Challenge the ‘Master’s House’ of oppressive systems (1/2)

LEARN MORE 👉🏾 about how @yayasanpekka, a #PowerUp! consortium member + longtime partner is supporting #women heads of the households to challenge ❌ unequal and discriminatory structures and belief systems in the country. 🔗 justassociates.org/the-power… (2/2)