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MANIFESTA
Resource Guide for Third Wave Feminists
To learn more about ratifying the ERA in your state — especially if you live in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah, or Virginia — contact:
ERA Summit
P.O. Box 113
Chatham, New Jersey 07928
(973) 765-0102; fax (973) 660-0766
www.equalrightsamendment.org
Email: era@equalrightsamendment.org
If you need an abortion, contact:
National Abortion Federation (NAF)
1755 Massachusetts Avenue Suite 600
Washington, D.C. 20036-2188
(800) 772-9100 or (202) 667-5881; fax (202) 667-5890
www.prochoice.org
NAF will refer you to one of its approved clinics across the country.
Daemon Records
P.O. Box 1207
Decatur, Georgia 30031
(404) 373-5733; fax (404) 370-1660
www.daemonrecords.com
Owned and started by Indigo Girl Amy Ray in 1989, the artists on this co-op label include Danielle Howle, The Motolitas, and Rose Polenzani.
Kill Rock Stars
120 NE State Avenue
P.O. Box 418
Olympia, Washington 98501
(360) 357-9732; fax (360) 357-6408
Ladyslipper, Inc.
P.O. Box 3124 R
Durham, North Carolina 27715
For orders: (800) 634-6044; to contact (919) 383-8773; fax (919) 383-3525
www.ladyslipper.org
Email: orders@ladyslipper.org
The first and most comprehensive distributor of all forms of women's music, from Holly Near and Alix Dobkin to Missy Elliot to Tribe 8 to Jewel. Founded by Laurie Fuchs, Ladyslipper's primary purpose is to heighten public awareness of women artists.
Mr. Lady Records and Videos
P.O. Box 3189
Durham, North Carolina 27715-3189
(919) 682-1150 phone and fax
www.mrlady.com
Email: mrlady@mindspring.com
Mr. Lady, founded and owned by lesbian feminists Tammy Rae Carland and Kaia Wilson, records the Butchies. It was founded to make women's music and videos accessible and affordable.
Righteous Babe Records
P.O. Box 95
Ellicott Station
Buffalo, New York 14205
(800) On-Her-Own or (716) 852-8020; fax (716) 852-2741
Email: RBRinfo@aol.com
Righteous Babe Records, Ani DiFranco's very own label, has been putting out DiFranco's work since 1990, along with other projects, such as recordings of the spoken-word old-timer Utah Phillips.
Michigan Womyn's Music Festival
P.O. Box 22 Walhalla, Michigan 49458
(231) 757-4766, or winter number (510) 652-5441; fax (510) 658-3501
www.michfest.com
Women's Sports Foundation
Eisenhower Park
East Meadow, New York 11554
(516) 542-4700; fax (516) 542-4716
www.womenssportsfoundation.org
Email: wosport@aol.com
Center for Third World Organizing (CTWO)
1218 East Twenty-first Street
Oakland, California 94606
(510) 533-7583; fax (510) 533-0923
www.ctwo.org
Email: ctwo@ctwo.org
Contact CTWO to be trained by its Minority Activist Apprenticeship Program (MAAP) and to get in touch with its associated organizations, such as Action for a Better Community and People United for a Better Oakland (PUEBLO).
The Empower Program
1312 Eighth Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20007
(202) 882-2800; fax (202) 243-1901
www.empowered.org
Email: empower@empowered.org
Empower works with young people to end gender violence and build self-esteem.
Home Alive
1400 Eighteenth Street
Seattle, Washington 98112
(206) 720-0606 or (206) 903-9747; fax (206) 720-0396
www.homealive.org
Email: Selfdef@homealive.org
A self-defense organization by and or young women, Home Alive was created in response to Mia Zapata, lead singer of the Gits, who was murdered while walking home late one night.
Positive Force
3510 North Eighth Street
Arlington, Virginia 22201
(703) 276-9768
www.outersand.com/positive/meetings.html
Email: emmaused@aol.com
A volunteer activist group that uses art to educate and activate young people about political and social issues. It grew out of the D.C. punk-rock scene of the mid-eighties.
Third Wave Foundation
116 East Sixteenth Street, 7th Floor
New York, New York 10003
(212) 388-1898; fax (212) 982-3321
www.thirdwavefoundation.org
Email: ThirdWaveF@aol.com
Third Wave is a national organization for young feminist activists, primarily those between the ages of fifteen and thirty. Through grant-making, public-education campaigns, and a national network of members, Third Wave informs and empowers this generation of feminist leaders.
Aviva
www.aviva.org
A British-based comprehensive site for international women's news. Essential for feminists interested in the world beyond the United States; their stories typically do not make it into The New York Times.
The Women's Review of Books
Department WWW
Center for Research on Women
Wellesley College
Wellesley, Massachusetts 02481
(781) 283-2087 or (888) 283-8044; fax (781) 283-3645
www.wellesley.edu/WomensReview/
Email: lgardiner@wellesley.edu
A monthly review of books by and about women.
Good Vibrations
1210 Valencia Street
San Francisco, California 94110
Store: (415) 974-8980; mail order: (415) 974-8990; fax (415) 974-8989
Or
2504 San Pablo Avenue (@ Dwight)
Berkeley, California 94702
(510) 841-8987
www.goodvibes.com
Email: customerservice@goodvibes.com
Good Vibrations, which was founded by free-love senior citizen Joani Blank, is the West Coast version of Eve's Garden — erotica and sexual products galore.
Feminist.com
www.feminist.com
Feminist.com is an umbrella resource for anything feminist-related. It features links to women-friendly sites and hosts women-owned businesses as well as organizations that can't yet afford or manage their own sites. It is also the home of Ask Amy.
Bamboo Girl
C/o Sabrina Margarita Alcantara-Tan
P.O. Box 507
New York, New York 10159-0507
www.bamboogirl.com
Email: Bamboogirl@aol.com
Bamboo Girl is brought to you by Sabrina Margarita Alcantara-Tan from our dinner party (see Chapter One).
Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture
3128 Sixteenth Street
Box 143
San Francisco, California 94103
To order: (415) 864-6671
www.bitchmagazine.com
Bust
P.O. Box 1016
Cooper Station
New York, New York 10276
www.bust.com
Email: BUST@aol.com
Rockrgrl
7683 SE Twenty-seventh Street, #317
Mercer Island, Washington 98040
(206) 230-4280; fax (206) 230-4288
www.rockrgrl.com
Email: info@rockrgrl.com
Girls, Inc.
120 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005-3902
(212) 509-2000; fax (212) 509-8708
www.girlsinc.org
With hundreds of affiliates, Girls Inc., is dedicated to inspiring girls between the ages of six and eighteen to become strong, smart, and bold.
Teen Voices
C/o Women Express, Inc.
P.O. Box 120-127
Boston, Massachusetts 02112-0027
(888) 882-TEEN; fax (617) 262-8937
www.teenvoices.com
Email: womenexp@teenvoices.com
Center for Research on Women
106 Central Street
Wellesley, Massachusetts 02431
(781) 283-2500; fax (781) 283-2504
www.wellesley.edu
Email: pbauer@wellesley.edu>
Conducts research on social issues that affect women in order to affect policy.
Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF)
1600 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 801
Arlington, Virginia 22209
(703) 522-2214; fax (703) 522-2219
www.feminist.org
Email: femmaj@feminist.org
Guerilla Girls
Box 1056, Cooper Station
New York, New York 10276
The Guerilla Girls is an anonymous collective of women in the art world who attempt to shake up this male-dominated institution by creating agitprop art for the feminist revolution.
Ms. Foundation for Women
120 Wall Street, 33rd Floor
New York, New York 10005
(212) 742-2300; fax (212) 742-1653
www.ms.foundation.org
The Ms. Foundation is the first national multi-issue, multi-racial public women's fund. The foundation makes grants to projects by and for women in such areas as economic justice, health and safety, AIDS, democracy, and girls, young women, and leadership.
National Women's History Project
7783 Bell Road
Windsor, California 95492
(707) 838-6000; fax (707) 838-0478
www.nwhp.org
A clearinghouse for women's history (including Legacy '98) that produces educational materials on women's history.
Refuse & Resist
305 Madison Avenue, Suite 1166
New York, New York 10165
(212) 713-5657
www.calyx.com/~refuse/
Email: refuse@calyx.com
A great radical group that organizes, among other things, an annual day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers. Its campaigns support resistance and encourage activism, and they have a strong youth presence.
The Audre Lorde Project
85 South Oxford Street
Brooklyn, New York 11217
(718) 596-0342; fax (718) 596-1328
Email: j.kang@alp.org
The Audre Lorde Project, named for the late poet is a center for lesbian, gay, bisexual, two-spirit, and transgendered people of color communities.
The Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership
61 East Eighth Street, Suite 130
New York, New York 10003
(212) 475-5575; fax (212) 475-5627
Email: Woodhulli@aol.com
Naomi Wolf, Margot Magowan, and others founded this institute to provide training to women on the following topics: The Basics of Ethical Leadership, Young Women and Voice: How We Lose It, How to Regain It, and Basic Financial Literacy. The retreat center is at Hyperion Farm, in upstate New York.
Hairdresser Project
16 J Street
New London, Connecticut 06320
(860) 447-0366; fax (860) 440-3327
Email: w.cpr@snet.net
National Network of Abortion Funds
C/o CLPP
Hampshire College
Amherst, Massachusetts 01002-5001
(413) 559-5645; fax (413) 559-5620
Marlene Fried, the executive director of this program, has successfully brought together intergenerational groups of feminist activists. Each year Hampshire College also hosts an annual reproductive-rights conference.
Dress For Success
19 Union Square West, 6th Floor
New York, New York 10003
(212) 989-6373; fax (212) 989-4559
www.dressforsuccess.org
Equality NOW
250 West Fifty-seventh Street, #826
New York, New York 10107
(212) 586-0906; fax (212) 586-1611
Email: info@equalitynow.org
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
1360 Mission Street, Suite 200
San Francisco, California 94103
(415) 255-8680; fax (415) 255-8662
www.iglhrc.org
9 to 5: National Association of Working Women
231 West Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 900
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53203
(414) 274-0925 or for its job survival hotline call (800) 522-0925; fax (414) 272-2870
www.9to5.org
Email: NAWW9to5@execpc.com
9 to 5 is the largest membership organization of working women. The organization lobbies and advocates for women and workplace issues. The organization's hotline can help if you encounter discrimination on the job.
Women's Funding Network
332 Minnesota Street, Suite E840
St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-1320
(651) 227-1911; fax (651) 227-2213
www.wfnet.org
Email: wfn@wfnet.org
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