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NEWS & LETTERS, May 2004Women Word Wideby Mary Jo Grey Three teenage girls from the Black and immigrant Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, fed up with rap and hip-hop's bad-mouthing of women and girls, launched Radio LOG 540 AM, an all-girl station broadcasting to a square-mile area of their neighborhood. It quickly expanded to 12 girls, from 13 to 18, who for three hours after school write and read news, public service announcements, conduct interviews and chat sessions, as well as play music--all sending a positive message to girls and young women. They insist their goal is not to knock rap, but to offer alternatives. They emphasize the power of words and how they "seep into your spirit." * * * Mothers of the New York Disappeared plan a protest meeting in Buenos Aires with the Argentina Mothers/Grandmothers of the Disappeared against human rights violations in the U.S., including New York's rigid and racist drug laws. The New York organization was inspired by the Argentinean women whose years of protest were instrumental in toppling their brutal military government. The New York group is working to end laws that penalize first offenders with mandatory 15 years to life prison sentences and deportation of all non-citizens. |
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