THE WOMEN'S CONVENTION - RECLAIMING OUR TIME

The Women's Convention took place on October 27-29

2017 in Detroit, Michigan and was organized by the leaders

of the Women's March, the 21 January protest that turned

into one of the largest mass demonstrations in US history.

Open to everyone and aiming to push forward the

nascent Resistence movement as well as to translate

energy into electoral successes during the 2018 midterm

elections, about fourthousand women and some men

attended for a weekend of workshops, panel discussions,

strategy sessions, forums and intersectional movement

building at the spacious Detroit Cobo Center. The con-

vention also offered spaces for Healing and Self-Care,

Yoga and Meditation classes and an Art Exhibition cur-

ated by Amplifier.org.

A wide range of diverse speakers - activists, politicans,

grassroot leaders - adressed the conference, among them

Congresswoman Maxine Waters who inspired the con-

ventions theme phrase "Reclaiming Our Time".

A Statement from the organizers:

"We do this work out of love-for each other, for the

movements that came before us and for the freedom

fighters that will follow us. We commit to working to-

gether towards the collective liberation of women of all

races, ethnicities, ages, disabilities, sexual orientations,

gender expressions, immigrant statuses, religions and

economic statuses."

The photographs are part of the longterm documentation