October 4, 2003 | APOC Conference
Issues

Tokenism
Caregiver role
Personal safety
Communication Problems
Exoticism/Beauty Standards
Unconscious Sexist Behavior
Get called “separatists”
Seen as ignorant/uneducated
Contradictions between women
How to be heard
How to deal with “allies”
Pontification of our struggles by white folks

Solutions

Communication/network
Define ourselves
Take Responsibility
Educate ourselves
Awareness
Workshops
Recognizing differences
Respect
Sharing experiences
Support each other
Mutual aid
Solidarity
Finding balance
Healing ourselves
Creating or reclaiming space
Drawing lines
Be accountable to ourselves
Men recognizing what sexism means and how it [...]

What Does the APOC Model Look Like?

Know history (positive examples too)
Acknowledge
Using art and culture for revolution
Build relationships with people
We know our needs/interests best
Diverse
Recognition of internalized oppression
Not based on white models of organizing
Unifying lived experiences i.e. against white supremacy
Detach from white leadership
Commitment to spirit/love
Grassroots organizing
Patience, commitment
Creating parallel institutions
Need to break stereotypes within apoc’s stand up against [...]

[note: the following is one persons account of the Anarchist People Of Color Conference held in Detroit OCT 3-5, 2003. Angel Gonzalez is a revolutionary Puerto Rican/Spanish Anarchist living in Portland one of three persons locally who attended the Conference. Angel works with Revolutionary Anarchist People Of Color (a local APOC group), Portland Anti Capitalist [...]

Draft Proposal for An Anarchist People of Color United Front
Submitted by the Black Autonomy Network of Community Organizers (BANCO)
The Black Autonomy Network of Community Organizers (BANCO) called for the Anarchist People of Color Conference, did the initial organizing, and since has worked with a number of people to make it happen. (*BANCO is an African-American [...]

By M. Mayuran Tiruchelvam
Descending on Detroit from all parts of the nation and the globe, nearly 150 people attended the Anarchist People of Color Conference from Oct. 3 to 5. Anarchists and anti-authoritarians drove over 20 hours from Texas, flew in from Seattle and rode the rails from the Northeast. Over a dozen activists from [...]