Hello All:

I promised some young feminist friends of mine that I would help spread the word about their October 31st campaign to call attention to the horrific episodes of violence against women of color across the country in recent months: the young woman in West Va. held against her will in a mobile home for over a month and raped and tortured by over six people; the Haitian in West Palm Beach, Fla. who was forced by assailants into a sexual act with her son. There's been no consistent outrage, no consistent media attention, no organized efforts on behalf of these and other women like them.

I write about black women and the Protestant faith there on my blog and am doing my part to galvanize women in the church around these and other feminist issues: Something Within.

Young feminists over at Document The Silence and What About Our Daughters have taken matters into their hands and are committed to making sure these women are not forgotten.

Women everywhere are being asked to wear red on October 31st and to do what they can on that day to challenge and call attention to sexual violence on their blogs, in their classrooms, etc.