Feminist Activist Forum - Organising Collective

FAF Organising Collective (FAFOC)

The role of the organising collective is:

to network with other feminist activist and history groups
to publicise the work of the Feminist Activist Forum and deal with media inquiries
to evaluate, develop and strengthen the group's working practices (in line with the stated ethos and mission statement)
to approve budget
to answer emails and maintain the website
to initiate projects, events and training days
to focus on building intergenerational connections.

FAFOC will constantly feedback to the main list/newsletter. All strategies and policies initiated through FAFOC need to be discussed, and consensus reached, at national meetings to take effect.

FAFOC is open to all- you just need to be in agreement with FAF's founding principles and to commit to a shared work load (including regular emails and occassional meetings/telephone conferencing). The membership of FAFOC will constantly shift according to the time that members can give.

Applications to join the organising collective can be sent to mail@feministactivistforum.org.uk - please let us know a little bit about yourself, why you would like to join FAFOC and what skills you can bring.

If you are interested in helping with the logistics and development of FAF but perhaps don't have the time to commit to FAFOC, then we are also looking for people to act as 'advisory members' to FAFOC. This means that we will send you occassional emails asking for advice on issues such as FAF policy, working practices, conflict resolution strategies and new projects.

We are also looking for more partners to host joint events and projects with. See below.

Current FAFOC Members / Location / Affiliations

It was decided at the 7/06/08 national meeting that FAFOC member's names would not be listed on this site for security reasons. For transparency, we wanted to include where the members are based (London, Cardiff and Clacton) and what affiliations they bring to FAFOC:

Girls Rock!UK; Blackfist; Queer Union, NUT Rep, The Radical Activism Visual Archive Project; Feminist Media Action Network; Fag Club; No Borders.

Current Advisory Panel

Advisors currently include activists from The Feminist Library (London) and the Lambeth Young Women's Project (London).

Past and Present Collaborations

Feminist Fight Back           London/          FAF, FFB and other left groups are discussing the possibility of
                                                 Manchester     co-hosting an event in Autumn 08.

The Feminist Library           London            Site of the Feminist History Working Group study sessions

Ladyfest London 08            London             Collaborated on the 'Charting Feminist Landmarks' workshop;                                                                             phase one of an ongoing plan to stage some guerilla feminist
                                                                            history plaquing!