On The Dot was born out of a few womyn's desire and need to to feel safe, represented and supported by and within the DIY communities that we participate in. Throughout our various experiences as womyn in the New Brunswick DIY scene, we had all at one point or another experienced some form of discrimination and alienation from people who we considered like-minded peers. Whether that included street harassment, the lack of womyn, people of color, or queer identified people at shows, and particularly in bands, or the language used when hanging out with friends, we all identified with feeling uncomfortable and hurt by what we saw and heard around us. Eventually, we all came together to talk about our experiences and decided that what we needed was a network of womyn/allies who could not only identify with our struggles but could also help us challenge the oppressive actions we witnessed!
ON THE DOT is a feminist collective and distro located in New Brunswick, NJ that aims to cultivate a feminist network in and around our city’s DIY community. We are a group of womyn with diverse backgrounds and interests, who intend to organize with other womyn in the community, in order to establish safer spaces and support the various artistic endeavors of our community members.
Our mission as ON THE DOT/ GIRL GANG GIG NEW BRUNSWICK is to break these behaviors and oppressions by:
· Empowering womyn to showcase their music, art, and/or writing through workshops and discussions
· Creating and fostering the supportive networks we desire
· Cultivating safer spaces for ALL members of the New Brunswick community
· Educating members of the community on how to break their institutionalized oppressions by creating dialogues concerning issues of racism, sexism, homophobia, etc.
· Confronting all forms of oppression in our surrounding community
· Benefiting and building coalitions
do you offer jobs/internships??
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