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our oppression and in

celebration of our resilience.

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Who We Are

Inspired by global and national women’s rights movements, the South Queens Women’s March amplifies the voices of South Queens’ diverse women. We are an all-volunteer multi-generational, intersectional platform working to foster women’s empowerment through dismantling norms, practices, and institutions that support patriarchy and gender injustice. We are taking our sisterhood to the streets to unify women and gender non-conforming individuals in our community and connect them to the tools and resources necessary to empower their own lives and thrive. 

Blog & Statements

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#WeAreSouthQueens -Tunisia Morrison
#WeAreSouthQueens -Tunisia Morrison
#WeAreSouthQueens - Sherry Algredo
#WeAreSouthQueens - Sherry Algredo
#WeAreSouthQueens - Amy Allure
#WeAreSouthQueens - Amy Allure
#WeAreSouthQueens - Fayola Fair
#WeAreSouthQueens - Fayola Fair
#WeAreSouthQueens - Bela Qadir
#WeAreSouthQueens - Bela Qadir

“Do it with your whole heart and put passion into it. Leave all the doors open.”

#WeAreSouthQueens - Keren Espinoza
#WeAreSouthQueens - Keren Espinoza

“The true meaning behind “Flavors”: Our doors are open to every color, creed and race. We do not discriminate at any of our businesses or events.”

#WeAreSouthQueens - Shanta Sookram
#WeAreSouthQueens - Shanta Sookram

“Find the spark and prepare to go towards that goal. You will have to work hard, and ignore the negatives people have to say.”

#WeAreSouthQueens - Kalpanna Seegobin
#WeAreSouthQueens - Kalpanna Seegobin

“You’re going to be tired but at the end of the day it’s always with it because you’re doing what you love.”

#WeAreSouthQueens - Tish Singh
#WeAreSouthQueens - Tish Singh

“Sometimes we can get wrapped up in changing the world but we’re not concentrating on how sustainable this is going to be.”

#WeAreSouthQueens - Jyoti Bindra
#WeAreSouthQueens - Jyoti Bindra

What kind of advice would you have for young women entrepreneurs?

“If you actually want to do it, do it from the heart. Also, if you connect with others, you will learn and you will grow.”

Upcoming Events

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View fullsize PLEASE SHARE! This #LaborDay, we are thinking of our ancestors, many who toiled on plantations in search of a better life. Join us on the streets next Saturday! We are partnering with visionary Indo-Caribbean artist Renluka Maharaj @renlukamaharaj fo
View fullsize Something powerful is about to happen! South Queens Women’s March has been working with visionary artist Renluka Maharaj @renlukamaharaj on a project that we’re going to be launching in just a few days. Stay tuned y’all! 📸: @debs_
View fullsize Our work can only extend as far as it does with the support of our co-sponsors. We are grateful for the ongoing support from @tcahnyc @anniemohan in order for us to curb food insecurity. We were able to offer apple and orange juice, brown rice, canne
View fullsize This past Sunday @southqueenswomensmarch also participated in the Queens International Food and Music Festival at Smokey Oval Park. We distributed free school supplies, BIPOC-authored books from @readingforblacklives period products and lots of gende
View fullsize We can’t do this work without our sponsors. Thank you to our steadfast partners at @singhsrotishop for always stepping up to nourish us! We appreciate you so much and the doubles, as you can see 😍. Y’all - support this small business! Al
View fullsize We were out in Northern Queens today with @diverse_streets_initiative for their “Resilience” programming as part of @31staveopenstreet We had wonderful time sharing resources and art around reproductive justice and period poverty. We also
View fullsize 📚✏️📓🖍Pantry prep takes a lot of work but we’re here for it! Our pantry included free distributions of backpacks filled with items crowdsourced from our own members, local community partners and residents. Folks from our mutual and and youth
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View fullsize Our Pop Up Pantry and Back to School Giveaway was a major success. Even in spite of intermittent pouring rains, families traveled from all around our neighborhood and beyond to receive groceries as well as backpacks filled with school supplies for th
View fullsize Our volunteers are out bright and early today prepping for our pantry on Friday! We’re grateful for our partners at #NYCTestandTreat @nychealthsystem for stepping up to make sure our community is safe and providing us with a source for COVID te
View fullsize 🗳It’s Election Day and voters have until tonight at 9pm to cast their ballots for certain elections! Today’s Primary Election in Queens includes the following districts: 3rd Congressional (Democratic only) 7th Congressional (Democratic
View fullsize We’re excited to be partnering with @diverse_streets_initiative this coming Saturday in Astoria! We’ll be sharing resources and educational materials around reproductive justice including menstrual and safe sex products and we will be dis
View fullsize As part of our work with the APA VOICE Redistricting Task Force @apavoicenewyork, South Queens Women’s March @southqueenswomensmarch has been working closely with our community-based partners to advocate for equitable district lines in South Qu
View fullsize 📣COMMUNITY! PLEASE LIKE AND SHARE SO WE CAN GET THE WORD OUT! Join South Queens Women’s March @southqueenswomensmarch on Friday, August 26 at 5pm at 130-01 Liberty Avenue Unit 1R, Richmond Hill NY 11419 for a FREE BACK TO SCHOOL GIVEAWAY AND
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View fullsize Last Friday’s Little Guyana Votes featured a rally segment that encouraged community members to know which elections were happening in their areas and to vote if they could. The rally was hosted by none other than @caribbeanequalityproject foun
View fullsize At #LittleGuyanaVotes, we also distributed self-defense / self-care kits packed with love with our consent zines as well as self defense zines designed by our partners at @wearemalikah. The bags also contained KN95 masks, whistles, scented candles, a
View fullsize It’s time to get out and vote Queens! We are currently amidst a primary election for several Congressional and State Senate races (see our last post on this). @southqueenswomensmarch proudly joined our partners at @caribbeanequalityproject al