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Faye Williams – Growing Sisterspace

Faye Williams – Growing Sisterspace

Faye Williams, founder of Sisterspace and Books in Washington, D.C. has spent her adult life organizing in support of her community and actively resisting
racism, fascism, and other antidemocratic forces.

Posted on July 24, 2025 Posted in Lesbian-Owned Enterprises, Publishing, Publications, and Booksellers, Social and Political Groups, Social Justice, Women’s Health, and Social Services Tagged with activist, Alice Walker, American Studies, Angela Davis, anti abortionist, Atlanta Georgia, bell hooks, Black authors, Black books, Black community, Black feminism, Black Liberation, Black movement, Black Nationalism, Black woman, Black women activists, Black women books, Black womens Self Help Collective, bookstore, Byllye Avery, Cade Museum, Carol Downer, Cassandra Burke, Charles Ogletree, clothing store, consignment shop, domestic violence, Dream Defenders, Faye Williams, FBP Socialist Party, feminist, feminist movement, Feminist Womens Health Center, Florida State University, forum, Freedom Socialist Party, Gainesville Florida, Gainesville High School, gentrification, George Washington University, Hillary Clinton, homophobia, lesbian, Linda Curtis, M.A.M.A.’s Club, Mama’s Club, Manning Barron, Mari0n Banzhaf, Marion Barry mayor of DC, New York, Nikki Giovanni, Octavia Butler, Porters Community Center, Porters Quarters, protesting, racism, Random House, sexism, Sisterfire Festival, SNCC Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, southern, Tallahassee, Toni Morrison, University of District of Columbia, University of Florida, Washington Women’s Self Help Collective, womanism, womens health care, Woody Blue

Laurel Ferejohn: Building Lesbian Community

Laurel Ferejohn: Building Lesbian Community

Laurel Ferejohn at Table Rock Writers Workshop in 2018

A believer in the power of community-oriented periodicals, Laurel Ferejohn helped create the The Newsletter, a vital, lesbian underground publication.

Posted on October 30, 2023 Posted in Publishing, Publications, and Booksellers, Social and Political Groups Tagged with “Community Connections”, “The Newsletter”, 1986 Durham mayoral antirecall effort, antiracism discussion group, Chapel Hill town council, Duke University LGBT Task Force, Durham Human Relations Commission, Durham Lesbian Feminist Community, Durham Morning Fishwrap, Durham Morning Herald, Durham North Carolina, Ellen Hines, Ferron, first annual gay and lesbian pride march in Durham in 1986, homophobia, Jack Adams, Joe Hertzenberg, Laurel Ferejohn, Lesbian and Gay Health Project, Loli Oates, Louise Kessel, Mandy Carter, NARAL Pro-Choice America, OOP, Our Own Place, Raleigh, Raleigh News and Observer, Reproductive Freedom for All, Rick Kaspar, Roxanne Seagraves, Tracy Drach, Triangle Lesbian Gay Alliance, Trillium, U.S. Senator Jesse Helms, WRAL

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