What do we mean by local? Where is it, and where do we find it? Or are you among those who say, \u201cIs local organizing even still relevant?\u201d Or perhaps you are asking, \u201cWhat can I do in my own local area?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the sense used within Mor Dayan\u0131\u015fma\u2019s organizing perspective, \u201cthe local\u201d means every place where women create their living spaces, make themselves visible, and both influence and are influenced by those spaces. In terms of administrative units, the local usually refers to neighborhoods in cities, and to neighborhoods and districts in larger metropolitan areas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For women who want to strengthen women\u2019s solidarity, even a few homes on the street where they live can become the starting point of local organizing. In other words, the neighborhood we live in, and every place where we spend or wish to spend our time, can become a space of local organizing where we carry forward the struggle for women\u2019s liberation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In today\u2019s fast-paced world, it feels as if everything is slipping away from under our feet, doesn\u2019t it? The wheels of exploitation of the patriarchal capitalist order never leave us alone, whether at home, on the streets, or at work. They want us to move even faster, to be broken apart, atomized, and disconnected from one another, sister. They want to keep us from reaching one another, coming together, holding hands, and walking shoulder to shoulder. Because they know that when we come together, we will shake the world!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And it is precisely our local spaces that become the places where we can reach one another most easily, comfortably, and powerfully. We can meet more often and think together about our struggle for women\u2019s liberation, side by side, sincerely, and with collective strength. Although the patriarchal capitalist order tries to alienate us from one another, from nature, and from ourselves, \u201cWe have known each other for thousands of years.\u201d We existed before this order, and we will continue to exist after it. Even if they try to confine us to buildings, gated complexes, and shopping malls that are supposedly very safe but in fact isolate us from life, we will find one another in doorway conversations, at the neighborhood market, and at the children\u2019s daycare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We come together through our local organizing mechanisms to transform the places where we live with our feminist politics, to develop policies against femicides, sexual harassment, and rape, to socialize, and to expand our women\u2019s solidarity network. In \u0130stanbul, \u0130zmir, Adana, Mersin, Hatay, Ankara, Bal\u0131kesir, Ayd\u0131n, Denizli, Antep, and Ad\u0131yaman, our women\u2019s assemblies in neighborhoods and districts continue to be the spaces where we carry out our work. We also continue to meet and communicate with our sisters and comrades from many other provinces, and to make our network lasting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you want to grow the women\u2019s struggle where you are and help spread Mor Dayan\u0131\u015fma, you can get in touch with us and access our materials. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
YEREL \u00d6RG\u00dcTLENME, \u00d6RG\u00dcTLEND\u0130K\u00c7E G\u00dc\u00c7LENME Nedir yerel? Neresidir, nerelerdir? Yoksa \u201cKald\u0131 m\u0131 ya art\u0131k yerel \u00f6rg\u00fctlenme\u201d diyenlerden misiniz? Ya da \u201cben yerelde neler yapabilirim\u201d mi diyorsunuz? Mor Dayan\u0131\u015fma\u2019n\u0131n \u00f6rg\u00fctlenme perspektifinde kulland\u0131\u011f\u0131 anlam\u0131yla \u201cyerel\u201d; kad\u0131nlar\u0131n ya\u015fam alanlar\u0131n\u0131 olu\u015fturduklar\u0131, buralarda kendilerini var edebildikleri, hem etkileyip hem ondan etkilendikleri her yerdir. Y\u00f6netim birimleri ba\u011flam\u0131nda da kulland\u0131\u011f\u0131m\u0131z ve kentlerde daha…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_eb_attr":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6283","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mordayanisma.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mordayanisma.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mordayanisma.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mordayanisma.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mordayanisma.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mordayanisma.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6283\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mordayanisma.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}