Ann Russo

'"Communities Engaged in Resisting Violence' is part of a growing movement in Chicago of community-based initiatives seeking to resist violence against women, to to create community accountability for the perpetuation of violence, and to develop strategies to end violence and the oppressive systems that support it.

The Transformative Justice Teach-In Zine is meant to accompany the Transforming the Roots workshop. It contains advice for various minorities and poor people, and also defines terms and profiles Leslie Feinberg, Sylvia Rivera, Marsha P . Johnson and Audre Lorde.