Radical Feminists of the Pacific Northwest

WoLF RADICAL FEMINIST SUMMER CAMP

Tuesday, June 24 - Monday, June 30

A woman-only week in the woods featuring radical feminist history and theory, political strategy and organizing skills, songs and stories around the fire circle, gentle hikes, free time for making friends, and some very yummy food.

Come to RadFem Summer Camp for (up to) seven days of woman-only space. Teach and learn, recharge and reconnect, share and speak your mind, and meet with old friends and new, as we build a magical village in a hidden forest venue. 

Topics

How to lobby elected officials

Strategies for discussing gender ideology in daily conversations

Understanding Postmodernism and Queer Theory

Non-Violent Direct Action theory and practice

Strategies for increasing social media reach

Q & A with radical feminist lawyers 

Break-out sessions for in-depth connection: young women, lesbians, detranistioners

And more!

Activities

Gentle hikes

Swimming

Enchanting encounters with the wild

Outdoor/camping skills share

Campfire activities and music

Games

Author: Leah Pezzetti

Published: 6:55 PM PDT April 4, 2025

KENT, Wash. —

The Western States Regional Council of Carpenters union (WSRCC) has launched a new program at the Kent training center focused on recruiting more women into the trade. 

The Bridging Outstanding Opportunities with Tradeswoman Skills (BOOTS) program originated in Los Angeles then expanded to Portland in 2024. It’s a four-week pre-apprenticeship class exclusively for women that lays the framework for entering the carpentry trade. 

Dani Ferris has been a carpenter for ten years and teaches the new all-women class in Kent. She said she’s witnessed firsthand the lack of women and female role models in the trades. 

“Now, we’re being able to set these women up so that the future generations, they will be able to come in and they’ll see somebody who looks like them, they’ll see somebody in roles of success and leadership. Then they’ll know hey, I can do this, I got this,” said Ferris. 

A WSRCC spokesperson said in the union, women make up 3.23% of the membership. In Washington state, women make up about 7% of the carpentry workforce. 

Ferris said it’s a hard but rewarding job. She’s proud to have a hands-on job that has high impact. 

“I love being able to wake up every morning, go in, put in an honest days work, see the progress of what I’m doing every day. Then be able to leave and come back and drive down the street, look at all the things I touched, and be like ‘I did that,’” she said. 

New apprentices in Washington start at $37 an hour, then increase to $61.54 an hour when they become journeymen. 

The first cohort of women in the BOOTS program is started in March, but Ferris said this will be a regular, ongoing program for women moving forward. 

Women!!! Your help is needed!!!

We Want The Land Coalition is looking for volunteers RIGHT NOW!

There are various opportunities available to help out on the land. Meals are provided. Not sure if you’re qualified? Most women are willing to teach you along the way. Don’t have the equipment for camping? There’s a community of women looking to help you get what you need to support women’s spaces. More about the volunteering: 

Work will begin on The Land on June 23, 2019 and finish on August 24, 2019. Most of the volunteer positions will last 2 weeks. We will endeavor to give as many women as possible a chance to volunteer, but please do let us know if you are available to volunteer for more than one 2 week time period. Volunteers on The Land between July 14 and August 18, 2019 will be directly supporting the events and gatherings on The Land during these dates, but will NOT be participants in the events and gatherings, UNLESS the WWTLC volunteers are specifically invited to participate by the event organizers. Meals and hot outdoor showers will be provided for volunteers. Please be sure to let us know if you have any particular needs or limitations, so we can find a time and position that works for you. We’re dedicated to assembling a volunteer crew with diverse skills, abilities and backgrounds, to build an efficient, evolving, feminist infrastructure on The Land to carry us through our first year of events and into forever!

We are looking to fill these limited number of revolving volunteer positions to support this summer’s gatherings in the following categories:

STRIKE (1 week commitment 8/18-8/24) – Following events, volunteers will help return everything to storage and return The Land to her natural state.

VOLUNTEER KITCHEN (1 week commitment between 7/30 – 8/24) – Work with a team to prepare buffet style meals for around 25 volunteers in the old Gal’s Kitchen tent location, including prep, service, and clean up.

SECURITY/COMMUNICATIONS (1 week commitment between 7/14 – 8/18) – Provide 24 hour gate security and communication with other crews, event and gathering attendees during events, delivery drivers and local community members. Event organizers will act as box office crew to take tickets and orient event and gathering attendees, this will not be a Security/Communications task. The primary tasks will be monitoring the gate, which will include daytime and overnight shifts, and providing information to people at the gate.

CREW OF THE WILLING(FLEX)/GARBAGE/RECYCLING/SANITATION (1 week commitment between 7/15 – 8/24) – Take garbage and recycling to the dump every evening and run recycling to town weekly; stock and maintain porta-pots, shower areas, dish wash and hand wash areas; escort porta-pot pumper trucks on toilet pump runs during events, fill in with misc. tasks on other crews as they arise.

Please, fill out the application with your crew choices and dates available and we will respond with invitations. Thank you for understanding WWTLC is working almost entirely on volunteer hours and on funds raised from our community. Volunteers will be asked to work 8 hours a day, 6 days a week with one day off per week. Unfortunately, WWTLC will not offer child care this year. Your work is graciously welcomed on a volunteer basis in support of women and girls, forever. Thank you for being part of returning our community to our sacred Land!

Please direct any questions to [email protected].

Volunteer Application

By Jonna Semple

Alternatives for Women, a Picton organization helping women escape domestic abuse, is renovating a home in Prince Edward County.

Once finished, it will be the first women’s shelter in the community.

Leah Morgan, the organization’s executive director, says that Alternatives for Women currently pays for transportation to get women to shelters in either Napanee or Belleville.

But it’s a situation that doesn’t always work for everyone, she added.

“There are a number of women that just can’t leave the area because this is where their children’s school is, this is where they work, where their support system is,” Morgan explained.

“Since April 1st we’ve had 16 women refuse to leave dangerous situations because they didn’t want to leave the county,” she added.

In addition to an emergency bed, the new shelter will also house four transitional units and one long-term affordable apartment.

The entire project comes at a budget of about $500,000 and they hope to open their doors by September.

But the organization says that they can’t fund the project alone and are looking to the community to help raise the funds through a GoFundMe campaign.

More at the link

Their gofundme

Alternatives for Women in Prince Edward County website