Selma James

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Overview

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Selma James (née Deitch) born Brooklyn, NY August 15, 1930. Socialist reformer. Active in West Indian independence, 1960; first Organizing Secretary for Campaign Against Racial Discrimination, 1965; International Coordinator for grassroots women's network Global Women's Strike, who demand military budgets be returned to community starting with women via the motto: "Invest in Caring Not Killing," 2000.

Quotations

"Revolutions are notorious for allowing even non-participants—even women!—new scope for telling the truth since they are themselves such massive moments of truth, moments of such massive participation." (The Ladies and the Mammies: Jane Austen and Jean Rhys, ch. 1, 1983; photo Clarke Forum, Dickinson)