Memorial for the Montreal Massacre

feminista101 — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:12:59 +0000

Titre secondaire:

women's conference on violence agaisnt women

Sa Déc 5

ville:

Vancouver

Lieu:

Vancouver Public Library

Adresse:

350 West Georgia

Coût:

Free

le contact de l'organisatrice:

collective of Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter

Lien:

www.rapereliefshelter.bc.ca

Please come, observe and participate in a free public conference hosted by Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter on December 5th, this Saturday, at the Vancouver Public Library at 350 Georgia.

I've attached a pamphlet with the details of this conference - many of the confirmed guests and times for the events are on it so you can choose where you want to be and when.

20 years ago, Marc Lepine walked into a classroom at Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal, seperated the men from the women, and murdered 14 women that he considered to be feminists. He was trying to punish women from accessing public space - to remember those women and to resist misogyny and violence, we are taking up the public space of the VPL to host an all day conference that will bring together local and national feminist activists to engage with the issues that most effect women today.

There will be films and discussion, lectures, and roundtables occurring simultaneously. There is also an interactive Walk in Her Shoes, which is like a ‘choose your own adventure’ to help people understand the issues facing women escaping violence. (all the information, choices, and outcomes are based on REAL crisis work). This is particularly innovative and allows ample time for discussion and collective learning. Please call 604.872.8212 to register yourself and a group of friends!

Roundtable Topics include:
• Reinforcing Our Resistance: Fighting the normalization of patriarchy in the forms of cultural relativism, prostitution and religion;
• Red Lights and Stop Signs: Fighting racism through ending the trafficking and prostitution of women;
• Freedoms of Her Own: fighting for political, social, economic, physical autonomy for women;
• Feminists Resist Capitalism, State Power, and Prostitution in the 2010 Games

Lectures include:
• Was it Really “Rape Rape?”
• Tap Dancing on Prison Walls
• Mothers on Trial

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Memorial for the Montreal Massacre