[Indigsol] Mon (panel) & Wed (film): part of 30 Days of Justice

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TWO UPCOMING EVENTS THIS WEEK
as part of the '30 DAYS OF JUSTICE'

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Indigenous Women, Two-Spirit People
and Resistance to Police Violence and Prisons

Monday, Sept. 26 at 7pm
McNabb Community Centre
180 Percy St.
Wheelchair Accessible

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'Survival, Strength, Sisterhood:
Power of Women in the Downtown Eastside'
Wednesday, Sept. 28 at 7pm
SAW Gallery
67 Nicholas
Fundraiser for Families of Sisters in Spirit
Sliding scale $5-$20 (Pay what you can, nobody turned away)
The movie is in English and has english subtitles


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Indigenous Women, Two-Spirit People, and Resistance to Police Violence and
Prisons

Monday, Sept. 26 at 7pm
McNabb Community Centre
180 Percy St.

Speakers:
* Tania Dopler, Ontario Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Strategy
* Kim Pate, Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry
Societies
* Other Speakers TBA

Part of the "30 Days of Justice"

Organized by Families of Sisters in Spirit (FSIS) and our allies, ‘30 Days
of Justice’ brings together families of missing and murdered Aboriginal
women, grassroots Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women and men, and the
wider Ottawa community to raise critical awareness, support Aboriginal
families affected by violence, and demand justice and accountability in
the disappearances and murders of more than 600 Aboriginal women and girls
in Canada in recent decades.

This event will focus on the violence experienced by indigenous women and
two-spirited people by the police and prisons, their resistance to this
violence and alternatives to both the police and prisons.

"Aboriginal women are over‐represented in the federal correctional system,
representing only 2% of women in Canada and 29% of women in federal
prisons in July, 2003. In July, 2003, 60% of Aboriginal women serving
federal sentences were in prison."

"Native peoples' experiences are often completely erased from mainstream
discussions of law enforcement violence. Yet, since the arrival of the
first colonists on this continent, Native women and Native Two Spirit,
transgender and gender nonconforming people have been subjected to untold
violence at the hands of U.S. military forces, as well as local, state and
federal law enforcement. Movement of Native peoples across borders with
Canada and Mexico has been severely restricted, often by force, separating
families and communities. Integral to the imposition of colonial society
and enforced assimilation, the notion of “policing” was forced on
sovereign nations and cultures that had previously resolved disputes
within communities."

"Developing community-based responses to violence is one critical option.
Community accountability is a community-based strategy, rather than a
police/prison-based strategy, to address violence within our communities.
Community accountability is a process in which a community – a group of
friends, a family, a church, a workplace, an apartment complex, a
neighborhood, etc – work together to do the following things:

Create and affirm VALUES & PRACTICES that resist abuse and oppression and
encourage safety, support, and accountability

Develop sustainable strategies to ADDRESS COMMUNITY MEMBERS’ ABUSIVE
BEHAVIOR, creating a process for them to account for their actions and
transform their behavior

Commit to ongoing development of all members of the community, and the
community itself, to TRANSFORM THE POLITICAL CONDITIONS that reinforce
oppression and violence

Provide SAFETY & SUPPORT to community members who are violently targeted
that RESPECTS THEIR SELF-DETERMINATION"

http://www.elizabethfry.ca/eweek06/pdf/aborig.pdf
http://www.incite-national.org/media/docs/5676_toolkitrev-native.pdf
http://www.incite-national.org/index.php?s=114

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Join us for the screening of the amazing documentary:
'Survival, Strength, Sisterhood: Power of Women in the Downtown Eastside'

Wednesday, Sept. 28 at 7pm
SAW Gallery
67 Nicholas
Fundraiser for Families of Sisters in Spirit
Sliding scale $5-$20 (Pay what you can, nobody turned away)
The movie is in English and has english subtitles

After the film, we are delighted to have an online conversation with one
of the film-makers, Harsha Walia.

With special guests: Sandra & Harry Augustine from 'Hands are for Hugging
not Hitting' who will share their personal stories of survival and
strength and their 'blanket workshop'.

Part of the "30 Days of Justice"

Organized by Families of Sisters in Spirit (FSIS) * and our allies, ‘30
Days of Justice’ brings together families of missing and murdered
Aboriginal women, grassroots Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women and men,
and the wider Ottawa community to raise critical awareness, support
Aboriginal families affected by violence, and demand justice and
accountability in the disappearances and murders of more than 600
Aboriginal women and ...girls in Canada in recent decades.

*Families of Sisters in Spirit is a volunteer, grassroots, non-profit
organization led by families of missing and murdered Aboriginal women
based in Ottawa, Ontario, unceded Algonquin territory.

Survival, Strength, Sisterhood: Power of Women in the Downtown Eastside is
a short film that documents the 20 year history of the annual women's
memorial march for missing and murdered women in Vancouver, Coast Salish
Territories. By focusing on the voices of women who live, love, and work
in the Downtown Eastside this film debunks the sensationalism surrounding
a neighbourhood deeply misunderstood, and celebrates the complex and
diverse realities of women organizing for justice.

This 32 minute film, by Alejandro Zuluaga and Harsha Walia, is based on a
concept by the Downtown Eastside Power of Women Group. This is a
not-for-profit production that is available for free distribution under
creative commons license. For more information, to book a screening, or to
order a DVD please contact hwalia8 at gmail.com or alejo.zuluag at gmail.com.

Film online at: http://vimeo.com/19877895
With subtitles:
http://www.universalsubtitles.org/en/videos/FvKsv9gpQHej/info/Survival,%20Strength,%20Sisterhood:%20Power%20of%20Women%20in%20the%20Downtown%20Eastside/