[Smashpatriarchy] Fwd: What is solidarity against patriarchy?" What does solidarity against patriarchy look like for you? How is it practiced?

[Peter Gill]

Unfortunately Vikki Reynolds is not available.  :(

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Vikki Reynolds <reynolds.vikki at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: What is solidarity against patriarchy?" What does solidarity
against patriarchy look like for you? How is it practiced?
To: Peter Gill <petergill85 at gmail.com>
Cc: reg johanson <regjohanson at gmail.com>


HI Peter & Reg
Thanks for getting back to me
I'm leaving the country for a year,
and end work feb 22
so 27 I'll be outta town
this time I'm too swamped,
greatly appreciate you inviting me
and humbly thinking I am not the right woman to speak
I am encouraged by your project,
so sorry timing will have me miss it
peace vik



On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Peter Gill <petergill85 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Vikki
>
> I have included another Solidarity Against Patriarchy member Reg in this
> email.  As mentioned we are wanting to have a talk and would love it if you
> were able to participate.  We are hoping to possibly have our event on
> Wednesday Feb 27th if that works for you.
>
> Let me know if you have any questions or concerns about the event.
>
> Looking forward to hearing from you,
>
> Peter
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Peter Gill <petergill85 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> We we're think we have the capacity to organize something for the end of
>> Jan.  We have also invited Fatima Jaffer to speak.  We would be quite happy
>> to work around your schedules.  We will most likely invite one or two
>> others once we've confirmed a date with the two of you.
>>
>> P.S. our second reading as a group was *Fluid and Imperfect Ally
>> Positioning: Some Gifts of Queer Theory<http://vikkireynolds.ca/documents/Reynolds2010FluidandImperfectAlliesQueerTheoryContextUK.pdf>
>> . *We all took quite a lot from it so thank you for all the work you do.*
>>  *
>>  *
>> *
>> imperfect solidarity back at you,
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Vikki Reynolds <
>> reynolds.vikki at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> HI Peter
>>> I'm humbled you've invited me
>>> I teach at VCC tues nights next term
>>> so if its nighttime on 29 I can't make it,
>>> tues nights no good
>>> and if this means you can't have me that's cool
>>> thanks for the invite
>>> its exciting
>>> i appreciate your tentativmness and caution
>>> and i celebrate we can't be paralyzeda s allies
>>> and trying to hold ourselves to perfect actions is impossible and gets
>>> us stuck in theory an dmeetings'so i think this is a grand move and I am
>>> heartened by it
>>> peace and imperfect soldiarity vik
>>>
>>>  On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 9:54 PM, Peter Gill <petergill85 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello Vikki
>>>>
>>>> We are Solidarity Against Patriarchy, a group of mostly male-identified
>>>> people who are organizing to do anti-patriarchy work within and beyond
>>>> radical communities. We recognize and acknowledge interlocking forms
>>>> oppression, including but not limited to sexism, racism, colonialism,
>>>> disableism, transphobia and homophobia, classism, and speciesism. We
>>>> acknowledge that male privilege and male supremacy exist, and we want to
>>>> dismantle it both socially, culturally and individually within ourselves.
>>>>  We aim to work in mutual aid while being in solidarity with those
>>>> oppressed by patriarchy, and also recognizing our own stake in dismantling
>>>> this system. Our work involves unlearning patriarchal beliefs and
>>>> behaviours in their implicit and explicit forms collectively and
>>>> individually. We work through consensus and in non-hierarchical
>>>> structures. While we recognize that our work will be within a community and
>>>> cannot be done in isolation, we do not want to burden those oppressed by
>>>> patriarchy with the work of teaching us how to dismantle our own privilege.
>>>>
>>>> One form our work will take is to organize panels and other events that
>>>> feature women speaking on / about patriarchy. Our intention is to do the
>>>> "bottom line" work of finding spaces, creating and distributing promotional
>>>> material, setting up and taking down, etc. in order to make space for women
>>>> to speak.
>>>>
>>>> We are writing to invite you to speak on a panel that addresses the
>>>> question, "What is solidarity against patriarchy?" What does solidarity
>>>> against patriarchy look like for you? How is it practiced? We have
>>>> tentatively scheduled the panel for Jan. 29, possibly at the Mt. Pleasant
>>>> Neighbourhood House.
>>>>
>>>> We look forward to hearing from you.
>>>>
>>>> In solidarity,
>>>>
>>>> Peter and Solidarity Against Patriarchy (SAP)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> <http://spartacusbooks.net/>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Vikki Reynolds PhD RCC
>>> Consultant, Instructor, Supervisor
>>> 778 838 6713
>>> www.vikkireynolds.ca
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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>>
>


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Vikki Reynolds PhD RCC
Consultant, Instructor, Supervisor
778 838 6713
www.vikkireynolds.ca
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