[SWAF-Potluck] REVISED: EVENT: Red Umbrella March 2019

[Andy Sorfleet]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, June 4, 2019
Link: https://triple-x.org/about/pr/pr-190604.pdf


7th ANNUAL RED UMBRELLA MARCH FOR SEX WORK SOLIDARITY
Sex Workers, Allies, Family and Friends Stand Together

RED UMBRELLA MARCH
New start time and place!
Saturday, June 8, 1 p.m.
West End Sex Workers Memorial, 1130 Jervis St. at Pendrell

This year the Red Umbrella March celebrates the 35th anniversary of one of Canada's first modern-day sex workers' protests with a parade down Davie Street. People are invited to dress up 1980s style and bring noisemakers for a re-enactment of a "peaceful parade" that tied up West End traffic on June 8, 1984.

Participants in costume will be eligible for souvenirs including whistles, cowbells, cheer horns and a 36-page, full colour RUM2019 program brochure that documents sex workers’ courageous fight against arrests and displacement in the 1980s.

The Red Umbrella March will end on Howe Street, with a screening of an imported, rare 35mm print of the 1986 award-winning classic film, Working Girls by Lizzie Borden. Working Girls is a view into a full day at a Manhattan bordello, as seen through the eyes of Molly, one of the workers there. The event is free and all are welcome.

The march is a family-friendly event, however the screening is subject to the film’s original rating of "Restricted" to persons 18 years of age and older.

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RED UMBRELLA FILM NIGHT
Saturday, June 8, 6-8 p.m.
Carnegie Centre Theatre, Main St and Hastings

Red Umbrella March organizers are proud to present the 2018 documentary, Candice, about Candice Vadala also known as Candida Royalle.  Candida Royalle started her career as an adult film star in the 1970s, before creating her company Femme Productions to produce adult films from women's perspectives. Canadian filmmaker, Sheona McDonald, gives us a touching portrayal of this feminist pioneer as she looks back over her life. Candice Vadala died from ovarian cancer in 2015.

This event is presented in partnership with UBC Arts & Humanities 101, Documentaries for Thinkers program. The event is free and all are welcome. Light refreshments are provided.

The Red Umbrella March for Sex Work Solidarity is co-organized by the following groups: Triple-X Workers’ Solidarity Association of B.C., Downtown Eastside Sex Workers United Against Violence (SWUAV), Pivot Legal Society, PACE Society, B.C. Coalition of Experiential Communities, FIRST: Feminists Advocating for the Decriminalization of Sex Work, SWAN Society Vancouver.


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For more information visit www.triple-x.org, or contact info at triple-x.org.

Event hashtag: #RUM2019
Connect on social media:
Twitter.com/xxxworkers
Instagram.com/triplexworkers
Facebook.com/triplexworkers

Media inquiries:
Andy Sorfleet
a.sorfleet at gmail.com
604-488-0710

Photo:
Red Umbrella March Celebrates 6th Year with Historic Steam-Era Tour
Photo: Elaine Ayres. Gastown, Vancouver, June 9, 2018

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