[van-announce] February14th and Patriarchy

[sharai]

Premier of "Suck my Patriarchy" Feb. 14th

"by buying into the whole notion of romantic love you're sacrificing your
independence and identities to support an oppressive political ideology
reinforcing gender role stereotyping - requiring women be demure and
submissive while men be assertive and dominant.  now have a lovely evening
celebrating a day that is an institutionalized reminder of your enslavement
to the patriarchy.  i pity you."

has a much better ring than "happy valentine's day," don't you think?

but really folks...urban outreach is having a fundraiser and premiering a
"Get the Word Out" film created by the Anti-Patti group on the 14th of feb.
"Suck my Patriarchy" is a film that examines patriarchy, sexism, and rape in
our society - both in its overt and subtle forms.  These issues are so
pervasive in our world, even in activist communities, but are rarely
addressed because they've become so normalized.  Through an anti- oppressive
and consensus-based decision-making process, the members of Anti-patti
produced a hard-hitting art piece that blows the issue wide open.

Video In (1965 main st.) friday feb 14t
8-10 p.m
$1-$10 dollar donation

Get the Word Out is an innovative new program that helps non-profit
organizations "get the word out" about their causes while providing hands-on
media production experience to multi-barriered youth who want a future in
filmmaking.

Urban Outreach has become one of the hubs of radical, low/no budget video
making in Vancouver. Urban Outreach rents gear at a highly subsidized rates,
helps mentor people in the art and craft of using their digital production
kits and post-production suites and facilitates projects like "D.I.Y. on the
fly" video zine workshops, GWO and more.

The Access to Media Education Society is a registered non-profit dedicated
to helping people cultivate individual, group and mass communications
skills. Its programs empower groups traditionally marginalized in the
mainstream media with the tools to take control over the representation of
their own stories and ideas and to contribute to increasing public
understanding of a number of social justice issues.

i would love to see all of you out and about to watch the film, meet the
filmmakers, ask questions and  find out what Urban Outreach is all about.

any questions? email me back or call 604.216.0790

luv and rage
hayley sinclair
Urban Outreach Coordinater (the brat keeper)







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