[van-announce] Radical Rhizome To The MAX: The Criminalization & Imprisonment of Women in Canada

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As a part of the Radical Rhizome series,
Joint Effort and Video In Studios present:

TO THE MAX:
The Criminalization &  Imprisonment of Women in Canada

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Thursday February 20th   7 pm
Video In Studios
1965 Main st (at 3rd), Vancouver
$0-8 sliding scale
all welcome

Historically women have been over-criminalized and over-incarcerated, and
it's about to get worse. On the heels of a complaint to the Canadian Human
Rights Commission over discriminatory treatment and the holding of
federally sentenced women in men's prisons, we see the federal government
building super maximum security prisons for women, and the B.C. government
unveiling plans to start locking up provincially sentenced women in men's
jails.

Video interviews from women in men's prisons, and a panel discussion with
Joint Effort - a women in prison support group; Shauna Paull, from Direct
Action Against Refugee Exploitation (DAARE); and activist, author
Karlene Faith will look at the future of women's imprisonment in B.C. and
across Canada

This event is a part of Radical Rhizome, a new series presented by Video
In dedicated to the merging of activism and experimentation in video.

Joint Effort, a women in prison support group.  Joint Effort operates from
an abolitionist perspective and volunteer with the prisoners at Burnaby
Correctional Centre for Women.

Joint Effort
P.O. Box 78005	2606 Commercial Drive
Vancouver, B.C.		V5W 5W1

604.682.3269 ext 3019
j_effort at hotmail.com
www.vcn.bc.ca/august10/jointeffort.html

Interested in future programming for radical rhizome or activist video in
general? Contact
Video In Studios
604-872-8337
www.videoinstudios.com
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Jen Weih
Exhibitions and Programming Coordinator
Video In
1965 Main St.
Vancouver BC V5T 3C1
exhibit at telus.net
t. 604.872 8337
f. 604 876 1185