[van-announce] World March of Women - May Day event!

[Lynda Gerty]

** please forward and distribute widely **

CALL TO ACTION!!!

Please join us to celebrate the arrival of the Womens Charter for Humanity 
in Vancouver on May 1st!  This document - created and agreed to by 6000 
womens organizations in over 6000 countries -provides a positive vision of 
the world that women are fighting globally to create.  Based around the 5 
core values of equality, freedom, solidarity, justice and peace, the Charter 
reflects above all the desire of thousands of womens groups throughout the 
world to work within a common framework of global feminist action and to 
collectively construct a more just world where all live well.

The Charter was launched across the world by 30,000 women on March 8, 2005 
from Sao Paolo, Brazil, and will finish its journey across the world in 
Burkina Faso on October 17, 2005.  Please have a look at the following 
website to track its progress and view the latest pictures from each 
stopover point:  www.mmf.lecarrefour.org

This local event, hosted by the Canadian Association of Sexual Assault 
Centres as a member of the World March of Women, will take place at noon on 
May 1st at the South Plaza of the Vancouver Public Library.  Please post the 
attached poster and distribute widely... as all are welcome, and the event 
will be child friendly.  You can look forward to participating in a 
fun-filled, colorful celebration, including music, art, speakers, 
entertainment, art creation and more!

We sincerely hope that you will come out in numbers to let women in the 
city, the province, the country, and around the world know that we share a 
common vision - and that we are committed to working hard together to make 
it a reality!!  Please bring yourselves and everyone you know to come out 
and celebrate!  If your organization has a banner, please bring it along!

In solidarity,

Lynda Gerty
Canadian Association of Sexual Assault Centres
604 876 2622
www.marchemondiale.org