[van-announce] Vancouver Prison Justice Day Events: Aug 7th and 10th

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Vancouver Prison Justice Day Events
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The Word is Out Benefit
Friday August 7th, 8:00 pm
Rhizome Cafe, 317 East Broadway

Sliding scale $10-15.

The proceeds from this concert will benefit "The Word Is Out", a women in
prison news service. There will be a Coast Salish welcome from Cease Wyss,
readings by Lora McElhinney and Anne Stone, LOUD, and a screening of the
documentary "Prison Town, U.S.A., a study of a rural town in California
which tries to revive it's economy by allowing several prisons to locate
there. We hope to see you there.

Rhizome's kitchen will be open, so come early and chow down.

The Word is Out is a newsletter produced four times a year, with articles
on current issues facing women in canadian prisons, as well as poetry and
stories written by women inside. Subscriptions are available for $15 a
year, $25 for two years. Each subscription will help cover the costs to
distribute the newsletter free to women inside, as well as to pay
honorariums to prisoners who contribute work to the magazine.

If you are interested in subscribing contact "The Word Is Out", P.O. Box
78005, 1755 East Broadway, Vancouver, B. C. V5N 5W1

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Annual Prison Justice Day Memorial Rally
Monday August 10th, 6:00 PM

Gather at the Claire Culhane Memorial Bench in Trout Lake Park, the bench
is located on the south-east corner of the lake.

August 10th is a day set aside each year when prisoners and supporters
gather to honour the memory of the men and women who have died unnatural
deaths inside Canadian prisons.  On this day, prisoners fast, refuse to
work, and remain in their cells while supporters organize community events
to draw public attention to the conditions inside prisons and the urgent
need for change within both the criminal justice and the prison systems. 
This year will mark 33 years since the first Prison Justice Day Rally was
held outside the gates of the old B.C. Penitentiary.

Speakers will focus on the deaths behind bars, justice legislation,
prisoner health care, and the cancellation of the Mother & Child Program
at ACCW the BC provincial women's prison.

More info: http://www.prisonjustice.ca