[van-announce] Vancouver Prison Justice Day Events: Aug 5th & 10th

[Stark Raven]

*Vancouver Prison Justice Day Events*
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*Prison Justice Day Benefit*
for The Word is Out --Women in prison news service
/Friday August 5th,  8PM/
Rhizome Café, 317 East Broadway (at Kingsway), Vancouver

Featuring:
-Musical performance: Alternative Tentacles recording artist Ani Kyd
-Readings by activist author Karlene Faith, novelist Anne Stone and poet 
Rita Wong
-Documentary: Troop 1500; Girl Scouts Beyond Bars 
<http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c659.shtml>. Filmmakers Ellen 
Spiro and Karen Bernstein.

The kitchen <http://rhizomecafe.ca/menu.html> will be open so come early 
for an ethical bite to eat.

/The Word is Out is a news service that provides a link between women in 
prison and the community.  It features writing & artwork from women in 
prison and information pertaining to the changing realities of prison 
and the community. TWO is distributed free of charge to women in prison 
and by subscription in the community. Published by Joint Effort 
<http://www.prisonjustice.ca/organizations/jointeffort.html>and Strength 
In Sisterhood./

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*Prison Justice Day Rally*
/Wednesday August 10th, 6PM/
Trout Lake Park (15th and Victoria area)
Gather at the Claire Culhane Memorial Bench -- SE corner of the lake by 
the snackbar
Speakers include ex-prisoners and prisoners' rights activists
Coast Salish Welcome: Cease Wyss

Prison Justice Day was started in 1976 by prisoners in Canada to 
remember all of the people who have died unnatural deaths inside prison.

Organized by the Vancouver Prison Justice Day Committee
www.prisonjustice.ca <http://www.prisonjustice.ca/>