[Viva] Another Int. Women's Day event!

[Penny Bradford]

Sorry, meant to send this to someone else.

On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 5:33 PM, Penny Bradford <pbpennyb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just passing this along.
>
> On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 3:30 PM, Margarite Sanchez <
> margaritesanchez at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Angela Marie MacDougall [director at bwss.org]
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 9:34 AM
>> To: Angela Marie MacDougall
>> Subject: Women Seeking Justice - International Women's Day 2015
>>
>> Dear Colleague,
>>
>> Please accept this invitation to attend what, we believe will be, a
>> remarkable justice event commemorating International Women’s Day 2015.  For
>> more information or to RSVP please email endingviolence at bwss.org<mailto:
>> endingviolence at bwss.org>.
>>
>> International Women’s Day 2015
>>
>> Battered Women’s Support Services Legal Advocacy Program Presents:
>> Women Seeking Justice
>>
>> Women Seeking Justice Forum convenes a former judge, researchers,
>> academics, lawyers, legal advocates, and feminist thinkers to illuminate
>> pressing legal issues for women in law practice and policy including
>> Indigenous, international, immigration, refugee, criminal, family, and
>> poverty.
>>
>> Confirmed Presenters
>>
>> MC Niki Sharma - BWSS Board Member and Lawyer
>>
>> Opening and Territorial Welcome - Audrey Siegl, Musqueam Nation
>>
>> Legal Advocacy and Violence Against Women
>>
>> Vicky Law, BWSS Legal Advocate
>>
>> Multiple Proceedings and Intimate Partner Violence: A Dangerous Disconnect
>>
>> Justice Donna Martinson
>>
>> Aboriginal Women and Girls on the International Agenda
>>
>> Sharon McIvor, Nlekepmux, from the Lower Nicola Indian Band, Activist,
>> Lawyer, College Professor.
>>
>> Preliminary Findings from a BC Study of RCMP cases of Intimate Partner
>> Violence:  Does Gender Symmetry Exist?
>>
>> Dr. Margaret Jackson, Professor Emerita, School of Criminology and,
>> Director, the FREDA Centre for Research on Violence against Women and
>> Children at SFU
>>
>> Toward a Sanctuary City:  Reflections from Lucia Jimenez Coroner’s Inquest
>>
>> Rosa Elena Arteaga, Manager, Direct Services and Clinical Practice,
>> Battered Women’s Support Services
>>
>> Conditional Permanent Residence: The Dangers of Making Immigration Status
>> Conditional on Living with your Spouse
>> Lobat Sadrehashemi, Staff Lawyer at BC Public Interest Advocacy Office
>> Women and Homelessness: Challenging Apathy in Policy and Practice
>> Angela Marie MacDougall, Executive Director, Battered Women’s Support
>> Services
>> Violence Against Women and the Family Law Act: Early Jurisprudence
>>
>> Susan Boyd, Professor of Law and Chair in Feminist Legal Studies,
>> University of British Columbia
>>
>> When:              Friday, March 6, 2015
>> 9 am to 1 pm
>> Where:             SFU Harbour Centre
>> #1700-Labatt Hall, 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, Coast Salish
>> Territory
>> Refreshments will be provided
>> Webcast will be available
>> RSVP for the event or webcast by emailing endingviolence at bwss.org<mailto:
>> endingviolence at bwss.org>
>> Many thanks to our sponsors:
>> Central City Foundation, The Law Foundation of BC and My Sister’s
>> Closet-Social Enterprise of Battered Women’s Support Services
>> Yours truly,
>> Angela
>>
>>
>> Increase your impact by joining our Circle of Strength Monthly Giving
>> Program! <
>> https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/bwss-battered-womens-support-services/
>> >
>>
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>> BWSS:                                      My Sister's Closet:
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>> Donate now<
>> https://www.canadahelps.org/CharityProfilePage.aspx?CharityID=d40419>
>>
>> Angela Marie MacDougall
>> Executive Director     |     bwss.org<http://www.bwss.org/>
>>
>> P.O. Box 21503, 1424 Commercial Drive Vancouver BC V5L 5GH
>> director at bwss.org<mailto:director at bwss.org>
>>
>> Direct Line:  604-687-1613
>> Mobile:      604-808-0507
>>
>> Crisis Line (604) 687-1867<tel:%28604%29%20687-1867>   Toll free
>> 1-855-687-1868
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