[Wamvan] Now Online - Full In Our Own Voices Writing Project by DTES Power of Women Group

[Harsha W.]

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The Downtown Eastside Power of Women Group “In Our Own Voices” Writing
Project is now all online!

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The stories are available here:
http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/author/dtes-power-women-group
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Twelve exclusive stories feature the journeys that have brought women to
the Downtown Eastside, issues of child apprehension and violence against
women, daily life – from working the street to police brutality - on skid
row, and the reality of homelessness and poverty in the DTES.

1) Childhood Abuse Brought Me to the DTES by Madeline A.
2) Residential Schools and My Journey to the DTES by Stella August
3) Mental Health and Police Violence by Shurli Chan
4) My Story of Domestic Violence and Child Apprehension by B.
5) The Intergenerational Impact of Child Apprehension by Courtney
6) The Foster Home System Damaged Me by Debbie V.
7) Being an Addict and Working the Streets by Diane
8) The Kingdom of Hastings and Main by Charlene
9) Daily Struggle and Resistance in the DTES by Joan Morelli
10) Homelessness and Police Brutality by Karen Lahey
11) Shelter-hopping With My Son by Pearly May
12) Housing and Homelessness by Patricia Harem


* Support for “In Our Own Voices”

“The stories of the Downtown Eastside must be told and who better to tell
them than the women of the DTES - the incredible beauty of the area must
be revealed in the writing of these women.”
– LEE MARACLE, acclaimed author of Ravensong, I am Woman, Bobbi Lee-Indian
Rebel, and Bentbox.

"The publication of these voices is vital, as we enter into yet another
phase of capitalist austerity, poor-bashing, and victim-blaming. Speaking,
witnessing, and storytelling are perhaps the strongest tools we have to
resist a system meant to keep most people weak and passive. These voices
from the Power of Women Group are resistance in action. Heed them. The
path to freedom starts here."
- WAYDE COMPTON, author of After Canaan, Performance Bond, Bluesprint, and
49th Parallel Psalm.

“Courageous and honest, the Downtown Eastside Power of Women Group shares
hard stories of survival. Voicing their experiences, these women keep
alive the possibility of justice and love in community. Listen, tremble,
and learn.”
- RITA WONG, award-winning author of sybil unrest, forage, and monkeypuzzle


Read more about the Project and the DTES Power of Women Group here:
http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/newsrelease/7375

For more information about the DTES Power of Women Group:
DTES Power of Women Group on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/?sk=group_95044879752
Email: project at dewc.ca or Phone: 604 681 8480 x 234


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Harsha Walia

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-- 
Harsha Walia

https://twitter.com/HarshaWalia
https://www.facebook.com/nooneisillegal
http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/author/dtes-power-women-group



-- 
Harsha Walia

https://twitter.com/HarshaWalia
https://www.facebook.com/nooneisillegal
http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/author/dtes-power-women-group