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

[Tami Starlight]

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From: Stark Raven <starkraven at prisonjustice.ca>
Date: Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 6:38 PM
Subject: [van-announce] Vancouver Prison Justice Day Events: Aug 5th & 10th
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*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<http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c659.shtml>>.
Filmmakers Ellen Spiro and Karen Bernstein.

The kitchen <http://rhizomecafe.ca/menu.**html<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<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/>

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