[Wamvan] Doc Screening - Our Lives to Fight For

[Joanna Chiu]

Frieda, can you email me to explain the situation you're referring to? 

And for all your reference, these are WAM! Vancouver's values and position statements:

Our Values

WAM! Vancouver operates in accordance with the core values of WAM! International (listed here: http://www.womenactionmedia.org/about/values/ ), with the following additions:

Indigenous Land:  WAM! Vancouver acknowledges that the City of Vancouver occupies unceded Coast Salish Territory, specifically the land of the Skwxwú7mesh, Xwméthkwyiem, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples.  WAM! Vancouver aims to incorporate the history of colonization of Aboriginal peoples, as well as the traditional knowledge of these groups, into all of its activities.

Choice:  WAM! Vancouver supports women’s reproductive rights without condition.  WAM! Vancouver therefore supports a woman’s full and unqualified access to abortion, and reserves the right to exclude persons or organizations who aim to infringe upon this right in any way at any WAM! event or within any WAM! space (including the listserv).

Sex work/prostitution: WAM! Vancouver supports the dignity of current and former sex workers/women in prostitution and advocates for their safety.  While individual members of WAM! Vancouver have a wide range of opinions regarding the legalization, decriminalization, or abolition of sex work/prostitution in Canada, as an organization, WAM! Vancouver does not advocate for any one approach. Any discussions about sex work/prostitution in WAM! Vancouver spaces (including the listserv) or at WAM! Vancouver events shall abide by WAM!’s core values, and not infringe upon the dignity of any person.

On Jan 6, 2012, at 12:24 AM, Frieda Werden <frieda.werden at gmail.com> wrote:

> Let's show a little respect for diversity of opinion here on this list.  It's supposed to be safe space.  By the way, it has come to my attention that someone on this list has been grossly misrepresenting my opinions in a public place.  You know who you are.  Since we only know each other from WAM, I say again - this is an issue of respecting safe space!
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> On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 2:43 PM, Tami Starlight <tamistarlight at gmail.com> wrote:
> The morality of the patriarchy christian church?
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> That's rich!
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> le sigh
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> tami
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> On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Natalie Hill <nhill10 at gmail.com> wrote:
> A doc screening some of you might be interested in........
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> On Friday January 20th at 7pm the documentary "Our Lives to Fight For" will be screened at 10th Church in Vancouver.
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> The film is by a group of SFU students, and calls for the abolition of prostitution worldwide (while focusing particularly on prostitution in Canada). It advocates for the Nordic Model as a legal approach to prostitution.
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> The doc is inspired by such questions as: What makes men entitled to purchase sex? What makes it okay to protect the power of men to buy sex? How can we change this ideology?
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> The screening will be followed by a discussion led by EVE's Trisha Baptie.
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> Event link: http://tenthchurch.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/our-lives-to-fight-for-jan-20-tenth-church-7pm/?utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=twitterfeed
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> http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=11+W+10th+Ave,+Vancouver,+BC,+Canada&om=1&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=11+W+10th+Ave,+Vancouver,+Greater+Vancouver+Regional+District,+British+Columbia,+Canada&ll=49.26212,-123.104124&spn=0.016608,0.045447&z=15
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