[Wamvan] One Billion Rising Feb. 14

Sun Feb 10 20:17:24 PST 2013

And here's the press release for the annual Women's Memorial March. Ask
WAMVan member Harsha Walia if you have any questions.

« 22nd Annual Feb 14th Women’s Memorial
March<https://womensmemorialmarch.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/22nd-annual-feb-14th-womens-memorial-march/>
Media Release: Annual Women’s Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Women

February 8, 2013 by
ajik<https://womensmemorialmarch.wordpress.com/author/womensmemorialmarch/>

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ATTENTION: ALL NEWS EDITORS

*Annual Women’s Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Women*

*WHAT*: 22nd Annual Women’s Memorial March Press Conference
*WHEN*: Thursday Feb 14th at 9:00 am
*WHERE*: Carnegie classroom, 3rd floor, Main and Hastings

*MEDIA PROTOCOL*: Please note there will be NO MEDIA in Carnegie Theatre
during the family remembrance between 11am to noon. Media may record the
march at noon, except no recording of ceremonies during the march.

February 8, 2013 VANCOUVER, Coast Salish Territories- The February 14th
Annual Women’s Memorial March is held on Valentine’s Day each year to
honour the memory of women from the Downtown Eastside who have died due to
physical, mental, emotional and spiritual violence. Now in its 22nd year,
the march brings courage and commitment to remember and honour murdered and
missing women, and to end the violence that vulnerable women in the DTES
face on a daily basis.

“We are here to honour and remember the women, and we are here because we
are failing to protect women from poverty and systemic exploitation, abuse
and violence. We are here in sorrow and in anger because the violence
continues each and every day and the list of missing and murdered women
gets longer every year,” says Marlene George, Memorial March Committee
organizer.

In December 2011, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of
Discrimination against Women announced that it was launching an inquiry
into missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada. This announcement
came shortly after the Women’s Memorial March Committee and the Downtown
Eastside Women’s Center made joint submissions in October 2011 to the UN.

This year, the Women’s Memorial March occurs in the context of the
provincial missing women’s inquiry, which marginalized the voices and
experiences of DTES residents, Indigenous communities, and women’s groups.
In December 2012, the international organization Human Rights Watch called
on Canada to appoint a national commission of inquiry into missing and
murdered Indigenous women.

“We are calling for a national public inquiry and continue to seek justice
internationally with our submissions at the level of the UN,” continues
George.

Marches will also be held in at least twelve other cities including
Edmonton, Calgary, Kelowna, Montreal, Oshawa, Ottawa, Regina, Thunder Bay,
Toronto, Sault St Marie, Victoria, Winnipeg. In Vancouver, friends and
family members led by Indigenous women move through the DTES and stop at
sites where women died or were last seen to offer prayers, medicines, and
roses in remembrance.

*MEDIA CONTACTS*:
Marlene George: 778 833 3094
Mona Woodward 778 241 8440
Lisa Yellow Quill 604 618 1061
Cori Kelly (French) 778 709 6494
For general media inquiries, contact Harsha Walia 778 885 0040

*Website*: http://womensmemorialmarch.wordpress.com/

– 30 –

On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Joanna Chiu <chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Happy Lunar New Year!
>
> We had said earlier that WAMVan would want to help promote this event.
> Here's the info and facebook page to share if you'd like:
>
> *https://www.facebook.com/events/107519759406228/ *
>
>
>    -
>       - Thursday, February 14, 2013<https://www.facebook.com/events/calendar/2013/February/15>
>       -
>       12:00pm until 1:00pm in PST
>       -
>     One In Three Women On The Planet Will Be Raped Or Beaten In Her
>    Lifetime. One Billion Women Violated Is An Atrocity.One Billion Women
>    Dancing Is A Revolution.
>    On 14 February 2013 Theresa Tree, Global Girl Power, Luna Pads join in
>    solidarity, purpose and energy to DANCE and shake the world into a new
>    consciousness. www.onebillionrising.org<http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onebillionrising.org&h=rAQH9iS9L&s=1>
>    A must watch and a Must SHARE Video that inspired us all!!
>    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl2AO-7Vlzk<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl2AO-7Vlzk>
>    We are inviting ONE BILLION women and those who love them to WALKOUT,
>    DANCE, RISE UP, and DEMAND an end to violence against women and an end to
>    violence in general. ONE BILLION RISING will move the earth, activating
>    women and men across every country.
>
>    WHAT? “theGroove” dance, circle dance, global rising spiral and the
>    “Break the Chain” dance!
>
>    PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR OTHER RISINGS AS WELL!!!
>
>    One Billion Rising Official Hashtags: #1billionrising #reasontorise
>    Vancouver Rising Official Hashtags: #VdayVancity #1billionrisingYVR
>
>    LOVE DANCE V-Day in Van City takes a STRONG stance on the need for us
>    to foster and maintain true love and respect for each other, NO MATTER OUR
>    DIFFERENCES. We are coming together, rising up and dancing on this day,
>    celebrating life, love and compassion for all and to express through
>    movement that we value treating people respectfully. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
>
>    Please SHARE SHARE SHARE and INVITE YOUR FRIENDS to the event! -->
>    https://www.facebook.com/events/107519759406228/?fref=ts<https://www.facebook.com/events/107519759406228/?fref=ts> and
>    TWEET the main details LIKE MAD! We are also asking that you take pictures
>    with other risers with signs that say “Vancouver is Rising” and
>    “#VdayVancity” and “#1billionrisingYVR” and post them on the event and
>    business page!!
>    (If you send us your email address we can send you ones we have
>    already make to print out! mytreehousevision at gmail.com)
>
>    For more information
>
>    Tree
>    Email: mytreehousevision at gmail.com
>    Twitter: @treehousevision
>
>    Global Girl Power
>    www.globalgirlpower.org<http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.globalgirlpower.org&h=RAQFdjO_Q&s=1>
>    Email: info at globalgirlpower.org
>    Twitter : Globalgirlpower
>
>    Luna Pads
>    www.lunapads.com<http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lunapads.com&h=jAQELPIHR&s=1>
>    Email: info at lunapads.com
>    Twitter : @luna_gal
>
>
>    OTHER RISINGS!
>    Women’s Memorial March 12 – 5 https://www.facebook.com/
>    groups/264380380945/?fref=ts<https://www.facebook.com/groups/264380380945/?fref=ts>
>    RoundHouse Rising https://www.facebook.com/events/436365356443445/
>    UBC V-Day Vagina Monologues @ UBC 7pm http://
>    ubcvagmon2013.brownpapertickets.com/<http://ubcvagmon2013.brownpapertickets.com/>
>    Port Moody Rising https://www.facebook.com/events/146687708818879/
>    Victoria Rising https://www.facebook.com/events/498439303528919/
>
> --
> ---
>  Joanna Chiu
> www.joannachiu.com <http://www.joannachiu.com%20/>
> twitter.com/joannachiu
> WAM! Vancouver <http://www.wamvancouver.wordpress.com%20/>
> <http://twitter.com/joannachiu>
>
>
>
>
>

-- 
---
 Joanna Chiu
www.joannachiu.com <http://www.joannachiu.com%20/>
twitter.com/joannachiu
WAM! Vancouver <http://www.wamvancouver.wordpress.com%20/>
<http://twitter.com/joannachiu>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.resist.ca/pipermail/wamvan/attachments/20130211/56a3776a/attachment-0001.html>