[WAM!Van] Montreal Massacre Memorial Invitation

[Joanna Chiu]

Hi all, my apologies. I didn't notice the event was organized by VRR. If I
had, because I know the group is involved in some serious conflicts with
other groups, I would've included a copy of WAM! Vancouver's values that
many of us had worked together on drafting shortly after the chapter was
founded.

Here it is below, and this is the link to the values statement on our
website.
<http://www.womenactionmedia.org/chapters__trashed/vancouver/wamvancouver-statement-of-values/>

Values

WAM! Vancouver operates in accordance with the core values of WAM!
International <http://womenactionmedia.org/why-wam/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/people 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 Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 12:01 AM, Tami Starlight <tamistarlight at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Pretty tragic that you Joanna decided to post this offensive information.
>
> Hiy hiy/thank you Donna for posting a well articulated response.
>
> Here is some more recent info regarding toxic oppressive TERF / SWERF
> action in the region.
>
> https://theantioppressionnetwork.wordpress.com/
>
> Sent from my phone
> Tami Starlight - unceded coast Salish territory/Vancouver
> tamistarlight at gmail.com
> tami_starlight - Twitter
>
>
> On Nov 5, 2016, at 10:11 PM, D Dykeman <ddykeman at shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> I will never attend a VRR event until they truly accept ALL women,
> including trans women and sex workers, as having a right to personal
> agency, choices, services, justice and acceptance. Until this change
> happens, local unions such as HEU and IATSE have decided to withhold
> funding and support for this specifically ideological organization. Don't
> let their revisionist history influence your knowledge of feminist activism
> in Vancouver.
>
> ------------------------------
> *From: *"Joanna Chiu" <chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com>
> *To: *"wamvan" <wamvan at lists.resist.ca>
> *Sent: *Saturday, November 5, 2016 9:37:04 PM
> *Subject: *[WAM!Van] Montreal Massacre Memorial Invitation
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: <sophiah at rapereliefshelter.bc.ca>
> Date: Nov 6, 2016 6:19 AM
> Subject: Montreal Massacre Memorial Invitation
> To: <wamvancouver at gmail.com>
> Cc:
>
> Good afternoon women of WAM! Vancouver
>
> I am hoping to see you and the women of WAM! Vancouever at our annual *Montreal Massacre Memorial* on *Saturday, December 3rd* at the *Native Education College* (285 East 5th Ave., Vancouver). This is a free, full day event from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. with lectures and round table conversations as a part of a national day of remembrance and action on violence against women.
>
> Come to listen to a conversation between Vancouver-based actress, writer and child of the Chilean resistance *Carmen Aguirre* and long-time activist *Lee Lakeman* or the many other remarkable women who will be speaking and meeting that day! The full program can be found on our website <http://www.rapereliefshelter.bc.ca/learn/resources/montr%C3%A9al-massacre-memorial-2016-program>.
>
> If you could kindly circulate this email within your membership I would greatly appreciate it. Please let me know if you have any questions. I look forward to seeing you!
>
>
> In sisterhood,
>
>
> Sophia Hladik, on behalf of Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter collective
>
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