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Women Transforming Cities

mlegates — Sat, 12 May 2012 14:21:29 +0000

We invite you to join us for the launch of Women Transforming Cities.
The event will take place May 24, 2012 from 5:30pm - 8:30pm at Vancouver City Hall - City Council Chambers
Women Transforming Cities is a new grassroots non-profit organization that empowers women and girls to make positive changes in their communities. Our organization brings together women from various backgrounds who want to design a city that is ideal for women and girls by applying an equity lens. Our speakers will discuss issues regarding urban safety, housing and homelessness, health and poverty alleviation.With Vancouver City Councillor Andrea Reimer, MLA and Deputy Speaker of the Legislature Linda Reid and Jen Sung from Out in Schools and special presentations from Catherine Murrary - SFU Chair of the Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies, Ellen Woodsworth - founder of Women Transforming Cities and the Raging Grannies.

Our featured speakers include:
Penny Gurstein - UBC School of Community and Regional Planning
Linda Ross -LER Property Management
Melanie Matining - Girls Action Foundation
Christine Smith - Vancouver Aboriginal Transformative Justice Services Society
Doors open at 5:30 pm at Vancouver City Hall

May 26

mlegates — Sat, 12 May 2012 14:14:47 +0000

Come for a screening of the 2010 film, “The Whistleblower.”

April 28

mlegates — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:13:27 +0000

Check out the new website, ’Women Suffrage and Beyond: Confronting the Democratic Deficit’, launched March 8, 2012, in honour of International Women’s Day: http://womensuffrage.org/

mlegates — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 06:01:33 +0000

Celebrate International Women’s Day (March 8) by joining one (or more) of Vancouver’s many events. Check out these links:

mlegates — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:47:18 +0000

http://www.vstaweb.ca/VDLC.htm

http://bcfed.ca/node/2184

March 24

mlegates — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 02:15:50 +0000

February 25

mlegates — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:25:21 +0000

President Anahita Konjin will share updates from “Reaching Critical Will” and ‘Peace Women.”

January 28, 2012

mlegates — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 14:58:09 +0000

Join us to watch “Pray the Devil Back to Hell,” which chronicles the remarkable story of the courageous Liberian women who came together to end a bloody civil war and bring peace to their shattered country. Given that two of the Nobel Peace Prize laureates in 2011, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee, were Liberian women, it is timely to learn more about the struggles of thousands of women — ordinary mothers, grandmothers, aunts and daughters, both Christian and Muslim — who came together to pray for peace and staged a silent protest outside of the Presidential Palace. This movie depicts the roles of the two Nobel laureates in Liberia’s peace movement.

Potluck December 10, 11:00-3:00

mlegates — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 14:57:04 +0000

Nov. 26

mlegates — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:39:15 +0000

Eight months have passed since popular protests calling for change and Freedom spread out nationwide in Syria. The protests have been largely peaceful, yet Syrian authorities have sought to suppress them in the most brutal manner. As many as 3500 people have been killed during or in connection with the protests since mid-March. On Saturday, local Syrian activists will talk to us about repression, violence, and torture in Syria and how Canadians can help.