Tag Archives: Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women

IT’S ABOUT COMMUNITY, NOT COMPETITION

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Black Coffee Poet

It’s About Community, Not Competition By Jorge Antonio Vallejos I’ve been running my website for two years and five months. My concept in terms of how I highlight writers is original: review, interview, video. It’s a whole week on a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Community Accountability, Community Builiding, Community vs Competetion, Ending Racism, feminism, Idle No More, Indigenous Solidarity, left wing writing, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, Poetry and politics, political writing, Queer Rights, Rebellion Prose, Violence Against Women | 5 Comments

A POEM BY CHRYSTOS FOR THE FORGOTTEN WOMEN OF DECEMBER 6TH

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Black Coffee Poet

Hundreds of candlelight vigils were held yesterday for the 14 white women that were killed by Marc Lepine in 1989. It was a horrible, sexist, misogynist killing. Thousands of Aboriginal Women, Women of Colour, Queer Women, Disabled Women, Transgender … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged "Not Vanishing" by Chrystos, 14 women killed December 6th 1989, Chrystos, December 6 1989, December 6th Candle Light Vigil, Ecole Polytechnique, feminism, First Wave Feminism, Marc Lepine, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, The Forgotten Women of December 6th, Violence Against Women, Women Won't Forget | 2 Comments

HONOURING THE FORGOTTEN WOMEN OF THE DECEMBER 6TH VIGIL: INDIGENOUS, OF COLOUR, DISABLED, QUEER, TRANSGENDER, SEX WORKER…

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Black Coffee Poet

Every year in the land now known as Canada a vigil is held for the 14 white women killed in 1989 at Ecole Polytechnique in what is called The Montreal Massacre. These women should be, and are, remembered. So … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged December 6th Vigil, Ecole Polytechnique, feminism, First Wave Feminism, Marc Lepine, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, Montreal Massacre, National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, Racism in Feminism, Toronto Rape Crisis Centre, Transphobia, Violence Against Women, Women Won't Forget | 3 Comments

CHALLENGING THE WHITENESS OF THE DECEMBER 6TH VIGIL

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Black Coffee Poet

This video interview with Deb Singh of the Toronto Rape Crisis Centre Multicultural Women Against Rape was filmed in 2010. It was part of a special week challenging the whiteness of December 6th called Remembering The Forgotten Women of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged December 6 1989, December 6 Vigil, Ecole Polytechnique, feminism, First Wave Feminism, Marc Lepine, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, Montreal Massacre, National Day of Remembrance and Action Against Violence Against Women, Racism and Feminism, Toronto Rape Crisis Centre, Violence Against Women, White feminism | 2 Comments

REMEMBERING HELEN BETTY OSBORNE: A POEM BY MARILYN DUMONT

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Black Coffee Poet

This week we honoured Helen Betty Osborne via an Opinion Editorial, Lest We Forget, by Cree academic Robyn Bourgeois a Thank You Letter to Helen Betty Osborne by Norway House Cree Nation resident Megan Bertasson and here we have a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Helen Betty Osborne, Marilyn Dumont, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, Remembering Helen Betty Osborne, Violence Against Women | 4 Comments

REMEMBERING HELEN BETTY OSBORNE: A THANK YOU LETTER FROM A YOUNG CREE WOMAN

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Black Coffee Poet

Nineteen-year old Cree woman Helen Betty Osborne was murdered by 4 white men November 13, 1971. Osborne’s death and case have been labelled a “conspiracy of silence”. We hounour Helen Betty Osborne this week on blackcoffeepoet.com via an Opinion Editorial, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Colonialism, Conspiracy of Silence, Cree Nation, feminism, First Nations Women, genocide, Helen Betty Osborne, Indigenous Women, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, Missing and Murdered Native Women, No More Silence, Norway House First Nation, Sisters In Spirit, TEDx, The Pas Manitoba, Violence Against Women | 5 Comments

REMEMBERING HELEN BETTY OSBORNE: OP ED: “LEST WE FORGET”

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Black Coffee Poet

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged "Lest We Forget", Aboriginal Justice Inquiry in Manitoba, Colonialism, Conspiracy of Silence, Cree Nation, feminism, First Nations Women, genocide, Helen Betty Osborne, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, Missing and Murdered First Nations Women in Canada, Missing and Murdered Native Women in Canada, No More Silence, Norway House First Nation, Opinion Editorial, Patriarchy, Remembrance Day, Robyn Bourgeois, sexism, Sisters In Spirit, The Pas Manitoba, Violence Against First Nations Women, Violence Against Women | 7 Comments

BCP READING POEMS ON HOWL RADIO

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Black Coffee Poet

It was a pleasure and an honour to read on HOWL radio. Host Nik Beat asked me a few questions and I read 3 poems. I wrote an article about my time on HOWL and here is the video! … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Black Coffee Poet, Boxing, CIUT 89.5 FM, David Miller, Diego "Chico" Corrales, feminism, HOWL Radio, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, Muhammad Ali, Nik Beat, poetry, Prison poems | Leave a comment

HOWLING IN YEAR 3 WITH NIK BEAT AND ROBERT PRIEST

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Black Coffee Poet

Howling In Year 3 With Nik Beat and Robert Priest By Jorge Antonio Vallejos About a month and a half ago I got an email from Nik Beat saying he wanted me on his show. It literally read, “I want … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged "A Poem For Mayor David Miller", Allen Ginsberg, Black Coffee Poet, Boxing, CIUT 89.5 FM, Diego Corrales, HOWL, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, Mayor of Toronto, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, Nik Beat, poetry, Prison Poetry, Robert Priest, Toronto Poetry Scene | 2 Comments