Tag Archives: Violence Against Women

SEXUAL CONSENT CHART: SEXUAL VIOLENCE K[NO]W MORE!!!!

May is Sexual Violence Awareness Month! Activists say Sexual Violence K[NO]W More!  See my previous post for some resources. Here is a chart about consent put out by queeringsexed.com: Educate! Share! Act!

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SEXUAL VIOLENCE K[NO]W MORE!!!!

I recently noticed this poster (see left) on Face Book by Ottawa Coalition to End Violence Against Women about the month of May being Sexual Assault Awareness Month.  The slogan is Sexual Violence Know More.  Catchy and well put. Wikipedia … Continue reading

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BCP READS @ POVERTY TO POWER 2013

Poverty to Power Reading By Jorge Antonio Vallejos Photo by Gerardo Correa This past Monday I presented 3 poems about racism in the workplace, violence against Aboriginal women, and the prison industrial complex at the Colour of Poverty 2013 conference: … Continue reading

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READING AT SPINLAW 2013: SPREADING THE ROOTS AND REACH OF THE LIVING TREE

Reading at SPINLAW 2013: Spreading the Roots and Reach of the Living Tree By Jorge Antonio Vallejos Early this year I was commissioned to write a poem for the SPINLAW conference, 30 Years Under the Living Tree: Reflections on the … Continue reading

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PRESENTING AT ACLA 2013: “ON READING CHRYSTOS: HER WORDS ARE NOT VANISHING”

Presenting at ACLA 2013: On Reading Chrystos: Her Words Are Not Vanishing By Jorge Antonio Vallejos This past Saturday, April 6 2013, I had the honour of presenting my memoir essay On Reading Chrystos: Her Words Are Not Vanishing at … Continue reading

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MALIKAH AWE:RI AND ROGER LANGEN READ THEIR POEMS FROM RESISTANCE POETRY #2

Meeting Malikah Awe:ri to tape her reading from Resistance Poetry #2 was great.  I was a guest on her show with Dane Swan; we talked poems, read poems, and learned about poetry from each other. My interview with Malikah was … Continue reading

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NATIVE WOMEN AND TWO-SPIRITS SPEAK OUT AGAINST VIOLENCE!!!

This week on blackcoffeepoet.com we brought attention to the Epidemic of Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women in Canada via an Opinion Editorial by Anishinaabe Kwe Christine Luza, a Letter by Cindy Bourgeois to her Transgender sisters asking them to care … Continue reading

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INTERVIEW WITH NOAMI SAYERS: ANISHINAABE ACADEMIC, ACTIVIST, BLOGGER, AND FORMER SEX WORKER + PHOTO ESSAY OF “NO MORE SILENCE” RALLY TORONTO 2013

Naomi Sayers is an Indigenous Feminist from the Garden River First Nations, just east of Sault Ste Marie ON. Currently, she is in her third year of studies at Western University for the honors specialization in criminology program with a … Continue reading

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OP ED: ANTI VIOLENCE AGAINST INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND RESURGENCE

Anti-Violence Against Indigenous Women and Resurgence By Christine Luza On February 14th, Anishinaabe voices will be heard clearly and loudly across Canada. When most would be settling down for a special evening with their beloveds, Indigenous women, men, Elders and allies will … Continue reading

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