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Tag Archives: Women Won’t Forget
MONTREAL MASSACRE 25TH ANNIVERSARY VIGIL (TORONTO)
Montreal Massacre 25th Anniversary Vigil (Toronto) By Jorge Antonio Vallejos I have been attending the “Women Won’t Forget” vigil for the 14 women killed in the Montreal Massacre in 1989 for seven years. I started going because I’m opposed … Continue reading
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Tagged December 6 Vigil Philosophers Walk, December 6 vigil Toronto, Marc Lepine, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, Missing and Murdered First Nations Women, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Montreal Massacre 25th Anniversay, Racism in feminsim, Sex Work phobia, Transphobia, Whorephobia, Women Won't Forget
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REMEMBERING ALL WOMEN ON DECEMBER 6TH: “RESISTANCE”, A POEM BY CREE POET CONNIE FIFE
Resistance, a poem by Cree word warrior Connie Fife was selected to be read by Whitney French as the closing of Remembering All Women Week on blackcoffeepoet.com. When meeting Whitney to photograph and videotape her I read the poem and … Continue reading
REMEMBERING ALL WOMEN ON DECEMBER 6TH: “MOVE A MOUNTAIN”, A POEM BY JANET MARIE ROGERS
Every December 6th hundreds of vigils are held across the land now known as Canada for the 14 white women killed in “The Montreal Massacre”. Many people have pointed out that women from many different groups (Aboriginal, Of Colour, Trans, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aboriginal poetry, December 6th Vigil, Feminist poetry, Janet Marie Rogers, Marc Lepine - The Montreal Massacre, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women in Canada, Montreal Massacre, Transphobia at December 6th Vigil, Vancouver Rape Relief Transphobia, Women Won't Forget
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SOMETIMES COMMUNITY IS ABOUT KNOWING WHEN TO SAY “NO”
Sometimes Community Is About Knowing When To Say “No” By Jorge Antonio Vallejos In 2005 author Rick Moody said something that stuck with me. He shared his disappointment with some of his fellow New York writers who were trying to … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, Community Building, December 6th Vigil, Feminists of Colour Organize, First Nations Activism, First Nations Communities, First Nations People, First Nations rights, Idle No More, mixed race, Mixed Race writer, Prison Industrial Complex, Rick Moody, September 11th, Two-Spirit Literature, White Supremacy, Women Won't Forget
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A POEM BY CHRYSTOS FOR THE FORGOTTEN WOMEN OF DECEMBER 6TH
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
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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
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HONOURING THE FORGOTTEN WOMEN OF THE DECEMBER 6TH VIGIL: INDIGENOUS, OF COLOUR, DISABLED, QUEER, TRANSGENDER, SEX WORKER…
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
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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
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