As part of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence and our new multi-year Colour of Violence project, Battered Women’s Support Services (BWSS) is thrilled to invite you to two upcoming events and to participate in our survey centering racialized survivors.
Event Nov 25th
Youth Survivors and Dating Violence – Let’s all Recognize the Signs
To launch the international campaign 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence and to commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on November 25, 2021, we are delighted to invite you to this event.
This event features Eternity Martis – Eternity Martis is an award-winning journalist and best-selling author whose debut memoir, They Said This Would Be Fun, was a “Best Book of the Year” pick by Globe and Mail, Apple, Audible, and Chapters/Indigo. CBC called the book one of “20 moving Canadian memoirs to read right now” and PopSugar named it one of “5 Books About Race on College Campuses Every Student Should Read.” This year, They Said This Would Be Fun won the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Non-Fiction.
Intimate partner violence in high school and on university campuses is an everyday occurrence—still, there is so little recognition of the prevalence and very little discussion about it.
Eternity Martis’ keynote will highlight the prevalence of dating violence, the experiences of young women, femmes, and non-binary people, and what high schools and universities can do to address it.
More information and registration at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/youth-survivors-and-dating-violence-lets-all-recognize-the-signs-tickets-211820459697
THREAD: Today is #InternationalDayofViolenceAgainstWomen.
I want to draw attention to young women who are affected by intimate partner violence (IPV). They are rarely included in these conversations, including when we talk about the pandemic of violence during COVID-19:— Eternity Martis (@eternitymartis) November 25, 2020
Event Dec 9th
Race, Gender, and Anti-Violence Services
We are thrilled to invite you to a powerhouse online discussion with Black, Indigenous, immigrant/refugee, and racialized women on race, gender and anti-violence services on December 9, 2021.
This event will feature speakers Audrey Huntley, Sarah Jama, Farrah Khan, Elene Lam, Kelendria Nation and Andrea Ritchie, with a territorial welcome by Cecilia Point and moderated by Angela Marie MacDougall and Leslie Varley.
More information and registration at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-colour-of-violence-gender-race-and-anti-violence-services-registration-208296007967
Survey Nov 1 – Dec 9th
Have you taken our brief, anonymous survey?
We recently launched a short, anonymous survey focusing on issues of accessibility, safety, and the structural barriers of anti-violence services in British Columbia for Black, Indigenous, immigrant/refugee, and women and gender-diverse survivors of colour.
This is a completely anonymous survey with no identifying information collected that will take less than 15 minutes to fill out with 11 questions.
Anyone who does the survey can enter a draw for $50-gift certificates to My Sisters Closet.
We are seeking the participation of those who are:
- Black, Indigenous, immigrant/refugee, racialized
- Identify as a cisgender or transgender woman or femme, or as a gender diverse person
- Live in BC
- Are 19+
The survey can be completed in different ways between November 1 and December 9, 2021:
- Available online: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BWSSColourofViolence
- Hard copies of the survey will also be available at BWSS’s Vancouver office and at both My Sister’s Closet locations. These surveys can be returned in the labelled survey return boxes at the BWSS front desk and at both My Sister’s Closet locations.
- There are PDF’s available for download in English, Spanish, Punjabi, Tagalog, French, Simplified Chinese, Vietnamese, and Farsi at: https://www.bwss.org/colour-of-violence/. Completed PDF copies can be emailed to melody@bwss.org or call 604-616-7528 to arrange return.
