From reena at wpirg.org Fri Feb 3 19:02:25 2012 From: reena at wpirg.org (Reena Reddy) Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 19:02:25 -0500 Subject: [SAAC] March 1-4! Rainbow Reels Film Festival! Message-ID: *** Please Forward Widely *** SAVE THE DATE! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- RAINBOW REELS QUEER FILM FESTIVAL ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- Princess Twin Cinemas March 1-4, 2012 Join us for the 12th annual Rainbow Reels Queer Film Festival celebrating queer culture, history and experiences on the big screen! We kick off this year's festival with an Opening Night FILM & GALA on Thursday, March 1st at the Clay and Glass Gallery - a night of Jazz, dancing, food and drinks, followed by 3 days and nights of exceptional films from internationally acclaimed as well as emerging film-makers at the Princess Twin Cinemas in Uptown Waterloo. Make sure to check rainbowreels.org as we announce our lineup of films in the coming weeks and join us Facebook for the latest updates! Don't miss our Early-Bird Tickets going on sale TOMORROW Saturday, February 4th at SIZZLE's Rainbow Reels Fundraiser in Cambridge with performances by Elena Harte and friends, our most exciting silent auction yet, door prizes, tarot card reading, kissing booths, a 50/50 draw and more!! Come support our community and help grow this festival to news heights! Sizzle: 135 George St. North, Cambridge. Doors @ 8pm. 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URL: From tammy at wpirg.org Mon Feb 27 16:58:35 2012 From: tammy at wpirg.org (Tammy Kovich) Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:58:35 -0500 Subject: [SAAC] March Seeds of Resistance Workshops! Message-ID: <25EA2E03-EE55-40BB-A2A5-611C2FDF9D45@wpirg.org> *** Please Forward Widely*** WPIRG Presents: March Seeds of Resistance Workshops Join WPIRG for a series of awareness-raising, skill-building and analysis-developing workshops aimed at sowing the seeds of resistance, and providing participants with the tools, both practical and conceptual, to engage in struggles for social and environmental justice. Workshops happening the week of March 5th are taking place in conjunction with International Women?s Week. All workshops are free, and open to both students and community members. Got your back! Building Support and Healing into our Movements Tuesday, March 6th 6-9pm Multi-Purpose Room- Student Life Centre (University of Waterloo) Tired of seeing your friends and loved ones burn-out as they work for social change? Concerned about long-term sustainability of our movements? Feeling weighed down by crisis support and trauma work? Join us as we explore how the systems we want to dismantle restrict our vision of what kind of ?work? counts as ?organizing?, and what kinds of people are valuable agents for social change. We will take time to build strategies and visions that centre healing and sustainability in resistance and transformation. About the facilitators: Marika longs for communities that integrate radical queer and anti- colonial politics. She believes that our healing is wrapped up in our political organizing, and that one is incomplete without the other. She works towards building communities rooted in decolonization on this land, that challenge systems of white supremacy, capitalism, misogyny, racism, homophobia, ableism and transphopia. Marika is an educator, organizer and nanny; she also enjoys cross stitching and painting her nails. Mo dreams and works towards decolonization and body sovereignty. She fantasizes about movements collaborating to grow the strength to heal from the traumas of institutional and personal violences of colonialism, capitalism, ableism, misogyny, racism and queer and transphobia. Ro is a community organizer, radical bookkeeper, nanny and doula-in- training. When she?s not in front of a computer writing remittances and scheduling projects for The Public Studio, she can be seen working through some serious anti-colonial land defense alongside indigenous resistance movements. As a queer woman of colour, and as a settler in this land, an anti-colonial, anti-oppressive framework in all spaces is not only important, but vital to the survival of organizations that seek to change to see change in the world, and to her friends, lovers and family. Class Struggle & Women?s Liberation: Developing an Anti-Capitalist Feminism Wednesday, March 7h 2-4pm Multi-Purpose Room- Student Life Centre (University of Waterloo) Capitalism structures, mediates and otherwise shapes almost every aspect of our daily lives. From how we survive in and interact with society and the environment, to our personal relationships and even how we come to conceptualize ourselves. Exasperating the oppressive realities of patriarchy (as well as white supremacy, colonialism, and ableism for that matter), capitalism is inextricably linked to the ongoing oppression and exploitation of women. This workshop will explore the gendered effects of capitalism, and outline the importance of integrating an anti-capitalist analysis into discussions of feminism and women?s liberation. Topics to be discussed include: the commodification of women?s bodies, the international gendered division of labour, unpaid work in the household, and income inequality. About the facilitator: Tammy is an anarcha-feminist and social justice activist who holds a Masters Degree in Political Science from York University. She currently works as Volunteer and Programming Coordinator at the Waterloo Public Interest Research Group, and is involved in various anti-capitalist projects. Herbal DIY Female Reproductive Health Friday, March 9th 2-4pm Multi-Purpose Room- Student Life Centre (University of Waterloo) This workshop will explore social/environmental impacts on female reproductive health, and ways in which female-bodied people can be empowered to improve health issues. We will share stories, experiences and remedies for everyday symptoms such as PMS, irregular menstruation, fertility, birth control, menopause, cramps and other hormonal issues. About the facilitator: Emily of Guelph is a student of Herbalism for 8 years. She is interested in collective community health care, mutual aid, autonomy over our bodies, and getting to the root of our problems. What?s a Zine? An introduction to the World of Zines and How to Make Them Tuesday, March 13th 6-8pm SLC 2143 (Student Life Centre- University of Waterloo) This 2 hour workshop will give a brief history of zines and the culture that surrounds them. Participants will learn the importance of layout and basics of imposition and also learn how to make a eight page mini zine. weather you are new to the zine world or if cut and paste is old hat this workshop will connect you to other zineters and maybe a little inspiration. About the facilitator: Erin has be fascinated by zines since high school when she saw the senior class handing out a one sheet called QWERTY. Now she is the sole librarian at the Arrow Archive zine library in Guelph, runs 'Look Mum!' zine distro, and routinely makes zines to express herself. Tammy Kovich Volunteer and Programming Coordinator Waterloo Public Interest Research Group 519-888-4882 tammy at wpirg.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: