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When we are impacted by sexualized violence, it is vital to take care of all aspects of ourselves. Sometimes, in the process of self-care and healing, we can leave parts out that are needing to be nurtured. In this video you will be taught how to use the Medicine Wheel as a tool for self-care. The Medicine Wheel has been used by Indigenous people historically to re-orient self-care towards mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical needs. Share this resource with anyone in ...your life who may find it useful! We are grateful for Nicola Wealth Management’s support of our Indigenous Counselling and Outreach Program! . . [video imagine description] an Indigenous woman wearing black demonstrates how to use the Medicine Wheel as a tool for self-care.

If you are a resident of the Vancouver inner city who is homeless or a resident of a shelter, SRO, or supported housing, you are eligible to receive your first dose of the COVID19 vaccination TODAY from 10am-5pm at Carnegie Centre, 401 Main Street. This clinic will operate on a drop in basis, so no appointment is necessary. All clinic locations include: - Carnegie Centre, 401 Main St, 10am-5pm - Pender Community Health Centre, 59 West Pender St, 10am-4pm... - Downtown Community Health Centre, 569 Powell St, 10am-4pm - Union Gospel mission, 601 East Hastings, 9am-4pm See more

WAVAW is calling on all businesses, artists, stylists, service providers, and artisans! You can support survivors of sexualized violence by donating to our virtual silent auction "SOLD", taking place March 5th-7th 2021. Email [email protected] to get involved and make an incredible difference in survivors lives!

We are growing, and we want to hear from you! We are currently hiring for the following positions: Sexual Assault Response Worker - Closing date: Feb 5 Manager Of Operations - Closing date: Feb 8... Click here for complete job postings: https://www.wavaw.ca/careers/ Come join our team!

We are still looking for Streamers, YouTubers, Podcasters, and Online Content Creators to be a part of our first annual Streaming For Survivors event! If you'd like to get involved by streaming a fundraising event this March 26-28, we want to hear from you! Let's band together with our online communities to support survivors of sexualized violence by collectively raising $10,000! Email [email protected] to find out how you can get involved. WAVAW will support you every step of the way to ensure your stream is a success!

" We need to focus on ways in which we can reduce the police footprint in many domestic violence contexts...For those survivors who seek to engage with the criminal-legal system, we should make an effort to improve that system and make it more responsive to their needsand for those survivors who do not seek to engage, we need to create alternative pathways so that they can access safety.

Thanks to our friends at West Coast LEAF for creating this Checklist for Feminist Voting for the BC election! Today is the last day advanced voting polls are open, and election day is this Saturday, October 24. Review this list to ensure that the party you're voting for aligns with your feminist values.

What we are witnessing through the harassment, violence, and destruction enacted by settlers against Mi'kmaq fisherman in Nova Scotia is an act of ongoing colonial genocide. The colonial beliefs that are fueling these attacks on Indigenous economies, lands, resources, and communities, are the same colonial beliefs that lead to the disproportionately high rates of sexualized violence experienced by Indigenous women, and Two-Spirit people. We call on our community to stand ag...ainst these acts of colonial violence by donating, amplifying indigenous voices, sharing information, and calling in your communities. Below is an excellent list of ways in-which you can support Mi'kmaq treaty rights. Take action today.

This weekend Vancouver by Night is playing Werewolf in a 2 part live stream fundraiser for survivors of sexualized violence! Be sure to check it out Saturday and Sunday starting at 2:00pm by following this link: https://bit.ly/3k6Ke4b

We have just a few spots left available for today's panel "Queer Visions for Healing Justice"! Join us from 5:30-6:30 to witness three local activists discussing transformative justice, healing from sexual violence, and resisting the carceral justice system. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../reg.../WN_4wztdSOEQrSOmUgHVrIm5g

"All levels of society including municipal, provincial, and federal governments, need to take responsibility to make sure that they treat transmisogyny as a severe human rights violation. As allies, including transmasculine people, to trans women, it is our job to show up and have the hard conversations that will move the dial towards the feminism we want. It’s not enough to disengage with transmisogyny; that is how it creeps back in. We need to be vocal and to encourage our friends, family, and colleagues to examine their transmisogyny. We need to stop excusing it under the guise of feminism."

"October 4th is a day when we honour the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and gender diverse people, support grieving families, and create opportunities for healing. The violence experienced by Indigenous women, girls and gender diverse people in Canada is a national tragedy. United, we will demand action on an issue that impacts us all!" We encourage you to join Native Women's Association of Canada for their Virtual Vigil for Sister's in Spirit today on their Facebook page at 2:00 pm Follow the link for more information about how you can show your support.

We are proud to introduce Kristin Li, a collective member and representative from the Prisoner Correspondence Project as one of our three panelists for our "Queer Visions for Healing Justice" panel on October 15th. Kristin Li has been a collective member of the Prisoner Correspondence Project since 2009. Founded in 2007, PCP is a penpal program in Tiohtià:ke / Montreal that connects LGBTQ prisoners across Canada and the United States with similarly identified people on the ou...tside. The project also publishes a biannual newsletter with submissions from the inside membership and organizes a library with over 200 resources available to prisoners at no cost. Entirely run by volunteers, the collective is composed of 5-10 outside members who answer letters, send resources, match up penpals, and compile the newsletter. An inside collective of around 30 people chooses newsletter themes, reviews new resources, and offers feedback to monthly collective meeting minutes. The project currently has over 4000 members in around 400 prisons. Register for this important panel discussion here: https://bit.ly/3naYZVC

We are proud to introduce Amber Goulet as one of our three panelists for our "Queer Visions for Healing Justice" panel on October 15th. Amber Goulet is a queer Cree woman from Amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton, Alberta) in Treaty 6 territory and currently a fourth year UBC undergraduate completing her Bachelor of Arts, double majoring in First Nations & Indigenous Studies and Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice. As part of the First Nations & Indigenous Studies program in ...2019/2020, Amber partnered with WAVAW to engage and design a community research project, examining the strengths and weaknesses of moving beyond state approaches to sexualized violence within Indigenous communities. Her interests include conversations about decolonizing feminism, gender, sexuality, violence, and curating alternative ways of unpacking intergenerational trauma. After Amber completes her degree at UBC, she hopes to move onto a master’s degree program with a focus in art and community engagement. Register for this important panel discussion here: https://bit.ly/3naYZVC

We are proud to introduce Meenakshi Mannoe as one of our three panelists for our "Queer Visions for Healing Justice" panel on October 15th. Meenakshi Mannoe is a settler living on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples since 2006. In her role at Pivot Legal Society, she works alongside interdisciplinary colleagues to envision intersectional approaches to policing and criminalization. She values Pivot’s uncompromising commitment to the... expertise and vision of people with lived and living experience. Her work emphasizes the impact of policing across campaign areas. Prior to joining Pivot, she held a variety of frontline and administrative positions at legal and social service agencies in Vancouver. Meenakshi is a graduate of the UBC School of Social Work (MSW, 2019) and Registered Social Worker. She is currently a board member for the Community Radio Education Society, programmer at Vancouver Coop Radio (Stark Raven), and member of the Vancouver Prison Justice Day Committee. Register for this important panel discussion here: https://bit.ly/3naYZVC

WAVAW Presents: Queer Visions for Healing Justice! Join us and three local activists to talk about transformative justice, healing from sexual violence, and resisting the carceral justice system. We’ve heard from our communities that the current legal responses to sexual violence often leave survivors feeling unheard, unsatisfied, and unsafe. Queer people, Indigenous people, and people of color are imagining a different way of responding to sexual violence that heals whole c...ommunities and breaks cycles of violence, rather than further entrenching them through the carceral system. What would it mean for survivors if we defunded the police? What could we dream of instead? In this exciting panel, three local activists will challenge us to re-consider the criminal justice system, and discuss how transformative justice could respond to sexual violence. We’ll explore Indigenous frameworks for justice, the links between criminal justice and rape culture, and why reforming a broken system is not enough for survivors. Register via the zoom link below and stay tuned to learn more about our amazing panelists! https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_4wztdSOEQrSOmUgHVrIm5g

Our Manager of Counselling Programs and Clinical Supervision and the Manager of Victim Services and Volunteer Programs job postings are still open, and we would love to hear from you! The application deadline is October 4, 2020. Please review the full postings online at www.wavaw.ca/careers. We encourage Indigenous people, racialized people, disabled people, and people of marginalized genders to apply. Please help us spread the word!

We are excited to share our new WAVAW GEMs program with you! WAVAW GEMS are a community of passionate supporters who give monthly to connect survivors to consistent and long-lasting sort. In these turbulent and chaotic times, the WAVAW GEMs provide reliable financial support that allows us to budget into the future, and create security and sustainability that allows us to adapt our services to meet the needs of survivors at a moment's notice.... The importance of this community cannot be overstated. We need a strong WAVAW GEMs community, now more than ever. Survivors are counting on them. Follow this link to become WAVAW GEM today: https://bit.ly/3muUc17 You will have a lasting impact on the life of a survivor. You will change lives.