{UVic Poverty Law Club} Events this week!

Hello PLC member,

We have 2 events going on this week that we hope you can attend:

Tuesday Feb 23 (tomorrow)
UVic Poverty Law Club presents a movie screening - 12:30 pm in Room 152, Fraser Building, UVic
What: "CARTS OF DARKNESS" - In the picture-postcard community of North Vancouver, filmmaker Murray Siple follows men who have turned
bottle-picking, their primary source of income, into the extreme sport of shopping cart racing. Street life is depicted as much more than
stereotypes portrayed in mainstream media. The film takes a deep look into the lives of the men who race carts, the adversity they face, and the
appeal of cart racing despite the risk.

There will be food served!

Friday, February 26 at 2:00 pm
Downtown poverty tour, departing from Our Place (919 Pandora Ave.)
A guided, informational tour of the downtown area, led by community leader and homeless advocate Rose Henry. Gain insight about the daily challenges
of life on the street, and the services available in Victoria. There will be a post-tour gathering for coffee, tea and discussion.
RSVPs encouraged: steve.a.parr@gmail.com 

Cheers
Emmett Scrimshaw
President, UVic Poverty Law Club

{UVic Poverty Law Club} Stolen Sisters event at Fraser

Hey all,

I wanted to bring this project to your attention, if you don't know about it. It is running from now until February 5th in the Fraser Building, with discussion and other reflection to follow. Below is the email I was sent
regarding the details.

Cheers
Emmett

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I forgot to mention, on Monday, could you please bring in pictures of the
important women in your life...we hope to display pictures of the
"sisters"  during the next week to raise awareness about the Stolen
Sister's March and Events

We will display the pictures for a week and then the week we begin the
events we will take down those pictures and replace them with a sign that
the sisters have been stolen in an attempt to highlight what it would be
like to have so many people's sisters stolen.  We will return the
pictures at the end, just put your name on the back.

The stolen sisters campaign is about raising awareness about the
countless number of indigenous women who have been murdered or have gone
missing over the past three decades.  Government has neglected to act on
this issue and this campaign aims to inform the public and force
government to act.