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#METOO March
November 04, 2017
This march was created in response to the recent outpouring of #metoo hashtags showing up on all social media platforms. The MeToo campaign was started 10+ years ago by a female POC activist by the name of Tarana Burke. Although she is not currently affiliated with this march, we are aware that it was not with us that this movement began, and know it is important to give credit where it is due. Burke was quoted by CNN as saying "It's not about a viral campaign for me... it's about a movement". With this in mind, we are hoping to create a day & time where we can all come together - POC, Indigenous peoples, LGBTQ+, allies, and all other communities, to share our experiences in the hopes of healing together.
Sexual assault, sexual violence, rape culture, misogyny, gender-based violence, missing and murdered indigenous women, racial violence, harassment, exploitation, erasure, binarism, transmisogyny, transphobia, and patriarchy are all issues we deal with on an every day basis. For some of us it is inescapable. We hope that by coming together, beyond the realm of social media, we can begin to heal together and insight change into these very real problems that still exist in our society. We are hoping to have spaces for on-site counsellors, a variety of different information stations regarding these issues, to be accessible to disabled and deaf folks and have performances from peoples of various communities. The hopes for this event are to give those who wish, a chance to share their stories in a healing environment, those who can't share their stories for various reasons but can be present to be able to, to give hope to those who can't be present, to encourage those who still hold on to their experience a chance to talk to someone and to all come together through music, art & performance to heal.
We are in the process of contacting various organizations and communities to invite them to participate in order to make this event as inclusive, intersectional and diverse as possible. If you are a member of one of these communities, please reach out to us. We need your help in making this event happen. Thank you in advance, and we look forward to continuing to try to make this happen for us all.
Time: 12:00pm
Venue: Queen's Park
Location: Toronto, ON
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/1993125050960244/
Categories: Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives
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