Proud to be among 2SLGBTQIA+ advocates & supporters speaking up for the National Rainbow Week of Action, May 11-17, 2024. Get active! Get vocal! Thanks, Momentum! 🏳️‍🌈

Take action, attend a rally, send your MP a letter: bit.ly/3Jy2Rwh

#RainbowEquality #CdnPoli

Honoured to partner with you on this, Rise Women's Legal Centre! ID: 'Read our new joint submission to the BCLI on parentage, advocating for accessing & inclusive family law. This is part of Rise's ongoing commitment to ensuring diverse families are recognized by the law.' #BCLaw

Today is Earth Day! A huge thank you to the traditional stewards of this land and those who protect our land and water. Today and every day, let's join together to help make the world a better place. Let us love and protect our first mother, Mother Earth. #Earthday2024

Alongside Rise Women's Legal Centre, we've made a submission to BC Law Institute's review of Parentage in the Family Law Act. We’re advocating for inclusive parentage laws that promote the well-being of diverse families! Read it here: bit.ly/3xEIVVQ #BCPoli #FamilyLaw

ICYMI: We're grateful for the work of Possibility Seeds to expand/update Use the Right Words, a set of resources 'for journalists and media professionals to report on sexual and gender-based violence in a trauma-informed way that prevents additional harm.'
bit.ly/4aihDUa

ICYMI: A report released in Jan by The CCPA–BC highlights voices of women workers in hotels, mostly racialized &/or immigrant women, about how their livelihoods & health have suffered since the pandemic, & makes recommendations for their rights & security:
bit.ly/4a3fOt6

ICYMI: Campaign 2000's report released last month shows alarming backwards steps on child and family poverty in Canada (which also often reflects the feminization of poverty) after the winding down of pandemic financial supports. #CdnPoli #EndPoverty
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Year 8 of the drug toxicity crisis

Press conference and community town hall

April 14th, 2:00PM, 312 Main

It's International Asexuality Day, & we want to recognize the education & advocacy work of ace & aro communities. For example, in this article in The Healthy Indian Project, Ritash calls for non-pathologizing, non-stigmatizing health care that respects self-determination:
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We're one week away from this workshop with Indigenous Women Rise Society! Are you First Nations, Metis or Inuit and want to learn more about your rights at work? Register today!

Migrant care worker immigration programs are expiring soon. But many can't apply anyway because of unfair requirements. Support migrant care workers in crisis by adding your voice to the Migrant Rights Network #StatusForAll petition: bit.ly/3u4KrPm #StatusforAll

On the Trans Day of Visibility & every day, we see, hear & appreciate the brilliance of trans folks in our communities. Here's a fun round-up of 15 trans & non-binary music artists (yay for trans audibility!). Who are you listening to? Who inspires you?
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Our friend & collaborator Alysha Collie of 3 Crows Productions (half of the filmmaking duo behind our Kids Are Only Kids Once doc) is urgently fundraising for legal representation for an Indigenous mom & survivor of family violence: gofundme.com/f/family-facin…

#MutualAidRequest

Are you a person with disabilities that has lived experience of the Family Law Act? Join our friends at Procne Navigation for their dialogue session to make the Family Law Act work better for People with Disabilities. Register today:

bit.ly/4acwTBo

New date! Join us and Indigenous Women Rise Society for a workshop on Your Rights at Work. This session will introduce legal options for First Nations, Metis and Inuit people aged 15+ workers in BC on Thursday, April 11 from 6:30pm-8:30pm PST. Register at bit.ly/3V3XvQo #BCLaw

Housing is a human right! Ensure the Federal Budget invests in social housing by following the link to send a message to cabinet ministers: moresocialhousing.ca/federal-budget…

Tomorrow eve at Vancouver Public Library Central Branch! Catch our ED Raji Mangat in conversation w/ Mandi Gray, who will speak about her new book Suing for Silence, which explores how defamation lawsuits are used to silence & intimidate survivors of sexual violence. Sign up:
bit.ly/3wBFhvm

We're inspired by this project from White Ribbon Canada, which 'educate[s] men and boys on the intersection of gender-based violence & transphobia, & how healthy masculinities can be a powerful form of allyship.' CN: Fictional depiction of transmisogyny & murder
bit.ly/3Ts0HEC

Please be aware that this article is about a child who died after being apprehended.

Profound respect & gratitude to the parents for speaking out in the depth of their grief to demand accountability for the Ministry of Children & Family Development.
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Did you miss our 2024 Equality Breakfast? You can watch Pam Palmater's keynote address now: youtube.com/watch?v=-fzf-u…
Thank you to everyone who joined us! Check out the amazing photos on our event page at westcoastleaf.org/breakfast2024/ #EqualityBreakfast