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Dear Friends of SJS,
Below is information on a couple other exciting events happening around the community:
Vivek Shraya Book Launch and QT2IPOC Artist Showcase
https://facebook.com/events/548452245256279 Tuesday September 23 at 7pmAmbrosia Centre, 638 Fisgard streetAll are welcome to this FREE event!
September 23rd, 7pm, at the Ambrosia Center (on the Homelands of the Lkwungen and WSANEC Peoples, 638 Fisgard St) theUVic Pride, UVSS Students of Colour Collective (SOCC), the anti.violence.project, and the Positive Space Network (PSN), are happy to bring you VIVEK SHRAYA and a QT2IPOC (queer, trans, two-sprit Indigenous and people of colour) showcase!
This free event is part of Vivek's book tour to launch his new book, She of the Mountains, a beautifully rendered illustrated novel that weaves a passionate, contemporary love story with a re-imagining of Hindu mythology. Both narratives explore the... complex ways that we are formed and transformed by love, and show how the process of learning to love and be loved by another can ultimately—and sometimes painfully—bring us back to our selves.http://vivekshraya.com/books/she-of-the-mountains
Vivek is a a Toronto-based artist working in the media of music, performance, literature and film as well as the winner of the the We are Listening International Singer/Songwriter Award and a two-time Lambda Literary Award finalist. More about Vivek here:http://vivekshraya.com/about
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QT2IPOC Writing workshopSept 23, 5pmhttps://facebook.com/events/315682561950152
Self identified queer, trans*, two-spirit Indigenous and/or people of colour are welcomed to join us beforehand at 5pm for a writing workshop with Vivek at the Ambrosia centre. Dinner will be provided. Participants will be invited to share their writing at the QT2IPOC open mic and showcase following Vivek's reading.
Our intention with this event is to recognize and celebrate the creative contributions of the beautiful queer, trans, two-spirit Indigenous and people of colour in our communities. If you would like to participate in this workshop, please contact us at qt2ipoc@gmail.com or RSVP on Facebook and share your dietary and accessibility needs.
The University of Victoria and the Community Social Planning Council invite you to a talk by Rankin MacSween.
Sept 25th, 5:30 pm, at the University Club
Come hear and speak with one of the founders of the Community Economic Development movement in Canada and of the first Community Investment Fund in our country. See attached announcement for more details on Rankin MacSween's visit to UVic.
FAITH IN ACTION COVENANT AND PETITION
The steering committee of Faith in Action, a multi-faith social action/justice organization, has worked over the past months on a statement expressing our concerns and responsibilities as citizens of British Columbia in the form of new social covenant (SEE ATTACHED).
It is our hope that you will read it, share it with friends and colleagues, and if this is some thing that speaks to you and your values, (and we sincerely hope it is) please join us on the steps of Legislature on October 8 at 11:30 am. We envision a large gathering of our diverse citizenry present to affirm this social covenant.
If you cannot lend us your presence, would you consider endorsing the covenant either personally, or on behalf of your organization? Our website is http://www.victoriafaithinaction.ca/ and our Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/FaithinactionBC?ref=hl
--Margo MatwychukDirector
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