by blacklivesmattervancouver | Aug 4, 2016 | community post
Content Warning, Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault This is a powerful community contribution we received from Kelly Diels-Rostant. From the time I was four years old until the age of 11 or 12, I was sexually abused by a male family member. Imagine, now, that...
by blacklivesmattervancouver | Jul 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
July 25th. Unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. As Pride Week gets underway in Vancouver, Black Lives Matter – Vancouver, BC and the Vancouver Pride Society have met and plan to continue dialogue aimed at making sure People...
by blacklivesmattervancouver | Jul 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
This list of suggestions was presented to Mayor Gregor Robertson on July 19th, 2016. This is a working document and we welcome suggestions (blacklivesmattervan@gmail.com). Vancouver, Unceded Coast Salish Territories 1. Funding, infrastructure and resources for...
by blacklivesmattervancouver | Jul 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
We would first like to acknowledge that we are writing this and doing our organizing work on the unceded territory of the Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh and Squamish First Nations. OPEN LETTER TO THE VANCOUVER PRIDE SOCIETY AND THE VANCOUVER POLICE DEPARTMENT Black Lives...
by blacklivesmattervancouver | Jul 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
IN RESPONSE TO INCREASED POLICING OF CIVIC CENTER, GRAND MARSHALS, AWARDEES WITHDRAW FROM PARTICIPATION IN PRIDE PARADE Multiple Pride honorees state that increased policing and militarized security makes LGBTQ communities of color unsafe at Pride Celebration. San...
