"the state can't give you freedom and the state can't take it away. you're born with it. the degree to which you resist is the degree to which you are free"
freedom is something you assume and then you wait for someone to take it away. The Ladies Anarchist Solidarity Society (LASS) aims to provide solidarity to all those who are fighting oppression and authority. We recognise that there are a number of corruptive institutions which directly or indirectly trample the rights of our fellow humans. Using the tools that traditionally have been forced on w
06/06/2020
Important read if you are thinking about going
What’s up with the “March for Change”? Controversy Swirls amid Poor Communication, Rumors of Riots. (Toronto, June 5, 2020) Anti-racist activists and racial justice advocates have expressed hesitancy about today’s Black-led racial justice “March for Change” in Toronto. Activists began coming forw…
05/22/2020
If you want a super concrete way to help prevent overdose deaths, this is for you. Or if you are a drug user using along, this is really useful!
"Be Safe" is an app that allows drug users to be in contact with someone who can help monitor for an overdose.
The Be Safe Community app aims to keep people safer from overdose by providing them with access to a community of people willing to provide remote supervision at the very moment they are most at risk of overdose.
If, and only if, you overdose, your location is revealed to your supporter who can then call 911 to direct them to you for immediate revival. You DO NOT need to provide an email address, phone number or address to use the app.
If you want to be a supporter, download the app (it's available from the Apple store too), then go over to this link to fill out the simple application form:
https://forms.clickup.com/f/2a9hr-1197/ECBYFJMFMQ16WH5R12
Be safe friends!
03/05/2019
IMAGINING AN LGBTQ2+ MUSEUM
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Want to have a say in what your vision for a 2LGBTQ Museum would look like? Come to one of these events! These are open to anyone interested in sharing in the discussion.
*These events are being led by an Indigenous facilitator*
Friday, March 8, 2019 from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM (EST)
Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre | 439 Dundas Street East | Toronto, ON M5A 2B1 | Canada
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/imagining-an-lgbtq-museumimaginons-un-mesee-lgbtq2-toronto-council-fire-tickets-55341602222
AND/OR
Thursday, March 29, 2019 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT)
The 519 | 519 Church Street | Toronto, ON M4Y 2C9
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/imagining-an-lgbtq-museumimaginons-un-mesee-lgbtq2-the-519-tickets-55661606363
06/20/2017
Here's why I think cops are overreacting about not being able to wear uniforms at Pride Toronto.
When I started working in an Indigenous ministry, an Elder told me I shouldn't wear my clergy collar when I was at Indigenous organisations or working with residential school Survivors. And it makes sense. Again and again survivors tell me that a priest in a collar is triggering.
You know what I do? I don't complain that it's not fair. I don't refuse to go to, or boycott Indigenous organisations. I don't call on the city to cut funding to those organisations.
No, I recognise that my work uniform exacerbates PTSD. I understand the damage that my profession has done to marginalised communities. I respect the voices of my community. And I don't wear my collar in these spaces.
And you know what? I am still a clergy person without my collar. I am still in a position of power even out of my collar. But I have respect in the community. I am able to work on repairing the damage done to my people by respecting peoples lived experiences. And I do my work in a way that tries to cause the least harm possible to the community.
Because I love them.
Because I know what it feels like to be powerless.
Because I would never want to hurt another person.
Because my uniform does not define the work I do.
Because I am good at my job whether I am wearing a collar or not.
And because that's basic respect.
For those of us who work in positions of power in our own communities, especially in jobs that have caused great harm, we HAVE to be aware of how what we do affects others. We have to respect our community's voices, especially when those voices come from the people more marginalised and traumatised than us. If we can't do those things in our work, then we are just part of the problem and history is repeating itself.
04/20/2017
Friends, the family of this young girl is in need. (full disclosure....I know the family). let's show her some solidarity. If we all donated $1 she would reach her goal.
Click here to support Help Justice Travel in Comfort organized by Krista Sweeney We are looking for support to purchase an accessible vehicle for our daughter Justice who is now wheel chair bound due to her Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy. Justice is 14 years old, and already had to endure so much in her short life with physical challenges, as well as mental, that now being wheel...
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Niigaani-gichigami Water Festival Sharing, praying, and collaborating to embody gratitude for Niigaani-Gichigami/Lake Ontario
11/10/2016
If I Was President Song by Wyclef Jean