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Resistance and Resurgence

Date and time: Thursday, May 28, 2020, 4 to 5:30 pm Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7)

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We will deconstruct what COVID-19 has presented us and compare and contrast what was, what’s now and what’s to come.

Join us and our brilliant panelists for an online roundtable on Thursday, May 28 “Resistance and Resurgence” on decolonial, anti-oppressive, intersectional feminist leading-edge discussions on learnings from COVID 19. We will deconstruct what COVID-19 has presented us and compare and contrast what was, what’s now and what’s to come.

Our panelists will be unpacking “Asian Heritage Month” from the lens of intersectional “Asian” feminists. This event will be hosted from unceded, stolen lands. As diasporic people from Asia, we are in solidarity with Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island. Through conversations like this, we intend to unpack how we contribute and benefit from colonialism, how we can be better advocates of giving land back, as well as healing from our own experiences of colonialism and imperialism in our motherlands.

Feminists Deliver is a coalition based in unceded territories in what colonially borders British Columbia, where the genocidal impacts of European colonizers span centuries and continue to haunt the realities of Indigenous peoples today including residential schools, the Sixties Scoop, as well as the governmental, religious and police authorities’ control of family systems, resources, and access to services. More than 200 distinct First Nations as well as Métis people, with at least 30 different languages and approximately 60 spoken dialects reflect the diversity of the peoples, cultures, and spaces we currently occupy. Collectively, we also acknowledge the Indigenous peoples from the rest of colonial Canada as well as other nations, as we continue to struggle and rise together for the liberation of peoples that proponents of colonialism (including its effects of patriarchy, capitalism, heteronormativity, ableism to name a few) continue to oppress.

Rhiannon Bennett and Andrea Hilder of Hummingbirds Rising Consulting will be helping us as our Active Listeners for this event. You may contact them during the event for support. More information will be provided at the event.

What are some accessibility considerations?

We will be providing CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) service (real-time closed captioning). We acknowledge that this event will be conducted in a colonial and trade language, English. We aspire to host these webinars in various languages as language should not be a barrier to accessing information. However, at this time, we are faced with limitations as a grassroots organization that make it challenging to provide accurate and good information in other languages. We also acknowledge that internet and tools to tune in are privileged; we’re doing the best that we can in the situation that we’re in. The internet should be a utility, not a luxury item. Thank you for joining us on our journey as we work towards more equitable spaces.

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Who are the panelists?

Bella Aung was originally listed as a part of this panel, however, she will no longer be available for this event.

What is Feminists Deliver?

Feminists Deliver is a grassroots collaboration of British Columbia-based Two-Spirit people, nonbinary folks, Indigiqueer, trans women, lesbian women, and cis women and girls, and the organizations that support them. Membership of Feminists Deliver is diverse and inclusive of all people experiencing marginalization on the basis of gender. Stay connected on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.