Remembrance and Renewal—A National Day of Action

December 6 Fundraiser to Support Nanaimo Women’s Centre

Sixteen years ago on the campus of Montreal’s Ecole Polytechnique, 14 women lost their lives in a shooting now known as the Montreal Massacre. The terror of this incident intensified with the knowledge that these women were murdered simply because they were women. Since December 6, 1989, the anniversary of this event has become a day of remembrance, and in 1991, the Parliament of Canada named December 6 the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.

This December 6, Rights and Democracy Nanaimo Delegation is hosting Remembrance and Renewal: A National Day of Action in memory of these 14 women and in support of the Nanaimo Women’s Centre. The event will take place at Malaspina University-College at 7pm, in the lounge located in building 355. If you are able to, it would be wonderful if you could attend.

The evening will feature a wine-tasting and social, with musical performances by Joan Wallace and Barry Hall, Merisa Donoghue and The Dirty Flannel Dawg with Special Guest Emily Celeste. There will be a silent auction of works by artists including Sheila Norgate, Eva Manly and Patrick Amos, as well as holiday-inspired gift items from Nanaimo businesses. All funds raised will be donated to the Nanaimo Women’s Centre, which lost its core funding in the spring of 2004 due to Provincial government cutbacks.

Tickets are $10 and can be bought in advance from Lifestyles Health and Fitness Center, Catwalk, Global Village and the Nanaimo Women’s Centre at 10A Victoria Crescent. Tickets will also be available at the door.

Many thanks for your ongoing support of the Nanaimo Women’s Centre!