[acc-cca-l] Feminist Counter Archive of War: April 7, 6:30 EDT

[Marusya Bociurkiw]

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Dear Colleagues,
Join us for this feminist counter-archive of war: poets & musicians in solidarity with Ukraine. Foregrounding affect, we've asked our performers to think about what war feels like, and what an intersectional  feminist response to war might be.

Laboratory of Feminist Memory: Wartime Edition. April 7,6:30, Glad Day 499 Church St., Toronto
PWYC (suggested:$10) All door proceeds to Ukraine BIPOC & LGBT/women's/non-binary initiatives.
Book your ticket in advance: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/laboratory-of-feminist-memory-wartime-edition-tickets-306085699567                                                     Mask & vaccine mandate in effect
Not in Toronto? Livestream, April 7 6:30 EDT: https://www.instagram.com/smact_at_xuniversity/

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Lineup includes Caribbean Canadian poet NourbeSe Philip, author of the acclaimed book Zong!; Iranian poetry curator/writer Banoo Zan, poet/drummer Jody Chan, Palestinian spoken word poet Sarrah Ghadeer Malek. Musical guests: iconic feminist  Métis singer-songwriter Ferron & the all-female Slavic ensemble BLISK. Hosted by Monica Garrido .

The event will raise money for the following underfunded organizations:
Black Women for Black Lives <https://twitter.com/bw4bl_official?lang=en> raises  money to rescue Black lives, especially students, who were being discriminated against while trying to flee Ukraine. Donate here.<https://www.gofundme.com/f/Support-Black-people-fleeing-Ukraine?fbclid=IwAR1Za7jAZ7VN6H0XS02r4m7sBfiX7qR9mO8IggYEn1jW70_Pe9-nLyjnj60>

Urgent Action Fund for Women's HumanRights<https://urgentactionfund.org>  supports women, trans, and nonbinary activists in Ukraine via support with emergency evacuations; legal, financial, and medical support; disaster survival training;increasing shelter capacities. Donate here<https://secure.givelively.org/donate/urgent-action-fund-for-women-s-human-rights/urgent-response-fund-ukraine?fbclid=IwAR0lKtBk1m_3oy4BXnDwCJGfJNf5-OmcR29f2G-6DcwTmjSRFFJha7ET-FQ>

This event is organized by The Studio for Media Activism & Critical Thought<https://studioformediaactivism.com> at X University & co-sponsored by Glad Day Books.





Dr. Marusya Bociurkiw B.F.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Media Theory
RTA School of Media
X University [More info on the colonial name of my university here<https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-as-an-indigenous-professor-egerton-ryersons-name-haunts-me/>]

350 Victoria St., Toronto M5B 2K3

Founding Director, The Studio for Media Activism and Critical Thought<http://www.studioformediaactivism.com/>

PI, Finding Home: Migration, Placemaking & Research-Creation<https://www.projectfindinghome.net/>
(SSHRC-Funded research-creation project).

In Development: "Before #MeToo<https://www.beforemetoodocumentary.com/>": A documentary remediating Canada's feminist media revolution of the 1980's and what it has to say to the #MeToo generation.

Faculty Representative, X Faculty Association (RFA)

How to pronounce my name: http://nmdrp.me/marusyabociurkiw










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