Hot Tubbin' For Justice

This was a roller coaster of a year for me. I had the opportunity to attend a vast variety of events and meet some great new people. We saw intense political change in the world  - including the election of an NDP government (first one since I've been a grownup). It was also a year of loss - I lost 2 good friends in the early part of the year and then my dad in August. The latter half of the year has been difficult and I'm grateful for all of the support I've received during this time. It's also important to reflect on the past year - good and bad. 2018 will be a year of transitions and I hope, even better things to come.  Here we go: January The year started off big when my and our CUPE 2950 executive board met with new UBC President Santa Ono on the first day back after the break.  I attended two public education events - one the celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the BC Teachers' Federation (BCTF). Teachers had a huge ...

A couple of weeks ago,  my pal Sussanne asked me if I wanted to go see Angela Davis with her. Um, duh. Cut to last week where our Intersectional Feminist book club took over UVA and headed over to the Orpheum for the event. As we entered the theatre we kept running into so many friends - one after the other! It was awesome.  We took our seats in row 3 - row 3!!  Cecelia Point came out on stage drumming her paddle song. She gave the territorial acknowledgement and spoke of her matrilineal heritage. She ended her greeting with thanking all of the revolutionaries - especially the women! The Wild Women of Turtle Island then came out to perform the Women's Warrior Song, to which we all sang along.  Angela Marie MacDougall (Executive Director of Battered Women's Support Services - shout out to CUPE 1936) came out to emcee the event and highlighted the diversity of the room. The Downtown Eastside Women's Centre, Massey B...