Pacific DAWN - Annual General Meeting

Pacific DAWN
(DisAbled Women’s Network)

covering British Columbia and the Yukon

 Invites you to join their
Annual General Meeting

Sunday June 24, 2012
11am to 3pm

 Blusson Spinal Cord Centre
818 W. 10th Avenue, (at Willow St.)
Vancouver, B.C.

and
Let’s discuss:

What are our Issues?
What are the Solutions?

We are the experts on our own experiences and using Open Spaces
We will share our knowledge.

Following the formal Annual General Meeting there will be an opportunity to discuss the issues we face as women with disAbilties and a brainstorming session about what are some of the solutions.

For further information or to lets us know you are coming please contact Pat Kelln Spokesperson Pacific DAWN at   pkelln@telus.net or 604-524-2329

Note: Light snacks will be served so we need to know how many are coming.

If you are a member and would like to attend, but lack of funds does not allow you to please contact us pkelln@telus.net as there are some funds available for travel and accommodation.

Pacific DAWN invites and urges you to also attend the
BC Coalition of People with Disabilities Annual General Meeting

June 23 10:30 am to 1:05pm; same location The Blusson Spinal Cord Centre.

Swan Song Productions presents: Tea and Oranges


‘swan song productions’ presents Tea and Oranges, a benefit concert with San Francisco’s Conspiracy of Beards

– 30 men singing the songs of Leonard Cohen

Tickets $25: available at www.teaandoranges.eventbrite.ca or at the door

8 pm (doors open at 7 pm)
Friday, June 1st, 2012
Heritage Hall, 3102 Main Street (at 15th Avenue)

A fundraiser for Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture with Special Guest MC Jan Derbyshire!

Information: www.kickstart-arts.ca or www.conspiracyofbeards.com

Contact: info@kickstart-arts.ca

Free training: Improving Women's Safety in Co-Ed Shelters

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In partnership with Shelter Net BC and BC Society of Transition Houses, the Woman Abuse Response Program at BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre will be delivering free training on Improving Women’s Safety in Co-Ed Shelters in 7 communities around the province. This training will enable front line shelter staff to learn more about how to keep women safe in a co-ed shelter environment. The training is open to all service providers who work with vulnerable populations, though priority will go to co-ed shelter staff.

ONE DAY FREE TRAINING for front line workers to learn more about how to keep women safe in co-ed shelter environments. Training will provide information on women’s experiences of violence and how it is connected to homelessness; impacts of violence, including mental health and addictions; barriers women face accessing services and trying to achieving safety; and examining policy and practices in shelters that impact women safety. This training is funded by ShelterNet BC, and jointly developed by BC Society of Transition Houses and BC Women’s Hospital’s Women Abuse Response Program.

TRAINING DATES
REGISTRATION
April 27, 2012 – Burnaby
May 2, 2012 – Fort St. John
May 8, 2012 – Kelowna
May 14, 2012 – Prince George
May 29, 2012 – Langley
May 31, 2012 – Nanaimo
June 4, 2012 – Vancouver

Please register online at http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e5igp1zigxjm2otj/start

Email hannah@bcsth.ca for more information.