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Spring Events
There are several upcoming events in the next few months that AVP is involved in, including Uvic’s Sexapalooza week. Check out our events page for more information!
“Can I take your picture?”
While taking a picture of someone can seem like a fun and insignificant act, these daily acts of entitlement to people’s bodies are some of the things that keep bigger acts of non-consent as the norm. It is easy and significant to ask if it’s okay if I take your picture, to listen to your answer, and respect it, to respect your self-determination. In asking for consent I am holding you as the expert of your own self. I am working to decolonize our relationship. Learning about and practicing consent is a threat to colonialism – when all bodies are valued it is no longer just white, straight, able-bodied, cisgendered bodies that are deemed worthy, valuable, and important. Practicing these small daily acts can have a big impact.
Decolonization workshop, a video from Unist’ot’en Camp 2014
During my time working at AVP, I had the privilege of watching a video of a workshop held in 2014 at the Unist’ot’en Camp. It’s a good workshop though the video is at times hard…
Our Children Are Left Alone
Connecting the violences of the child welfare system and missing and murdered Indigenous women
Volunteer appreciation April 2012
In April, AVP celebrated our fabulous volunteers with a party at local pottery painting locale. Check out some pics from the party and the gorgeous goodies that people made! We want to celebrate our volunteers…
Reflections on our first Unlearning White Supremacy discussion group
We had our first Unlearning White Supremacy discussion group and there were really a lot of people who all showed up to discuss how we can resist white supremacy culture. Here is a bit of an overview of …
