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- February 2, 2020
As part of the One Billion Rising campaign to end violence against women and the 11th annual UN World Interfaith Harmony Week community members from various faith groups will gather L.A. Matheson Secondary School - 9484 122 Street – in Surrey to create care packages for women and children living in transitional housing, shelters, and low income housing.
SURREY – Personal care packages filled with personal hygiene necessities to help women and children across the Lower Mainland will be handed out at the event to be held in Surrey on February 5. This will be our 8th year in uniting as neighbours from many cultures and faiths to collaborate and enrich our communities. This free event is family friendly and is open to the public.
Date and Time: Wednesday, February 5th, 2020; 6-8pm
Location: L.A. Matheson Secondary School - 9484 122 Street - Surrey
Event Format: 6-6:30pm cedar brushing and refreshments
Members of Indian Residential Schools Survivors Society irsss.ca will be welcoming event participants by doing cedar brushing, a traditional practice used to help clear negative energy. This will be followed by brief presentations by our partnering organizations, the reading of an official proclamation from the City of Surrey declaring February 1-7th UN World International Harmony Week, and the assembly of more than 500 care packages.
A similar event will be held in Vancouver at the Jewish Culture Centre on Monday, February 3rd.
The Group says one in three women across the planet will be beaten or raped during her lifetime. That’s ONE BILLION WOMEN AND GIRLS.
“Every February, we rise – in countries across the world – to show our local communities and the world what one billion looks like and shine a light on the rampant impunity and injustice that survivors most often face. We rise through dance to express joy and community and celebrate the fact that we have not been defeated by this violence. We rise to show we are determined to create a new kind of consciousness – one where violence will be resisted until it is unthinkable,” the Group said in a press release.
“One Billion Rising is the biggest mass action to end violence against women (cisgender, transgender, and those who hold fluid identities that are subject to genderbased violence) in human history. The campaign, which launched on Valentine’s Day 2012, began as a call to action based on the staggering statistic that 1 in 3 women on the planet will be beaten or raped during her lifetime. With the world population at 7 billion, this adds up to more than ONE BILLION WOMEN AND GIRLS.”
This year, the Group is continuing the conversations we've started and building on our tradition of helping women and children in need. We will be supporting organizations such as:
Ama Transition House
Azure Place
Bill Reid Place
Charlford House
Cynthia's Place
Dixon House
Durrant Transition House
Elizabeth Gurney House
Evergreen Transition House
Extreme weather shelters in the Lower Mainland
Firth Residence
Fraserside Emergency Family Shelter
Hyland House
Joy's Place
Kenkinow Native Housing Society
Koomseh Housing
Maxxine Wright Place
Monarch Place
Nova House
Shimai Transition House
Springhouse
Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter
Vi Fineday Family Shelter Society