16 Days of Activism Against Gender‑Based Violence

Campaign Kick-Off:

Peer Educators will be tabling in the SUB. Come by to learn more about our services at HRES and the history and future of the 16 Days of Activism

Panel on Sexualized Violence Policies and Legal Frameworks

Join the King's Student Union for a panel and question period about sexualized violence policies and other logistic/ legal frameworks in Halifax and Nova Scotia. The four panellists have their bios posted below, and there will be an opportunity for the audience to ask them questions. There are gender neural washrooms nearby, and the Wardroom is wheelchair accessible. There will also be food 4 free! 

There will be an active listener at the event.

The Wardroom Bar will be opening after the panel has ended.

Kym Sweeny is a queer single parent and Indigenous rights lawyer. She is a classic Virgo and a doting dog-mom. Her academics have focused on utilizing decolonial frameworks in research, as well as the intersection between environmental and Indigenous legal issues. She helped found Dalhousie’s Sexual Violence phone line and led an expansion of the Dalhousie Student Advocacy Service to provide support for sexual violence survivors. In her community, Kym is the Chairperson of the Board of Directors for the Youth Project, and helps organize a ‘Radical Parenting Council’.

Nora MacIntosh is a recent graduate from the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University, where she was the recipient of multiple awards for her contribution and commitment to community development, service, education and law reform. While at law school, she spent two years as Co-Chair of the 2SLGBTQ+ OUTLaw Society, and in her final year was the Executive Director Internal at the Dalhousie Student Advocacy Service. She currently works as the Legal Coordinator for the Avalon Sexual Assault Centre, where she helps develop internal policies for the organization and provides legal and advocacy support to staff and clients. She sits on the Dalhousie Legal Aid Service Board of Trustees where she is a member of the Community Development and Law Reform Committee, and she is also a member of the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project Board of Directors.

Levi Clarkson is a 3rd year student at The University of King’s College / Dalhousie studying Contemporary Studies and Gender and Women’s Studies with a minor in Popular Culture Studies. Along with volunteering for the Sexual Assault and Harassment Phone Line at Dalhousie, they are a student representative on the Sexualized Violence Prevention and Response Policy Committee at King’s. This committee has been working to draft a stand-alone sexualized violence policy at King’s. On the committee, Levi aims to provide not only a student’s perspective, but a survivor’s perspective.

Frank Heimpel is a white, queer, disabled, gender weird, non binary, settler who spends their days screaming about injustice, facilitating workshops, and bbqing. They are an Outreach and Education Coordinator at South House, where they offer peer support, create workshops and resources, and try to arrange the safer sex supplies in a way that makes them look ~cool and hip~. They have a background in anti-violence education, community development, youth engagement, and being a certified cool guy.

Launch of the Last Taboo Project

1:00 pm to 3:00 pm, The Henry G. Bauld Centre (37 Wilfred Jackson Way, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia)

The official launch of The Last Taboo a project to give voice to the issue of Black Women and Violence against Black Women and empowering Black Women in addressing the cycle of violence.

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4th Annual Auction - Halifax Stands with Water Protectors

2:00 pm to 5:00 pm, 2202 Gottingen St., Halifax, Nova Scotia

For over three years, water protectors have held a continuous presence along the Shubenacadie River, where Alton Gas proposes to dump tonnes of salt mine waste as part of a natural gas storage project without Mi’kmaq consent.

This past March, three Mi'kmaq grandmothers were arrested for 'trespassing' as they protected the river. They have responded by launching a title claim over the land, asserting their inherent treaty rights to protect the river.

Treaty and title fights are very expensive to bring to court, so our support is very crucial at this time. Proceeds from this fourth annual silent auction and performance fundraiser will directly support Mi’kmaq Treaty assertion and the fight against the Alton Gas Natural Gas Storage project. A portion of the proceeds will also go to the Wolastoq Grandmothers to aid their efforts to protecting Sisson Brook from a Tungsten mine.

This event is being planned on unceded Mi'kmaq Territory by SWAGR (Solidarity With Alton Gas Resistance), a Kjipuktuk/Halifax-based group of activists from Council of Canadians, Ecology Action Centre, Solidarity Halifax, and the general community. The focus of this group is to support resistance efforts against the Alton Natural Gas Storage Project, and we take our direction from frontline Mi'kmaq communities and other residents of the surrounding area.

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