Activism

Women: Seize power

“We’re not in this for power,” he said. The man was a staffer at a multi­-million member nonprofit organization, and we were sitting in a planning meeting for a cross-­movement political action.…

Are we there yet?

This year, Vancouver Rape Relief commemorated International Women’s Day by screening Sarah Gavron’s Suffragette, a 2015 historical drama that follows a group of white Suffragettes in early 20th century Britain as they…

Angela Marie MacDougall: Taking a stand & standing in her power

Angela Marie MacDougall is a long-time anti-violence worker, the Director of Vancouver’s Battered Women’s Support Services, and a Remarkable Women award winner in 2014.  Jess: How did you get involved in the…