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WMovers Newsletter First Edition
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Winter Issue #11st
Edition
WMovers 1st Newsletter featuring :
Our Board Members ! – p.4
The experience of building a house – p.6
Donations – p.8
Tarot reading – p.12
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P. 3 : WMovers editorial
P. 4 : Our Board Members
P. 5 : Team person of the month
P. 6 : The experience of building a house
P. 7 : Be a contributor
p. 8 : Our donations
P. 9 : Red Jam Slam Society
P. 10-11 : Hotties
P. 12 : Tarot Reading
Summary
WMovers Editorial
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WMovers Editorial
WMovers was recently celebrating one year of existence ! How much we can accomplish in one year... it's simply amazing. For us, it can feel like a whole
lifetime! We project ourselves in the past, remembering what we had imagined,
and we look around us... it's real !!!60% of our clientele already found us through referral; people simply love us. How couldn't they?! We are passionate about what we do, we train every week to make sure we are up to date, women and transgender professionals come out from all over the place to give us their support, we feel empowered and respected and we get the opportunity to encourage women and people who are in conflict by working with transitional homes for women and with our flat rate policy.
Its beautiful to see all the bridges that can be made. This newsletter wants to honour that by extending those efforts to everyone who is interested to be involved... the ways are endless.
We are exctatic to have the opportunity to share with more of you some of our work among other local businesses, extraordinary people, inspiring groups and amazing events. We will be distributing this newsletter seasonnally, see you back in the Spring!
Get in touch : [email protected]
Our Board Members !
Founding board member, JULIET BELMAS, has written, directed, produced and edited several short films about women in prison. Critics describe her work as subtle, yet harrowing as she juxtaposes both the confining artifice of modern life and the all too real loss of liberty experienced by women in conflict with the law and life amongst the free . After developing a longstanding“ ” career in cinematography in the Canadian film industry, Juliet is currently on sabbatical writing a memoir about her life experiences as a modern day renaissance womyn..As a lens based artist and a feminist, I visualize seeing more self-“
empowerment groups, like WMovers, who are willing to make a difference for themselves and their families through self-realization activities that
promote economic independence from patriarchal/colonial business models that depend on the government for privileges and lead to increasing opportunism and corruption amongst the masses.”
I, GUNARGIE O SULLIVAN, am the producer of a radio show called When Spirit Whispers which airs every monday' from 1 2 30 at Co Op radio. The show s focus is residential school survival- : ' stories, foster care in canada and how it relates to residential schools and it touches on Truth and Reconciliation. Last year I held an event called the Red Jam Slam where residential school survivors in the panel were asked to share their residential school stories along a healing journey story. It was amazing. I myself am a second generational survivor of Saint Michael s Residential' School in Alert Bay B.C. I have been producing radio programs for several years now and have been attending the National Community Radio Association conferences. I have been rallying community stations to take it
upon themselves to provide radio programs by the people of the territory that they broadcast from. The absence of our perspectives is rampent and that needs to change.
STACEY BONENFANT has lived in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside for 13 years, with her two sons. She is a member of Parents in Poverty committee, committed to lobbying BC's provincial government for increased welfare rates & systematic changes to improve the current quality of life for BC's most vulnerable. A member of the DTES Neighborhood Council committed to social justice in the DTES around gentri-fuck-ation. I am dedicated to help others find their voice. As a grassrooots community“
organizer, focusing on asset based outlook, WMovers is an ideal project for those living in marginlized situations. Through mentoriship and empowering womyn to recognize their potential, WMovers creates a caring, safe and
supportive atmosphere for Womyn to explore and express themslves while exploring careeer opportinuities. This is essential to build lives full of pride and confidence.”
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Team Person of the Winter
Can you introduce yourself?
To begin, my name is Audrey. I am starting my 21st year of life, here, in Vancouver, 5000km away from my hometown, in Quebec.
Why did you join WMovers?
When I arrived in Vancouver, I found out about WMovers through a friend who`s been involved for the past year. After many inspiring conversations about the mandate of the company, I decided to join the team without hesitation. There are many reasons to travel 5000 kilometers to live in a completely unknown province, first of all the desire to learn with women that are knowledgeable, skilled, professional, hard workers and community oriented.
What was your previous work experience?
Mostly as a labour worker in farms and shops, where I'm reduced to a number to whom is paid a tiny amount of the accumulated profit.
Can you tell us more about your experience with WMovers?
I got involved quickly with the team, where I feel my strenghts and interests are recognized and valorized. Already it's so relieving to feel like you can work with people that care and understand the struggle to find safe and stable employment in the trade sector as a womyn.
My first training was highly successful, I felt empowered by the way everyone`s knowledge and experience could be shared to learn and gain new skills. The focus on team work, coordination and communication really helped me to feel confident in my abilities to accomplish the work in a professional and efficient way. My first moving experience was enriching on many levels, because we were moving a single mom and her three kids to a new, affordable and safe house, promising of a great future for their family life. The excitement in her eyes, the trust that was built between her and our team were the highlights of our day. The depth in the work we accomplish lays in the power to build networks of support in our communities and long-term relationships.
WMovers allows me to feel socially empowered, develop self-knowledge and self-thinking through the responsibilities and initiatives I take as a member of the team.
Would you like to share your vision for the upcoming year as part of the WMovers team?
As time passes, I can see the great opportunity to gain professional experience and specialize in landscaping. For me it s a privilege to be able to work outside and be’ surrounded by womyn that have gained the necessary skills to succeed; it really motivates me to keep going. Every season is a new challenge for WMovers, and I feel confident to take it on.
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The Experience of building a house !
It’s November and we decide to build a house in a small community. The rainy season is on its way, the earth is muddy, and our tent is taking in water on all sides.
Day 1: Tam & I, under wide open blue skies, pull together bricks and boards and panels of plywood to lay our foundation. All day, as we work away pounding in nails, wedging in
blocks, leveling and measuring, these blue skies stay with us. We have prepared our collection of found 2x4 s; we took crowbars and hammers to remove nails and screws,’
lined them all up even on one side, then sorted them into their different lengths. Tam is plotting and planning and imagining as we sort; how many boards do we need? Where will
this one fit?
Tam is the mastermind of this project. She takes time to plan and calculate; she pauses to explain and show us; she takes moments to appreciate and admire what we make together; I feel empowered to work by her side. From the very beginning, she
committed to this project with her whole big heart; I m reminded of this every time I’ see her working under the rain and snow. I feel so lucky that this amazing woman will
always be present, in spirit, in the house that we built together.
That first night we finish up in the dark, with help from Beck and Charlotte. We jump and dance on our foundation to test its strength; we take the level to it and see that
it s perfectly flat; we stand under starry skies and admire our house.’
For two months, we all take moments, and hours, and sometimes days to tend to our house-to paint it, build up its walls, line it and insulate it. The day we put on the
roof, everyone is tired and pulled in different directions by responsibilities in our lives, but everyone is there, and under heavy rain and on top of muddy ground, we raise it. It
feels so good and it feels so right make this house together.
Now we have a house, a house built by our hands. We can do a lot with our hands; we can do a lot with our hearts. This house stands as a testament to our commitment to take care of each other, to encourage each other s creativity, to stand side by side’
and be stronger for it.
I ll sleep in this house tonight, sheltered from the rain and cold, protected by the’ strength of its strong walls, surrounded by the strength of the sisters who built it.
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Become a Contributor
Every season you will receive :
• WMovers newsletter• Coupon sheet• Promotional gift
As you will be one of our first contributors, we will always remember you as a member of our community, which will give you the privilege of instantly becoming a WMovers member in the future.
Winter contributors
If you would rather make a one time gift to someone who can't afford the services above, here is some options.
50 $ - Cleaning service
Disposal service - 175 $
325 $ - Moving service
Contact us at [email protected]
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pick up or delivery778 323 0466
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DonationsDonations
Red Jam Slam Society
The Red Jam Slam Society was founded on May 6th, 2010 and exists to initiate celebrations, events and annual festivals. The Society encourages grassroots and inclusive
strategies that honor all Aboriginal voice and encourages all to participate. The Society promotes and encourages a continued growth and presence within the media.
Red Jam Slam Society promotes
FacilitationFirst Nations Participation
Acknowledgement Encouragement
EducationInclusion
Gunargie O'Sullivan is the founder and Executive DIrectorYou can support RJSS in the form of donations, sponsorships or in kind services
www.redjamslam.comhttp://www.facebook.com/groups/451815204865814/?fref=ts
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TAROT READING FOR WMOVERS FUTURE THIS WINTER
The matter is the center card being the 6 of cups -innocence childhood will, , .Our help cards on the right,side reinforces taking ,emotional risks listening,to the intuition being,creative and courageous .
WMovers seems to beunsure weither or not totake concrete risks in a,period of reevaluation .
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