Selected speeches from the Vancouver Prison Justice Day Rally on August 10, 2009
Stark Raven Media Collective
Speeches from the Vancouver Prison Justice Day Rally at Trout Lake Park, held August 10, 2009. [*see announcer script for intro-ing]
List of speakers/performers:
PART 1:
1. Music by Hey'-Way'-Noqu' Drum
2. Filis Iverson from the Vancouver Prison Justice Day Committee speaks about the History of PJD
3. Eddie Rouse, lifer and prison activist, speaks about prison activist Claire Culhane
4. Filis Iverson on the cancellation of the Mother and Baby Program at Alouette Correctional Centre for Women
5. Lora McElhinney, member of prisoner support group Joint Effort, reads a letter from Women Into Healing on the cancellation of the Mother and Baby Program
6. Sarah Rauch, lawyer, speaks on the legal case against BC Corrections over the Mother and Baby Program
PART 2:
7. Bev Lightfoot and the Hey'-Way'-Noqu' Drum perform the Woman Warrior Song
8. Sisters in Action and Solidarity remembers the late prisoner and activist Brenda Blondell
9. Terry Howard from BC Persons With AIDS Society speaks about the challenges facing prisoners with HIV/AIDS
10. Closing song by Hey'-Way'-Noqu' Drum
More info on Prison Justice Day: http://www.prisonjustice.ca/politics/1014_history.html
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