Events: Build-up to IWD
Published by Patrick January 22nd, 2007 in IWD, Lower Mainland, Womens Issues Tags: IWD, Lower Mainland, women.International Women’s Day 2007
Since its inception, International Women’s Day (IWD), March 8th, has been a day of revolutionary struggle for the rights and freedom of oppressed and exploited women in the context of world-wide struggle against imperialism and war. Every year since our founding in 1995, Grassroots Women has mobilized on March 8th. By doing so, we connect with the tradition of working class women who have mobilized on this day for nearly 100 years, from the garment workers of New York City at the turn of the century, to the wives, daughters, and mothers of soldiers and armament workers in Russia who helped spark the Russian Revolution, to the women of movements for national and social liberation in the Third World.
In 2007, Grassroots Women will mark IWD by holding events under the following theme:
- Strengthen Women’s Resistance
- Oppose Imperialism’s Intensifying Attacks!
- Assert Women’s Basic Human Rights!
Please join us for a march and rally on Thursday, March 8th 2007, beginning at 5:30 pm at Chinatown Memorial Square (NE corner of Keefer and Columbia) and ending with refreshments at the Grassroots Women office.
To build momentum and unity in preparation for the march and rally, we will be hosting build-up activities on three Thursday evenings before IWD, featuring films, speakers, and discussions on women’s resistance and challenges under imperialism. Mark your calendars now!
Rhizome Café, 317 East Broadway, 7:00 pm (three dates)
- Feb 8th: Resisting Wars of Aggression
- Feb. 15th: Global Migration and Trafficking
- March 1st: Women Assert Our Basic Human Rights!
Get Involved!
Contact Grassroots Women at 604-682-4451 or grassrootswomen@telus.net to find out how you can get involved in preparing for IWD.