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The folks who are hating on #immigrants - #refugees - #AsylumSeekers - are #BrainwashedBigots who were poorly educated. I'm talking about your neighbours - not full out fascists. I'm talking about folks who became bigots due to poor education, listening to whitewashed BS/outright lies about BIPOC people & our communities. I'm talking about folks who are scared of BIPOC empowerment because they think we'll be as evil/cruel to them, as they were/are towards us, our families, our friends & #POCcommunity.

What we, BIPOC folks, need is for all of you who are not BIPOC to raise roofs with how much ruckus you're willing to make, as comrades for overdue justice. We need you to get offline & fight for us/help protect us, on frontlines. We need you to stop being fucking polite & start screaming as loud or louder than many of us BIPOC activists have been, for decades.

We don't need more accolades or compliments on how we're doing a good job(it's duty to many of us POC veteran activists). We need more white privileged folks to rise up, fight against the system & not be fucking kind/civil towards fascist wankerbutternoodles.

#Antifascist #TakeAction #WeAreExhausted

The folks who are hating on #immigrants - #refugees - #AsylumSeekers - are #BrainwashedBigots who were poorly educated. I'm talking about your neighbours - not full out fascists. I'm talking about folks who became bigots due to poor education, listening to whitewashed BS/outright lies about BIPOC people & our communities. I'm talking about folks who are scared of BIPOC empowerment because they think we'll be as evil/cruel to them, as they were/are towards us, our families, our friends & #POCcommunity.

What we, BIPOC folks, need is for all of you who are not BIPOC to raise roofs with how much ruckus you're willing to make, as comrades for overdue justice. We need you to get offline & fight for us/help protect us, on frontlines. We need you to stop being fucking polite & start screaming as loud or louder than many of us BIPOC activists have been, for decades.

We don't need more accolades or compliments on how we're doing a good job(it's duty to many of us POC veteran activists). We need more white privileged folks to rise up, fight against the system & not be fucking kind/civil towards fascist wankerbutternoodles.

#Antifascist #TakeAction #WeAreExhausted

The folks who are hating on #immigrants - #refugees - #AsylumSeekers - are #BrainwashedBigots who were poorly educated. I'm talking about your neighbours - not full out fascists. I'm talking about folks who became bigots due to poor education, listening to whitewashed BS/outright lies about BIPOC people & our communities. I'm talking about folks who are scared of BIPOC empowerment because they think we'll be as evil/cruel to them, as they were/are towards us, our families, our friends & #POCcommunity.

What we, BIPOC folks, need is for all of you who are not BIPOC to raise roofs with how much ruckus you're willing to make, as comrades for overdue justice. We need you to get offline & fight for us/help protect us, on frontlines. We need you to stop being fucking polite & start screaming as loud or louder than many of us BIPOC activists have been, for decades.

We don't need more accolades or compliments on how we're doing a good job(it's duty to many of us POC veteran activists). We need more white privileged folks to rise up, fight against the system & not be fucking kind/civil towards fascist wankerbutternoodles.

#Antifascist #TakeAction #WeAreExhausted

The folks who are hating on #immigrants - #refugees - #AsylumSeekers - are #BrainwashedBigots who were poorly educated. I'm talking about your neighbours - not full out fascists. I'm talking about folks who became bigots due to poor education, listening to whitewashed BS/outright lies about BIPOC people & our communities. I'm talking about folks who are scared of BIPOC empowerment because they think we'll be as evil/cruel to them, as they were/are towards us, our families, our friends & #POCcommunity.

What we, BIPOC folks, need is for all of you who are not BIPOC to raise roofs with how much ruckus you're willing to make, as comrades for overdue justice. We need you to get offline & fight for us/help protect us, on frontlines. We need you to stop being fucking polite & start screaming as loud or louder than many of us BIPOC activists have been, for decades.

We don't need more accolades or compliments on how we're doing a good job(it's duty to many of us POC veteran activists). We need more white privileged folks to rise up, fight against the system & not be fucking kind/civil towards fascist wankerbutternoodles.

#Antifascist #TakeAction #WeAreExhausted

The folks who are hating on #immigrants - #refugees - #AsylumSeekers - are #BrainwashedBigots who were poorly educated. I'm talking about your neighbours - not full out fascists. I'm talking about folks who became bigots due to poor education, listening to whitewashed BS/outright lies about BIPOC people & our communities. I'm talking about folks who are scared of BIPOC empowerment because they think we'll be as evil/cruel to them, as they were/are towards us, our families, our friends & #POCcommunity.

What we, BIPOC folks, need is for all of you who are not BIPOC to raise roofs with how much ruckus you're willing to make, as comrades for overdue justice. We need you to get offline & fight for us/help protect us, on frontlines. We need you to stop being fucking polite & start screaming as loud or louder than many of us BIPOC activists have been, for decades.

We don't need more accolades or compliments on how we're doing a good job(it's duty to many of us POC veteran activists). We need more white privileged folks to rise up, fight against the system & not be fucking kind/civil towards fascist wankerbutternoodles.

#Antifascist #TakeAction #WeAreExhausted

"Don't criticize your #elders. You must always respect them."

I've been preached that BS by different people in my extended family & also by people outside my family. People who tried guilt tripping me into compliance. People who protect abusive elders & not the victims.

I won't ever be guilt tripped into violating my core values - by anyone.

I'm very respectful of most elders. I am not that respectful towards elders who are abusive, use their seniority to get away with abuses, have committed serious crimes which resulted in innocent people being harmed & have zero remorse. I've never believed that all elders are deserving of equal respect from others. Elders are fallible human beings too. I will respect elders who don't hurt others for their own gains. I don't have much tolerance for repeat, unrepentant abusers of any age or background.

#AsianMastodon #POCcommunity #Respect

Both #LifecyclesProjectSociety & #IyéCreativeCollective collaborate with #FarmFolkCityFolk for shared community building goals -> grassroots food security, seeds sovereignty/preservation, food & land equity & strong, sustainable, circular food system economies.

https://farmfolkcityfolk.ca/
Farm Folk City Folk connects, collaborates & engages to foster resilient, sustainable, equitable food systems in BC.

Fresh produce & cheese blocks that were donated to give away to Seeds & Synergies event attendees are from Farm Folk City Folk #farmers 🙏❤️👩‍🌾👨‍🌾🚜💚

https://www.iyeherstories.com/

#radicchio #POCcommunity #decolonization #CommunityBuilding #CommunityEvent #CommunityConnecting #Nonprofit #CommunityBridging #CulturalConnections #Teamwork #CulturallyRelevant #POCDiaspora #GlobalSouthCrops #GlobalSouthFoods #FeedingCommunity #CulturalFoodSystems #BIPOC #BIPOCDiaspora #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #NonprofitPartners #partnerships #CultivatingCommunities #Degrowth #CircularEconomy #sustainability #CulturalSeeds #ClimateAction #LowerCarbonFootprint #FoodSecurity #FoodSystems #FoodEquity #LandEquity #SeedsConservation #SeedsSovereignty #GrassrootsAction

From Seeds & Synergies - culturally relevant food security, food equity, land equity & Good Food 2030 strategies community event.

https://www.iyeherstories.com/

#POCcommunity #CommunityBuilding #CommunityEvent #CommunityConnecting #Nonprofit #CommunityBridging #CulturalConnections #Teamwork #LandEquity #CulturallyRelevant #POCDiaspora #GlobalSouthCrops #GlobalSouthFoods #FeedingCommunity #CulturalFoodSystems #BIPOC #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #GrowFood

Part of Mo's art/graphic recording table.

#POCcommunity #CommunityBuilding #BIPOC #CommunityEvent #CommunityConnecting #Nonprofit #CommunityBridging #CulturalConnections #Teamwork #CulturallyRelevant #POCDiaspora #GlobalSouthCrops #GlobalSouthFoods #FeedingCommunity #CulturalFoodSystems #Indigenous

One of the youth volunteers at Seeds & Synergies today. She was recording her Mom, who was the emcee, for this cultural foods community gathering today 🙂

https://www.iyeherstories.com/

#POCcommunity #CommunityBuilding #CommunityEvent #CommunityConnecting #Nonprofit #CommunityBridging #CulturalConnections #Teamwork #CulturallyRelevant #POCDiaspora #GlobalSouthCrops #GlobalSouthFoods #FeedingCommunity #CulturalFoodSystems #BIPOC #BlackDiaspora #AfricanDiaspora #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #portrait

#CulturalFoods & #CulturalCrops harvests given away for free to all Seeds & Synergy event attendees, today.

#POCcommunity #CommunityBuilding #CommunityEvent #CommunityConnecting #Nonprofit #CommunityBridging #CulturalConnections #Teamwork #CulturallyRelevant #POCDiaspora #GlobalSouthCrops #GlobalSouthFoods #FeedingCommunity #CulturalFoodSystems #PhotoCollage #FreeFood #FreeProduce #FreeFruit #FreeVegetables

Me & Muslim friend, Mo, working at Seeds & Synergies Good Food Strategy event ✌️
https://www.iyeherstories.com/

#POCcommunity #CommunityBuilding #CommunityEvent #CommunityConnecting #Nonprofit #CommunityBridging #CulturalConnections #Teamwork

All three of us have faced multiple violent threats & assaults from RCMP. All three of us refused to bow down to any colonial corporate entities. All three of us lost loved ones to colonial violence. We are not built like some other women. We are women in active colonial resistance & it is a lifelong commitment. We do not have or will ever have white privileges. We respect our white comrades who have done heavy decolonization work a lot. We do not really respect anyone who always obeys any colonial masters & does not challenge them.

#WarriorWomen #POCcommunity #ColonialResistance #Decolonization #RainbowNation #Activists #MatriarchRising #WomenOfResistance

With my bro-friend comrade, Bozosapien.

#Environmentalists #Activists #RainbowNation #POCcommunity #POCfriends #ActivismFamily #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Comrades #Frontliners #monochrome #BIPOC #POCActivists

With my bro-friend comrade, Bozosapien.

#Environmentalists #Activists #RainbowNation #POCcommunity #POCfriends #ActivismFamily #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Comrades #Frontliners #monochrome #BIPOC #POCActivists

With my bro-friend comrade, Bozosapien.

#Environmentalists #Activists #RainbowNation #POCcommunity #POCfriends #ActivismFamily #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Comrades #Frontliners #monochrome #BIPOC #POCActivists

#SNIWWOC #FoodProject: Your food, your choice.

According to Statistics Canada (Dec 2020), approximately one in seven Canadians (14.6%) were living in a food-insecure household in May 2020. #FoodInsecurity is also a cause associated with poorer nutrition as well as a variety of physical and mental health issues.

SNIWWOC is providing a #FoodSecurity program for #LowIncome #RacializedWomen including #transgender and #TwoSpirit community members. This program is intended to offset costs of monthly #groceries, not to cover all costs.

Eligible clients will receive the decided amount of gift cards to one of the grocery stores. We are committed to supporting vulnerable women in our community, such as single mothers and newcomers who are sometimes isolated.

ELIGIBILITY
1. Women Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour, including transgender, non-binary and two-spirit community members who are 18 years old or above;

2. Must make less than the low-income cut-off line (submit the proof of income)* see the table on website.

3. Resident of Greater Victoria BC, Canada.

STEPS:
1. Fill out our Groceries Project Request form.
2. Receive an email from SNIWWOC.
3. Submit proof of income (or household income if you are married/common law). This can include: a current tax return, notice of assessment, or any benefits received from the government (ex. Disability Assistance).

**Screenshots of bank statements or accounts will not be considered a valid form of proof of income**

4. Submit proof of dependent(s). This can include: health cards, passports, birth certificate, driver's license, school registration, childcare statement, or status card.

5. Set up an in-person appointment at SNIWWOC’s Victoria BC office.

6. Fill out the feedback survey sent via email from SNIWWOC.
https://www.sniwwoc.ca/getyourgroceries-application-form

Note: You can apply once every three months, while supplies last. Clients are eligible for their first round of gift cards every three months after receiving them. Clients who receive their second gift card in three months must wait another six months to be eligible for the program once again.

Example: Client A can apply in January and receive the gift card, then Client A can also apply again in April, then they would need to wait until October to be eligible for the program once again.

OUR TEAM
We are an interdisciplinary team of women dedicated to improving the health of racialized women across Canada. We are the community we serve.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Program policies: https://www.sniwwoc.ca/s/Program-Policies-Get-Your-Groceries-4.pdf

If you are interested in receiving a hygiene kit, please check here:
https://www.sniwwoc.ca/traditional-medicine-hygiene-kits

#BIPOCwomen #POCwomen #WomenSupportingWomen #WeWillFeedYou #VictoriaBC #Saanich #YYJ #POCcommunity #SupportingPOCWomenAndChildren #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #nonprofit #RacialEquity #grassroots #CommunityHelpers #CommunityWorkers #CommunityMatters #GiveAHandUp.

I'm meeting Boma Brown, tomorrow morning. It will be great to connect in person. I'll be doing some more community based work with SNIWWOC in the near future.

Boma is the Founder of the Support Network for #IndigenousWomen & #WomenOfColour (SNIWWOC), a national #nonprofit focused on improving health outcomes for women identifying as black, indigenous, and women of colour.

Read more about Boma:
https://www.bomabrown.com/bio

#POCwomen #BIPOCwomen #POCWomensCommunity #Lekwungen #Wsanec #Esquimalt #VictoriaBC #YYJ #WomensCollective #MutualSupport #POCcommunity #Sisterhood #Canadian #CanadaBIPOC #VancouverIsland #Saanich #VanIsle #StrongerTogether #BlackWomenLeaders #POCCommunityLeaders

Creating the workshop slideshow, after breakfast. Here are some more photos from the weekend Indigenous led ribbon skirt workshop. Organized by SNIWWOC & held in the workshop space in the Belfry Theatre building at Fernwood Square.

#POCCommunity #WomenOfColour #BIPOC #handmade #Handcrafted #SewingWorkshop #CulturalLearning #IndigenousSewingWorkshop #Lekwungen #YYJ #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #RibbonSkirts #NativeLed #IndigenousLed #Skirts #WomenCreateTogether #POCwomen #POCcommunity #WomenConnecting #WomenSharing #BIPOCSisterhood

Creating the workshop slideshow, after breakfast. Here are some more photos from the weekend Indigenous led ribbon skirt workshop. Organized by SNIWWOC & held in the workshop space in the Belfry Theatre building at Fernwood Square.

#POCCommunity #WomenOfColour #BIPOC #handmade #Handcrafted #SewingWorkshop #CulturalLearning #IndigenousSewingWorkshop #Lekwungen #YYJ #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #RibbonSkirts #NativeLed #IndigenousLed #Skirts #WomenCreateTogether #POCwomen #POCcommunity #WomenConnecting #WomenSharing #BIPOCSisterhood

Creating the workshop slideshow, after breakfast. Here are some more photos from the weekend Indigenous led ribbon skirt workshop. Organized by SNIWWOC & held in the workshop space in the Belfry Theatre building at Fernwood Square.

#POCCommunity #WomenOfColour #BIPOC #handmade #Handcrafted #SewingWorkshop #CulturalLearning #IndigenousSewingWorkshop #Lekwungen #YYJ #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #RibbonSkirts #NativeLed #IndigenousLed #Skirts #WomenCreateTogether #POCwomen #POCcommunity #WomenConnecting #WomenSharing #BIPOCSisterhood

Creating the workshop slideshow, after breakfast. Here are some more photos from the weekend Indigenous led ribbon skirt workshop. Organized by SNIWWOC & held in the workshop space in the Belfry Theatre building at Fernwood Square.

#POCCommunity #WomenOfColour #BIPOC #handmade #Handcrafted #SewingWorkshop #CulturalLearning #IndigenousSewingWorkshop #Lekwungen #YYJ #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #RibbonSkirts #NativeLed #IndigenousLed #Skirts #WomenCreateTogether #POCwomen #POCcommunity #WomenConnecting #WomenSharing #BIPOCSisterhood

Creating the workshop slideshow, after breakfast. Here are some more photos from the weekend Indigenous led ribbon skirt workshop. Organized by SNIWWOC & held in the workshop space in the Belfry Theatre building at Fernwood Square.

#POCCommunity #WomenOfColour #BIPOC #handmade #Handcrafted #SewingWorkshop #CulturalLearning #IndigenousSewingWorkshop #Lekwungen #YYJ #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #RibbonSkirts #NativeLed #IndigenousLed #Skirts #WomenCreateTogether #POCwomen #POCcommunity #WomenConnecting #WomenSharing #BIPOCSisterhood

The other women's #RibbonSkirts ❤️
We all had a wonderful time at this 2 day #IndigenousLed ribbon skirt workshop. Everyone helped one another. Multiple new friendships were sparked. What a great way to connect & engage with fellow, local #POCwomen 🙌

Please consider supporting our local BIPOC womens community by donating or volunteering:
http://www.sniwwoc.ca

#POCCommunity #WomenOfColour #BIPOC #handmade #Handsewn #SewingWorkshop #CulturalLearning #IndigenousSewingWorkshop #Lekwungen #YYJ #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland

The other women's #RibbonSkirts ❤️
We all had a wonderful time at this 2 day #IndigenousLed ribbon skirt workshop. Everyone helped one another. Multiple new friendships were sparked. What a great way to connect & engage with fellow, local #POCwomen 🙌

Please consider supporting our local BIPOC womens community by donating or volunteering:
http://www.sniwwoc.ca

#POCCommunity #WomenOfColour #BIPOC #handmade #Handsewn #SewingWorkshop #CulturalLearning #IndigenousSewingWorkshop #Lekwungen #YYJ #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland

The other women's #RibbonSkirts ❤️
We all had a wonderful time at this 2 day #IndigenousLed ribbon skirt workshop. Everyone helped one another. Multiple new friendships were sparked. What a great way to connect & engage with fellow, local #POCwomen 🙌

Please consider supporting our local BIPOC womens community by donating or volunteering:
http://www.sniwwoc.ca

#POCCommunity #WomenOfColour #BIPOC #handmade #Handsewn #SewingWorkshop #CulturalLearning #IndigenousSewingWorkshop #Lekwungen #YYJ #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland

The other women's #RibbonSkirts ❤️
We all had a wonderful time at this 2 day #IndigenousLed ribbon skirt workshop. Everyone helped one another. Multiple new friendships were sparked. What a great way to connect & engage with fellow, local #POCwomen 🙌

Please consider supporting our local BIPOC womens community by donating or volunteering:
http://www.sniwwoc.ca

#POCCommunity #WomenOfColour #BIPOC #handmade #Handsewn #SewingWorkshop #CulturalLearning #IndigenousSewingWorkshop #Lekwungen #YYJ #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland

The other women's #RibbonSkirts ❤️
We all had a wonderful time at this 2 day #IndigenousLed ribbon skirt workshop. Everyone helped one another. Multiple new friendships were sparked. What a great way to connect & engage with fellow, local #POCwomen 🙌

Please consider supporting our local BIPOC womens community by donating or volunteering:
http://www.sniwwoc.ca

#POCCommunity #WomenOfColour #BIPOC #handmade #Handsewn #SewingWorkshop #CulturalLearning #IndigenousSewingWorkshop #Lekwungen #YYJ #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland

A beader & cultural sewing specialist Auntie, showing me one of her wonderful #RibbonSkirts. The #Indigenous #loons pattern fabric seen here is no longer sold anywhere.

She made the hat worn in this photo too.

#CulturalLearning #CulturalSharing #POCcommunity #WomenOfColour #POCwomen #Handmade #Seamstress #NativeArt #IndigenousTextiles #TextileArt

Another new friend I met at the ribbon skirt workshop today. She is from Namgis First Nation. We chatted while working on our skirt patterns. A fellow creative, Aquarian weirdo 🥰
She was blown away that I've met/spent time with her cousin & also know several of her friends in Alert Bay. Her cousin owns/runs the only bannock place on Cormorant Island - Duchess Bannock and Dessert.

#POCcommunity #POCfriends #Indigenous #AsianMastodon #NewFriends #WomenOfColour #POCwomen