McMaster Event
Monday, December 6 in Convocation Hall, UH 213
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon • Sisters in Spirit: Tales of Survival and Resistance
A conversation with Mohawk/Irish actor/singer/songwriter Cheri Maracle from the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory and Ojibway/actor/singer/writer/educator Shandra Spears Bombay
12 – 12:30 p.m. • Messages of Strength and Hope
Light refreshments
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. • Commemorative Program
We remember all those affected by gendered violence. We remember the 14 women murdered in the 1989 “Montreal Massacre”. We remember the over 500 Aboriginal women who have gone missing or murdered in Canada. Drumming and song by Valarie King of the Native Women's Centre. "500 Stars" performed by Cheri Maracle and Shandra Spears Bombay.
McMaster’s events are sponsored by the Anti-Violence Network, CAW Local 555, CUPE 3906 Equity Action Committee, Faculty of Engineering, Gender Studies and Feminist Research, McMaster First Nations Student Association, MSU Diversity Services, School of the Arts, Women in Engineering Society
For more information or accessibility requirements, please contact:
[email protected]
Hamilton Community Events
Join the Women’s Centre of Hamilton on
December 6th, 2010, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
at the Worker’s Arts and Heritage Centre, 51 Stuart St. Hamilton.
For more information, contact 905-522-0127.
