Week+to+end+violence+conference

Hello fellow students, I already mentioned this event to a few of you in the lunch room and posted a poster and sign-up sheets in the lunchroom in case you are interested. This is not an event affiliated with our science school but I know someone involved with the YWCA and she was wondering if I knew motivated/active students who would possibly be interested in attending and clearly we have a class full! You will need to get permission to miss class on this day, but if you are interested, check this out:

=Common Ground: The Power of Being a Girl & Respect for Being a Boy= Celebrity hosts, panel discussions, interactive and multimedia workshops, and activities that will explore, gender, power and race in an effort to end violence and sexual harassment in schools. Registration includes breakfast, lunch, and a YWCA Common Ground ambassador package. Respect for Being a Boy | The Power of Being A Girl Conference is a response to a broadly acknowledged need to “build common ground” between young women and young men. It is a conference that will use engagement with different media –such as writing, story-boarding, videography, music, media analysis, interactive skill-building—to explore gender, power and race in the advent of and solutions to violence in schools and community. It will pay specific attention to the role that unequal dynamics between girls and boys has in the high rates of sexual harassment and sexual assault among school aged girls. Students will receive 6 volunteer hours to be counted towards their 40 hours. Visit the website for updates on workshops, speakers and to register. (IF YOU WANT FORMS TO REGISTER, THEY ARE ON OUR EVENTS BULLETIN BOARD IN THE STUDENT LOUNGE, you can give them to me to give to the coordinator.)
 * When** 17 Oct 08 (9:00am to 3:30pm)
 * Where** Oakham House, Ryerson University / 63 Gould St. / Toronto / ON / Canada

Here is a website with additional info: [|YWCA week without violence LINK]

-Rachel

DEBBIE AND I (Rachel) ATTENDED THE EVENT AND PROMOTED THE SCIENCE SCHOOL! STUDENTS FROM ACROSS TORONTO (from all walks of life) IN OUR WORKSHOPS SHOWED INTEREST! It was really informative and fun! Key point from event: Women AND MEN must work together to eliminate violence, it is not just a women's issue!