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Rob Milton’s 2 poems for International Women’s Day 2011 in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)
Rob Milton wrote 2 poems to celebrate women of our country for International Women’s Day 2011 in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)
In the photo and video below, Rob Milton reads his poems to Barb Goosehead and Tiah Seward
WOMEN
Women are our mothers, our aunties, our grandmothers
Ones who bear the pains of birth
Birth of our sisters, sisters who become wives
Then become mothers, mothers to our nieces
Nieces who we will protect,
Protecting our future loving mothers,
Our future loving aunties, our future loving grandmothers
The mothers who we all look up to
The women who we all love
I LOVE A WOMAN
I love a woman who fights for her rights
One who wear jeans, not a skirt and tights
I love a woman who knows what she wants
One who spread happiness, and not one who haunts
I love a woman who is open to new things
One who dances, laughs and sings,
I love a woman who makes me smile
One who argues but just for a while
I love a woman who is down to earth
One who brings joy today, and ever since birth
I love a woman who says “I can do it!”
One who doesn’t when to quit
I love all women, and that is that
Ones who say hi and will stop to chat
In the next photo and videos, Rob reads his poems to a group of women in Vancouver Downtown Eastside
Utopia Festival at W2 Storyeum in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)
Utopia Festival
It’s the first annual women’s digital culture festival, one of only a few in all of North America, and includes an all-day workshop/conference, mobile dance party and evening showcase, in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day.
This is shaping up to be one of the most important musical events of the year in Vancouver.
During the daytime conference <http://www.creativetechnology.org/page/utopia-conference> , women will get the chance to learn DJ/VJ’ing from some of the top women digital artists in the world and learn about the logistics of producing music, getting press, collaborating and more. The opening address and respondents panel will address barriers to entry for women in digital music <http://www.granvilleonline.ca/arts-and-culture/festivals/utopia-women-djs-vancouver-w2> .
Then at night the whole place blows up, as men and women are invited <http://www.creativetechnology.org/page/showcase-1> for a keynote address by Berlin-based electroclash gender-bender Peaches at 8pm with performances by throat singer/electro artist Tanya Tagaq, local hiphop artists JB The First Lady and Crunch, and cello prodigy/electro composer Chris Derksen (plus live readings by Vancouver writers).
Peaches goes on at 1am.
It’ll be the biggest lineup of female electronic artists ever to hit a Canadian stage, including: Peaches, Isis Salam (Thunderheist), Betti Forde, B-Traits, The Librarian, Lynx, Zenobia, She, Blondtron, Lady Lane, Tank Girl, Miss M, Just Sheila, The Square Root of Evil, JNL, Miss Innocent, and DJ Tapes. Visual Media artists include VJ Electrabelle, Julie Gendron, Sebnem Ozpeta, Claudia Medina, and Krista Lomax. (19+)
In the middle of the day, Utopia will storm the Drive with female-focused music for the Mobile Dance Party <http://www.creativetechnology.org/page/mobile-dance-party> ! This is a free, inclusive event (read: co-ed), meeting at Broadway Station at 12:30pm. W2 has launched crowdsourcing project to collect songs by 100 female artists using the Twitter hashtag #w2utopia100 <http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23w2utopia100>, which will be played from bike/shopping cart-mounted speakers.
Tickets <http://utopiafestival.eventbrite.com/> at Beatstreet, Little Sister’s, Puff, Zulu, People’s Coop Bookstore, The Fall, W2 and online.
Would appreciate any help you can give to spread the word on this. It’s all completely grassroots with no funding or grants, with any net proceeds going to support W2’s 2nd annual Girls Creative Tech Summer Camp this summer.
Here’s the FB link: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=197864190224498
Community Dialogue on Thursday March 3 at St James Church in Vancouver Downtown Eastside
What are Community Benefits Agreements? Will they help our community?
Join us for a Community Dialogue on Thursday March 3 10 AM – 1 PM At St. James Church ( E. Cordova St @ Gore St )
Coffee, Tea and Snacks
Jean Swanson is the co-author of the Carnegie Community Action Project’s Vision for Change
Julian Gross has negotiation over a dozen community benefits agreements in California
Co-hosted by the DTES Neighbourhood Council and the Vancouver Urban Core Community Worker’s Association
And presented with the Building Leadership to Create Change Gathering
Almost Spring time and Street Soccer players in Vancouver Downtown Eastside
Below are photos of the first Cherry Blossoms of Spring in Vancouver Downtown Eastside
Below are photos our Street Soccer team players with some members of AHA MEDIA
AHA MEDIA at the 25th anniversary of Tim Hortons Roll Up the Rim to Win event in Vancouver
Over 47 million prizes this year are what Canadians can look forward to winning from Tim Hortons during the 25th anniversary of Roll Up
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Roll Up, Tim Hortons partnered with Harris/Decima to conduct a survey to determine how many Canadians can roll their r’s. Surprisingly, only 56 per cent of Canadians can roll their r’s—who knew!
Some interesting stats found for Vancouver:
· 32% of British Columbians cannot roll their ‘r’
· Second highest percentage of Canadians who can roll their ‘r’ can be found in British Columbia-58%
· 25% of respondents in Vancouver felt those who speak Scottish would be best at rolling their ‘r’
· 26% of Vancouverites can roll their ‘r’ for a whole 6-10 seconds
Below is a photo and video of Dr. Allison Benner, a linguist and phonetician, who speaks about the art and science of rolling your r.
Below is a photo of Peter Davies of AHA MEDIA after he won a Free Coffee from Tim Hortons Roll Up
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