SNIWWOC hosts Women of Colour in Politics: Elections Town Hall 2021

MEDIA CONTACT
Dominique Jacobs
Communications & Campaigns Manager
Support Network for Indigenous Women and Women of Color
203-2722 Fifth Street
Victoria BC V8T 4B2
domi@sniwwoc.ca
250-277-2545

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


SNIWWOC hosts Women of Colour in Politics: Elections Town Hall 2021, on Monday September 13th and welcomes all to attend.


Victoria, B.C., Canada. September 10th, 2021: The Support Network for Indigenous Women and Women of Colour (SNIWWOC) is hosting a riveting town hall debate on September 13th at 6 -7:30 pm with candidates running for a seat in the upcoming election. We will be joined by Devyani Singh and Cheryl Matthew (to be confirmed) from the B.C.Greens and Anjali Appadurai from The NDP.

As more women make their way into the political realm, Indigenous women and women of colour are still faced with intense scrutiny and backlash, often having to endure racism and microaggressions on the public stage. The recent incident involving Liberal party candidate Virginia Bremnar and NDP incumbent Don Davies is nothing new. 

Bremnar was quoted, after hearing the racially offensive comments made to her by Davies, “I’m also disturbed by his statement because I can only assume that what Mr. Davies is really saying is that women and particularly women of colour should not be invited to participate in the political system we have in this country.” She later declined his apology and stated that he should extend it to the community instead. 

Women of colour are changing the face of Canadian politics. Their voices are needed and Canada will be better for it. This virtual event is free and open to the public. It will feature panel questions posed to candidates, followed by a chance for attendees to ask questions. Please join us to hear from these local candidates about their stand on important issues including: post-pandemic planning, environmental challenges, housing crisis and more.


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SNIWWOC's mission is to support and help Black, Indigenous women, women of colour, youth and children take greater control of their lives, providing culturally appropriate services in different languages. All of the programming is developed and delivered by BIPOC women. SNIWWOC offers: One-on-one free therapy, career planning, virtual workshops, wellness classes, peer support, free dental hygiene and much more.



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