day of workshops:night of fun!!
1st December, 197 Wilson Street, Newtown!
1pm workshop – ‘Safer Space’ practical skillshare and discussion on why creating safer spaces is crutial to responding to sexual assault
3pm workshop – ‘Consent’ talking about boundries and how consent can be fun.
8pm PARTY!! PARTY!! PARTY!! PERFORMANCES FOOD!! FOOD!!
‘stop the silence’ poster project launch! there will be heaps of posters for people to take home and poster their area!!
also- a consentual kissing booth!! hott! hott dj’s!
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The issue of sexual assault has been repeatedly squashed and pushed aside by the government and legal system. As a society on a whole we are given two options for response – report to the police and be forced to relive our experiences and then fit it into a ridgit definition of what sexualy assualt is legally. This is not good enough!!
As a society, lets create safer spaces for people to live in, and create other processes, new models of support. Lets learn together!! We need each other!
Sydney Actions
A group had a meeting in Sydney on the 24th october to disscus plans for the day of action in Syney.
We thought of some really great ideas of what we are going to do on and surrounding 30th Novebever (day of action). like;
- Event– for the 1st December.An afternoon of discussions. 1)planing a safer spaces policy, 2) supporting survivors, 3)consent. Then at night have performances/spoken word, an art exhibition, stalls with info zines and other resources.
- Poster Project-to design and print a series of posters to put in communities, cafe’s, activist spaces, work places, everywhere. Topics will include survivor support, using child sexual assault in the NT as a Trojan horse for the racist land grab, myths surrounding sexual assault. Make the posters available on the internet so people can download them and stick them around their area’s!
- Radio Interviews- try and talk about why the day of action was called, what is going on around the globe on that day, and how different communities that are choosing to deal with sexual assault issues outside of the legal system, and why.
- Press Release- send out to all media. Informing people about the Day Of Action.articles about the invasion on the military in the NT. Maybe an interview with people who are using ‘community response’ as a way to try and combat sexual assault in their communities.
- Resource Packages– send packages with zines(concerning sexual assault, consent, support, where resources are available), letters and posters to youth community centers in rural areas.
If you want to get involved with these action, email ida_2007@graffiti.net
Sydney Action Meeting, Wed 24th October
Come and talk about what your commumnity is planning or see what other kids are doing for the International Day of Action. Wed,
24th October, 6pm at UTS. Directions to the room will be posted around front entrance!
see you all there!
International Day Of Action: communities response to sexual assault 