Mural: RESPECT

Project Respect brings together youth and adults to create awareness and dialogue about sexualized violence by encouraging critical thinking about root causes such as gender expectations and stereotypes, systems of power, and the ongoing colonization of the lands and systems we live in.

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Hey I’m Addie!

ByKim Smith

Hey friends!   My name is Adelaide, but most call me Addie. I’m from the WSANEC territory on the Tsartlip reserve. I’ve spent my entire life growing up on the reservation. Growing up on the rez comes with its pros and cons. The downside is growing up around poverty, drug and alcohol abuse and losing…

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Addie

ByKim Smith

Addie is 20 years of age, she is from the traditional territory of WSANEC. She has previous experience working with the Victoria Sexual Assault Centre as part of their youth led Food Justice project, and is now working with a new youth led project in the Tsartlip community called “Project Reclaim”. She is very community…
ByLaura Velasquez

Black Youth Empowerment presents a Pro D-Day Workshop made by Black youth for school staff and service providers: Listening to Black Students & Creating Safer-Braver Spaces in Schools.  Join us on Zoom to learn about the impact of race-based issues on Black Students and ways staff can intervene and create safer and braver spaces in…

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Somatic Healing

ByRegan

When a trauma occurs in a person’s life, it is often held in the body, as Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk writes in his book, The Body Keeps the Score. Trauma actually rewires the brain that can causes constant states of stress or numbness, which lead to a host of different physical problems, such as…