The Coalition for a Carleton Sexual Assault Centre will be hosting an art show at the end of July at with all proceeds going to the Carleton Sexual Assault Support Line. It's called "Artgasm" and it's being held on Wednesday, July 28th from 7-10pm at the Mercury Lounge to coincide with weekly "Hump Night". Tickets will be on a sliding scale of $8 to $12, soon to be available from Venus Envy.
PREAMBLE:
As most of you know, the Coalition is a grassroots, indie, feminist, community run sexual assault support line that is available to all students, staff and faculty. We are not affiliated or even recognized by Carleton and so all of our work is entirely student driven and community funded.
I will be shameless in saying that we do amazing work, not only through our support line but through our nearly 4 years of advocating on behalf of survivors on campus. But we don't do it alone and we can't do it for free.
Since we do not have a physical space, our line operates through cellphones, which are costly. We also need to print all of our training manuals ourselves, which cost around $200 per training session. There's also the costs for advertising, since Carleton refuses to acknowledge us and constantly tears down our posters. This means that we poster much more than we should have to.
WHAT WE NEED:
We're hosting this amazing event at the end of July at the Mercury Lounge to coincide with their Wednesday night "Hump Night." The event will consist of mingling and listening to great local musicians/poets while having a silent auction of amazing local art. Rockalily Burlesque will also be there to perform!
We are looking for artists to graciously donate paintings, sketches, photographs, jewelery, services (e.g. photography session, spa treatment, etc) for our event.
In return, we will shamelessly plug you and your amazingness and if given enough time, will put you or your organization/company's logo on our posters. Best of all, you'll know that your talents will be used to support survivors of sexual violence.
If you have no artistic ability, remember that we also need people to BUY the art and mingle with us, so you can just show up and buy pretty things, too!
If you're interested, you can get in touch with the Coalition and/or spread the word to others. Get them to e-mail the Coalition at coalitionforcarleton@gmail.com
In solidarity, resistance and love,
The Coalition for a Sexual Assault Centre
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
Out and About in the City
Hey everyone,
If you're out and about in the city this coming weekend, look for the Coalition for a Carleton Sexual Assault Centre.
This Friday, May 28th starting at 2pm, the Coalition and the Carleton University Womyn's Centre will be hosting a t-shirt painting party and info session in the atrium of the UniCentre in preparation for the Clothesline Project. Supplies will be provided and support workers will be on hand to chat with anyone. Facebook event and more info HERE.
This Saturday, the Coalition will be hosting a table of tasty treats and swag at 24 Powell Ave. near Bank St. for the Great Glebe Garage Sale. When you're out there early trying to steal a deal, stop by our table, say hi, grab a drink and a snack and help us end violence in the process! Facebook event and more info HERE.
Finally, on Sunday from 11-4pm the Coalition will be at the Clothesline Project held at Minto Park, on Elgin @ Gilmour. Facebook event and more info HERE.
A final reminder that the Carleton Sexual Assault Support Line is open all summer long from 8am-midnight, 7 days a week (including holidays). The number is 613-620-1030.
For more information or to get involved: coalitionforcarleton@gmail.com and don't forget to follow us on Twitter @CoalitionForCU!
Best,
The Coalition for a Carleton Sexual Assault Centre
If you're out and about in the city this coming weekend, look for the Coalition for a Carleton Sexual Assault Centre.
This Friday, May 28th starting at 2pm, the Coalition and the Carleton University Womyn's Centre will be hosting a t-shirt painting party and info session in the atrium of the UniCentre in preparation for the Clothesline Project. Supplies will be provided and support workers will be on hand to chat with anyone. Facebook event and more info HERE.
This Saturday, the Coalition will be hosting a table of tasty treats and swag at 24 Powell Ave. near Bank St. for the Great Glebe Garage Sale. When you're out there early trying to steal a deal, stop by our table, say hi, grab a drink and a snack and help us end violence in the process! Facebook event and more info HERE.
Finally, on Sunday from 11-4pm the Coalition will be at the Clothesline Project held at Minto Park, on Elgin @ Gilmour. Facebook event and more info HERE.
A final reminder that the Carleton Sexual Assault Support Line is open all summer long from 8am-midnight, 7 days a week (including holidays). The number is 613-620-1030.
For more information or to get involved: coalitionforcarleton@gmail.com and don't forget to follow us on Twitter @CoalitionForCU!
Best,
The Coalition for a Carleton Sexual Assault Centre
Friday, April 23, 2010
Coalition chosen as recipient of PROMdemonium funding!
The Carleton Sexual Assault Support Line (via the Coalition for a Carleton Sexual Assault Centre) has been chosen as one of the recipients of funding from PROMdemonium.
For those of you not in the know, PROMdemonium is "the radical, community-oriented, gender-bending, bike-loving, enviro-humping, queer-diggin, slow dancing, big dress wearing prom that you never had." All the proceeds go to various local community initiatives and the Support Line has been chosen as a recipient.
We are incredibly grateful for the opportunity to not only spread the word about our service but also sustain it!
So please consider throwing on some amazing prom wear and coming out to support not only the Support Line but other great community initiatives, as well.
All the event details can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=107830965905327&ref=ts
Best,
The Coalition for a Carleton Sexual Assault Centre
For those of you not in the know, PROMdemonium is "the radical, community-oriented, gender-bending, bike-loving, enviro-humping, queer-diggin, slow dancing, big dress wearing prom that you never had." All the proceeds go to various local community initiatives and the Support Line has been chosen as a recipient.
We are incredibly grateful for the opportunity to not only spread the word about our service but also sustain it!
So please consider throwing on some amazing prom wear and coming out to support not only the Support Line but other great community initiatives, as well.
All the event details can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=107830965905327&ref=ts
Best,
The Coalition for a Carleton Sexual Assault Centre
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Coalition for a Carleton Sexual Assault Centre
Blog -- Twitter -- Facebook
Support Line: 613-620-1030
coalitionforcarleton@gmail.com
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
End of term, but not of service!
Even though we are approaching the end of term, the Coalition wants to remind you that the Carleton Sexual Assault Support Line will be open all summer long.
We offer free, confidential peer support to any Carleton student, staff or faculty at 613-620-1030. We're open 7 days a week from 8am-midnight.
We also wanted to clarify that we are not strictly for crisis support. Although crisis intervention is something we do, we also offer support to those who are survivors of past trauma and we have a myriad of resource information for those that are seeking outside support. We are trained in anti-oppressive peer support and do not discriminate based on gender, sex, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, citizenship, ability, age, Mother Tongue or student status.
The Coalition is also continuing to lobby for a student-run, University funded sexual assault centre. Alongside Equity Services, we will be making a recommendation to the President within the next month or so.
Finally, we'd like to remind everyone that we are not affiliated with or supported by Carleton University and so all of our work is volunteer driven. We were able to start up the line with the help of an anonymous donor, but we have no sustainable funding. Therefore, we are relying on generous community donations.
For more information, to get involved or to make a donation, please contact us at coalitionforcarleton@gmail.com or 613-620-1030.
In solidarity,
The Coalition for a Carleton Sexual Assault Centre
We offer free, confidential peer support to any Carleton student, staff or faculty at 613-620-1030. We're open 7 days a week from 8am-midnight.
We also wanted to clarify that we are not strictly for crisis support. Although crisis intervention is something we do, we also offer support to those who are survivors of past trauma and we have a myriad of resource information for those that are seeking outside support. We are trained in anti-oppressive peer support and do not discriminate based on gender, sex, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, citizenship, ability, age, Mother Tongue or student status.
The Coalition is also continuing to lobby for a student-run, University funded sexual assault centre. Alongside Equity Services, we will be making a recommendation to the President within the next month or so.
Finally, we'd like to remind everyone that we are not affiliated with or supported by Carleton University and so all of our work is volunteer driven. We were able to start up the line with the help of an anonymous donor, but we have no sustainable funding. Therefore, we are relying on generous community donations.
For more information, to get involved or to make a donation, please contact us at coalitionforcarleton@gmail.com or 613-620-1030.
In solidarity,
The Coalition for a Carleton Sexual Assault Centre
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Coalition for a Carleton Sexual Assault Centre
Blog -- Twitter -- Facebook
Support Line: 613-620-1030
coalitionforcarleton@gmail.com
Monday, March 22, 2010
LAUNCH OF SUPPORT LINE: Official Statement
The Coalition for a Carleton Sexual Assault Centre officially launched a sexual assault support line for Carleton students, staff and faculty this morning at 8am.
The number is 613-620-1030 and the line is open from 8am to midnight, 7 days a week.
The line offers free, confidential, peer support to all Carleton students, staff, and faculty regardless of gender, sex, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, citizenship, ability, age, Mother Tongue or student status.
We are NOT affiliated with Carleton University administration in any way.
Our work is funded through an anonymous donor.
We are trained support workers who work within an anti-oppressive, feminist, survivor-driven framework. We are here for survivors, first and foremost and our creation of the line is a result of feedback from students over the past 3 years. The Coalition has been very active and very public since the fall of 2007 and in doing so, have been approached by hundreds of students either through our rallies, our Facebook group, our e-mail or through the Task Force on Gender-Based Violence, which was held in November, 2009. Students want access to services that are non-judgmental, non-hierarchical and responsive to the needs of the student body. Survivors want to be heard.
At the Task Force in November, we promised students that their demands would be heard. We are meeting that promise.
We are continuing to participate in a working group with Equity Services with the goal of a joint recommendation to President Runte by the end of this semester. The hope is that President Runte will consider our recommendations for improved sexual assault services on campus and make an announcement in the fall, bringing concrete changes to Carleton. The Coalition is recommending a student-run, university funded sexual assault centre.
For more information, please call or e-mail us at coalitionforcarleton@gmail.com
In solidarity,
- Julie (Coalition co-founder) and the Coalition for a Carleton Sexual Assault Centre
The number is 613-620-1030 and the line is open from 8am to midnight, 7 days a week.
The line offers free, confidential, peer support to all Carleton students, staff, and faculty regardless of gender, sex, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, citizenship, ability, age, Mother Tongue or student status.
We are NOT affiliated with Carleton University administration in any way.
Our work is funded through an anonymous donor.
We are trained support workers who work within an anti-oppressive, feminist, survivor-driven framework. We are here for survivors, first and foremost and our creation of the line is a result of feedback from students over the past 3 years. The Coalition has been very active and very public since the fall of 2007 and in doing so, have been approached by hundreds of students either through our rallies, our Facebook group, our e-mail or through the Task Force on Gender-Based Violence, which was held in November, 2009. Students want access to services that are non-judgmental, non-hierarchical and responsive to the needs of the student body. Survivors want to be heard.
At the Task Force in November, we promised students that their demands would be heard. We are meeting that promise.
We are continuing to participate in a working group with Equity Services with the goal of a joint recommendation to President Runte by the end of this semester. The hope is that President Runte will consider our recommendations for improved sexual assault services on campus and make an announcement in the fall, bringing concrete changes to Carleton. The Coalition is recommending a student-run, university funded sexual assault centre.
For more information, please call or e-mail us at coalitionforcarleton@gmail.com
In solidarity,
- Julie (Coalition co-founder) and the Coalition for a Carleton Sexual Assault Centre
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Coalition for a Carleton Sexual Assault Centre
Blog -- Twitter -- Facebook
Support Line: 613-620-1030
coalitionforcarleton@gmail.com
Coalition for a Carleton Sexual Assault Centre
Blog -- Twitter -- Facebook
Support Line: 613-620-1030
coalitionforcarleton@gmail.com
Notice: Website Change
The Coalition for a Carleton SAC's home on the web has moved! You can now find us at the following addresses:
This blog: http://coalitionforcarleton.blogspot.com/
Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/CoalitionForCU
Our e-mail: coalitionforcarleton@gmail.com
Thank you for your support! Keep spreading the word and resisting!
This blog: http://coalitionforcarleton.blogspot.com/
Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/CoalitionForCU
Our e-mail: coalitionforcarleton@gmail.com
Thank you for your support! Keep spreading the word and resisting!
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Coalition for a Carleton Sexual Assault Centre
Blog -- Twitter -- Facebook
Support Line: 613-620-1030
coalitionforcarleton@gmail.com
LAUNCH OF SEXUAL ASSAULT SUPPORT LINE
SEXUAL ASSAULT SUPPORT LINE
613-620-1030
8am-Midnight, 7 days a week
Free. Confidential. Peer Support.
Because it's been three years since we voted for a Centre
Who We Are:
The Coalition for a Carleton Sexual Assault Centre is an independent student-run collective established in 2007. Our goal is a student-run, university funded sexual assault centre. We are NOT affiliated with Carleton University administration. We are trained support workers who believe in survivor directed, peer support. We support all Carleton students, staff, and faculty regardless of gender, sex, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, citizenship, ability, age, Mother Tongue or student status.
The Coalition for a Carleton Sexual Assault Centre is an independent student-run collective established in 2007. Our goal is a student-run, university funded sexual assault centre. We are NOT affiliated with Carleton University administration. We are trained support workers who believe in survivor directed, peer support. We support all Carleton students, staff, and faculty regardless of gender, sex, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, citizenship, ability, age, Mother Tongue or student status.
Sexual Assault Support Line: 613-620-1030
For more information, contact the Coalition for a Carleton Sexual Assault Centre at coalitionforcarleton@gmail.com
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Coalition for a Carleton Sexual Assault Centre
Blog -- Twitter -- Facebook
Support Line: 613-620-1030
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