NDP Leadership – All Candidates Forum

Mark your calendars for Saturday, May, 9, 2009.  The Lilies will be hosting a forum with the NDP Leadership Candidates.  The theme of the forum is women’s issues in Saskatchewan. 

DATE:      Saturday, May 9, 2009

TIME:       7:30-9:30

PLACE:    Royal Saskatchewan Museum

• On-site childcare is available.
• Candidates will address the audience followed by a Q & A session.
• Following the Q & A, refreshments will be served in the lobby.

Questions may be submitted ahead of time by e-mailing the Prairie Lilies at: prairielilies@gmail.com.

 

NDP Leadership – All Candidates Forum

Celebrate International Women’s Day

March 7, 2009   —   5:00 p.m.

German Club: 1727 St. John Street, Regina

The Prairie Lily Feminst Society, Regina and District Labour Council Women’s Committe, and the U of R Women’s Centre are sponsoring a fundraiser and banquet to celebrate International Women’s Day.  Funds raised at this event will contribute to the ongoing education, policy development and organizing of women’s events throughout the province.  As well, a sportion of the funds will be donated tot he Sisters in Spirit, Saskatchewan.

The event will include:

•  dinner
• guest speaker – LYNDA HAVERSTOCK
• entertainment
• silent auction

For tickets call the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour (525-0197) or the Canadian Labour Council (525-6137).

 

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE

AGM NOTICE AND REGISTRATION FORM

Date: March 7, 2009

Time: 10:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.  **LUNCH INCLUDED**

Place: German Club 1727 St. John Street, Regina, Saskatchewan

Fee: $10.00

 

**Please note that the $10.00 fee will cover the cost of the hall rental, coffee and lunch.**

 

For full notice and registration form click on the following link:  agm-notice-registration-form

 

International Women’s Day

BANQUET AND FUNDRAISER: MARCH 7, 2009

On March 7, 2009 the Prairie Lilies will host a fundraiser in celebration of International Women’s Day. The event will include dinner, entertainment, guest speakers and a silent auction. Funds raised at this event will contribute to the ongoing education, policy development and organizing of women’s events throughout the province. As well, a portion of the funds will be donated to the Sisters in Spirit, Saskatchewan.

*details TBA soon

 

More about the national day of protest

Further to the National Day of Action Against Bill C-484, the one that sets the stage for attack on women’s reproductive freedom in Canada by defying the Supreme Court’s statements around the issue of fetal personhood, etc.

Here are the notes from the teleconference to organize the national day of action. I’m thinking we should be prepared to hold local news events in as many SK locations as possible on Sep 26th.

Please email us if there’s something in the works where you live!

I’ve thanked the Quebec women for their energy to set our course on this issue.

B-)

The national protest will take place on September 28th, in different Canadian cities. Montreal, Ottawa, Regina and Vancouver are for sure. We have also heard that committees are possibly organizing protests in Fredericton, Saskatoon, Edmonton, and Winnipeg.

There will be a press conference in Ottawa on September 26th. There will be one Newswire with contact information for each local protest and background material about the bill. Other local groups can also organize local press conferences as they wish.

Nathalie reported that there will be one big Quebec protest in Montreal. Women in other Quebec cities will be encouraged to go to Montreal. Initially, there was discussion about holding a mobilization in Quebec City but this will not be possible. A Quebec organizing committee was created to coordinate the protest in Montreal.

The Quebec committee met and discussed a slogan for the Mobilization committee. They have agreed on:

Contre C-484 : on vous voit venir

Against C-484: we know what’s coming

The slogan was chosen because it refers to the Government’s hidden agenda and because it does not concentrate on one specific argument against C-484.

ChoiceCan gave positive feedback.

The slogan will be used as a unifying theme for all local mobilizations. The group will produce a poster and postcards with the slogan. We will make sure to include a phrase like: Protect Women’s Rights or something similar on the poster so people know what the bill is all about. The Quebec committee will be building on the slogan and will create a poster and postcard that could be translated and used throughout the country for the protests.

FQPN and the Quebec committee will be developing a French website against C-484. They will post info related to the protests and about the bill. They don’t have the capacity to include English content.

The Coalition for Women’s Equality could include information about the mobilizations on their website. ARCC’s website is already used as a central point against the bill so it would be logic to post info about the protests on their website as well. Jessica will check with Joyce if ARCC’s website can be used to post info about the different local organizing committees.

An organizers’ listserv will be set up in the next few weeks.

 

Mark Your Calendars!

The Prairie Lilies will participate in a National Day of Action on September 28 to protest Bill C-484, the so-called Unborn Victims of Crime Act. It would be great to have events in many locations across the province. The national committee meets next week and will have more details to pass along. Please let us know if you are able to help organize something in your community.

For more info about C-484, please see http://www.arcc-cdac.ca/c484.htm

 

The Envelope

I opened it and

inside, two receipts and a Saskatchewan
Justice Corporations Entity number on a stamped page,

certifying that Prairie Lily Feminist Society, Inc.

“is this day incorporated under The Non-Profit Corporations Act, 1995″
and then I smiled and wondered how best to use

this tool in our collective model.

Onward,
B-)

 

Summer Solstice Social

Prairie Lily Feminist Society

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Summer Solstice Social

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Sunday, June 22 2:00 – 4:00 pm

Cathedral Neighbourhood Centre

(2913 Thirteenth Avenue)

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Info Sharing & Discussion @ 2:30

Refreshments provided

Memberships Available ($5 suggested)

Donations welcomed & appreciated

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Poster is here. Please post.

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The Prairie Lily Feminist Society (aka the Prairie Lilies or Red Lilies) is a newly-formed society of Saskatchewan feminists. Membership is open to all women who agree with our intentions. We want as many women as possible to become involved. We intend to establish a space for women to address the issues and various conditions that impact our lives, to empower the diverse community of Saskatchewan women to have our voices heard; to provide education about and opportunity for actions which promote gender equity; to create opportunities for us to build our skills and develop mentoring relationships; and to develop a network of support, solidarity and sisterhood for women across Saskatchewan.

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Watering the garden

Hey Prairie Lilies! Our plants need tending. Here are some thoughts to ponder:

A. Contacts in other centres (i.e. not Regina & Saskatoon).

1. We need to connect with women outside of the major centres so any connections you have there would be great!

2. I think I can set something up in Moose Jaw and Prince Albert.

B. Prairie Lilies presence on the SIAST, U of R and U of S campuses

1. Is there any energy among students to set up groups on campuses? Two parts here:

a. Organized presence on campuses gives us an immediate opportunity to speak out on student issues as they arise.

b. Funding (I know only some of what’s available at U of R. )

i)RPIRG — possibility of financing participatory research into, and documentation of, our work.

ii)Arts Internships — excellent mentoring opportunities.

iii)Clubs & Societies — funding could assist in sending women to the Symposium in December.

c. Anything similar at U of S or SIAST?

2. Are there women willing to take the initial steps?

I am available to help out wherever possible.

C. Can we converse on these?

Please leave a message below if you have any ideas/thoughts/comments/concerns.

 

Welcome to the home of the Prairie Lilies

We are a Saskatchewan-based group of feminists.  We seek to promote an explicitly feminist analysis of issues. We want to do education and actions that are progressive and feminist. We want to be a place for women to develop leadership skills, including learning to become spokeswomen in the media, to become educators and agitators, and to critically analyze issues. This is not an organization for any woman, or for all women, since we want to organize with feminist women. We want to be a place where we are free to debate issues, and develop policy responses together.

We want to be a provincial in scope, connected with other feminist organizations across the country and around the world so that we might make a better world for all.