Yard Sale - Sat. June 13th

NB Rebelles present:

A community yard sale

Saturday, June 13th, 2009

8am to 1pm

Two locations:

278 Church St. and 295 University Ave.

Half of the money raised will be donated to the Fredericton Sexual Assault Crisis Centre (FSACC).

Book Fair - Friday and Saturday (May 29-30)

The Canadian Federation of University Women Fredericton’s 44th annual Book Fair:

Friday 29 May (9-9) & Saturday 30 May (9-5)

Brookside Mall, Fredericton

1,000's of gently used books for $2; children's books for $1. Sheet music, videos, records.

All proceeds go towards scholarships for women, school library grants, music festival prizes etc.

ROCK 4 CHOICE 2009 - CALL FOR SUPPORT!

Rock 4 Choice Calgary is an annual festival in Calgary, Alberta dedicated to promoting sexual health awareness. This year, our aim is to host a series of concert benefits, documentary screenings, poster campaigns, art installations and other awareness raisers to draw attention to current sexual health issues including abstinence only sex education, the prelevance of "crisis pregnancy centers", and stigmatization and lack of support for low income single moms. We are looking for support from established pro choice organizations. Any access to information on grants or other financial support for such a project would be greatly appreciated. Additionally, any applicable literature such as fact sheets or pamphlets on reproductive rights would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for helping make Rock 4 Choice a reality!

Kay Gallivan
Rock 4 Choice Collective

Check out their website for more details.

Women in Radio: Calling for your support

Calling all feminists,

This is an appeal for your financial support to assist women – particularly those who face multiple systemic barriers – to attend two community radio broadcasting conferences in Montreal.

From June 7 – 13, community-access radio broadcasters from all parts of Canada will converge in Montreal for the annual conference of the National Campus and Community Radio Association. Within that conference is the one-day annual Women in Radio Conference on June 11, where a diverse range of women, trans people, and feminists will build skills, share experiences and strategies, and build a stronger network of community broadcasters who are concerned with equitable representation and opportunities in the media landscape.

Your contribution of $100 – 500, will provide travel and accommodation subsidies as needed for one or more women who are active in their local campus or community radio station as volunteer or staff. We prioritize diverse rural and urban representation, including Quebec and the North, and participation from women of colour, low-income women, Aboriginal women, queer women, transgendered women, women with disabilities, older women, and otherwise systemically marginalized women.

The National Campus and Community Radio Association has had women and feminist-led initiatives within it since the mid-80s, creating spaces for greater and more empowered women's participation, more representative programming, and safer spaces. We are thankful for all contributions that will help the movement continue. Cheques can be made out to Radio CKUT, with a memo of the Women in Radio Conference.

Please notify us as soon as possible of your contribution and send checks to:

Radio CKUT
3647 University
Montreal Quebec H3A 2B3

Sincerely,

Sharmeen Khan
Equity Officer, NCRA

NCRA Women's Hands and Voices
NCRC - National Campus-Community Radio Conference

NB Rebelles - Fredericton Bottle Drive, 2009

Greetings Friends!

This Saturday, May 9th, we'll be holding a bottle drive fundraiser from 9am-1pm.

We're still looking for volunteers and, of course, bottles!

If you have bottles to be picked up on the 9th, email the g-mail to set something up!
If you'd rather drop them off, we'll be downtown at 295 University Ave. Stop by any time from 9am-1pm. We will also be selling our Feminist T-Shirt there, instead of at the market that week!

Thank you for your support :)

RAWA Final Appeal

The Fredericton Peace Coalition, University Women’s Centre, NBRebELLEs - Fredericton and CUSO-VSO have surpassed their donation goal and raised a total of $2,362.10 for the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA). Most of those donations were raised at the 2009 3rd Annual RAWA Benefit in Fredericton while other donations were sent to us from folks far away as British Columbia. Thank you all who donated your money, time and energy to this year’s contribution to RAWA.

We would like to make one final appeal before sending our donations to RAWA. We are extending the deadline for donations until Friday, May 15. We will be sending the donation on Monday, May 18.

The reason for extending the deadline stems from recent tragic news involving women in Afghanistan. Women of Afghanistan are under attack for courageously fighting the new rape law. Sitara Achazai, a women’s rights activist and politician in the Kandahar Provincial Council was murdered in a target assassination on Sunday, April 12. On March 8, 2009, International Women’s Day, Sitara led a nationwide sit-in of 11,000 Afghan women in seven provinces who gathered to pray for peace.

If you would like to send a donation before May 15, please reply to this email or send an email to info@frederictonpeace.org and they will let you know how to drop off/send your donation.

Feminist T-Shirts in Fredericton!

Our Feminist T-shirts are made and ready to order!

Just click on Feminist T-Shirt Sale here or in the side bar to look through our amazing and unique selections.

If you see something you'd like us to set aside for you, email us at nbrebelles@gmail.com with the number of the one(s) you like.

Soon there will be an option to buy them online and have them mailed, but if you're in town, we are currently selling* on Tuesdays from 6-7pm at our Feminist Headquarters: 278 Church Street (google map) and at our upcoming anniversary party (link). Do drop by!

All shirts were purchased secondhand, washed, and screen printed by members of NB Rebelles - Fredericton. Angela Black designed the two official logos for us, and we couldn't be happier with how they turned out. Please visit her website for more excellent local art and items!

* On the weekend of May 9th, we will be selling the shirts at 295 University Ave.
This will also be the drop off point for our bottle drive, which is happening the same day!
Bring bottles if you have them, and come check out our shirts :)