Thursday, November 28, 2019
Event address:
Nicola Valley Institute of Technology,
Burnaby Campus, 2nd Floor
4355 Mathissi Pl, Burnaby BC V5G 4S8
RELEASING HOPE CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS
Alison Granger-Brown, Amanda Staller, Amber Christie, Brenda Tole, Cat Wilson, Chas Coutlee, Christine Hemingway, Colby, Henry ‘Henk’ Smidstra, Lora ‘Koala’ Kwandibens, Kelly Murphy, Lara-Lisa Condello, Elder Mary Fayant (‘Holy Cow’), Marnie Scow, Mattie Campbell, Maura Gowans, Odessa Marchand, Pam Young, Wendy Sproule
RELEASING HOPE EDITOR-AUTHORS
Ruth Elwood Martin, Mo Korchinski, Lynn Fels, Carl Leggo
RELEASING HOPE ILLUSTRATOR
Mo Korchinski
PROGRAM
4:30 - 5:00 Refreshments, Book Sales and Authors’ Signing
5:00 - 6:00 Book Readings
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Welcome
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Acknowledgements with Elder Tom Oleman
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Remembrance
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Introduction
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Readings
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Thanks and Closing
6:00 - 6:30 Refreshments, Book Sales and Authors’ Signing
Net proceeds from the sale of Releasing Hope and Arresting Hope go to a fund that provides educational awards for women with incarceration experience and their children.
Please see
https://www.vancouverfoundation.ca/arrestinghope . All donations welcome!
Thank you to everyone for coming and participating in today’s celebration!
We thank all individuals and the following organisations for making this launch possible:
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Nicola Valley Institute of Technology for hosting us in this beautiful location;
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BFL Café for catering;
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UBC Transformative Health Justice Research cluster for providing funding;
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Collaborating Centre for Prison Health and Education for providing administrative support.
