#consentaction

via Creating Freedom Movements (July 3rd, 2024 on Instagram):

Tomorrow is July 4th or "Independence" Day in the USA (and July 1 was the equivalent in 'Canada') — a settler colonial nation living on the land of the Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island. At Creating Freedom Movements, we are committed to #LandBack — here on Turtle Island, and around the world.

We are reposting work from @wgssa.utsc and @tupacistan, created for IDEVAW (Nov 25) '23 and Land Day (March 30) 2024, drawing connections between sexual & colonial violence, focused on the ways that Indigenous Consent is ignored, coerced, negotiated, violated, and enforced. The teachings in this post are primarily from the @yellowheadinstitute 'Spectrum of Consent' as explored in the Land Back Red Paper and from the @palestinianfeministcollective and their work against Colonial Feminism, Reproductive Genocide, and more.

Clickable links at tiny.cc/PalLandDay

original caption, via @wgssa.utsc — For almost 9 months now, we have been witnessing violent escalation of the 75+ year long occupation of Palestine.

On #IDEVAW 2023 the Palestinian Feminist Collective (PFC) called on feminist co-strugglers and all people of conscience to once and for all #ShutDownColonialFeminism and for Feminists to #SayNoToGenocide

WGSSA UTSC is a critical & intersectional feminist collective. In solidarity with PFC "We reaffirm that Palestine is a feminist issue and assert that feminism is incompatible with Zionism."

This post includes teachings from Yellowhead Institute & PFC to connect the dots between Indigenous Movements like #LandBack & meaningful Consent Action.

You can also sign our #SurvivorsDeserveBetter Open Letter to admin demanding:

mandatory + comprehensive consent education for ALL UofT community members

expansion of the existing Sexual Misconduct Disclosure in hiring policy to ALL employees. We believe this can + should be used to require disclosure of military service in the IOF and/or other militaries that have been credibly accused of weaponizing sexual violence as a tool of warfare + terror

Read & sign at tinyurl.com/UofTActNow

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— Referenced sources & Other Links:

Spectrum of Consent — excerpt of Land Back: A Yellowhead Institute Red Paper

Shut Down Colonial Feminism on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women Statement & Calls to Action* — Palestinian Feminist Collective

December 2023 CNN article

PFC's All Out for Palestine Digital Action Toolkit 🇵🇸

#SayNoToGenocide Joint campaign from INCITE WOC Against Violence & PFC

ReproductiveGenocide in 🇵🇸 Statement + Resources

*Resources + Calls to Action on last slide linked in above statement