Toronto Women's Bookstore
http://www.womensbookstore.com
416-922-8744

TWB ANNOUNCECMENTS
1. May 2005 Workshop @ TWB!
2. Jeanette Winterson on the cover of Xtra!
3. Written in Colour Symposium

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
4. Silent Slam, Wednesday April 6
5. The Vagina Monologues, Monday April 11
6. Tariq Ali in Toronto, Saturday April 30

TWB ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. May 2005 Workshop @ TWB Workshop on Tuesday, May 3
Post-Secondary Futures: a Workshop for Moms of Colour and their teens
With facilitator Kristine Maitland

Tuesday May 3rd from 6:30pm to 9:30pm
at Toronto Women’s Bookstore 73 Harbord St
Fee: $10 for one participant, $15 for a mom plus a teen
Wheelchair accessible.

Tuition and cost of living go up year after year, making it increasingly difficult for moms (with or without partners) to finance post-secondary education for their children. This is particularly true for moms of color, who often cannot find resources or, when they do, find that they do not fulfill the needs of their teens. This one-day workshop endeavours to provide mothers of colour with the tools and skills needed to help their teenage children get access to post-secondary educational funding and enrichment opportunities. Together, we will learn funding research strategies, develop application-writing skills, and discuss avenues of communication between parents and teens regarding their post-secondary futures, be it university, college, or apprenticeships. Further, we will look at avenues for young women of colour versus those of young men of colour. Reference materials will be provided. Teens are welcome to attend with their moms.

About the Facilitator: Kristine "Inez" Maitland has a reputation for being "in the know" partly as a result of 11 years of public and school library work experience. She has gone on to work in the education sector, where she has acted as a school Registrar and Academic Counselor. She currently provides support in the Admissions office at the University of Toronto Schools. She also maintains a Black History website www.kmaitland.ca

MONDAY MAY 3 from 6:30pm to 9:30pm @ TWB Fee: $10 for one participant, $15 for a mom plus a teen (No Refunds) Enrollment limited to 30 participants. This course is wheelchair accessible. Limited subsidies available. Presented by the Toronto Women’s Bookstore

2. Jeanette Winterson is reading in Toronto from her new novel “Lighthousekeeping”.
She’s also featured on this week’s cover of Xtra! Check it out…
Jeanette Winterson Reading Monday, April 11, 2005 7pm
Box office opens at 6:00pm
Doors will open at 6:15pm
Church of the Holy Trinity 10 Trinity Sq (west of the Eaton Centre, south of Dundas)
Featuring MC Elizabeth Ruth
Tickets are on sale now $5 to $12 sliding scale, general admission.

The night of the event there will be tickets sold at the door, but we recommend that you purchase tickets ahead of time to avoid disappointment. To purchase tickets, call us (416.922.8744), come by the store (73 Harbord St, west of Spadina), or order online (www.womensbookstore.com)

3. Written in Colour Symposium for Writers of Colour and Native Writers
Saturday, April 9, 2005
9am sign in
10am to 6:15pm Concurrent workshops.
12noon to 2pm Networking Lunch

OISE/UT 252 Bloor St, Fourth floor
This symposium is FREE for ALL! We have a limited number of travel subsidies for anyone traveling to the symposium within Ontario and outside of Toronto. Please contact Anjula at anjula@womensbookstore.com to reserve. TWB would like to thank the Ontario Arts Council and the Institute of Women’ s Studies and Gender Studies’ Community Knowledge Alliance for their support of Written in Colour.

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
4. Meniscus Productions presents:
Silent Slam: a write off
Featuring: Di Brandt, Kevin Connolly, Beatriz Hausner, Rosina Kazi, clifton joseph, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Jennifer LoveGrove, and Mariko Tamaki
Curator: Sandra Alland
Judges: ahdri zhina mandiela, Stuart Ross, and Priscila Uppal

For Silent Slam, we will focus on the live creation of the written word. The event will raise awareness of National Poetry Month, and raise money and awareness for Literature for Life, a non-profit literacy organization for teen mothers. Although a slam is a competition, Silent Slam will place more focus on the process than on who is “winning”. The main objective is for the audience to experience the often hidden world of creation. Two at a time, eight authors will spend ten minutes composing at a computer. Their poetry will be projected on the walls for the audience and judges to read as it is created.

Wednesday, April 6, 8 p.m. $7-$10 at the door
The Underground at the Drake Hotel
1150 Queen St West, near Dovercourt For more info: www.meniscus.ca

5.
“The Vagina Monologues” - New Voices, Same Mission
V-Day Toronto presents a one-night-only benefit production of “The Vagina Monologues”
St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, Jane Mallett Theatre 27 Front St. E. Monday, April 11th, 2005
Reception 6:30pm, Show 8pm Tickets $32
For tickets: 1 (800) 708-6754 or visit www.stlc.com
V-Day Toronto 2005’s performance of “The Vagina Monologues” cast consists of 19 diverse and dynamic women from across Toronto. Half of the cast will consist of local Toronto celebrities, including Jennifer Hollett (MuchMusic), Jemeni (Flow 93.5), Pay Chen (OMNI TV), Sarika Sehgal (TORONTO1) and Raven Dauda and Ngozi Paul (‘Da Kink in My Hair). The other half will consist of vibrant and passionate women of Toronto. V-Day’s global mission is to give 90 percent of its proceeds to a local organization that helps women in abusive situations with the remaining 10 percent of proceeds going to an international crisis. This year’s proceeds from “The Vagina Monologues” will go to Julliette’s Place, an under-funded shelter in Toronto for abused women and their children, and the rest will help aid the women of Iraq. For information: Michelle Szeto, Co-producer: 647.292.8247 vdaytoronto@hotmail.com

6. Tariq Ali: U.S. Hegemony: Venezuela, Iraq, Palestine...
Where: Medical Sciences Auditorium, U of T, 1 King's College Circle
When: Saturday, April 30th at 6:30pm
Also speaking: Judy Rebick Leo Panitch Jehad Aliweiwi
Admission $10
Tickets available at Toronto Women's Bookstore
This event is sponsored by the Muslim Canadian Congress Co-sponsored by rabble.ca, Socialist Register, Palestine House, Canadian Dimensions and Toronto Women's Bookstore