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Stop enforcing unjust injunctions: an open letter to RCMP on TMX

By Andrea Palframan / January 2, 2021 / Comments Off on Stop enforcing unjust injunctions: an open letter to RCMP on TMX

The following letter has been signed by a growing list of NGOs, community organizations and activists. It calls on police who enforce injunctions that violate Indigenous rights to uphold international agreements (UNDRIP, Paris Climate Accord) and consider their special responsibility to treat Indigenous Peoples with fairness after generations of enforcing brutal residential school family separations.

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Love in the time of COVID: A RAVEN 2020 retrospective

By Andrea Palframan / December 23, 2020 / Comments Off on Love in the time of COVID: A RAVEN 2020 retrospective

Working with RAVEN lets us all be lifted up by incredible stories of people and communities who know very well that this struggle for justice is a long game. People who, in the face of outrageous inequities and racist power structures that conspire to hold them back, have persisted, resisted, and triumphed.

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Elderflower tea supporting Secwepemc Nation

By Andrea Palframan / December 23, 2020 / Comments Off on Elderflower tea supporting Secwepemc Nation

To celebrate winter solstice return of the sun, the good folks at Elderberry Farm bottled up some golden sunshine… with proceeds to RAVEN!

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Play-Thru-Crew launch “Twitch” fundraising page !

By Andrea Palframan / December 22, 2020 / Comments Off on Play-Thru-Crew launch “Twitch” fundraising page !

This is a new one for RAVEN – and a fun way to support Indigenous rights! A crew of gamers have banded together to host an online fundraiser for RAVEN. As part of a National Call to Action for Indigenous justice, Emma and their friends in amiskwaciywaskahikan (Edmonton) set up a charity stream on Twitch,…

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Lumi Gives

By Andrea Palframan / December 14, 2020 / Comments Off on Lumi Gives

Lumi is supporting RAVEN as part of their goal of making the world a better place and supporting valuable work. Check out Lumi at lumi.gives

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Hex Metals in Solidarity

By Andrea Palframan / December 11, 2020 / Comments Off on Hex Metals in Solidarity

Since April 2020, 5% of each sale of Hex Metals handcrafted jewellery will be donated to support Wet’suewet’en land protectors via Raven. According to Hex, “This is more than a pipeline issue – it’s about Indigenous land sovereignty and continued violence by the colonial state. As a business run by a settler of colour, it…

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BlackBird Fabrics raise $3000 to support Indigenous Legal challenges!

By Karissa Chandrakate / December 9, 2020 / Comments Off on BlackBird Fabrics raise $3000 to support Indigenous Legal challenges!

We want to give a big THANK YOU to BlackBird Fabrics for fundraising to support Indigenous legal challenges. The small business recently raised $3000 all of which will go to supporting Indigenous access to justice. “Living and operating on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), səlil̓wətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) peoples, we recognize how…

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What Impacts the Orcas Will Impact Us All

By RAVEN / December 2, 2020 / Comments Off on What Impacts the Orcas Will Impact Us All

During the summer of 2018, a stunned world watched in sorrow as a mother orca, Tahlequah, carried her dead newborn for at least 17 days for over 1,000 miles off the Pacific Northwest coast in an unprecedented display of grief. Tahlequah is a member of the J Pod of Southern Resident Killer Whales. The orcas…

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“OUTSPOKEN” – Songs and stories in solidarity

By Andrea Palframan / November 28, 2020 / Comments Off on “OUTSPOKEN” – Songs and stories in solidarity

While your hatches may be battened down and your blankets snuggled close, we want to invite you – from the comfort of your sofa –  to meet some inspiring leaders on a special RAVEN year-end webinar.   Wednesday, December 16, join RAVEN to hear from activist, social worker, mother and Dane-zaa author Helen Knott. In 2020…

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VIDEO: We Are RAVEN, taking flight this Giving Tuesday

By Andrea Palframan / November 28, 2020 / Comments Off on VIDEO: We Are RAVEN, taking flight this Giving Tuesday

Today is Giving Tuesday.  Together, we are building a foundation for future generations grounded in respect, reciprocity, and shared stewardship values. This Giving Tuesday, we are proud to launch our new website: please share our new video and let folks in your network know about RAVEN!

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