Below is my statement I sent to the Nashoba Regional School District Committee. I’m really pleased that they voted to change the mascot. I was quoted in the meeting and on social media… I am Indigenous woman living in Stow with my young family. I am Metis and Anishinaabe and am a member of the…
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On March 16, I gave a small presentation at the lovely Randall Library in Stow, MA. Chris the librarian invited me to talk about the Men’s Banner Project with the Stow Teen Advisory Board nicknamed STAB. They were the most enthusiastic high schoolers I’ve met in a long time. One girl at the end of my talk said…
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This year I wasn’t able to attend the 8th Annual Memorial March for All Missing and Murdered held on Valentine’s day. I wish I had gone but I’ve learned that I need to accept when I can’t participate in everything all the time. From what I’ve seen in the media it was a successful march. I always…
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Monday early morning in July of 2011. I worked out in the hot sun for five days completing the biggest banner I had ever made at the time. Sunday night I sat at the campfire waiting for the sun to rise to take this picture on Pope’s Hill. I’m really happy with the way it…
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The summer of 2011 was very productive for me. One of my trips took me to Victoria BC. Bre, a fantastic woman I met at the Pan Canadian Feminist Gathering invited me to make a banner with her and local activist groups. While there I stayed with Renay, one of the most interesting and awesome…
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While I was making a banner at the Winnipeg Folk Festival Campground in 2011 my friend Sarah slipped this into my tent. She was at a workshop and I’m not sure on the details but she gave little love notes to all the people she was camping with. I had barely filled the banner and…
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Taken in 2012 the night before the Winnipeg Comic Con. Whenever I begin a new banner one of my technical problems is finding the space for prep work. This is the storage room at Urban Shaman Art Gallery. We were there late after one of the galleries openings. After I painted in the lettering and…
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Here are some of the photos I took earlier today. Below is my Step-father Darrell Rankin and my three nephews Asher, Roscoe and Linkon. The rally took place at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights
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This photograph always makes me smile. It is from the Winnipeg Comic Con 2012 banner. The handprint belonged to a young boy, about 11 year’s old (I think). He was with his family and I don’t remember if he was in a costume. There were a lot of people around my booth and I wasn’t…
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“4.5% of the men in the United States is an incredibly high number – that translates into over six million men. If you added up every US citizen who was officially unemployed or looking for work in 2001, that would be less than the total number of rapists. If you added up every US citizen…
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