After a weekend away from class, we're back at work planning for Thursday evening's Speak Out! event. Our timeline was short, but I must admit it was exhilarating to work under pressure.
Last week, I worked on short biographies for our three guest speakers, which were sent out to the speakers for approval. A grammatical error was found, which is a heartbreak to me, a former newspaper copy editor. I made that fix, and a few other tweaks, and sent the bio sheet around to my classmates and our instructor for one last look.
I will also be following up our Speak Out! emailed invitations with some personal calls to a number of people who might be especially interested in the event. I hope we get a good turnout because I'm sure everyone who attends will be impressed with the breadth of knowledge of our speakers.
I've really enjoyed working on both our Amnesty International events, the Write for Rights campaign in December and this week's Speak Out!
It's been fulfilling helping to assemble an awesome team of speakers: Monica Alemán who will give the international perspective, Jennifer Lord (the national) and Catherine Martin (the local). It will be interesting to see the similarities in their messages, and also to get their advice on how to take action on the issue of violence against Indigenous women.
Liz
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