Our vision: Gender equity in media access, representation, employment and ownership — and a world in which a just media is considered essential to a just society. WAM!'s Vancouver chapter is a small core group of organizers and a sizable regional community. We are journalists, musicians, media-makers, artists, students, activists, and concerned citizens of all stripes. Vancouver operates in accord
ance with the core values of WAM! International (listed here: http://www.womenactionmedia.org/about/values/ ), with the following additions:
Indigenous Land: WAM! Vancouver acknowledges that the City of Vancouver occupies unceded Coast Salish Territory, specifically the land of the Skwxwú7mesh, Xwméthkwyiem, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. Vancouver aims to incorporate the history of colonization of Aboriginal peoples, as well as the traditional knowledge of these groups, into all of its activities. Vancouver supports women’s reproductive rights without condition. Vancouver therefore supports a woman’s full and unqualified access to abortion, and reserves the right to exclude persons or organizations who aim to infringe upon this right in any way at any WAM! event or within any WAM! space (including the listserv). S*x work/prostitution: WAM! Vancouver supports the dignity of current and former s*x workers/women in prostitution and advocates for their safety. While individual members of WAM! Vancouver have a wide range of opinions regarding the legalization, decriminalization, or abolition of s*x work/prostitution in Canada, as an organization, WAM! Vancouver does not advocate for any one approach. Any discussions about s*x work/prostitution in WAM! Vancouver spaces (including the listserv) or at WAM! Vancouver events shall abide by WAM!’s core values, and not infringe upon the dignity of any person.
