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Abuelas de la Plaza de Mayo Features 

Abuelas de la Plaza de Mayo

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Throughout history, women banded together and fought for their societies’ rights in countless human rights crises, like the Algerian resistance, Iranian women (Woman, Life, Freedom), Black women and the civil rights struggle in the United States, and so did women across Latin America. Early in the 1970s, crimes against humanity were committed in South America under the pretext of a “National Reorganization Process,” attributable to state terrorism. A grassroots human rights organization called the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo has fought and is still fighting against the oppression and…

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VCSA Executive Council Elections 2023 Campus 

VCSA Executive Council Elections 2023

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The VCSA Executive Council Elections 2023 are currently underway. This is a chance for you, The Vanier Students, to nominate yourselves to be part of the VCSA Executive Council, which is the only representative for the student body at the college.  The positions that are available for the VCSA Council Election are: The officer positions: President, Vice-President, Treasurer. The Executive Council coordinator positions: Internal Affairs Coordinator, Academic Affairs Coordinator, Communications Coordinator, Clubs Coordinator, and Community Coordinator. The Nomination period will begin on Friday, March 31 and will end on Monday,…

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Rewrite My Life Vanier Alumni 

Rewrite My Life

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If I could rewrite my life Here’s what I’d change I’d be from in a small town down in Alabama Daddy would own a big ole farm Momma would always stay a saint I’d hug them tight with both of my arms No, they wouldn’t be fighting every night Little Banjo would’ve never grown old And I’d be staying young in that small peaceful world   I’ve done a thousand things that I ain’t proud of And there’re a thousand more that I can’t change Bad decisions, broken hearts and…

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Mean to Me Vanier Alumni 

Mean to Me

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There you are, just sittin’ there Girl, I haven’t seen you in forever You’re still lookin’ prettier than ever Just the thought of you is melting my heart   We’ve known each other for a while now You were always there to support me Dunno why it took me till now To see that you are the girl of my dreams   Every little thing that you do Is driving my heart crazy Now, all I really want to do Is to say how much you mean to me  …

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My Shivering Petals Arts 

My Shivering Petals

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My Shivering Petals I am a Black rose, grown in a garden Where the color of my petals is often harden By the frost of police brutality, it withers My roots torn by the storm that it gathers. My parents, they are like birds trapped in a cage When pulled over, their freedom taken like a wage My friends, like rivers, overflow with tears As they speak of the harassment, their pain, it smears The system, a ship, lost in the sea It’s meant to protect but often it’s hard…

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