{"id":3,"date":"2021-11-12T21:07:43","date_gmt":"2021-11-13T02:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/creative-collective-for-change\/home\/"},"modified":"2023-02-03T13:36:31","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T18:36:31","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/creative-collective-for-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\"Dear\n

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DEAR JOE ROSE<\/span><\/p>\n

A creative call for queer valentines from all lovers<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Have you heard of Joe Rose? If you have not heard his name, you might know his legacy left on the Dawson Community, a place thriving in its diversity. Joe Rose was a queer activist before the word queer was even a thing. The founder of the LGBTQ+ association at dawson: <\/span>ETCETERA<\/i><\/b>, he was also an AIDS activist and engaged community member. Not afraid to be who he was, he wore pink hair while studying nursing. He was tragically gay bashed and killed on a city bus in March of 1989 by a group of young men spewing homophobic hate. His death provoked many to fight for LGBTQ+ rights in his honor. He is the reason Montreal chapters of ACT UP and QUEER NATION existed and have evolved within our communities to counter anti-gay violence.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This Valentine\u2019s Day the Creative Collective for Change in collaboration with ETCETERA, the DSU, CLL, AR Cit\u00e9 and the Warren G. Flowers gallery are reminding us that LOVE is not always about romance, and that love letters can go a long way in building a better world.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Submit your love letter to Joe Rose and remind his soul how our community has been shaped by his efforts. Maybe his activism for queer safety has impacted your life directly, or you would like to share a story about your own love and your pride in it despite being marginalized. Perhaps there is a story of solidarity with queer activism that has shaped you as an ally, or as a parent, teacher, friend, student, neighbor. Perhaps you are joined to his legacy and are fighting for justice and social change. Tell him about it, share your gratitude and even ask him what he might do today if he were with us.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Feel free to do this in any form (written, collage, photograph, post-card, video etc..). Submit something online: <\/span>@cc4change #dearjoerose\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

or in person: DSU will accept physical valentines and letters Feb 6 through 17 (look for the pink box),\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Submissions will be displayed at the gallery, around the Joe Rose plaque in Conrod\u2019s. Let us know if you are <\/span>not<\/span><\/i> ok with exhibiting your work or sign off anonymously if necessary.<\/span><\/p>\n

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With Love,<\/span><\/p>\n

Creative Collective for Change\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

students, teachers, administrators, \u200bactivists, artists and curators working towards developing opportunities for addressing complex social issues in creative, constructive and critical ways.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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 <\/p>\n\"Together\n

Creative Collective for Change seeks to bring students, teachers, administrators, \u200bactivists, artists and curators \u200btogether to work towards developing opportunities for addressing complex social issues in creative, constructive and critical ways. Our approach is interdisciplinary, inspired by artistic forms of activism and the theory and practice of nonviolence<\/p>\n

This initiative is inspired by the Resist Violence<\/a> pedagogy: providing non-polarizing resources and tools for communities addressing complex social issues in their teaching practices.<\/p>\n\n\t\t