When did the Day of Mourning start? Who started it? Answers to these questions, and much more, as Al Bieksa invites us into his living room to talk about his experiences while creating a short documentary on the origins of the Day of Mourning.

To watch the short Day of Mourning Documentary Al created go to: https://youtu.be/gOywfT64qYg

Aaron Ekman sits down with Dennis Pilon, Associate Professor, Department of Politics, York University to talk about the right and wrong ways to campaign for a change to our voting system.

If you want to learn more about proportional representation and have your voice heard go to @  https://engage.gov.bc.ca/howwevote/

To learn more about the work Dennis does and if you’d like to check out his book ... check out his blog @ http://wrestlingwithdemocracy.blogspot.ca/?m=1

In Part 2 Carlos sits down with participants from the United Steel Workers “Be More Than a Bystander” weeklong workshop to unpack and discuss what they’ve learned from the workshop and how they plan on advocating for the elimination of gender-based violence in their workplaces and communities.

A big thank you to Steve Kallies, Vice President of USW Local 9346 (and @steelmegaphone host), Bernie Wood, Vice President of USW Local 9074 and Iain Thistlewaite, Recording Secretary for USW Local 7619 for sitting down and taking part in this honest discussion regarding such an important topic.

For more information on the work the Steelworkers are doing, follow them @usw_district_3 and please find ways to support the work being done by @endviolenceBC