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The ragmag is home to the writings and musings of Gwynne Hunt and friends . . .we also keep everyone posted on the work of Art Matters Society; the Memory March, the List, productions of The Vagina Monologues and the Festival of Artistic and Creative Expression.
The ragmag is home to Penny-a-Line Productions and the Penny-a-Line Players; we feature plays we are in and upcoming productions.
We post articles from our readers, art work and comments. We love to hear from you. The Rag began as a printed magazine with the purpose of ending violence against women and girls. We continue the work on-line and in the community.
The Rag is the “penny press for the working woman”.
Welcome to our new Rag-ezine. Join us as a friend of the Rag by sponsoring these pages with an ad. Send us your thoughts, your poems, stories, art work and articles. We will have all new articles and art for a September celebration of this site.
The ragmag has only one goal and that is to help stop the violence. We offer a place on these pages for artists and writers to express their concerns for the world. Send us articles on how you cope with the violence, ways to heal and move on, and creative stories that simply make us laugh.
Our last issue of the printed Rag is out and in it we published The List of 3,044 names of missing and murdered women and children. If you would like a copy they are available by ordering them through this website.
Saturday, December 19th join us for a performance of The Wonderful Miracle of the Sugar Plum Fairy, at Trinity United Memorial, 33737 George Ferguson Way, Abbotsford @ 3:30 PM.
Adults $4
Children $2
This production is a result of the hard work by the Creative Art Play group; Ruby, Silver, Payton, Chelsea, Karyssa, Ginny, Vicky, Geneva, Islay. With special guest appeatrances by Alex and Emily. Santa will make a super special appearance.
New: check it out . . . Gwynne Hunt’s Missing will be performed Sept 19 at 8 PM at the Shadbolt Centre For The Arts, 6450 Deer Lake Ave, Burnaby and September 26; @ 8 PM, Terry Fox Theatre, 1260 Riverwood Gate, Port Coquitlam . . .tickets are by-donation at the door. This is the story of Verna Bjerky who went missing from Hope in 1981 . . . missing is not a very safe place to be. Update; The two performances went very well.
October 7, 2009; CAP (Creative Art Place);children’s artistic play (little cap) is offering theatre workshops for kids. All classes in Abbotsford with a final production of Hunt’s new work, The Wonderful Miracle of the Sugar Plum Fairy, December 19th. All students in the class will be cast in the play. Contact us today for an audition time.
**Big changes at The Rag - We have struggled ‘getting the rag out’; with distribution and rising costs and have decided we can get the rag out on-line. Send us your writing; humour, poetry and serious social issues we struggle with as women . . . send us your thoughts.
The Memory March, March 28, 2009 was a wonderful vigil and walk. This was our third annual march from Crab park to Thornton Park. Join us in 2010 on March 29. Has a woman in your family been murdered or is missing? Contact us today. 1-604-859-2407
Silent March is a Voice for Murdered Women
Vancouver, March 23, 2008–Approximately200 women and girls are murdered in Canada each year. Each death is an inexcusable crime, and the death toll destroys the fabric of our society. Activist Gwynne Hunt draws attention to the plight of women and girls by gathering their names and asking individuals to remember, grieve, and work for change. On Sunday, March 23th, starting at 2:30pm in Crab Park, Hunt has organized The Memory March, a silent walk and ceremony in remembrance of murdered and missing women in Canada.
The march will start from the Missing Women*s Memorial in Crab Park at the foot of Main Street, and go to the women*s monument, Marker of Change, in Thornton Park at Main Street and Terminal Avenue. In the circle of Marker of Change, participants will read the names in memory of the women and girls we have lost to violence.
They will also wear the names of the almost 3000 murdered women and children remembered in The List. Mary Billy began the Femicide List. The list contains many of the names of women and children murdered across Canada since then. Gwynne Hunt assumed responsibility for the list since 2005.
There will be a prayer held at Crab Park at the beginning of the walk.
Marchers are encouraged to bring flowers and candles.
The Memory March is sponsored by Art Matters Society, a charitable organization based in Abbotsford, producing the Festival of Artistic Creative Expression. One of the Society*s mandates is to produce shows that help stop violence in the community. Gwynne Hunt is the Artistic Director. Gwynne*s special focus is creating political theatre to help stop violence
against women. In 1981, a fifteen year old family friend, Verna, went missing. She was never found. This tragic experience changed Gwynne*s life.
WHAT: The Memory March
WHEN: March 23, 2008 @ 2:30pm
WHERE: Crab Park, Missing Women*s Memorial, Vancouver, BC
For more information, please contact:
Gwynne Hunt: Phone: 604-859-2407
E-mail: ragmag@telus.net
Contact us for a copy of this article . . .
Play written for murdered women
3,000 women and children killed and missing from across Canada
Raina Delisle, The Province
Published: Friday, June 23, 2006