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Conviction
Directors: Nance Akerman, Ariella Pahlke, Teresa Macinnes
Alarmed by the rising number of women in prison worldwide, Conviction follows a group of women in prison as they imagine a radically different kind of society that supports and nurtures – instead of punishing – the most vulnerable among us.
This campaign supports trailblazer Senator Kim Pate’s lifelong commitment to abolishing prisons in Canada, and reducing the flow of vulnerable persons into the prison-industrial complex in Canada. With the Judicial Discretion Bill and the Criminal Record Expiry Bill being read in the Senate, and the advocacy around basic income, this film is a powerful tool to humanize the Canadians that our justice system fails so that public understanding can be built for these two issues in the Senate and Parliament.
CURRENT ATTENDEES
Aaron Greaves - Offender Case Manager, Helping Offenders on Probation Excel
Adam Vaughan - Member of Parliament Spadina-Fort-York, Parliament
Aisha Francis - Executive Director, Families Impacted By Incarceration
Alicia Mora - Founder, Queen's Correctional Services Volunteers
Alison Craig - Partner, Lockyer Campbell Posner
Bridget Sinclair - Vice President, Toronto Neighbourhood Community Group
Daveisha Francis - Restore FIBI
David Paperny - Founder, Paperny Entertainment
Eddy Martinez - HOPE Program Coordinator, HOPE program at Yonge Street Mission
Fern Weinper - Criminal Law Judge, Ontario Court of Justice
Ivan Zinger - Correctional Investigator of Canada, Office of the Correctional Investigator
Jacqueline Tasca - The Center of Research, Policy and Program Development, John Howard Society of Ontario
Janet Rowe - Executive Director, PASAN
Kecia Richardson - Supervisor, Community Crisis Response Program
Kim Pate - Senator, Senate of Canada
Kyra McGovern - Co-President, Queen's Correctional Services Volunteers
Lou Boileau - Founder, Intercepting the Pipeline to Prison
Louis March - Activist, Zero Gun Violence Movement
Margot Van Sluytman - Founder and Executive Director, Theodore's Place Healing Home for Crime Survivors
Markella Filtsos - Co-President, Queen's Correctional Services Volunteers
Marlon Merraro - Executive Director, Peacebuilders Canada
Nicole Browne - Nikki Knows: Project Oasis- Reducing Incarceration
Rod Brereton - Founder, Urban Rez Solutions
Scerena Officer - Manager of the Community Safety and Wellbeing Unit, Community Crisis Response Program
Scott McKean - Community Development Manager, FOCUS Toronto
Stacey Campbell - President and CEO, Prison Fellowship Canada
Tamasha Grant - Toronto Youth Equity Strategy - Youth Violence Prevention
Trevin David - Partner, Daniel Brown Law
Wesley Crichlow - Faculty of Social Science And Humanities, University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Sarah Pole - Childhood Arrivals Support & Advocacy (CASA) Project Lead, Justice for Children and Youth Legal Clinic
WHAT PLEDGES WERE PREVIOUSLY MADE AT OUR LIVE EVENT?
Women’s Shelters Canada, Joanne Baker
"Violence against women and female incarceration are deeply connected.“ Pledged to disseminate the film through their network of women’s shelters.
Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies, Diana Majury
"Conviction is a moving tool for public education that makes us care. We want to use it to galvanize social change.“ Will explore integrating the film as key component of public education using large network of NGO's, foundations, and communities groups. Offered to help distribute post-release Transition Survival Kits.
Collaborating Centre for Prison Health and Education, Dr. Ruth Elwood Martin, MD, FCFP, MPH
Offered to collaborate and introductions to international network, and to share their research and policy with partners.
National Council of Women of Canada, Barbara Hall
Pledged to continue to lobby government at the federal and provincial levels for corrections reform, and a film screening at their Annual General Meeting.
LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics
Pledged $15,000 to support community partners that want to work with film, work with filmmakers to identify these partners, and donate hygiene products for backpacks.
One fundraiser, Elaine Hanson
Raised $7000 privately and pledged to embed the film and its content into Canadian private school’s mandatory co-curricular program, hold planning days of action, institute letter writing campaigns to politicians, and hold backpack fundraisers.
Orange is the New Black, Dianne Guerrero "I would love to help spread the word" through social media platforms. "Women in the criminal justice system need nurturance and support."
CBC Docs / Documentary Channel
"Conviction is an involving, deep access experience.” Pledged to air film, help find best broadcast date and identify festival and other theatrical screening opportunities. Will leverage social outreach and publicity resources.
Urban Rez Solutions, Rod Brereton
Offered to hold conversations around prevention in communities where the film is airing and in communities where issues are prevalent.
Simon Fraser University’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement
Offered venue for screening and panel discussion
FASTSIGNS Vancouver
$300 toward screening or event signs
Four individual pledges
50 drawstring or 20 full shoulder backpacks
Donation of $400 towards Transition Survival Kits
Donation of $500 towards Transition Survival Kits
Two guests rooms in Vancouver, lodging for life
West Coast LEAF
Pledged promotional support and access to funding streams
