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Ruby Slippers Theatre Will Do More

In addition to ongoing, current efforts that reflect our vision and mission to champion and celebrate diversity in the playwrights, directors, and actors we work with, RST is committed to doing more.

Listening, learning, supporting, and sharing:

Prioritizing diversity and inclusion in our artistic direction and programming, and organizational oversight and operations:

Continuing to do the work to expand and deepen our allyship, and continuing to strive in solidarity to change systems of oppression towards shared liberation and reconciliation.

For the RST 2020/21 Season:

We will feature six female-identifying Indigenous playwrights and six female-identifying Indigenous directors, with full Indigenous production/design teams.

We at Ruby Slippers Theatre support the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Committee’s calls to action.

http://trc.ca/assets/pdf/Calls_to_Action_English2.pdf

Resources:

We will update this resource list on an ongoing basis.

Diversity/Inclusivity online statement/policy examples

Montreal Indigenous Community Network – Indigenous Allyship Toolkit: http://reseaumtlnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Ally_March.pdf
Living Hyphen – In Solidarity: https://livinghyphen.ca/solidarity
Vancouver Fringe Festival: https://www.vancouverfringe.com/edi-fringe/

Toolkit

Work In Culture: https://www.workinculture.ca/Resources/Inclusion-in-the-Creative-Workplace/Inclusive-HR-Toolkit/Visioning-Diversity-and-Inclusion/What-is-Diversity-Inclusion
- Actual sample plan/policy: https://www.workinculture.ca/getattachment/Resources/Inclusion-in-the-Creative-Workplace/Inclusive-HR-Toolkit/Visioning-Diversity-and-Inclusion/What-is-Diversity-Inclusion/Pol-WICDiversityFinal.pdf.aspx

Intersectional

Living Hyphen: https://livinghyphen.ca/antiracism-resources

BLM

Pivot Legal Society – supporting Black-led organizations (the reading list at the bottom of this page is a good one, especially because it includes work from local writers as well): https://www.pivotlegal.org/support_local_black_led_organizations?fbclid=IwAR26YpAjhjdYLhkrAl75gQJikOjrESBkMzhzO7k4guHENnWANNrVT_gKLBs

Georgia Straight: https://www.straight.com/living/black-organizations-and-fundraisers-you-can-support-in-vancouver-and-british-columbia

Letters for Black Lives: https://lettersforblacklives.com/
- The Canadian version of the original crowdsourced letter: https://lettersforblacklives.com/canadian-version-dear-mom-dad-uncle-auntie-black-lives-matter-to-us-too-da04d08f2c2e

Indigenous

Montreal Indigenous Community Network – Indigenous Allyship Toolkit: http://reseaumtlnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Ally_March.pdf

Living Hyphen: https://livinghyphen.ca/indigenous-allyship

Indigenous People’s Atlas of Canada: https://indigenouspeoplesatlasofcanada.ca/section/truth-and-reconciliation/

Asian

Vancouver Asian Film Festival – #Elimin8hate: https://www.elimin8hate.org/

#HealthNotHate campaign: https://www.healthnothate.com/

Project 1907: https://www.project1907.org/

Fight COVID Racism campaign: https://www.covidracism.ca/