We Need to Do This is a powerful reminder of the critical role grassroots organizations play in creating and sustaining societal change. Zabjek’s compassionate telling of women’s stories, often in their own voices, will help preserve the history of the Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters and serve as encouragement for a world free from gender based violence.
Authors
- Pages
- 134
- Published in
- Calgary, CA
- Series
- LCR Publishing Services
Table of Contents
- Front Cover 1
- Half Title Page 2
- Full Title Page 4
- Copyright Page 5
- Contents 6
- Foreword 8
- A Note on Terminology 12
- 1 | No place to go 14
- 2 | A reckoning about wife battering 28
- 3 | Prairie pragmatism drives the shelter movement 40
- 4 | A shelter for Indigenous women 54
- 5 | Calgary, fired up for change 70
- 6 | “If you’ve got the data, they can’t argue with you” 86
- 7 | Fighting for equitable funding for First Nations shelters 100
- 8 | A commitment for social change 112
- Epilogue 124
- Afterword 126
- Author Acknowledgments 128
- Sources 130
- About The Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters 134
- Back Cover 136
