1 20 3 https://www.alternativetoronto.ca/archive/files/original/46384b70580cd52bad6d0e82e710e389.jpg a9900758c4f63a5dd22087689f094af7 https://www.alternativetoronto.ca/archive/files/original/7612c14627a5aef1c659c16d3d215cea.jpg bd3052f37a0970ed50adc99401bd9a28 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Context Additional information about the item. The decision to discontinue the York Campaign was reached as a result of having over just half of the number of required volunteers necessary for the petition drive to succeed, a lack of a reliable Organizing Committee, and lack of clarity regarding whether a chapter at York would be entitled to initiate a referendum. Original Format The type of object, such as paper, photo, cassette tape, Super 8, and additional data. paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource York Campaign Final Report Description An account of the resource Final Report detailing the reasons why the York Campaign was discontinued. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource OPIRG Provincial Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tam Rayan Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource [1990] Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 455 Spadina Avenue, Toronto Ontario, M5S 2G8 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived OPIRG Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource OPIRG Provincial <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/">CC BY-NC-ND 4.0</a> 1990 OPIRG Provincial Board OPIRG-York Spadina Avenue York Board of Referendum Commissioners York Campaign York University https://www.alternativetoronto.ca/archive/files/original/8e44d3824c3a1e2291ae8201a961fd3e.jpg 889c74ef2061b9785b7060e3d095467e Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Context Additional information about the item. OPIRG Provincial had established a York Campaign to set up a new chapter at York University. Despite the high level of support and donations, their plan to submit a referendum proposal to York's Board of Referendum Commissioners in February 1990 was deemed to be futile due to rising student fees, lack of support from York administration, and the inability to create a large base of student support at the time. The resulting decision was to create and Expansion Fund and continue their efforts to create a York chapter at a future time. Original Format The type of object, such as paper, photo, cassette tape, Super 8, and additional data. paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource OPIRG York Expansion Letter Description An account of the resource A letter from OPIRG Provincial stating that the expansion to create an OPIRG York would be delayed due to the unlikelihood of being able to win a referendum at York at the time. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lisa Kristensen Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tam Rayan Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1990-01 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 455 Spadina Avenue, Toronto Ontario, M5S 2G8 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived OPIRG Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Lisa Kristensen/OPIRG Provincial <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/">CC BY-NC-ND 4.0</a> 1990 Lisa Kristensen OPIRG OPIRG Provincial Board OPIRG-Toronto OPIRG-York Spadina Avenue York Board of Referendum Commissioners York Campaign York University https://www.alternativetoronto.ca/archive/files/original/7d1ac1864060e25b41ac3fd7926e3c53.jpeg 9486c7da29f0e14f045beae2e8aefa85 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lilian Radovac Collection Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1987-1994 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lilian Radovac Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 8.5 x 11 Text Copy and paste the text you want to contribute here, or attach a file below. This statement provides context for a gig poster that was briefly posted in the Alternative Toronto Facebook group in the summer of 2020. The poster was for a show held at the Purple Institution on October 20, 1989, which was headlined by W.Pig and also featured our band, Mourning Sickness, as one of three supporting acts on the bill. The others were Cottage Industry and Kevin Cook. The poster was created and signed by the artist Urania235, and includes a stylized black and white rendering of the Aunt Jemima brand character. We did not consent to the poster design or see it before the show and hate everything it represents. As white women it is our responsibility to speak about why. Mourning Sickness was a feminist music collective that was part of Toronto's industrial music scene in the late 1980s. This scene was almost exclusively white and predominantly cis-male, as it remains today. Industrial music artists sometimes used decontextualized visuals and other content drawn from racist, anti-Semitic and misogynist sources, which we discussed in <a href="https://bit.ly/2NQevtb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interviews</a> and challenged in our performances. We would like to address this poster now.  Art historian Dr. Cheryl Thompson explains the historical lineage of the image of Aunt Jemima, and we recommend her <a href="https://bit.ly/2XQxZjl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">online essay</a> to anyone who wants to learn about this history. The image is steeped in both white supremacy and patriarchy, and the long struggle against it (see the <a href="https://bit.ly/2DZy6Sg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Berkeley Revolution</a> archive for one early example) has finally resulted in its being retired as a corporate logo by Quaker Oats. Toronto also has a history of white supremacy, which is an important part of the poster's context. Beginning in the late 1970s, a series of highly publicized police shootings of Black residents occurred in waves that continue to this day. Two of these shootings, of Lester Donaldson and Michael Wade Lawson, occurred the year before the Purple Institution show. A third, of Sophia Cook, happened exactly one week later. These shootings led to the formation of the Black Action Defense Committee (BADC) in 1988, which had been active under different names since 1978. BADC was among several Black-led organizations that organized against police brutality in Toronto, and their struggle was widely covered in the local and alternative press. Their efforts led to the Yonge Street Uprising in 1992 and are echoed in the Black Lives Matter movement today. We will not comment on the artist's intent but want to confront the wider social context in which this poster was created. At the very least, its appearance reflects the deep racial segregation that existed in the city's music and art scenes, which we and other white artists benefitted from even as we opposed it. We acknowledge this history and it's why we support community archives and #BlackLivesMatter. *****  To learn more about racism and sexism in industrial music, see the fan blog <a href="https://bit.ly/2DHywwU" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Industrial Anti-Oppression</a>. For a discussion of how the Aunt Jemima logo was received by Black communities in the early 1990s, see Karyn Berry's essay in <a href="https://bit.ly/3aut10F" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Undefeated</a>. To learn more about the BADC and the Yonge Street Uprising, read Chris Harris' essay in <a href="https://bit.ly/2PJ4wU3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Upping the Anti</a> and watch <a href="https://bit.ly/2XRwl0K" target="_blank" rel="noopener">It Takes A Riot: Race, Rebellion, Reform</a>. To learn about the racial segregation of Toronto's music scenes during this period, read Ron Nelson's <a href="https://bit.ly/3h0SKA4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">oral history</a> of hip hop shows at the Concert Hall.  For an example of how industrial music artists have taken social context into account in their work, see the discussion of Laibach in "<a href="https://bit.ly/33PuSfh" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Subversive Affirmation: On Mimesis as a Strategy of Resistance</a>." Context Additional information about the item. All day event with musical performances by Faith Nolan, Nu Black Nation, Killer Queen, The Travellers, Dirty Bird and Mourning Sickness. Original Format The type of object, such as paper, photo, cassette tape, Super 8, and additional data. Paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource York Festival of Students Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource York Federation of Students Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992-07-11 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lilian Radovac Description An account of the resource Poster for the York Federation of Students BBQ and Music festival. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Lilian Radovac collection Type The nature or genre of the resource Poster Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant York University, The Underground, 4700 Keele Street 1992 Dirty Bird Faith Nolan Killer Queen Mourning Sickness Nu Black Nation The Travellers The Underground York University