Rape Crisis Ottawa closes and lays off staff - to "revision" itself - code for ??????

[stumbledin]

The Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre is closing down, staff have been terminated and the board is planning a "revisioning process" in the hopes of reopening next spring.

"We know that it's a really challenging time," said Dillon Black, one of the centre's five volunteer board members. "For us, this was the most ethical decision we could make...it wasn't a decision that was made lightly."

The plan to restructure includes ensuring services are more relevant to Black, Indigenous and people of colour as well as to the LGBTQ community, according to the board. The goal is to make the organization "more meaningful, relevant, but also to ensure that in the long term, the work still exists."

"It's a very bold plan and is a bold decision that we made," they said.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-rape-crisis-centre-closing-terminate-staff-reopen-spring-2021-1.5797669

And 'Dillon'.

That's a blokes name isn't it?

It is revealing that in their values statement which a PP linked above, when they talk about who the work is FOR it is “women, trans* and non-binary people” but when they talk about who should DO the work - for free - then it is “Women are our most important resource; our organization benefits from the time and talents contributed by our volunteers.”

Ah yes, of course. How predictable. Women will do the work. Others will benefit.

@PurpleHoodie

And 'Dillon'.

That's a blokes name isn't it?

Dillon Black uses they/them pronouns, but does appear to be of the birth sex that you would expect to be working in Rape Crisis centre. So that’s something.