Samaah Jaffer

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Samaah Jaffer is an undergraduate student at Simon Fraser University, pursuing a joint major in International Studies and World Literature and a minor in Middle Eastern and Islamic History. She is currently working through an extended co-op placement as the community engagement specialist at SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement, where she facilitates public programming on themes such as social justice, sustainability and critical urbanism, arts and culture, and democratic engagement. In her spare time, she enjoys reading and writing articles, drinking coffee, and contemplating the intricacies of world politics. Samaah is rabble.ca's B.C. Evening Editor.
'Today, let us commit to speaking out for those whose voices may not be as loud': Samaah Jaffer at Vancouver's Women's March
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Samaah Jaffer
| January 23, 2017

15,000 people attended the Vancouver Women's March on Washington on Saturday, one massive demonstration among over 600 worldwide in defiance of the election of a misogynist sexual predator to the White House. rabble editor Samaah Jaffer addressed the crowd as a young feminist. The transcript of her speech is below.

Good afternoon everyone. My name is Samaah Jaffer and it's my honour to be standing here today, in solidarity with the Women's March on Washington.

The determination demonstrated by our sisters south of the border, to defend our dignity, rights, and freedoms as women is tremendously inspiring, especially in this moment where we are witnessing the rise of an extraordinarily dangerous political movement.

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