Join us on Wednesday, April 29th, as the AVA Webinar Series presents Basic Income and Gender-Based Violence: Exploring the Transformative Potential of a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income to Support Safety and Autonomy, featuring Jennie Pearson and Moss from the Basic Income Youth Collective.
Wednesday, April 29th, 2026
12 – 1:30pm MST
This session provides an accessible introduction into the world of basic income and what its implementation could mean for people impacted by or at-risk of gender-based violence. Participants will gain insights into the connections between basic income advocacy and anti-violence and gender-equity work, and will be encouraged to consider the impacts of basic income for supporting people’s safety and autonomy.
About the Speakers
Jennie Pearson, PhD (she/her) is a community-based researcher and Postdoctoral Fellow at Simon Fraser University. Her research focuses on sex workers’ mutual aid practices and community care models across physical and digital spaces. She is also a member of the Basic Income Youth Collective. Her interest in basic income stems from her research and organizing for sex worker rights, acknowledging the intersecting impacts of criminalization and poverty on sex workers’ health, safety and wellbeing.
Moss is a Guyanese and Peruvian genderqueer person based in Tkaronto/Toronto. During the COVID-19 pandemic, they became more engaged in social justice, volunteering with Meals on Wheels and learning about urban accessibility and transportation.
Their growing understanding of systemic inequities strengthened their belief in basic income. Moss now builds community among disabled peers, writes, and studies social service work at Seneca Polytechnic, hoping to advance queer liberation, disability justice, and youth rights in their future career.