[Indigsol] Stop Racism towards Aboriginals in Australia

[Dan (OPIRG-Carleton)]

OPIRG can print some posters, and I can try and get the ACA megaphone.
 OPIRG also has a solid media contact list, which we can use to send
out the press release.

D.

On 7/11/07, Ben Powless <powless at gmail.com> wrote:
> ok - ill work on the media release for now then - matt mb can you work on a
> poster or something like that then? i would just say this was organized by
> members of the aboriginal community, with the support of indigsol, etc, and
> anyone else we can get to support. can anyone here contact the union people
> just to let them know? how about that guy from KAIROS? can we get a
> megaphone from CUSA? or any other sound system? can we have stuff printed at
> the OPIRG office?
>
>
> On 11/07/07, Dan (OPIRG-Carleton) <opirgadmin at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hey all,
> >
> > We can distro things through the Wednesday Weekly.  And I'll get the
> > annoucement up on the PIRG site and circulating on activisty lists in
> > Ottawa.
> >
> > I'll definitly come out for a rally, though my time for helping to
> > organize it over the next two days is very limited.
> >
> > D.
> >
> > On 7/11/07, mattm-b at resist.ca <mattm-b at resist.ca> wrote:
> > > hi ben,
> > >
> > > i can do some of those things.
> > >
> > > i'd volunteer to make a poster and to invite groups.  to invite the
> groups
> > > i'd want to have an e-mail to send, or some more info before i called
> > > them.
> > >
> > > i have written a press release and e-mail callout before, but since i
> > > don't know much about what is going on, i wouldn't be too comfortable
> > > taking this on.
> > >
> > > for the poster i would need to know the name of the group organizing it
> > > (if there is one) or which organizations it is in solidarity with/the
> name
> > > of the protests in australia and new zealand.
> > >
> > > let me know.
> > >
> > > sol,
> > > matt
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hey everyone
> > > >
> > > > I got asked today by a Native friend to help her organize a
> > > > protest/rally/thing at the Australian Embassy (World Exchange Plaza,
> site
> > > > of
> > > > the Mexican embassy too...) for Noon on Friday.
> > > >
> > > > I know this is a really last minute event but I was hoping you'd be
> > > > interested in helping.
> > > >
> > > > Basically we need to get the message out far and wide. We need some
> help
> > > > getting media there. Need to invite whoever will support it - ie
> unions,
> > > > other support groups (like Friends of Burma?), some Native groups
> (AFN,
> > > > Minwaashin Lodge, NWAC, Odawa), KAIROS, the raging grannies, etc, and
> > > > others? We need some sort of audio set up - even just a megaphone. We
> need
> > > > a
> > > > poster, even just simple, for a few of these groups to post. Some
> placards
> > > > made. An info flyer. An email to go out. Yakno, the basics.
> > > >
> > > > The idea is have a few speeches, pass out flyers, maybe letters to
> send to
> > > > the embassy, collect names on a petition, then go up to the Australian
> > > > embassy and deliver it. More or less.
> > > >
> > > > This is organized in solidarity with marches taking place in New
> Zealand
> > > > and
> > > > Australia by the Aboriginals and Maori there, which will be on Friday
> and
> > > > Saturday. Apparently there is not really anything else going on in
> Canada.
> > > > My friend is in contact with some people in New Zealand.
> > > >
> > > > So I guess I'm asking, who would be willing to help out, how?
> > > >
> > > > Please let me know. Thanks
> > > > In solidarity,
> > > > Ben
> > > >
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