[Indigsol] IPSMO meeting?

[mattm-b at resist.ca]

is anyone up for having a meeting to see what, if anything, we might get
up to?

we could address our opirg working group status as well...

matt



> can anyone from IPSMO make this meeting?  it might be nice for them to
> know we exist.
>
>
> ---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
> Subject: [pga-ottawa] REMINDER: Tonight, Ottawa solidarity with indigenous
> peoples
> From:    "Lia Tarachansky" <lia.tarachansky at gmail.com>
> Date:    Mon, August 11, 2008 9:46 pm
> To:      "PGA-Bloc Ottawa Listserv" <pgaottawa at roadnetwork.org>
>          "ACA List" <aca-list at lists.mutualaid.org>
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>
> *Ottawa** Decolonization and Native Solidarity*
> *Formative meeting*
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> ************************
>
> Tuesday Aug 12, 6pm-8pm
> Jack Purcell Community Centre
> near corner of Elgin and Gilmour Streets
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
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>
> A group of people have come together around the solidarity work with the
> Algonquins of Barriere Lake, and we are now proposing to form a collective
> of people in Ottawa-Outaouais to work in alliance with Native activists,
> primarily in the local region but also elsewhere as circumstances arise.
>
> We believe that, as an immigrant/settler population, we need to work with
> the original peoples of this land to organize and stand up for their
> rights
> and to undo the process of colonialism and genocide that has been enacted
> upon them. We recognize their status as nations equal in relations to the
> Canadian (or American) state and not subjects of it, as the First Nations
> that they are.
>
> To this end, a formal gathering will occur this coming Tuesday to bring
> together people who are interested in forming this broader coalition to
> work
> with various specific initiatives (ie Barriere Lake, uranium mining,
> Victoria Island Asinabka, ...) while also having a more holistic approach
> to
> building supportive and collaborative long-term relations with the
> Indigenous peoples of this land.
>
>
> Please consider attending and participating in the discussion as we come
> together to form this group's initial vision and strategy.
>
>
> If you can't make it, we still welcome your input and/or involvement
>
> Please contact (613) 263-9330 / lia.tarachansky at gmail.com
>
>
> Websites of interest:
> http://barrierelakesolidarity.blogspot.com
> http://www.ccamu.ca/
> http://asinabka.com/
> http://www.ocap.ca/supporttmt
> http://solidarityfestival.wordpress.com
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