[Indigsol] Working Group Announcements and Updates

Fri Nov 14 10:23:49 PST 2008

Good Day All!

There's lots happening,please especially note the trainings happening next
weekend, November 22 as part of Organizing for Justice!

1) TRAINING UPDATE

OPIRG-Carleton has been working with several groups in Ottawa to provide a 3
day conference called Organizing for Justice. This conference features
several panel discussions and workshops including anti-oppression and
consensus training.  These are required trainings for OPIRG volunteers and
we hope that you will a) attend b) spread the word! c) consider volunteering
if that interests you.

THURS-SAT, NOV 20-22
ORGANIZING FOR JUSTICE CONFERENCE
***remember to lug your mug and tupperware Saturday***

You are invited to participate in the upcoming "Organizing for Justice"
conference that is being held in Ottawa from November 20th to 22nd 2008.
There is no cost to participate. Donations are welcome and useful but not
necessary.

This conference is open to people involved and/or interested in community
organizing. The four main themes of the conference are: social justice;
economic justice; environmental justice and healthy communities.

Organizing for Justice presents a space for community organizers, activists
and interested individuals to come together, develop strategy, share vision,
and work on skills and tools that will help them in their efforts to effect
change.

This conference is brought to you by Common Cause Ottawa, OPIRG-Ottawa,
OPIRG-Carleton, the Students' Federation of the University of Ottawa.
Special thanks to CKCU-FM 93.1 and CHUO-FM 89.1.

For more information visit or to register visit:
http://org4justice.wordpress.com
or phone: 613-656-5498

============================== ORGANIZING FOR JUSTICE SCHEDULE
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Thurs Nov 20
Panel Discussion on "Organizing: Possibilities, Problems, and Priorities"
7-9pm at the Ottawa Public Library Main Branch, 120 Metcalfe St.

Fri Nov 21
Launch of the Dominion Newspaper special issue on Mining
7-10pm Umi Cafe, 610 Somerset St. W (at Percy)

Sat Nov 22

9am-5:00pm
Morisset Library, 2nd floor, University of Ottawa
  ->9:00am Breakfast
  ->9:30am Opening Ceremony
  ->10:30am Workshop session time slot #1
  ->12:00pm Workshop session time slot #2
  -> 1:30pm Lunch
  -> 2:30pm Workshop session time slot #3
  -> 4:00pm Open Space / Break-out groups
 -->> 12:30-4:30pm Info-fair

Tentative list of workshops available at:
http://org4justice.wordpress.com/sat-nov22-workshops/

7pm-midnight
Upping the Anti journal Issue #7 Launch Party
at Bar 1848, University Centre, University of Ottawa

Please contact us if you have any special needs and/or would like childcare:
a_ottawa at mutualaid.org or 613-656-5498

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WANT TO HELP???
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 -> Please forward this email on to others

 -> Please print a poster or flyers and share
http://org4justice.wordpress.com/2008/10/11/promo-materials-pdfs/

 -> Volunteer to help out for a shift on Nov 22
contact a_ottawa at mutualaid.org or 613-656-5498

 -> Let us know if you'd like to host an information table as part of the
info-fair

 -> RSVP on Facebook and invite your friends
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=39365964640

2) INTERNAL ORGANIZING CALENDAR

There is now an internal organizing calendar up in the OPIRG office to help
a) book the OPIRG office & projector (and avoid double bookings) b) prevent
organizing competing events with other OPIRG groups and c) to help inform
people of next meetings and so on.

I can put your events and meetings on the calendar if I know about them or
if you are by the office you can add them yourselves!

3) JANUARY INFO FAIR

The Atrium has been booked for the OPIRG Info fair Tuesday Jaunary 13th and
Wednesday January 14th. Each working group will have space to table. It will
also be a time for Books to Prisoners to have their pay what you can book
sale.

4) CONSENSUS TRAINING

OPIRG-Carleton would like to offer the working groups consensus training
more specific to your group. This would involve a 1-2 hour  session on
general information about consensus, the roles involved with meetings, and
an overview of some of the resources and tools available to groups using
consensus process.

If your group would like to arrange a time for late November, December or
early January let me know.

5) WEDNESDAY WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS AND WEBSITE UPDATES

Thanks for the updates! keep them coming.

-- 
angela mooney

Co-Coordinator
OPIRG Carleton
326 Unicentre
phone: 613 520 2757
email: vcopirg at gmail.com
fax: 613 520 3989
www.opirg-carleton.org

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