[Indigsol] [ipsmo-organizing] Fwd: Request for contributions

[Ben Powless]

Thanks for passing this along, I hadn't seen this request for fundraising go
live yet. As IPSMO we have already met and asked Matt Morgan-Brown to go and
represent IPSMO - this is a conference I am helping to organize. But a
responsibility will be to take what happens there and report back. In the
end we decided against a parallel meeting structure, but there will be
break-out sessions where non-Native supporters will be able to meet
seperately. This is not an open meeting, to make sure we have proportional
representation and only a limited number of supporters, and because we have
limited funds, but we are encouraging everyone who can to support us - this
will be an historic gathering on many levels. Thanks
Ben

2008/10/27 Eric L. Smith <elsmith2 at rogers.com>

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> -------- Original Message --------  Subject: Fwd: Request for
> contributions  Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:43:11 -0400  From: Mireille/Jack
> LaPointe <lapointe at rideau.net> <lapointe at rideau.net>  To: Eric L. Smith
> <elsmith2 at rogers.com> <elsmith2 at rogers.com>  References:
> <372FD4A5C0F1974E95455E013EE27EC2026E9F67CA at mail6.arts.ryerson.ca><372FD4A5C0F1974E95455E013EE27EC2026E9F67CA at mail6.arts.ryerson.ca>
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> Kwey Eric,  Thanks for the photos. I have taken the liberty of sending
> this to you for two reasons. One is that you had asked about fund raising.
> This conference could potentially have a huge impact and they are soliciting
> funds mostly to help with travel expenses, as you can see the delegates come
> from far and wide and not all are status funded communities. The other
> reason is that you might find a way of attending the mirror conference for
> supporters. At the very least it would be extremely educational and might
> have an application with your academic pursuits.
> Cheers,
> Jack (from Ardoch)
>  Begin forwarded message:
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>  *From: *Judy Rebick <jrebick at politics.ryerson.ca>
> *Date: *October 27, 2008 2:10:49 PM EDT (CA)
> *To: *"solidarity at ryerson.ca" <solidarity at ryerson.ca>
> *Subject: **Request for contributions*
> *Reply-To: *indsolidarity at ryerson.ca
>
>   Dear Friend
> I'm writing to ask your support for a historic gathering that will take
> place in Winnipeg during the second week of November -- a Gathering of
> Defenders of the Land. The gathering will bring together Indigenous leaders
> from across Canada.
> This gathering emerged in part from the Gathering of Mother Earth
> Protectors that you supported last spring.  The Winnipeg gathering will
> bring together indigenous activists who are defending their land, their
> Aboriginal rights, and their right to self-determination and who clearly
> reject the government's policy of extinguishment of Aboriginal title.
> Grassroots leaders, youth, elders, elected chiefs and councillors, women,
> and men will come together to share experiences, strategies, and solutions.
> Participants will come from many communities, including:Esgenoopetitj (Burnt
> Church), Barriere Lake, Kahnawake, Innu Nation, Kitchenuhmaykoosib
> Inninuwug, Ardoch Algonquin First Nation, Six Nations, Tyendinaga, Grassy
> Narrows, Temagami, Moose Cree, Grand Rapids, Pimicikimak, Pukatawagan,
> Island Lake, Meadow Lake, Fond du Lac, Athabasca Chipewyan, Lubicon, Mikisiw
> Cree, Tahltan, Secwepemc First Nation, and Cheam, among other places.
>
> At the same time, solidarity activists from across Canada will be meeting
> in a parallel gathering as part of the broader process of figuring out how
> we can advance an Indigenous rights agenda at the national political level.
> Part of this process may also include forming an umbrella network of
> solidarity groups.
>
> Both of these networks will fill much needed gaps in advocacy for
> Aboriginal rights, since most of the national Aboriginal organizations are
> focused on poverty and financial transfers, sidestepping the more political
> question of land struggles.
>
> However, we need financial support to make this gathering happen. Most of
> the money we need is going to travel expenses to ensure that a broad and
> representative group of grassroots Aboriginal activists are able to attend
> the gathering.
>
> *Any help you can give will be appreciated - $200, $100, $50, or donations
> of any amount. *Cheques can be made out to the "Catalyst Centre" which is
> the fiscal sponsor of the Gathering*.*
> *Please make your cheque out to the Catalyst Centre and  mail it  to 575
> Palmerston Ave, Toronto, On M6G 2P6*
> Your donation will have a real impact in advancing Indigenous rights in
> Canada
> Thank you
>
>
>
> --
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> Eric Lloyd Smith
>  4th year B.A. Hons., Worldviews, Values, and the Environment
> Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies
> Carleton University
> 1125 Colonel By Drive
> Ottawa, ON  Canada
> e-mail    elsmith2 at rogers.com
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