[Indigsol] upcoming IPSMO workshops & orientations

[ipsmo at riseup.net]

Please mark your calendars!


Indigenous Solidarity for Settlers workshops
Tues March 19 or Thurs March 21, 6-9pm
http://ipsmo.wordpress.com/2013/03/06/indigenous-solidarity-workshops-mar1921/


IPSMO Orientation Sessions
Mon March 25 or Wed March 27, 7-9pm
http://ipsmo.wordpress.com/2013/03/06/ipsmo-orientations-march2013/


details below:


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Indigenous Solidarity for Settlers

Tuesday, March 19 at 6:00pm
University of Ottawa, Room TBC
(check website for room confirmation)

or

Thursday, March 21 at 6:00pm
McNabb Community Centre, 180 Percy St.

Free
Wheelchair Accessible
Contact us in advance regarding ASL
ipsmo at riseup.net – www.ipsmo.org

Matt (the facilitator for this workshop) is a white male, a survivor of
childhood abuse and police violence, who has lived most of his adult life
in poverty.

He has been engaged in indigenous solidarity activism for the past six
years, primarily with the Indigenous Peoples` Solidarity Movement of
Ottawa (IPSMO) and is also a part of Books to Prisoners Ottawa.

The goal of the workshop is to educate non-indigenous people about the
importance of indigenous solidarity, to teach people and learn from them
about what solidarity means and how to do it, and to work on our
decolonial analyses.

1) Case study

Using a popular education exercise that is based in the experiences of the
Lubicon Cree we explore what colonization is and, to some extent, how it
feels.

2) What is solidarity?

We focus on what solidarity is and how to “do it”. The word solidarity is
used a lot, especially in radical organizing, but it is not always easy to
define or to do. Put simply we believe that it is essential in solidarity
work to “listen, take direction and stick around”.

3) Looking at colonization from an anti-oppressive framework
This part of the workshop focuses on building a theoretical understanding
of colonization and oppression. It is based on Andrea Smith’s analysis of
the role that Heteropatriarchy and White Supremacy play in colonization,
and also examines how colonization has been, and continues to be, imposed
through individual, institutional and cultural oppression.Orientation for
the IPSM Ottawa


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Orientation for the IPSM Ottawa

Monday, March 25 at 7:00pm
McNabb Community Centre, 180 Percy St.

Or

Wednesday, March 27 at 7:00pm
University of Ottawa, Room TBC
(check website for room confirmation)

Free
Wheelchair Accessible
Contact us in advance regarding ASL
ipsmo at riseup.net – http://www.ipsmo.org

Are you interested in organizing with the Indigenous Peoples Solidarity
Movement Ottawa (IPSMO)?

We will be having two orientation sessions in March for people interested
in learning about the IPSM Ottawa.

The first will be on Sunday, March 24 at McNabb Community Centre, and the
second will be on Tuesday, March 26 at the University of Ottawa.

http://www.ipsmo.org/

The Indigenous Peoples’ Solidarity Movement of Ottawa (IPSMO) is a
grassroots community organization that is committed to supporting
indigenous struggles for justice, decolonization and self-determination.

We started organizing in 2006 in support of the Caledonia land
reclamation, and are currently most active in supporting the Barriere Lake
Algonquins, and working to end violence against indigenous women and
girls.

We have regular orientation sessions for people who are or think they
might be interested in organizing with us in support of indigenous
resistance.