[Indigsol] Sat & Wed: Save Odawa's Drop-In Centre

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*Open House / Prepare materials for Wed's Rally/March*
Saturday 11am-1pm at 510 Rideau

*RALLY/MARCH to Save Odawa's 510 Rideau Drop-In Centre*
Wednesday 10am at Parliament Hill, march to Ottawa City Hall


*Background info/links follow below, beneath event details*


This email as a web post:
https://ipsmo.wordpress.com/2015/02/20/save-odawas-510dropin/

Poster PDF to print:
https://ipsmo.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/save_odawa510_-poster.pdf

Flyers PDF to print:
https://ipsmo.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/save_odawa510_-flyers.pdf


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*The 510 Rideau Drop-In Centre will be holding an "Open House" THIS
Saturday, February 21st, at 11:00 a.m.*

The purpose of this Open House is to meet the clients and staff of Centre
510 and to work alongside them in constructing pickets and signs, and to
also meet with other people who are willing to assist and help with the
rally, and we would also be able to get to know each other better!

If you are able to provide materials (such as signs, pickets, chairs for
the elderly, and ANYTHING else that you can think of), please do, and it
would be SO MUCH appreciated.

We really need your help! Spread the word!!Thank you!


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*RALLY / MARCH to Save Odawa's 510 Rideau Drop-In Centre*

*Join us on Wednesday, February 25th at 10 a.m* to begin with a peaceful
march to have the voices of the homeless heard in telling the Government of
Canada and the City of Ottawa to restore funding to the Odawa Native
Friendship Centre’s Shawenjeagamik - Centre 510 Drop-In Centre for First
Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples!
(Shawnejeagamik means ‘House of Compassion’ in the Algonquin language).

Join us in solidarity for the betterment of all
There will be some great advocates and speakers, including Ottawa-Centre
NDP MP Paul Dewar, for example, and lots of others voicing their support
alongside the most vulnerable in our society - this being the homeless -
who will tell their stories on how the elimination of funding for their
Centre 510 Rideau and the Bannock Bus will directly affect them and the
community of Ottawa located on un-surrendered, non-ceded Algonquin
Territory!

*The march itself will begin at the Peace Flame on Parliament Hill*, and
continue on a route that will take us down Wellington Street and turning
onto Elgin Street, *continuing* to Laurier Avenue to *City Hall of Ottawa*.

Once Gathered at City Hall, we will hear a Prayer and Honor Song in
accordance with the Traditional Indigenous Protocol of the First Peoples to
begin the rally,
There will also be a beautiful and memorable “Unity For The Community -
Round Dance Ceremony" for those able to participate.

Please bring your signs and pickets so we can have the voices of the
Indigenous Peoples who are “Homeless on the Homelands” heard!

PleaseTweet: #unity4thecommunity #homelessonthehomelands

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/897472826960987


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*LINKS / BACKGROUND:*


Facebook group: Save Odawa 510 Rideau Drop-In Centre !!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/433226960160901/

Petition: Re-establish funding to the Homeless Drop-in Centre at 510 Rideau
https://www.change.org/p/city-of-ottawa-re-establish-funding-to-the-homeless-drop-in-centre-at-510-rideau

Fundraising: SAVE THE ODAWA NATIVE FRIENDSHIP CENTRE DROP-IN
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/save-the-odawa-native-friendship-centre-drop-in


Feb 4: Aboriginal homeless drop-in centre loses bid for city funding
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/aboriginal-homeless-drop-in-centre-loses-bid-for-city-funding-1.2944583

Feb 4: Odawa native group says funding cuts will force closing of homeless
centre
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/odawa-native-group-says-city-cuts-will-force-closing-of-homeless-centre

Feb 4: Centre closure concerns Aboriginals
http://www.ottawasun.com/2015/02/04/centre-closure-concerns-aboriginals

Feb 4: City funding cuts force Aboriginal homeless drop-in centre to close
http://metronews.ca/news/ottawa/1279793/city-funding-cuts-force-aboriginal-homeless-drop-in-centre-to-close/

Feb 5: Ottawa’s Odawa drop-in centre closing
http://aptn.ca/news/2015/02/05/ottawas-odawa-centre-closing/

Feb 5: Will the minister intervene to reinstate the funding to the Odawa
centre?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov6IwkgEVeU

Feb 19: Councilor McKenney pledges help for homeless agencies
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/mckenney-pledges-help-for-homeless-agencies



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