[IPSMO] May 13: Adopt & Implement Indigenous Rights Bill! (Rally 2pm + Teach-In 7pm)

[IPSMO]

Two huge events tomorrow - Saturday May 13 - in Algonquin Territory / 
Ottawa, to demand that the government of ‘Canada’ adopt and implement 
the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples!

Requests:

- Please bring your signs, banners, and voices to support the walkers!

- If you can help with sound-system setup, please contact 
indigsol at riseup.net ASAP to be put in touch with organizers!

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(Full details of both events follow)

1). Walk the Talk: Adopt and Implement Indigenous Rights Bill

Location and time: Human Rights Monument (Elgin St), 2-4pm

Join this rally and walk marking the final day of the Pilgrimage for 
Indigenous Rights, a 600-km walk from Kitchener to Ottawa in support of 
the adoption and implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the 
Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).

Details and Updates: https://www.facebook.com/events/1685165771785368/

2). Teach-in on the UN Declaration, Reconciliation and Bill C-262 on the 
Pilgrimage for Indigenous Rights

Location and time: Ottawa Mennonite Church, 1830 Kilborn Ave, 7-9 pm

Speakers will include Elder Barbara Dumont-Hill, Elder Rarihokwats, MP 
Romeo Saganash, Leah Gazan, and the Pilgrimage walkers.

Details and Updates: https://www.facebook.com/events/1155656851223740/

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1). Walk the Talk May 13: Adopt and Implement Indigenous Rights Bill

14:00–16:00, Human Rights Monument, Elgin St., Ottawa

Details and Updates: https://www.facebook.com/events/1685165771785368/

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All are welcome to join this rally and walk marking the final day of the 
Pilgrimage for Indigenous Rights, a 600-km walk from Kitchener to Ottawa 
in support of the adoption and implementation of the United Nations 
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). While the 
pilgrimage is in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's 
Call to Action (#48, see below) directed to churches and people of 
faith, all are welcome to attend this rally and subsequent walk through 
downtown Ottawa, where we will read out key sections of the TRC Calls to 
Action as well as the UN Declaration.

For too long, too many have spoken fine words of truth and 
reconciliation, but not matched those fine words with just actions. The 
pilgrimage, and this final day of activity, are a call to account for 
political leaders, church leaders, and all segments of Canadian society 
to meaningfully discuss and then act upon what it means to decolonize a 
society built on what the Truth and Reconciliation Commission clearly 
identified as "cultural genocide."

Please join us to Walk the Talk May 13 with your own signs and banners, 
in the loving, transformational spirit that builds compassion, 
connection and community.

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Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action 43, 44, 48 and 49

43. We call upon federal, provincial, territorial, and municipal 
governments to fully adopt and implement the United Nations Declaration 
on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as the framework for reconciliation.

44. We call upon the Government of Canada to develop a national action 
plan, strategies, and other concrete measures to achieve the goals of 
the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

48. We call upon the church parties to the Settlement Agreement, and all 
other faith groups and interfaith social justice groups in Canada who 
have not already done so, to formally adopt and comply with the 
principles, norms, and standards of the United Nations Declaration on 
the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as a
framework for reconciliation. This would include, but not be limited to, 
the following commitments:

i. Ensuring that their institutions, policies, programs, and practices 
comply with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous 
Peoples.

ii. Respecting Indigenous peoples’ right to self-determination in 
spiritual matters, including the right to practise, develop, and teach 
their own spiritual and religious traditions, customs, and ceremonies, 
consistent with Article 12:1 of the United Nations Declaration on the 
Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

iii. Engaging in ongoing public dialogue and actions to support the 
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

iv. Issuing a statement no later than March 31, 2016, from all religious 
denominations and faith groups, as to how they will implement the United 
Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

49. We call upon all religious denominations and faith groups who have 
not already done so to repudiate concepts used to justify European 
sovereignty over Indigenous lands and peoples, such as the Doctrine of 
Discovery and terra nullius.

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2). Ottawa Teach-In - Pilgrimage for Indigenous Rights, 19:00–21:00

Ottawa Mennonite Church - 1830 Kilborn Avenue, Ottawa, K1H 6N4

Details and Updates: https://www.facebook.com/events/1155656851223740/

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Join us for the final teach-in on the UN Declaration, Reconciliation and 
Bill C-262 on the 600km Pilgrimage for Indigenous Rights!

Saturday May 13th @ 7pm at Ottawa Mennonite Church (1830 Kilborn Ave) on 
unceded, unsurrendered Algonquin Territory

Speakers: MP Romeo Saganash, Leah Gazan, Rev. Stan Mckay, Elder 
Rarihokwats

Algonquin Elder Barbara Dumont-Hill to open & close

Contact Sara at sanderson at kairoscanada.org for more information about 
this event!

Visit www.pfir.ca for more information on the Pilgrimage.


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Love and Solidarity,
IPSMO - Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement - Ottawa
On stolen Algonquin land
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