[Iswg3906.organizers] workshop date and gmm report?

Mon Jan 20 14:13:17 PST 2014

Hello everyone:

I will send Malissa the report now. I have written this below. Hope people
are okay with it. I'll send it along and if there are any issues I'll
contact Malissa again to see if she wouldn't mind changing things.

One last thing. Not sure if you sent the cheque already, Jess, but
Jaroslava gave me these details for it - they are below this paragraph.
Unfortunately I didn't check the account sooner or I would have seen that.
I do recall I think you said in a previous email you had already sent the
cheque to her. Can you confirm and let me know and then I can get back to
her if there are any issues? Thanks.

Friends of Abya Yala Research Group
500 Duplex Avenue, #2909
Toronto, ON
M4R 1V6

Thanks,

Tony

_____________________________________________

The last two months have been extremely busy for the Indigenous Solidarity
Working Group. We have been maintaining our bi-weekly meeting schedule,
although we took some time off during the holiday break. Prior to the break
we hosted a well-attended workshop on December 7th, 2013 in which a group
of about 15 activists came together to have a discussion about the stories
we tell each other and we have heard within a colonial context such as
Canada's. We are now in the final stages of planning our third workshop in
the series which we will hold sometime in February. The topic of discussion
will be language, power and colonialism. We encourage all members who have
an interest in solidarity work that broadens the union's influence within
the community to contact the Indigenous Solidarity Working Group (
iswg3906 at gmail.com) for more information. Aside from this work, our group
was also involved in some planning of a couple coordinated actions in
support of the Elsipogtog Mi'kmaq nation and their allies, work we plan on
continuing in the New Year. Our group was also busy coordinating donations
for other people doing similar work as the ISWG. One for one hundred
dollars to the Women's Coordinating Committee for a Free Mapuche (WCCC) who
hosted an event in support of Elsipogtog and another for Unity Camp, a
direct action camp north west of Toronto seeking to reclaim land through
collective action. That donation was for 200 dollars. We look forward to a
busy 2014 and we encourage any and all members of 3906 to get involved with
the ISWG in the future.

On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 8:46 PM, Jessica Foran <foran.jessica at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hey all, any update on John's preference for the workshop date? I thought
> I'd follow up just because Feb 1st is fast approaching and we'll want to be
> sure we can give folks enough notice to make it.
>
> Also, I was just reminded that we should be submitting a report for the
> GMM this week (because I was checking my pac email). If someone has time to
> write up a brief one paragraph report on what the committees been up to the
> last 2 months, including donations made), they are supposed to be submitted
> tomorrow (Monday) at noon or so. If we can't, it's no big deal, as the
> recording secretary should be emailing the account directly to remind us.
> (I've already emailed her to let her know our report may not make it on
> time.)
>
> I could put something together quickly, but it's better if the report
> comes from someone else in the committee.
>
> The report should be emailed to: Malissa at
> recordingsecretary at cupe3906.org.
>
> The donations made over the last two months were just the ones from our
> last meeting:
> Women's Coordinating Committee (100); Unity Camp (200)
>
> Thanks all,
> j.
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Jessica Foran <foran.jessica at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> Thanks for writing the email Tony--I think it looks good and can't think
>> of anything to be added at the moment. Happy to hear John is still
>> interested! Will pencil in the dates... Feb will be here soon. :)
>>
>> j.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 7:57 PM, Indigenous Solidarity Working Group <
>> iswg3906 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everyone:
>>>
>>> Thanks Peter for the minutes, Jess for the expenses, and Nikki for
>>> contacting John. Looking forward to the next workshop. I contacted
>>> Jaroslava to tell her about the donation and mentioned that workshop to
>>> her. I thought she might be interested in attending. Hope no one minds.
>>>
>>> Below is the email I was going to send out to workshop participants. Let
>>> me know if you have any edits or if it's okay.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Tony
>>>
>>>
>>> _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
>>>
>>> Hi everyone:
>>>
>>> How are doing? Thanks for your patience as we organize the next
>>> workshop. We are in the final stages of announcing the date, time, and
>>> location for it. For now we wanted to let you know that it will be
>>> happening on a Saturday afternoon sometime early February. We will be
>>> hosting John Henhawk for a talk on language and power. We don't have any
>>> reading materials yet and we are working to firm up the details, but we
>>> thought we'd let you know to keep it in mind.
>>>
>>> Expect an email soon with all the details. If you have any questions,
>>> please feel free to send them along.
>>>
>>> Take care,
>>>
>>> ISWG
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 1:27 PM, Niki Thorne <csn.thorne at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>
>>>> Fyi I talked w john a couple days ago--the feb dates work best and he's
>>>> going to get back to me about which one specifically. But hes still into
>>>> doing the workshop for sure. Yay!
>>>> On 2014-01-14 11:58 AM, "Jessica Foran" <foran.jessica at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> thanks Peter! just doing the expense forms now. :)
>>>>>
>>>>> j.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 11:37 PM, Peter Hopperton <
>>>>> peterhopperton at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Attached are the minutes from our meeting yesterday. The mailing
>>>>>> details for the donation to the Oshkimaadzig camp are in the document. Also
>>>>>> attached is a brief letter to Giibwanisi that I drafted to accompany the
>>>>>> cheque.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -p
>>>>>>
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