[Iswg3906.organizers] workshop date and gmm report?

Wed Jan 22 20:23:54 PST 2014

Thanks for the update Niki. That makes sense. Hopefully we hear back from
him soon. I'm not sure about others but Saturdays are pretty open for me
for the rest of February, in the case that we need to look for alternate
dates.

And thanks for putting the report together Tony, especially on such short
notice. I haven't mailed the cheques yet (will be doing that tomorrow).
I've got that same info for the WCCC so we're all good. :)

j.

On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 6:33 PM, A.R.J. Gracey <graceyar at mcmaster.ca> wrote:

> Hi everyone:
>
> Thanks for doing all this Nikki. I don't what everyone else thinks, but I
> wonder if we should just wait and see what he says about the dates we
> suggested. He'll let us know what works or not I imagine.
>
> Take care,
>
> Tony
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 1:32 PM, Niki Thorne <csn.thorne at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Re john/dates-- i checked in a couple days ago. he's waiting to hear
>> about the dates of a potential language class fieldtrip to akwasasne in
>> early feb and will get back to us as soon as possible. Should I suggest
>> dates later in feb so we can firm something up or shall we just wait for
>> him to get back to us once the fieldtrip is sorted?
>> On 2014-01-20 5:13 PM, "Indigenous Solidarity Working Group" <
>> iswg3906 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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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