[mobglob-discuss] UPDATED: March 21 March Against Racism

[Liz Thor-Larsen]

I'm sorry I missed the march - personal problems. What was the attendance, if you don't mind me asking?  Liz Thor-Larsen> Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:41:28 -0700> From: harsha at riseup.net> To: mobglob-discuss at lists.resist.ca> Subject: [mobglob-discuss] UPDATED: March 21 March Against Racism> > WITH multlingual speakers, musicians, spoken word artists, poets, and> drummers ... UPDATED list of supporters below...> > - please forward widely -> > March 21 marks the anniversary of the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre in South> Africa when police opened fire on hundreds of South Africans protesting> against Apartheid's passbook laws, killing 67 and wounding 186...> > MARCH AGAINST RACISM!> > Join us on March 21, International Day for the Elimination of Racism, to> show our communities collective strength in challenging ongoing racism.> Canadian multiculturalism is not enough!> > //////////////////////////////////////> COMMUNITY MARCH> Friday March 21 at 1 pm> (Good Friday Holiday)> Meet at Clark Park on Commercial Drive and 14th> Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories> //////////////////////////////////////> > ==> Bring your children and family.> ==> There will be snacks during the march.> ==> Rest vehicles will accompany the march.> ==> All welcome!> > > - End individual and institutional racism, racial violence, and racial> profiling!> - Stop the theft of indigenous lands!> - End all racist wars and occupations!> - Stop the deportations now!> - Living wages, healthcare, education, and housing for all!> > For centuries, communities have led countless courageous struggles against> racism and the many ways in which it manifests itself in our daily lives.> Although many would like to believe that racism no longer exists, we are> reclaiming the tradition of anti-racist marches to reveal the ugly truth> about the worsening reality of racism both locally and globally. Join us> on March 21 to celebrate the dignity, strength, and resilience of our> communities!> > [[[ Events organized and supported by a community network including No> One Is Illegal, Indigenous Action Movement, Komagata Maru Heritage> Foundation, Canadian Arab Federation, John Graham Support, Siraat> Collective, Association of Chinese Canadians for Equality and Solidarity> Society, DTES Elders Council, SIKLAB - Overseas Filipino Workers> Organization, Anniversaries of Change, International Indigenous Youth> Conference Secretariat, Canadian Muslim Union, Jews for Just Peace, Asian> Society for the Intervention of AIDS, Justicia for Migrant Workers,> Al-Awda Vancouver, Salaam Vancouver, Iranian Federation of Refugees, Cafe> Rebelde Coalition, VIRSA, Latin American Connexions, Hogans Alley Memorial> Project, Filipino Nurses Support Group, La Surda Latin American> Collective, Indigenous Free School, Communities for Laibar> Singh-Vancouver, Canadian Network for Democratic Nepal, Canada Palestine> Association, Group of Relatives and Friends of Political Prisoners in> Mexico, South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy, Consejo Indigena> Popular de Oaxaca Ricardo Flores Magon (CIPO-Vancouver), Chetna Dalit> Association, Philippine Women Centre of BC, Coalition of South Asian Women> Against Violence, Vancouver Status of Women, The North Shore Women's> Centre, Battered Women Support Services, Friends of Women in the Middle> East Society, Women Against Violence Against Women, Grassroots Women,> Women's International League for Peace and Justice, Vancouver Feminist> Action Project, Canadian Union of Postal Workers, Hospital Employees> Union, Industrial Workers of the World, SFU Teaching Support Staff Union,> Vancouver District Labour Council, Canadian Union of Public Employees -> Local 1004 and Local 15, Gallery Gachet, Rhizome Cafe, New World Theatre,> Colouring Book Project, UBC Realities of Race, Carnegie Community Action> Project, SFU Public Interest Research Group, BC Committee for Human Rights> in the Philippines, StopWar.ca, Anti Poverty Committee, Politics Re-Spun,> Building Bridges to Chiapas, Alliance of People's Health, International> Solidarity Movement Vancouver, SFU Interfaith Summer Institute Community> Consultative Committee, Vancouver District Labour Council Young Workers> Committee, Filipino-Canadian Youth Alliance, UBC Students for a Democratic> Society, Solidarity Notes Labour Choir, Random Acts of Kindness,> Anti-Racism & Decolonization Network ]]]> > To add your name to the list of supporting organizations, please do get in> touch! CONTACT noii-van at resist.ca or call 778 885 0040.> > > > > _______________________________________________> mobglob-discuss mailing list> mobglob-discuss at lists.resist.ca> https://lists.resist.ca/mailman/listinfo/mobglob-discuss
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