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

[harsha at riseup.net]

it was quite good- great energy.. btwn 350-450 during the march...

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> 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.> > > > >
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