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[OPIRG York]

Hi Everyone,

Are you interested in social justice, actions and workshops? We are very
excited to send out our digest of upcoming events at York University and
around the community.
Hope to see you all there!

Feel free to get in touch with us at anytime at opirgyork at gmail.com.

-OPIRG York
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www.opirgyork.ca
416-736-5724
opirgyork at gmail.com



*In this email:*
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*YORK NEWS*

1) ONGOING: SAIA York petition - sign and share widely!* **** *
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*COMMUNITY NEWS*
1) JUNE 8: National Day of Action to Support Sex Workers
2) JUNE 12: Submit a Pitch for *Action Speaks Louder *
3) JUNE 13: Apply for OPIRG-Toronto's Canada Summer Jobs' Positions
4) JUNE 14: Disorientation 2013 Callout for Activity Proposals
5) JUNE 13: Quebec Student Uprising: Reflections from Montreal book launch
6) JUNE 13-14: Taking Stock, Taking Action: 5th Symposium on HIV, Law and
Human Rights
7) JUNE 20: Book Launch and Party for Maggies: Toronto Sex Worker's Action
Project
8) JUNE 28: Trans March Toronto 2013


*YORK NEWS*

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(1) **SAIA YORK PETITION
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(1)   *** Please forward widely! ***

To all our supporters! Please sign and share this petition against the
revocation of SAIA's club status!

<http://www.change.org/petitions/york-university-petition-to-revoke-ban-of-saia-and-hammam-farah>
http://www.change.org/petitions/york-university-petition-to-revoke-ban-of-saia-and-hammam-farah

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*COMMUNITY NEWS*
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(2) **NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION TO SUPPORT SEX WORKERS
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Please spread the love and distribute widely ;)

JUNE 8
NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION TO SUPPORT SEX WORKERS
Attention Friends, Sex Workers, Hustlers and Allies! This is a call out for
action and attitude!

Toronto:
Come out and show your solidarity for SEX WORKERS RIGHTS!
Meet at us at 1:30 Saturday afternoon at Moss Park at Queen and Sherbourne
Together we will march to Allen Gardens Park for 3pm for food, performances
and community building!
Bring a red umbrella; the symbol of the global sex workers' rights
movement. Dress up, wear a sexy costume, or wear red.
Media camera crews are expected.
Together we will be taking to the streets to celebrate June 8th 2013 as a
National Day of Action to support the sex work community and demand FULL
decriminalization. Sex workers, sex worker-led organizations and our allies
from across Canada will be taking to the street to march and be heard. We
want you to join Maggie's, Support Decrim Organizing Comittee and other sex
workers in Toronto and surrounding areas in this historical moment for sex
workers rights, dignity and the fight against criminalization. *


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(3) Submit a Pitch for Action Speaks Louder 
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Action Speaks Louder is the bi-annual newsletter of OPIRG-Toronto. We are
looking for articles for our Fall 2013 issue, and we invite you to submit a
pitch on any issue of social and/or environmental justice, on a political
issue on campus or about campaigns you're involved in.

Pitches are 100-150 words and are meant to give us an idea of what the
article will focus on and how it fits within the realm of campus or
community organizing. Previous issues of Action Speaks Louder have explored
such issues as indigenous solidarity, police brutality, prison expansion
and anti-austerity campaigns. We work with authors through different drafts
to develop the article, with input from our editorial collective.

The pitch submission deadline for the fall issue is EXTENDED to Wednesday
June 12th.
Please send all pitches by e-mail to actionspeaksloudertoronto at gmail.com.

Check out our last issue to get an idea of what we publish! Winter 2013
newsletters are available outside the OPIRG-Toronto office at 563 Spadina
Crescent, room 101. If you are interested in getting involved in the
Newsletter collective, and assisting with soliciting articles, editing and
layout, please e-mail us at opirg.toronto at gmail.com.

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*(4) **Apply for OPIRG-Toronto's Canada Summer Jobs' Positions *
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OPIRG-Toronto Summer Employment Opportunities: Come work with us at OPIRG!

Deadline for applications: Thursday, June 13th @ 12:00PM
Start Date: Monday, June 24th, End Date: Friday August 30th

Rate of Pay: $12.00/hr @ 24hrs/week

How to Apply:
Applicants must provide a one-page cover letter and resume. We encourage
individuals from equity-seeking groups (e.g. Aboriginal people, racialized
people, women, queer, transgendered, trans-sexual, inter-sexed people,
working class people, single parents, immigrants and people with
dis/abilities) to submit applications.

Please email your application to opirgtorontohire at gmail.com or drop off a
hard copy at our office between 11AM to 6PM. Please specify in your
application which position you are applying for. If you are applying for
both positions, you must submit two separate applications. We are located
at 563 Spadina Crescent, Room 101. NOTE: Our office is closed Friday. For
more information, please contact us at opirgtorontohire at gmail.com .*

We will only contact applicants selected for interviews, which will be
scheduled the week of June 17th – 21st.

Eligible Students:
- Are between 15 and 30 years of age
- Have been registered as a full-time student in the previous academic year
and intend to return to school on a full-time basis in the next academic
year (accommodation for students with documented special needs)
- Are legally entitled to work in Canada

Qualifications for BOTH positions:
• Experience working within a collective, or with consensus-based decision
making
• Familiarity with OPIRG-Toronto and anti-oppression practices
• Strong ability to work independently, take initiatives, and quickly adapt
to new and challenging situations
• Strong time management and multi-tasking skills
• Core understanding of local and national social, economic, and
environmental justice issues
• Very good interpersonal communication skills and skills-sharing experience
• Additional knowledge in graphic or web design preferred



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*(5) **Disorientation 2013 Callout for Activity Proposals *
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*DEADLINE FOR DISORIENTATION 2013 ACTIVITY PROPOSALS:  JUNE 14 *

 The University of Toronto Student’s Union (UTSU) and OPIRG Toronto have
begun to organize for the next Disorientation week, scheduled for September
2013. Disorientation is an alternative orientation week that aims to
introduce students and community members to different campaigns and
projects on campus and in the community. Disorientation Week usually
includes public forums, skills based workshops and panels on various
political issues. The organizers of Disorientation Week select a theme each
year that reflects current community or campus based organizing efforts.
Last year's Disorientation Week focused the impact of austerity and city
cuts in Toronto.


*Submit a Proposal!*


But wait! We also want to know your thoughts and hear your proposals for
content for Disorientation! Are you a part of a community organization,
campus group or collective of people interested in educating people about a
specific campaign or issue? Do you want to organize a panel? Plan a
workshop? Let us know and we can try and fit it into the schedule. E-mail
disotoronto at gmail.com for the proposal form and/or more details.


Process for Approval:
1) Organization/Person submits completed proposal form to
disotoronto at gmail.com or to the OPIRG office.
2) The Disorientation committee will review the application and will
contact the organization/individual with any
questions/concerns/clarifications.
3) Depending on the schedule of the week, the number of proposals and the
relevance of the proposed activity to Disorientation and/or the theme of
the week, the committee will make a decision and contact the
individual/organization.
4) If the proposal is approved, the organization/applicant will be asked to
appoint at least 2 contact people working on the event to be in
correspondence with the Disorientation committee.

* As both OPIRG and UTSU have their own ideas and priorities for
Disorientation week, please be aware that there are a limited number of
spots for proposals. We may not be able to accommodate all proposals within
our schedule, even if they fit within our mandate. Preference will go to
proposals that fit within the themes and priorities that have been
identified by the committee for this year’s Disorientation, or to content
that has not be featured at Disorientation in previous years*


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*(6) Quebec Student Uprising: Reflections from

Montreal book launch*

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//Toronto Launch for "Le Fond de l’air est Rouge" Booklet//
Thursday June 13th 7 PM
Another Story Bookshop, 315 Roncesvalles Avenue

presentations :
* John Clark - organizer with Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP)
* Syed Hussan - anti-colonial, migrant justice organizer
* Stefan Christoff - Montreal-based writer, musician and community
activist. (Howl! arts collective)

An interactive discussion and slideshow on the 2012 Quebec student
uprising.

This event focus on exploring the Quebec student strike within the context
of broader movements for social justice. Specifically the event will focus
on reflections on syndicalisme de combat (combative union organization)
that was so central to the Quebec student uprising. What lessons can be
learned from Quebec student struggles ? What does the Quebec student
uprising mean for progressive forces in a Conservative Canada ?

Le fond de l’air est rouge
(http://www.howlarts.net/words<http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.howlarts.net%2Fwords&h=TAQGKbOm6&s=1>)
is a collection of texts about the 2012 Quebec student uprising by Montreal
artist and activist Stefan Christoff. Written between spring 2011 and
summer 2012, this series of articles includes first hand accounts of the
incredible street protests in Montreal and reflections on the student
strike within the context of Quebec revolutionary history. Published by the
Howl! arts collective, this zine brings movement-based reporting originally
published online into a physical format. The goal of this zine is to create
a piece of cultural documentation on a key moment in Quebec popular history.



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*(7) **Taking Stock, Taking Action: 5th Symposium on HIV, Law and Human
Rights*
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Taking Stock, Taking Action: 5th Symposium on HIV, Law and Human Rights
June 13-14th
www.aidslaw.ca/symposium

We are excited to announce details on our 5th Symposium on HIV, Law and
Human Rights and 2013 Annual General Meeting with four workshops and over
20 leading experts on the criminalization of HIV, drug policy, LGBT rights,
and sex work, plus "A conversation with Frank Mugisha" of SMUG (Uganda) led
by CBC journalist Ron Charles.

Workshops:
- Judged wanting: next steps after the Supreme Court rulings on HIV
criminalization
- A conversation with Frank Mugisha and the presentation of the 12th Annual
Awards for Action on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights
- “Cleanse themselves of undesirables”: municipal bylaws and marginalized
communities
- Freedom is a work in progress: LGBT rights in Canada and abroad
- Bedford and beyond: sex, work, rights and the criminal law

Check out speakers and workshop details and register at
www.aidslaw.ca/symposium.

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*(8) **Book Launch and Party for Maggies: Toronto Sex Worker's Action
Project*
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Selling Sex: Experience, Advocacy, and Research on Sex Work in Canada

Edited by Emily van der Meulen, Elya M. Durisin, and Victoria Love

Thursday June 20, 2013
Doors: 7:30pm
Readings and Cabaret: 8pm
Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Avenue

$5 at the door enters you into a raffle to win a copy of Selling Sex

Readings by:
Tor Fletcher
Deborah Clipperton
Jane Doe
Trish Salah

Performances by:
Wrong Note Rusty, from Boylesque
Andrya Duff, from Operation Snatch
Trixie and Beever
Judy Virago
and more…

Cabaret Hosted by:
Prostitution Herself, from Les Demimondes

Followed by: DJ L-Rock, from Yes, Yes, Ya'll

Silent auction! Balloon pop to win big sexy prizes!

More info: SellingSex.UBCPress at gmail.com
Co-sponsored by UBC Press and the Department of Criminal Justice and
Criminology, Ryerson University

Main venue space is wheelchair accessible. Washrooms are on the main floor
but stalls are narrow & only accommodate one person. For additional access
info, please contact SellingSex.UBCPress at gmail.com


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*(9**) **Trans March Toronto 2013*
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Trans March Toronto 2013

What's the Route & Timing?
We assemble @ George Hislop Park on Friday June 28th, 2013 at 7:30 (It
would be helpful if volunteers could get there a little earlier)

The march starts at 8pm and leaves from the North end of the park at
Charles street, then goes West to Yonge Street. Then down Yonge St to
Carlton/College at which point we go East to Allan Gardens.
Google Our Route Map Here: http://goo.gl/maps/bpsu1

What's the Theme... What should I wear?
The focus of the march is "Celebration, Commemoration, Demonstration by and
for the Trans Community". Our honored trans person is Kyle Scanlon and our
honored trans group is "The Fallen" ... People who cannot march but who
will be marching with us in spirit (Please feel free to bring pictures or
other symbols of these honored people to carry with us in the march)

Our march colour is lavender (anything in the purple range is fine) Dress
any way you like but we encourage marchers to consider this colour when
making fashion choices for the march. Why lavender? It is symbolic of the
blend of the two gender binary colours of pink & blue.

Who is Invited?
We invite EVERYONE to march with us in solidarity - For us "Trans" is an
umbrella term to include ALL who are gender-gifted. We honor ALL
expressions of gender-difference.

Allies are WELCOME !! - Your attendance signifies your moral support of
your brothers, sisters and cousins. Furthermore, it signifies that you are
ready to stand alongside us in our struggle for equal rights.

How Can I help?
INVITE EVERYONE YOU KNOW - Seriously EVERYONE - The love you show by
engaging in this march is felt by trans people all over the world. (We
regularly get emails from people in other countries who see this event
online and get strength & hope from your actions)

Engage in group discussions here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/trans.march.toronto
Twitter Here: @TransMarchTO , Hashtag #transTO

Is the march legal?
YES - We have served our "Notice to Demonstrate" with the Toronto Police
Services, Special Events Planning Offices. This means that Police Services,
EMS, Fire Services and the TTC are now fully appraised of our plans and a
liaison has been established to coordinate directly and exclusively with us.

Is George Hislop Park Fully Accessible?
Yes: Pictures and more details can be found here
https://plus.google.com/103470685099719654247/about

What if I'm uncomfortable marching?
We are doing everything we can to create a march that is accessible and
welcoming - But for a variety of reasons, some people may not be able to
make it for the march. Don't worry, you can still participate by assembling
at Allan Gardens to welcome march as it arrives.



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-OPIRG York
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www.opirgyork.ca
416-736-5724
opirg at yorku.ca


*There are many ways to get involved at OPIRG. We currently have 8 OPIRG
York working groups:*
Art For Justice, Justice is Not Colour Blind, Students for a Free Tibet, YU
Free Press, Environmental Justice York, Progressive Filipino Canadians for
Community Empowerment and Development (PFCCED), Students Against Israeli
Apartheid, and the Vanier Prison Support Line working group. You can contact
Victoria Barnett, our volunteer coordinator, about ways to get involved in
these working groups: victoria at opirgyork.ca.

*We also have three different collectives: *PrOPIRGanda Radio, Radical
Reading Room and PrOPIRGanda Zine- see the callouts below. You can contact
us about ways to get involved in these collectives: opirg at yorku.ca.
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