[opirgyork] YFS Passes BDS Motion + York and Community Event Listings!

[OPIRG York]

Hi Everyone,

*Some AMAZING News here at York University today- the York Federation of
Students (YFS) passed a BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions).
Congratulations to SAIA York for their amazing dedication in getting this
motion passed, and to all those who have supported and shown their
solidarity, and a big thanks to the YFS for supporting and passing the
motion! This is just one more step towards the freedom of Palestine!*

Please check out the upcoming events - both at York and in Toronto- our
regular digest news is below.

As always, you contact us at OPIRG York any time about ways to get
involved, and help out, or if you are interested in other issues that we
can help connect you too. Feel free to stop by the OPIRG York office at
449C Student Centre anytime during regular office hours (Mon-Thurs. 10-5pm)
to chat!

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



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*In this email:*
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*OPIRG YORK NEWS*
*(1) **Mar 27: SAIA Rally for Divestment and Change!**
(2) Mar 27: **Building Grassroots Community Power in Mishkeegogamang and
Savant Lake*
*(3) Mar 28: **Oppression Awareness Training

COMMUNITY NEWS

TOMMOROW!: Join us as we charge Ontario Ministry of Labour employees fees
to go to work
+ **Nation to Nation Now- The Conversations - Saturday**
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 *(1) Mar 27: Austerity and Ontario's Universities: Finding a way forward A
joint Town Hall Meeting for UofT, York, Ryerson and OCAD faculty, students
and staff*
*(2) Mar 23: Human Rights Press Annual Conference*
*(3) Mar 27: Trans Film Series: 5th Anniversary Showcase*
*(4) Mar 28:** Education, Liberation, Action! Forum and Townhall
(5) April 21-22: Mangos with Chili: the floating cabaret of two spirit,
trans and queer people of color**
(6) ONGOING: 12 Year Tour: Mohammad Mahjoub speaking tour continues west,
April 2013**
(7) ONGOING: OCAP COMMUNITY ORGANIZING COURSE – CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS April
2013**
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 *JOBS
(1) **BEEHIVE COLLECTIVE JOB Postings
(2) **YUGSA is Hiring! Handbook Coordinato**r position*

 *OPIRG YORK NEWS*


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*SAIA Rally for Divestment and Change!*

*Date*: Wednesday, March 27th
*Time*: 1pm
*Location*: Vari Hall, York University
*Facebook*: https://www.facebook.com/events/475800525808958/

Join Students Against Israeli Apartheid as we protest York’s investments in
weapons manufacturing companies!

Students Against Israeli Apartheid invites all students, faculty,
alumni, and York University community members to Vari Hall on Wednesday,
March 27 at 1:00 PM to send a message to the York University Administration
that enough is enough!

We are also calling on all of our allies across the GTA to join us as
we celebrate the passing of Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions resolutions
by student unions across Ontario.

York University is currently investing large sums of money in
military corporations, weapons manufacturers, and other companies that are
involved in the violation human rights and the destruction of the
environment around the world. Weapons have been sold to the Israeli Defense
Forces and used against civilian populations in the Gaza Strip as recently
as last fall.

The Endowment Fund, which raises money for student scholarships
and bursaries, has been invested in these weapons manufacturers. *York
students:* if you are on scholarship, a portion of the money used to fund
your scholarship was made through the murder and subjugation of your fellow
students' families!

The York University Faculty Association has rightfully been pressing
the York Administration to practice responsible investment for several
years. Faculty pensions come out of the Pension Fund, which have been
invested in these weapons companies. SAIA has been raising awareness of
this issue across campus by lobbying our student unions to pass Boycott,
Divestment, and Sanctions resolutions, which commits them to support us in
our demands. The time has come for students and community members to stand
up and make our demands for responsible investment heard by the York
Administration!

We are calling on the York University Administration to divest from
all companies implicated in the violation of international law and
human rights.
We are demanding that York University implement a Socially Responsible
Investment
policy.
And we further demand that the York Administration relinquish its control over
Vari Hall so that our freedom of speech and assembly be respected and restored
in this once politically vibrant space!

*Join us!
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 – Vari Hall!*
*saiayork at riseup.net*

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*Building Grassroots Community Power in Mishkeegogamang and Savant Lake*
Reportback, Discussion and Fundraising Event
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*Date*: Wednesday March 27th
*Time*: 3-5pm
*Location*: York University, Student Centre Rm 311B
*On facebook*: https://www.facebook.com/events/454928971251177

Join us for a discussion with delegates from the ILPS Commission on
Indigenous People’s Struggles and a report back on the Commission’s recent
trip to Savant Lake, Ojibwe Nation of Saugeen and Mishkeegogamang, Ojibwe
First Nation.

*Speakers:*
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*Darlene Necan,* an Indigenous delegate to the Commission from Savant Lake,
Ojibwe Nation of Saugeen, is on the frontline of anti-colonial struggle in
her community. Mining, clearcutting and herbicide spraying is destroying
the ability for her people to live off the land.  She is working tirelessly
to build grassroots power and resist the destruction of her sovereign
territory. Darlene is facing repression from the Band Council and Ministry
of Natural Resources for speaking out against the poisoning of traditional
food sources and lack of adequate housing.
Darlene and her supporters plan to build independent instutitions to meet
the needs of her people. She has already built a cabin for an elder in
need, despite precious little resources. She is driving for 22 hours, in
order to come share her story with us.

*Gary Wasaakeysic, *an Indigenous delegate to the Commission from
Mishkeegogamang, Ojibwe First Nation, is a grassroots activist speaking out
against issues of missing and murdered Indigenous women, police brutality,
housing crises and mining on his people’s territory.
Highway 599 runs right through Mishkeegogamang and is a key artery for
allowing the million dollar ventures of mining companies in Northern
Ontario. Yet, his community faces severe overcrowding and poverty. Gary is
on the frontlines of resisting this oppressive contradiction.

*Indigenous and non-Indigenous Commission delegates* recently returned from
a trip to both communities which served to build the Commission, strengthen
relationships and learn more about the struggles. They will speak to the
reasons why and the ways in which people in Southern Ontario can support in
order to build a strong united front against Canadian colonialism and its
destruction of Mother Earth.

**** Call for support ****
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These organizers struggle for resources to have basic necessities for life,
let alone to further their organizing.
The event is FREE but generous donations are greatly needed and appreciated.
Darlene,Gary and the organizers they work with, also need the following
materials as soon as possible. If you can spare any of these items, please
do so to directly help indigenous delegates of the ILPS Commission build
grassroots power in their community:
- Computer of any kind (or monitor, keyboards, etc)
- Printer
- Camping supplies

Join us in supporting this inspiring struggle for the Land, and all Life.


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*Oppression Awareness Training*

*Date*: Thursday, March 28th
*Time*: 1-3pm
*Location*: 311B Student Centre, York University
*Facebook*: https://www.facebook.com/events/505245056199003

Many people believe that we live in a world where everyone is treated
equally– whether that be within institutions (like the University) and/or
within our interactions with others (friendships, relationships etc.) However,
that is not the case. Many of us experience benefits, advantages, freedoms
and “privileges”– usually at the cost of others being discriminated against
and/or denied these same benefits. The interesting thing about privilege is
that we have it whether we want it or not. Because of this, we can end up
hurting and oppressing others regardless of our intentions - and not even
be aware of it.

How then can we begin to start becoming aware of privilege/oppression and
to resist, heal, challenge and hold ourselves accountable within these
systems?

This workshop will explore how privilege and oppression work through an
intersectional approach (acknowledging our differences); what systems of
privilege/ oppression look, sound, taste and feel like; and how they
manifest subtly/obviously in our everyday lives. Through collective
dialogue and discussion we will create our own strategies for resistance,
healing, support and accountability that we as individuals and community
members can apply in our daily lives.

*About the facilitator:*
Ray Garcia is a Queer Filipino writer, performer and community organizer
based in Toronto. Ray strives to create spaces where important dialogue and
discussion can take place. He strongly believes in the sharing of stories
and
knowledge (instead of talking at people lecture-style) as a way of
awareness and education; as well as sharing tools and strategies that
everyone can make use of in their daily lives. Ray facilitates a lot of
workshops and discussions because he shines bright like a diamond and
encourages people to find their light and to “shine bright” as well. Ray is
a part-time vegetarian who enjoys free food and dislikes awkward prolonged
eye contact and revolving doors.


*COMMUNITY NEWS*
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*TOMORROW!

**Time*: 7:30am
*Location*: 400 University Avenue, Toronto
*Facebook* *Link*: https://www.facebook.com/events/444527365622889/?ref=2

Join us as we charge Ontario Ministry of Labour employees fees to go to
work. Strange? Not at all. Migrant workers have to pay thousands of dollars
to work in Ontario, and its legal. If recruiters can make a quick buck off
migrant workers, we can make a quick buck off the people who allow it. All
you need is suit and a tie. Show up bright and early on March 22nd, around
7:30 or so in the morning.

Please fill out this form so we can send you all the details (its the
shortest job application you'll ever do): http://bit.ly/FeesfromMoL

Still unsure? Don't worry. Recruiters aren't licensed in Ontario, so anyone
can do it! What's even better is that recruiters can't be held liable for
what happens at work. So if these Ministry of Labour employees boss turns
on them, its no skin off your back.

By our guessestimation (its pretty hard to get the facts) at least half off
Ontario's 120,000 migrant workers are paying between $3,000 and $10,000 to
unscrupulous recruiters*. That's could be as high as 1.2 billion dollars a
year. Imagine how much more money could be made by the rich if we started
charging the non-migrant workers too. Its an untapped opportunity and we
need to take matters in to our own hands.

With few real ways to get into Canada permanently, migrants are forced to
pay recruiters to come to Canada on a temporary basis. To do so, entire
families get into debt. Here. they pay in to E.I., and CPP, but face
insurmountable barriers . Health and safety protections are non-existent.
Documents are seized and bosses are often abusive. All of this is allowed
by provincial and federal laws. We won't be treating the Ministry of Labour
employees that badly.

** This is the first of many actions, if you can't make it to this one,
please sign up at
www.migrantworkersalliance.org<http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.migrantworkersalliance.org&h=hAQHGifHo&s=1>to
hear about future ones**

March 22nd is the three-year anniversary of the passing of the Employment
Protections for Foreign National Act (Live-In Caregivers & Others) aka
EPFNA. EPFNA banned recruiters fees and seizure of documents from live-in
caregivers but left out seasonal agricultural workers, and those in the
temporary foreign worker low skilled program. Not only that, EPFNA has not
been fully implemented to adequately support live-in caregivers and
requires key amendments to ensure that it actually works.

* Two-thirds of caregivers in a survey by Caregivers Action Centre who
arrived after EPFNA was enforced paid fees, averaging $3275. Filipino
workers that MWAC organizations come in to contact with report paying a
base fees of $5,000 while Thai workers report paying a base fees of
$10,000.

www.migrantworkersalliance.org<http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.migrantworkersalliance.org&h=BAQEW3l03&s=1>|
www.facebook.com/MigrantWorkersAlliance | coordinator at migrantworkers
alliance.org



*SATURDAY!**
** **Nation to Nation Now- The Conversations*

Facebook Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/567591896584499/?ref=2

Conversations with good hearts and minds working for change: Arthur Manuel,
Leanne Simpson, Russ Diabo, Aaron Detlor, Ellen Gabriel, Carla Robinson,
Naomi Klein, Sheelah McLean, Donna Ashamock, Sylvia Plain and more!

Justina M Barnicke Gallery, Hart House, University of Toronto, Indigneous
Sovereignty and Solidarity Network, Idle No More Toronto and Muskrat
Magazine present


Nation to Nation Now - The Conversations

Idle? KNOW more!

Saturday MARCH 23
10 am - 9 pm
OISE Auditorium, 252 Bloor Street West, St. George Subway Station
Free entry + Free Childcare provided by Red Pepper

Schedule

1000 am Opening & Remarks - Wanda Nanibush
1030 am Robert Houle, Leanne Simpson on Anishnawbe Nationhood
1130 am Aaron Detlor and Bruce Elijah on Haudenosaunee Nationhood
1230 pm Donna Ashamock, Beverley Jacobs, Sylvia Plain on
Indigenous Women's Leadership

130 pm Lunch (brown bag lunches provided!)

200 pm Defenders of the Land remarks - Shiri Pasternak & Crystal Sinclair
215 pm Arthur Manuel and Russell Diabo on Canada's First Nation Termination
Plan
330 pm Norman Matchewan, Sheelah McLean, Brenda Small

430 - 630 pm Dinner Break (not provided)

700 pm Muskrat Magazine remarks - Rebeka Tabobondung
710 pm Ellen Gabriel, Naomi Klein and Arthur Manuel and Chelsea
Vowel/âpihtawikosisân via Skype on Building a New Relationship moderated by
Carla Robinson.


If you would like to donate funds for the events please email
wnanibush at gmail.com
and/or use paypal link below
http://indigenoussovereigntyandsolidarity.wordpress.com/donate/<http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Findigenoussovereigntyandsolidarity.wordpress.com%2Fdonate%2F&h=UAQEp4izK&s=1>


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free
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Come to the Nation to Nation Now CONCERT Thursday March 21 @ 9pm!!

The Revival 783 College St (corner of Shaw)

with Derek Miller, Digging Roots, Bear Witness of a Tribe Called Red, Sean
Conway, Sarah Decarlo, Arthur Renwick and more!

(PWYC, help us raise funds for Idle No More Toronto)

If you would like to donate funds for the events please email
wnanibush at gmail.com
and/or see paypal link below
http://indigenoussovereigntyandsolidarity.wordpress.com/donate/<http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Findigenoussovereigntyandsolidarity.wordpress.com%2Fdonate%2F&h=sAQEe5mDk&s=1>

host/sponsor web sites and link to live stream:
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https://www.facebook.com/idlenomoretoronto
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*Please join us and share with your networks:*

*Austerity and Ontario's Universities: Finding a way forward*
*A joint Town Hall Meeting for UofT, York, Ryerson and OCAD faculty,
students and staff.*

*Wednesday March 27, 7-9pm* *
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*University of Toronto: OISE Auditorium*
(252 Bloor St. West, Toronto)


Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/485754828154901
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** CAN'T MAKE IT TO THE EVENT?   JOIN THE *LIVE WEBCAST* AT:
http://tinyurl.com/TOtownhallwebcast **
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With:

*JOHN SHIELDS* : Professor, Department of Politics & Public Administration,
Ryerson University

*FAIZ AHMED* : Chair, Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 3903,
York University


*CAROLYN HIBBS* : President, York University Graduate Students' Association
(YUGSA)

*SARAH JAYNE KING* : Chairperson,  Canadian Federation of Students -
Ontario (CFS)

*PAUL TSANG* : President, United Steelworkers (USW) Local 1998, University
of Toronto


*CHARLES REEVE* : President, Ontario College of Art and Design Faculty
Association (OCADFA)

...and moderator, *LUC TREMBLAY*: VP of University & External Affairs,
University of Toronto Faculty Association (UTFA)


*Event Details:*

“Government austerity”— the aggressive program of public sector cutbacks
and belt-tightening that governments claim is the only cure for these
“tough economic times”-- has been frequently cited as the provincial policy
responsible for the eroding quality and accessibility of higher education.
But the reality is that public funding of higher education has been in
decline for some time now, with serious implications for university
faculty, students, staff and society in general. It’s an issue that affects
all of us in different ways.

This event aims to bring together students, faculty and staff from
Toronto's four universities to discuss the issues, share their insights,
and start working together towards solutions.

Discussion topics include:

   - Government austerity, alternatives to austerity, and the government's
   disinvestment from funding higher education.
   - The financial situation of universities in Toronto and the impact of
   university administrations' spending priorities on the quality and
   accessibility of higher education, and on staff, students and faculty.
   - The changing mission, role and workings of the university and its
   impact on the nature and quality of higher education, and its impact on
   educators, students, and society more generally.
   - The shift in financing of university operations from the government to
   students, and the immediate and long-term impacts this has on students,
   their families, and the broader community.


Please join us.



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*Human Rights Press Annual Conference*
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Human Rights Press Annual Conference
Latin America: Free Expression and Media Terrorism

An Invitation to Students of Journalism and the Public
Speakers from Latin America and Canada

Date:  Saturday March 23rd, 2013
Time: 10 AM - 5 PM
Location: Metro Hall, 55 John Street (South-east corner of King and John
Street)

Lunch Break provided to registered participants, including a Certificate of
Attendance.
For more information on the conference, visit www.hrpress.org.

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*Trans Film Series: 5th Anniversary Showcase*
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==>Trans Film Series: 5th Anniversary Showcase
==>Free Film! Free Snacks! Free Talk!

The Trans Film Series hosts a FREE screening of:
"MURDER IN PASSING" "BECOMING IRFAN" & "HOMO NOETICUS"

All welcome. Allies welcome.

** Join us as the Trans Film Series marks it’s 5th anniversary! **
Share in an evening of post-modern intrigue – with both surprises and
prizes!

► MURDER IN PASSING: A bike courier has been murdered...and everyone in the
town of Passing B.C. is a suspect! Did you catch this murder mystery as it
screened on TTC subway platforms? Now join us in launching it on the big
screen; where Detective Epicene must untangle a bewildering conspiracy
involving bikes, cars, opera, gender and greenwashing to expose the
murderer.
dir.: John Greyson (2013)

► BECOMING IRFAN: offers both video performance and a new take on coming
out videos. An experimental self-portrait, where the messiness of identity
is revealed.
dir.: Eshan Rafi (2010)

► HOMO NOETICUS: explores a transition away from gender, sex and the body
towards a spirit consciousness. This performance piece within an art film -
a trans/queer manifesto for the new humanity called homo noeticus - is the
next step in queer evolution.
dir.: Kiley May (2012)

DATE & TIME: Wednesday March 27, 2013
6pm – food / 6:30pm – film + post-film discussion
LOCATION: William Doo Auditorium, 45 Willcocks St.

<Together lets acknowledge that as we come together it is on Indigenous
Land>

For info and accessibility contact: transfilmseries at gmail.com

|| ASL-English Interpretation || captions || wheelchair accessible ||
|| gender-neutral washrooms* || trans-positive space ||
|| food – vegan || TTC tokens available || FREE |

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*Education, Liberation, Action! Forum and Townhall*
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This event is a collaborative effort between the Equity Studies Student
Union, Transitional Year Programme students, alumni and allies to discuss
the deteriorating state of equitable education at the post-secondary level.

WHEN: Thu, Mar 28, 2013 @ 6:15PM
WHERE: OISE rm 2124 (252 Bloor Street West)

http://www.uoftessu.com/accesseducationnow<http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uoftessu.com%2Faccesseducationnow&h=3AQGIe-Vg&s=1>

This forum and townhall has been organized to address the attack on the
Transitional Year Programme at the University of Toronto (TYP). It is to
discuss and resist the lack of access to education that historically
oppressed groups continue to experience. The implications of an exclusive
education system are devastating in our communities.

TYP is a 43 year old access to education program that actively encourages
members of the Native Canadian, African-Canadian, and LGBTQ communities,
sole-support parents, persons with disabilities, and individuals from
working-class backgrounds of all ethnicities to apply. It gives those
without the formal requirements to attend university, access to be able to
study in the Arts and Science Faculty at the University of Toronto.

The program is unlike anything at the university in that is an autonomous
space of inclusiveness and equity based pedagogies, one that enforces an
anti-oppressive worldview. Its mandates have been replicated in other
access to education programs throughout the country because of its immense
success.

Unfortunately the program is being coerced into amalgamating with the far
less successful bridging program at Woodworth college despite resistance
from the TYP community and its allies. Some of the measures the university
has taken so far include: cutting down staff, flat-lining the budget for a
few years despite the increasing costs of operating the program, and
removing students from the physical space that has been a symbol of
community in the university.

....Let's come together and advocate for equitable access to education and
resist the destruction of TYP!!!!

**Venue is accessible,
ASL interpreters available,
snacks will be served***

For further inquiries contact:
TYP Preservation Alliance (TYYPA) at typ.actionplan at gmail.com  or Equity
Studies Student Union (ESSU) at  uoft.essu at gmail.com

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 *Mangos with Chili: the floating cabaret of two spirit, trans and queer
people of color
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Mangos With Chili:
the floating cabaret of two spirit, trans and queer people of color bliss,
dreams, sweat, sweets & nightmares

Come to a breathtaking evening of healing and transformative performance by
and for two spirit, trans and queer people of color!

After six years, Mangos With Chili returns to Toronto, for two nights of
performance, presenting amazing work in theater, performance art, dance,
hip hop, burlesque, and spoken word. Don’t miss this life changing night of
healing, transformation, testimony, and booty.

**2 Nights, 2 Performances, 2 different locations**

$20-$10 dollars, sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds (WE
REALLY MEAN IT!!!)

Sunday, April 21 - 8PM - The Tranzac Club 292 Brunswick Avenue (19+,
accessible, open bar, and the fabulous Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha's
Birthday!)

Monday, April 22 - 8PM - The Palmerston Library 560 Palmerston Ave (All
ages welcome, childcare available, accessible)
Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/165935390228236/

We acknowledge that this event takes place on stolen, unceded and occupied
Mississauga of New Credit/ Three Fires Conspiracy Indigenous land and
acknowledge that settlers benefit from occupying Indigneous land.

We will have ASL translation, details coming soon!

Featuring performance by:
Micha Cardenas
Juba Kalamka
Natro
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
The Lady Ms. Vagina Jenkins
Manish Vaidya
Ms. Cherry Galette

Access info about venues:
In order that beloved community members and performers living with chemical
injury can attend, please come fragrance free. Good information about how
to do this is here:

http://www.brownstargirl.org/1/post/2012/03/fragrance-free-femme-of-col
our-realness-draft-15.html<http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.brownstargirl.org%2F1%2Fpost%2F2012%2F03%2Ffragrance-free-femme-of-colour-realness-draft-15.html&h=3AQGIe-Vg&s=1>.

Leaving off cologne, perfume and essential oils for the evening is a great
place to start.

ASL is still being finalized, but we have the intention of providing ASL at
both shows

About Mangos With Chili

Mangos With Chili is a nationally touring, Bay Area based arts incubator
committed to showcasing high quality performance of life saving importance
by queer and trans artists of color to audiences in the Bay Area and
beyond. Our goal is to produce multi-genre performances reflecting the
lives and stories of two spirit, queer and trans people of color (TSQTPOC)
and speaking out in resistance to the daily struggles around silence,
isolation, homophobia and violence that TSQTPOC face. Mangos With Chili’s
multi-genre productions present work in the disciplines of dance, theater,
vaudeville, hip-hop, circus arts, music, spoken word and film.

More than a performance incubator, we are also a ritual space for two
spirit, queer and trans communities of color to come together in love,
conversation and transformation. Our goal is to present high quality
performance art by TSQTPOC, but so much of our work is also about creating
healing and transformative space through performances that are gathering
places for community.

Mangos With Chili was founded in 2006 by Cherry Galette and Leah Lakshmi
Piepzna-Samarasinha, two trailblazing artists with significant performance
experience and honors to their names. Mangos With Chili began as an annual
touring cabaret of queer and trans people of color performance artists,
with the goal of creating a cultural institution that would build the
careers and visibility of TSQTPOC artists. Since inception, Mangos With
Chili has developed the work of over 125 queer artists of color, produced
four national tours and created an annual season of Bay Area programming
consisting of 3-4 productions that run for several consecutive nights for
Bay Area audiences. In 2013 we remain North America’s only traveling
TSQTPOC cabaret, and have a strong legacy of work on which we continue to
build.

Mangos With Chili has featured at world class theaters, underground
performance spaces, universities such as Brown, Oberlin, Swathmore,
Amherst, Smith, Reed, American University, Georgetown, Berkeley, Mt.
Holyoke, Humboldt State University, UT Austin, and many, many more. We have
received positive media coverage from the SF Bay Guardian, the SF
Chronicle, The SF Appeal, Bitch, Feminist Review, Hip Mama, Aorta, and
Make/Shift magazines, and weeklies and alternative press across North
America.


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*12 Year Tour: Mohammad Mahjoub speaking tour continues west, April 2013*

*Calgary-Edmonton-Vancouver-Victoria*

http://www.facebook.com/events/427719553983930/

For twelve long years, Mohammad Mahjoub, a torture survivor, has been
detained without charge in Canada. He was held for lengthy periods in
solitary confinement and later under house arrest - all on the basis of
secret information which the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)
has admitted was likely obtained under torture. Finally, after twelve
years, Mr. Mahjoub is permitted to travel outside Toronto, and he is
bringing his demand for justice to the home base of Prime Minister Stephen
Harper.

Mr. Mahjoub is one of five Muslim men who have been struggling for justice
in Canada against so-called security certificates. Security certificates
allow the government to indefinitely detain or deport people on the basis
of their profile. He will tell his story as his speaking tour, which began
in 2012, continues into Western Canada. It is a rare opportunity for
audiences in other cities to hear this shocking and compelling story
first-hand.

He will be joined by Syed Hussan, a member of the Justice for Mahjoub
Network. Hussan is a migrant justice, anti-austerity and indigenous
solidarity organizer who has been active in No One Is Illegal – Toronto and
the Solidarity City Network (which just made Toronto Canada's first
Sanctuary City).

** More on Mahjoub http://www.supportmahjoub.org/background/summary-2/
** Security certificateshttp://www.supportmahjoub.org/background/security-certificates/

*DETAILS OF LOCAL EVENTS*

- *Calgary*: Tuesday, April 9, Motion Gallery, Eau Claire Market (200
Barclay Parade SW #202)
- *Edmonton*: Thursday, April 11, 7pm at Telus Centre 134, University of
Alberta Campus.
- *Vancouver*: Friday, April 12, 5:30pm at the Y, 733 Beatty St.
- *Victoria*: Saturday, April 13, details TBD.

Please save the date! Full event details forthcoming.

*PLEASE HELP*

- We need financial support. Cheques should be made out to “No One Is
Illegal Toronto” with “Justice for Mahjoub” in the subject line. Mail to
Justice for Mahjoub Network c/o No One Is Illegal-Toronto, 260 Queen Street
West, PO Box 60006, Toronto, ON M5V 1Z8. (Please confirm that you have made
the donation by emailing justiceformahjoub at gmail.com.)

- Please pass on this message to your networks and encourage people to come
out to hear Mohammad Mahjoub.

- If you can’t attend an event near you, please sign our letter to Prime
Minister Harper demanding that the remaining security certificate detainees
be immediately freed, that all five receive compensation and citizenship
and that authorities responsible be held accountable*. *Please download,
sign and then scan and email it to us at justiceformahjoub at gmail.com, by
April 9th latest! The letter is here:
http://www.supportmahjoub.org/archives/1447.

 *AND

*- Please sign and share this online Statement against Security
Certificates, which calls for an end to security certificates and freedom
for those currently detained on them: http://www.harkatstatement.com/ *
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Justice for Mahjoub Network
WEB: supportmahjoub.org
EMAIL: justiceformahjoub at gmail.com
FB: facebook.com/SupportMahjoub

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*OCAP COMMUNITY ORGANIZING COURSE – CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS
April 2013*

Following the great success of our first Community Organizing Course
in October 2012, OCAP is holding a second course to offer people some
of the knowledge and skills they will need to mobilize in their
communities to resist poverty and austerity.  Since the last course,
OCAP has been on the front lines of some major fights against social
cutbacks and homelessness and the second course will benefit from
these experiences.

DATES: 4 consecutive Saturdays – April  6th, 13th, 20th, and 27th
TIME: 2-5pm, followed by a meal each week.

Childcare and transportation costs will be provided and the location
will be wheelchair accessible. An exciting four week children’s
program is in the works!

COURSE OUTLINE:

Week 1 (April 6th): A brief introduction to OCAP. How do capitalism
and colonialism work? How do they  produce poverty? What is the
austerity agenda and how is it playing out in our communities?

Week 2 (April 13th): How does the law and the welfare system regulate
the poor? How does OCAP organize actions to defend people under attack
by these systems?

Week 3 (April 20th): How can poor people use disruptive action to
defend themselves and win victories? How are effective campaigns and
actions organized?

Week 4 (April 27th): Histories of anti-poverty resistance in Toronto.
Presentations by course participants.  What have we learned and how
are we going to take that knowledge into our communities?

This course is for people who want to fight back.  Those who
participate will be presented with ideas and methods that OCAP has
developed over more than twenty years of organizing in poor
communities.  We can offer knowledge and skills that they don't teach
in schools and you won't get from the newspapers. We intend the
sessions to be lively, engaging and informative. The opinions and
proposals of those who attend will be vital to the success. If you are
interested in being part of this course, contact OCAP as soon as
possible.  We want to stress that all who agree to participate should
make a serious commitment to attending all four sessions.  Please
don't reserve a spot, unless you can make that commitment. Space is
limited to allow for maximum engagement with participants.

How to apply:
**Please email or call us with the following information AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE:
Name:
Email and/or phone contact:
What do you hope to get out of the course?
What area of Toronto will you be coming from?
Do you need childcare?
Do you have an accessibility concerns?
Send to: the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty at: ocap at tao.ca /
416-925-6939
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*BEEHIVE COLLECTIVE JOB Postings*

Below you'll find a list of job descriptions, then general information, and
a simple form to apply <http://beehivecollective.wufoo.com/forms/p7x0r9/#>.

Please pass the word on to folks that you think might be interested! Thank
you!

love and solidarity,
the Bees

APPLICATION <http://beehivecollective.wufoo.com/forms/p7x0r9/#> TIMELINE:
Update 3/16/2013: We've decided it's best for us to close this window of
opportunity by March 31st, so if you're interested, please say hello by
then. After some phone and in-person moments over the next two weeks, we
plan to give everyone the skinny on our plans (and alternatives for
involvement) no later than April 7th. It is very likely that all
roles/tasks/opportunities open at the Beehive will not be addressed fully
by this Spring's shout-out, so please do continue to say hello into the
future if you are interested in working with us!

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Job Description Link: *http://beehivecollective.wufoo.com/forms/p7x0r9/

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YUGSA is Hiring! Handbook Coordinato**r position*

Resource Coordinator

4:49 PM (22 hours ago)

 to bcc: copsoffcampus
The York University Graduate Students' Association is hiring!!!

*Handbook Coordinator Job Posting*

The York University Graduate Student Association is seeking applications
for the contract position of Handbook Coordinator.

Applicants are asked to submit a resume and cover letter outlining relevant
skills and experience for the position, in addition to *2-3 samples* of the
applicant’s original designs by *Tuesday, March 26, 2013*.

The contract will be in effect from mid-April to July 2013 with the
possibility of extension.

This position is unionized; the employee will be hired at the union base
wage of $27.73/hour and is entitled to all the benefits outlined in the
Collective Agreement between YUGSA and CUPE 1281.

YUGSA is an equity-seeking organization and encourages applications from
members of marginalized communities such as: Indigenous or racialized
people; people with disabilities; gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, trans people,
and women.

Applications can be submitted electronically to Kate Doyle, Vice-President
Internal, at *internal(at)yugsa(dot)ca*, or in-person to Suite 325 of the
Student Centre at York University. Only those selected for an interview
will be contacted.

Summary Position:
The Handbook Coordinator is responsible for coordinating the design and
production of the Graduate Students’ Association Handbook. This position is
generally held at the end of the Winter semester or the beginning of the
Summer semester.

The Handbook Coordinator reports directly to the Executive of the Graduate
Students’ Association, but works in tandem with the Resource Coordinator
and the Student Services Coordinator as, depending on the timeline, some of
these tasks may be underway before the Handbook Coordinator is hired.

*Responsibilities:*

-Designs the graphic for the cover of the handbook, in line with the vision
of the YUGSA Executive for the cover.

-Compiles and updates all information in the handbook, which may include
information about services offered by the YUGSA, by York University, by
other organizations at York such as CUPE 3903, and in the broader
community; YUGSA and CFS campaigns; maps; and so on.

-Compiles images and/or takes photographs for the handbook.

-With the Resource Coordinator and the Student Services Coordinator,
coordinates with the Canadian Federation of Students the printing of the
handbook.

-If and when the YUGSA chooses to run advertisements in the handbook, is
responsible for gathering for the handbook.

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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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