[opirgyork] DisOrientation 2013 FINALE-- Create Art + Freedom Fridayz!

Fri Sep 27 04:06:47 PDT 2013

*OPIRG-York and CWTP @ York presents DisOrientation 2013: “Art in
Rebellion!”*

TODAY is the LAST DAY of DisOrientation at York! Hope you have all enjoyed
the events, panels, workshops and activities of teh week, and hope you join
us this evening for the concluding event- Freedom Fridayz!!

All are welcome! All events are free and wheelchair accessible!!
*More Info:* http://diso2013.opirgyork.ca
*Share on Facebook*: https://www.facebook.com/events/569675093069625

*Friday, September 27th 2013 *
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*Art Flash: Hands On Art Workshops*
*1-3 p.m. *
*Facilitated by: Radical Design School *
*Room 430, Student Centre*

This workshop will provide participants with basic knowledge of
button-making, banner-making, silk-screening, and stenciling among many
other do-it-yourself art techniques. This will also be an opportunity to
discuss and envision the ways art can influence resistance on campus and in
our communities.

All materials and supplies will provided, but feel free to bring your own.
Bring any shirts and fabrics that you would like to use for silk-screening.

*Freedom Fridays! *
*6- 9 p.m. *
*Yorkgate Mall, Black Creek Community Health Centre Lobby*
*Music, food, live art and performances! *

A movement rooted in the belief that community can build community. An
initiative of Black Creek Community Health Centre and Jane and Finch
Community Family Centres, The Spot. Freedom Fridays is a platform for
youth, elders, children, parents, artists, local entrepreneurs, educators,
and leaders (all of whom make up community) to organically build a space
that is hospitable to friendship, learning, partnership and fun.

Join us for the September instalment of Freedom Fridays, as we dance, sing,
create art and watch some amazing and talented local performers.

Food and drinks will be served.

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*OTHER York U Upcoming Events:*

*3. ONGOING: *Incendies: Arts and culture feminist magazine Callout
4. *September 30: *Omar Hamilton in Conversation - Discussion + Film
Screening
5. *October 1st:* ASAY'S Sister's in Spirit Vigil @ 12pm
 6. *October 1st:* OPIRG York Volunteer Hangout + Working Group Showcase
Open House! @ 1:30pm
7. *October 2nd: *Environmental Justice Working Group Meeting- October 2nd
8. *ONGOING*: YU Free Press Callout for Submissions: Alt. Media Issue
9. *TAKE ACTION!* Support Striking Immigration Detainees!
10. *October 19:* No Line 9!  No Tar Sands Pipelines!  Rally at the NEB
hearings
11. *October 11: *OPIRG York + CWTP @ York Volunteer Training
12. *ONGOING*: REGISTER FOR TOOLS FOR CHANGE’S WORKSHOPS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE

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*3. Incendies: Arts and culture feminist magazine Callout
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York’s only arts and culture feminist magazine is looking for passionate
students for the following positions:

Submissions Manager
Copy Editors (2)
Poetry Editor
Layout Designer
Graphic Editor
Communications Coordinator

Send your resume to incendies.publication at gmail.com with position being
applied for in the Subject line.
*APPLICATIONS DUE MIDNIGHT, OCT. 1st*
Further details at http://incendiesmag.wordpress.com/

*4. Omar Hamilton in Conversation - Discussion + Film Screening
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(RSVP on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/events/523018534458377/>)

*TIME: Monday September 30 1-2:30PM
LOCATION: Chancellor's Room, Student Centre (next to entrance to the
Underground on the 1st floor), York University
FREE ADMISSION*

OMAR ROBERT HAMILTON is an independent filmmaker, producer of the Palestine
Festival of Literature and a founding member of the Mosireen Collective in
Cairo. OMAR is also an esteemed guest at The Toronto Palestine Film
Festival 2013.

OMAR will screen and discuss some of his work as well as the works of
Mosireen - the most watched non-profit YouTube channel in Egypt of all time.

Facilitated by York Professor JUSTIN PODUR.

The event is organized in support and solidarity of our founder and mentor,
professor and filmmaker JOHN GREYSON.

For questions/accessibility: rebels at opirgyork.ca

http://www.orhamilton.com/bio.html
 http://tarekandjohn.com/

*in association with Rebels With A Cause Film Festival and The Toronto
Palestine Film Festival
** thank you to our sponsor: York Film Department

*5. ASAY's Sister's in Spirit Vigil*

*Date*: Tuesday, October 1st
*Time*: 12 Noon
*Location*: Meet in Vari Hall, march to York tipi

We would like to invite you and your members to an event we are
holding on October
1st.
It will be our Sisters in Spirit Vigil honoring murdered and missing
aboriginal women.
We will be marching from Vari Hall at 12 noon to the York tipi (located
behind Osgoode Hall) where the vigil will take place.
We will open with a traditional prayer followed by a sharing circle.
Refreshments to be served following the vigil.
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*For more info:* asay.york at gmail.com

Hope to see you there!

-Aboriginal Students Association at York

*6. OPIRG York Volunteer Hangout + Working Group Showcase Open House!*

*Share on fb:* https://www.facebook.com/events/167571550102870/

Join OPIRG York on...

*Date*: TUESDAY OCTOBER 1st 2013
*Time*: 1:30-4:30pm
*Location*: the OPIRG office (Student Centre Rm. 449 C) and Room 307
Student Centre

...for free food, fun and meeting amazing fellow social justice thinkers on
campus!

We're having an open house to welcome back new/returning students,
re-introduce our Radical Resource Reading Centre, to relax and hangout with
new friends, to thank our amazing Dis-Orientation Volunteers, and to
SHOWCASE our OPIRG York Working Groups!

- Come and find out about OPIRG resources
- Meet the staff, board members and volunteers
- Listen to some awesome music!!!
- Enjoy great food
- Sign up to become a volunteer
- Learn about what OPIRG does
- Learn about our exciting working groups:

* YU Free Press
*Environmental Justice
* Students Against Israeli Apartheid at York University
* Filipino Canadian Youth Alliance – Ontario (UKPC/FCYA-ON)
* Students for a Free Tibet
* Incendies
+ AND Jane Finch Action Against Poverty (JFAAP)
+ AND Black Creek Community Farm
+ Rebels with a Cause Film Festival

- AND Come and hang out!

See you there!

*7. Environmental Justice Working Group Meeting- October 2nd*

The Environmental Justice working group at OPIRG York is gearing up for an
exciting year.  We will be mapping Line 9 in the Jane-Finch community and
putting together outreach materials for the community to use that talk
about how the pipeline reversal project will affect them.

We will also be using these materials to start a divestment campaign at
York to get the University to divest from Enbridge.

The first meeting of the working group will take place next Wednesday where
we will talk about these upcoming projects and how people can get involved.

The meeting will take place on:

*Wednesday Oct. 2*
*4-6pm*
*York University Student Centre*
*room 311C*

 Hope to see you there!  Feel free to forward this email to anyone who
might be interested in getting involved.

*8. ONGOING: YU Free Press Callout for Submissions: Alt. Media & Activism
Issue*

There is a constant necessity to use and interact with media in order to be
informed, stay connected, and communicate. The variety of mediums in use,
whether it be the newspapers, radio, YouTube, Facebook, or Twitter, amongst
others, brings forth fundamental questions: How do we understand and define
alternative media and mass media?  In what ways have art and creative work
become modes of alternative media? How do we assess the validity of
alternative media? To what extent has the digital age brought about
participatory forms of media?  What are some strategies for sustaining the
production of alternative media outlets? How can we strengthen alternative
media as an activist tool?

For our next issue of YU Free Press we welcome submissions that critically
engage in topics and questions related to journalism, media-industrial
complexes, activism and alternative media. We are interested in alternative
media, understood broadly as alternative knowledge production, including
but not limited to alternative education, autonomous broadcasting,
 activist blogging, community arts, and critical knowledge & skill sharing
practices. Please send us your writings, reviews, art, photography, poetry,
and other creative works, especially if they are relevant to our issue’s
theme.

*On Facebook:* https://www.facebook.com/events/374335099364170/
*Suggested Word Count :* 300 - 2000 words
*Submission Deadline :* Sunday Oct 13
*Please email submissions and inquiries to* info at yufreepress.org

*9. TAKE ACTION! Support Striking Immigration Detainees!*
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*More info:* http://endimmigrationdetention.wordpress.com

Joint statement by Books to Bars Hamilton, Dignidad Migrante,
Fuerza/Puwersa, No One Is Illegal-Montreal / Personne n’est illégal, No One
Is Illegal Toronto, No One Is Illegal Vancouver Solidarity Across Borders /
Solidarité sans frontières (Montréal)

Over a 180 immigration detainees in Lindsay, Ontario’s Central East
Correctional Centre (CECC) began protest actions on Tuesday, September 18th
against conditions of their detention. The detainees were recently moved
from other prisons in the Greater Toronto Area, about two hours away, and
have lost touch with families and legal support as a result. Conditions at
Lindsay are substantially worse for them then before. Some prisoners began
a hunger strike on Wednesday which has now ended but other strike actions
are continuing.

Striking immigration detainees are asking supporters to call and write
Superintendent Neil Neville (read more about him below) and immigration
enforcement in support of their demands.

*CALL: 705-328-6009*
*SIGN THE PETITION ON OUR WEBSITE:
http://endimmigrationdetention.wordpress.com*

The striking immigration detainees in Lindsay are demanding:

– Better access to medical care and social workers
– Cheaper phone calls and access to international calling cards (many have
family overseas)
– Access to better food, like the food on the non-immigration ranges
– An end to constant lockdowns
– Keep the improved canteen program going
– Better access to legal aid and legal services

Additionally, detainees are demanding that the Canadian Border Services
Agency (CBSA) grant specific requests to move individuals to facilities
nearer to their families, legal resources, and social services.

Some of the prisoners are long-term detainees, people immigration
enforcement cannot deport but will not release. Others have been designated
as ‘high security’ based on prior criminal history but this can be as
little as an arrest that has not led to conviction. Some people have been
in jail for over 7 years because Canada unlike the US and UK has no limit
on how long someone can be held prior to deportation.

*Background*

About Superintendent Neil Neville: Neville was in charge of Elgin-Middlesex
Detention Centre in 2009, when two inmates died. He left EMDC in May 2011,
and took on several roles within the provincial bureaucracy before taking
over in Lindsay. Inquests held into the 2009 deaths painted a picture of an
overcrowded, understaffed EMDC with inadequate medical care and supervision
of inmates.

About Immigration Detention in Canada: Between 2004 and 2011, 82,000 people
were locked up in immigration detention. At least another 25,000 have been
imprisoned since 2011. In 2012, 289 of the detainees were children, many of
them under the age of 10. There are three dedicated immigration detention
centres in Canada: in Toronto, in Laval and in Vancouver. The Kingston
centre, specially built for the security certificate detainees, known as
“Guantanamo North”, was quietly closed in 2011. The rest of the detainees,
about 35% of the total are held in maximum security provincial prisons,
some unable to leave their cells for 18 hours a day. $53, 775, 000 in
public money is spent on immigration detention annually or $239 per day.
Comparatively, a unit of social housing can be provided at less than
$31/day. The total cost of immigration detention including surveillance and
supervision of immigrants, particularly of security certificate detainees
and those not in detention is much higher. Immigration detention centres
are a $50million business, run in partnership with private companies like
G4S, Garda and Corbel Management Corporation. In Toronto alone, G4S and
Corbel were paid $19 million between 2004 and 2008. Garda has the contract
for the Laval Immigration Holding Centre. More info:
http://vimeo.com/55622758

Freedom to Move, Return, Stay: In the last ten years, the number of people
without full status (refugee claimants, temporary workers, etc) has
increased by 60% but permanent residency visas have stayed constant.
Refugee acceptance rates are less then 25%. Too many migrants are denied
full status, and are forced to live in the country without papers,
services, justice or dignity. Migrants without full status live in daily
fear of detention and deportation. Those arrested are locked up in cages in
brutish conditions awaiting forced deportations. This system is broken. We
insist: No One Is Illegal! End Immigration Detentions! Freedom for All
Prisoners!

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*10. No Line 9!  No Tar Sands Pipelines!  Rally at the NEB hearings*

*When*: Saturday, October 19th, Noon
 *Where*: Toronto Metro Convention Centre (255 Front Street West)
*Facebook*: https://www.facebook.com/events/231888730295797/

Enbridge is trying to pipe tar sands bitumen through Southern Ontario and
Quebec, threatening the health and safety of our communities and waterways,
and allowing for the expansion of the most destructive project on the
planet, the tar sands. Enbridge’s Line 9 is a 38-year old pipeline that is
almost identical in build and age to the Line 6 pipeline that ruptured in
the Kalamazoo River in Michigan.  In total, Line 9 passes within 50 km of
an estimated 9.1 million people, including 18 First Nation communities, and
directly through 99 towns and cities.
But instead of opposing or even carefully considering Enbridge’s proposal
to send tar sands through aging infrastructure, the project is being pushed
through without as much as an environmental assessment.  In fact, the
National Energy Board (NEB) is doing everything it can to shut out voices
from the public in the approval process, while First Nations communities
say that they have not been consulted. From October 16 to 19, the National
Energy Board will hold hearings in Toronto, but only pre-approved
intervenors are allowed to speak.
 When our voices are muted by government, the streets become our megaphone.
Indigenous communities, environmentalists and labour groups have united to
oppose the tar sands pipelines going west and south, and we need a
similarly impressive display of mass opposition to any such proposal to
transport tar sands east. Stopping the Line 9 Pipeline Reversal and moving
toward a clean energy economy with green jobs would be a multiple “win” – a
win for communities, jobs, farms, the environment, public health, and for
our long-term energy security. Join us October 19th outside the NEB
hearings as we say "No Line 9! No Tar Sands Pipelines!".

Background
With the Kalamazoo River and countless other spills, we have witnessed the
devastation caused by bitumen spills to homes, wildlife, waterways, and
people's health. Chemicals specific to the transport of bitumen poison the
air, while the heavier bitumen sinks in waterways, making it nearly
impossible to clean-up.
Beyond the very real threat to our communities and waterways, pipelines
allow for the expansion of the tar sands. At every level of production, tar
sands is a disaster. From the extraction of bitumen, to the transport and
refining of the thick toxic substance, this industry is creating sacrifice
zones everywhere it operates. In particular, operations in Northern Alberta
are poisoning surrounding people, land, water, and animals, threatening the
health of many Indigenous communities, some of whom are experiencing high
rates of rare cancers.  What's more, the tar sands giga-project is Canada's
largest source of greenhouse gases, accelerating climate change, which is
leading to droughts, floods, and other extreme weather conditions.
For more information on Line 9, please see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tK83lr7doA

For inquiries: NoLine9rally at gmail.com

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**11. October 11: OPIRG York + CWTP @ York Volunteer Training
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Come to our volunteer training with the Centre for Women and Trans People
at York and OPIRG York!
*Share on FB:* https://www.facebook.com/events/396069120520182

The training will take place:

Oct 11, 2013 from 11 - 6 pm
*Location*: Room 313 Student Centre, York U Keele Campus

*Details*:
11-2pm: Anti-Oppression Training
2-3pm: Lunch!
3-6pm: Trans 101 Training

Please *REGISTER* to confirm participation. Please note that attendance is
capped.

*REGISTER*: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1pcRtjMZCWURXsAmWz9EbRNdhun
Fjgjy5biyKjvzJKfc/viewform
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For CWTP volunteers, please make sure you complete a volunteer training
application:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8GLghhke5mNdFJ4NzZLTXJzMzQ/edit?usp=sharing
Hard copies are also available at CWTP, Room 322 in the Student Centre,
York University. *

Remember to sign in when you attend the workshops! :)

*12. REGISTER FOR TOOLS FOR CHANGE’S WORKSHOPS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE*
A project of OPIRG Toronto, Earthroots, and Greenpeace Canada, Tools
for Change hosts workshops throughout the year to help you develop
skills to champion social change.

Payment is based on a sliding scale system from $10 to $50.
Scholarships available.  Community sponsors, University of Toronto
students, Greenpeace, and Earthroots members can choose to attend the
workshops on a free/donation only basis.  Please contact us at
tools.change at gmail.com if you’re like to know more about being a
community sponsor.

Almost all workshops are held in accessible classrooms at the
University of Toronto, St George Campus.

Register today.

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Meeting Facilitation Skills for Change Makers
Saturday, September 28, 2013 from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM (EDT)

Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/event/7756789767?ref=ecal

Learn and practice key tools, techniques and approaches that will help
you understand the facilitation process, effectively facilitate
meetings and make great decisions.  Participants will have the
opportunity to practice their facilitation skills and receive critical
feedback.

Trainer: Jessica Bell, M.Ed. is a facilitator and trainer. More info
at www.jessicabell.org.
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Navigating Conflict Resolution Workshop

Saturday, October 26, 2013 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM (EDT)

Register: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/7986049489

The purpose of this workshop is to provide techniques for resolving
conflict within our groups, as well as long-term strategies to build a
climate of equity, constructive debate and internal cooperation. The
workshop will provide participants with space to discuss and practice
de-escalation and conflict strategies.

Trainer: Brook Thorndycraft has taught Interpersonal Communication and
Restorative Justice at George Brown College.
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Social Media for Social Change
Saturday, November 3, 2013 from 1:00 PM to 4.30p PM (EST)

Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/event/8120503645

This workshop is co-sponsored by Tools for Change and the Ontario
Federation of Labour.

This workshop explores how to engage in effective online campaigning &
maximize social media strategies in your projects and campaigns.
Participants will explore the benefits and challenges of different
online and social media tools, be given useful information about
managing online campaigns & social media platforms as well as
mobilizing different audiences and tracking results.

Joel Duff is the communications director of the Ontario Federation of Labour.

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Grassroots Financial Management
Sunday, November 3, 2013 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM (EST)

Register: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/8001098501

Come learn about the basic steps you must take to manage your group’s
finances, including an introduction to bookkeeping.

Sharmeen Khan is a bookkeeper and associate editor of the Canadian
Association of Labour Media.

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How to Make Activism a Lifelong Commitment
Saturday, November 9, 2013 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM (EST)
Register: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/8410238249

Why are there so few activists over thirty? How do we balance
livelihood, child care, organizing, health and friendships? This
participatory workshop will reflect on past experience of long term
activists, and strategize for lifelong struggle!

Trainers: Lesley Wood is interested in helping more people stay
engaged in revolutionary work as they exit their early 20s. She's been
rabble rousing since the 1980s in a wide variety of movements. She
tries not to take herself too seriously.

Mac Scott has been organizing around poverty, immigrant rights,
environmental justice and indigenous solidarity for a good long while,
mostly in Toronto.

Community Organizing
Saturday, November 23, 2013 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM (EST)

Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/event/8465471453

This workshop will outline the theory of community organizing and the
steps and strategies involved in actively participating in an
organization engaged in community organizing.

Trainer: Effie Vlachoyannacos is the Managing Director of Public
Interest, a social enterprise in Toronto working with communities to
fuel social change and build the capacity of non-profit organizations
and labour groups to do the same.

Art for Action: stencils and print making
Saturday, November 30, 2013 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM (EST)
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/event/8044273639

This workshop will give you hands-on experience designing and cutting
stencils and using screens suitable for printing posters, placards,
t-shirts and more. Bring your creative ideas to practice with, and be
inspired by examples of what has worked well. Space will be limited to
25 participants, so register soon to avoid disappointment!

Trainer: Ryan Hayes is a member of the Radical Design School.

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Setting up and improving your group's structure
Saturday, January 18, 2014 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM (EST)

Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/event/8043545461

Who is part of your group and who isn't? How do you make decisions? Is
it working for you? This workshop explores how small groups can
establish and improve systems to integrate people into the group and
effectively make decisions. Topics covered include: membership types
and different styles of decision-making, from hierarchy to consensus.

Trainer: Jessica Bell, M.Ed. is a facilitator and trainer. More info
at www.jessicabell.org.

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Avoiding Activist Burnout, Cultivating our Collective Resiliency Workshop

Saturday, February 8, 2014 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM (EST)
Register: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/8054827205/eorg

Drawing from the collective wisdom of all participants, we will
examine what burnout looks like, how it can be prevented, and ways it
can be addressed. On the flip side, you will be invited to examine
what resiliency looks like for you. Together we will explore various
tips and tools to ensure that when things get tough, we can all bounce
back a little faster.

Facilitators: Facilitator, Tammy Neilson, and Greenpeace campaigns
organizer, Laura Severinac.

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