[opirgyork] Upcoming Events + Get Involved + Job Opportunities!
OPIRG York
opirg at yorku.ca
Tue May 20 10:05:26 PDT 2014
Hey Everyone!
You can get involved in organizing right now! If you'd like to learn the
ropes for organizing events, join the DisOrientation 2014 team! Details
below. AND if you're interested in Alternative Media- join the YU Free
Press-- editorial and volunteer positions are available and training will
happen! Also check out the cool job opportunities at OPIRG Toronto, and
stay tuned for a summer job opportunity at OPIRG York soon too!
If you're interested in volunteering at OPIRG York, or have any questions,
please get in touch with Victoria, at victoria at opirgyork.ca. We always are
in need of volunteers! And stop by the OPIRG York office anytime -- Room
449C Student Centre!
-- OPIRG York
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*TODAY'S DIGEST:*
1. *ONGOING:* DisOrientation 2014: Help OPIRG York Plan DisO's events!!
2. *ONGOING: *YU Free Press is looking for editors + new volunteers --
Learn & get experience in Alternative Media!
3. *Book Release*: After Occupy: Economic Democracy for the 21st Century-
Book Release!
4. *JOB: MAY 20 DEADLINE*: OPIRG-Toronto is hiring a Coordinator of
Programming and Volunteers
5. *JOBS: JUNE 3 DEADLINE:* OPIRG-Toronto is hiring two summer student
positions
6. *May 31*: Our Voices: A Portrait Series Opening
7. *ONGOING*: Submit a Pitch to the Action Speaks Louder Newsletter
8. *CALLOUT*: The 2014 Toronto Anarchist Bookfair – July 19-20 (Proposals
Due June 15th)
9. *May 30*: Summer Jamz: A Queer and Trans cover band show
10. *June 26:* 26 June, International Day against Islamophobia and
Indefinite Detention of Immigrants: Free Mohammad Mahjoub Now!
11. *June 6*: Downtown East Toronto women reclaim the streets: Rally and
March to Stop Violence Against Women
12. *ONGOING*: Know Your Rights Film Launched / Affronter l’injustice:
Connaissez vos droits / Estreno de la película Conoce Tus Derechos
13. *June 5:* 13. Dinner with Mahjoub Fundraiser -- 14 Years and Counting…
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*1. **DisOrientation 2014: Help OPIRG York Plan DisO's events!!*
For years on the York University campus, OPIRG-York, its allied
organizations and community members have put together an alternative
orientation week open to students and community members. By bringing
together a wide range of campus and community groups, DisO aims to draw the
links between the many different kinds of political, environmental and
social justice based organizing that exists on campus and in our
communities.
This year’s DisOrientation 2014, is to be held on and near the York
University campus, from Monday, September 22nd, 2014 to Friday, September
26th, 2014. We hope to again host a series of amazing workshops, panels,
teach-ins, storytelling, skills-sharing and art-making! DisOrientation is
fundamentally about sharing skills, stories, and knowledge that demonstrate
the vibrant talents and capabilities we all possess.
Are you interested in being part of the Team that puts it all together?
*Please get in touch with Victoria at victoria at opirgyork.ca
<victoria at opirgyork.ca>. *We will be setting a meeting date to start the
organizing in the next couple of weeks- and I will try to make this meeting
based on everyone's schedule so the most people can make it!!
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*2. **YU Free Press is looking for editors + new volunteers -- Learn & get
experience in Alternative Media!*
The YU Free press is an alternative news magazine at York that supports
critical analysis of the corporate media model. We are firmly opposed to
oppression in all its possible forms (gender, sexual orientation, race,
disability, religion, class, etc.) and are dedicated to upholding and
promoting a clear vision of social justice through the publication of
labour, union, and activist-positive material.
*NEW MEMBERS MEETING:*
Thursday, May 29th
1pm
Room 311C Student Centre
*On FB:* https://www.facebook.com/events/277765699063700 (please share)
Some of the features over the past 7 years have covered issues such as:
Integrity in Journalism
Environmental Justice: race, displacement, and land
Violence Against Native Women
Access to Information as Access to Freedom
State Oppression and Police Brutality
Analysis of Student Struggles Around the World
We are excited for new submissions in the fall and are looking to establish
a team to keep this current of critical thought thriving in the years to
come.
There are volunteer opportunities within all parts of the paper - editorial
or otherwise. We will do training with new folks who want to get involved
and have little to no experience, but also appreciate anyone with
experience or new ideas to add to the paper! Just let us know!
CONTACT US: yufreepress at gmail.com
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*SEE POSITIONS HERE:*
http://opirgyork.ca/sites/opirgyork.ca/files/YUFP%20Positions.doc
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*3. **After Occupy: Economic Democracy for the 21st Century- Book Release!*
*Book*: After Occupy: Economic Democracy for the 21st Century
*Author*: Tom Malleson
The book is being published by Oxford University Press and available
directly from them,
http://global.oup.com/academic/product/after-occupy-9780199330102?q=after%20occupy&lang=en&cc=ca#
Or from Amazon:
http://www.amazon.ca/After-Occupy-Economic-Democracy-Century/dp/0199330107
>From Amazon.ca it currently costs $20.76
**
These days, it is easy to be cynical about democracy. Even though there are
more democratic societies now (119 and counting) than ever before, skeptics
can point to low turnouts in national elections, the degree to which money
corrupts the process, and the difficulties of mass participation in complex
systems as just a few reasons why the system is flawed. The Occupy movement
in 2011 proved that there is an emphatic dissatisfaction with the current
state of affairs, particularly with the economy, but, ultimately, it failed
to produce any coherent vision for social change. So what should
progressives be working toward? What should the economic vision be for the
21st century?
After Occupy boldly argues that democracy should not just be a feature of
political institutions, but of economic institutions as well. In fact,
despite the importance of the economy in democratic societies, there is
very little about it that is democratic. Questioning whether the lack of
democracy in the economy might be unjust, Tom Malleson scrutinizes
workplaces, the market, and financial and investment institutions to
consider the pros and cons of democratizing each. He considers examples of
successful efforts toward economic democracy enacted across the globe, from
worker cooperatives in Spain to credit unions and participatory budgeting
measures in Brazil and questions the feasibility of expanding each. The
book offers the first comprehensive and radical vision for democracy in the
economy, but it is far from utopian. Ultimately, After Occupy offers
possibility, demonstrating in a remarkably tangible way that when political
democracy evolves to include economic democracy, our societies will have a
chance of meaningful equality for all.
"Tom Malleson's After Occupy provides an exceptionally insightful and
nuanced defense of economic democracy. It combines sophisticated
philosophical analysis of normative issues with careful empirical
discussion of the actual practice of democracy in different kinds of
economic institutions. The discussion never indulges in simple
cheer-leading for democratic principles, yet also never loses sight of the
serious aspirations for a meaningfully democratic world. It is a superb
piece of work." --Erik Olin Wright, Professor of Sociology, University of
Wisconsin-Madison and author of Envisioning Real Utopias
"This is a wonderful book-concise, well-argued, impassioned. Our present
political system is broken. Our present economic system is broken. But,
argues Malleson, another world is possible, a far better world-not
pie-in-the sky, but a 'realistic utopia,' the key institutions of which can
be specified and rigorously defended, for elements of this 'new world' are
already present and have been carefully studied. As Malleson makes clear,
our future is not determined. It could be the economic/environmental
dystopia toward which neoliberal capitalism is taking us-or a sane, humane,
genuinely democratic world. Malleson's clear-eyed analysis offers reasons
for hope." --David Schweickart, Professor of Philosophy, Loyola University
of Chicago
"Drawing on and integrating a wealth of knowledge from political philosophy
and political economy, as well as his rich appreciation of existing
examples of economic democracy from around the world, Tom Malleson
convincingly argues for Economic Democracy as a feasible and desirable
alternative to which 21st-century economic justice movements should aspire.
This book offers all the key components of a comprehensive alternative
vision: close analysis and critique of existing economic structures,
careful thought about how workplaces and investment might be democratized,
and clear moral thinking about why such an alternative is so badly needed.
Rigorously argued and engaging all the hard questions, After Occupy is an
accessible and essential one-stop shop for academics and activists serious
about creating a democratic alternative to the failing status quo." --Thad
Williamson, Associate Professor of Leadership Studies and Philosophy,
Politics, Economics and Law, University of Richmond
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*4. **OPIRG-Toronto is hiring a Coordinator of Programming and Volunteers*
One year contract for a full-time non-permanent, term position of
Coordinator of Programming and Volunteers
Start Date: June 16, 2014
End Date: August 19, 2015
The Ontario Public Interest Research Group at the University of Toronto
(OPIRG Toronto) is a student funded, volunteer-driven, not-for-profit,
community/campus organization mandated to facilitate action, education and
research around issues of social and environmental justice. OPIRG Toronto
strives to provide an anti-racist, trans and queer positive, accessible,
harassment-free space for students and community members to utilize and
further develop skills as community organizers while making links with
larger movements in working for social change. OPIRG-Toronto also provides
information and resources to its members and the broader community. OPIRG
Toronto is currently hiring for a Programming and Volunteers Coordinator
for a 13 month, non-permanent, term position to replace a permanent staff
member on leave. The employment term will end August 19, 2015. This is a
unionized position with CUPE Local 1281.
Salary: $21.23/hr, 30 hrs/wk, comprehensive healthcare plan
Hours of work: 30 hrs, 4 days a week, plus occasional evening and weekend
work.
OPIRG welcomes the contributions that individuals from marginalized
communities bring to our organization, and invites aboriginal people,
people of colour, women, gays, lesbians, bisexuals, queer oriented people,
trans* people, single parents, members of ethnic minorities, immigrants and
people with disabilities to apply. We encourage applicants to describe the
contributions and experience they, as individuals who identify with
marginalized communities, would bring to the OPIRG organization in their
cover letter.
The Role of Staff
Because volunteer turnover is frequent, permanent staff ensure the
organization’s stability. They maintain the organization’s integrity,
assist volunteers in their activism and networking, and facilitate problem
solving to address internal structural deficiencies.
OPIRG Toronto is located on a university campus and follows four-month
semester university cycle. Workload varies depending on the time of year.
Evening and weekend work is expected and is regulated by the collective
agreement. The work environment has little day-to-day supervision. The
Volunteer and Programming Coordinator works cooperatively with the
Administration and Finances Coordinator, in continual consultation with
OPIRG volunteers. Both staff members provide monthly reports to the Board
of Directors.
QUALIFICATIONS:
• An explicit, integral and dedicated commitment to
anti-racism and anti-oppression
• Ability to prioritize work and manage numerous tasks
simultaneously
• Ability to work well with students and volunteers
• Experience coordinating projects, campaigns and events
• Experience creating promotional and educational materials
• Familiarity with social justice and environmental issues
and their interconnections
• Self-directed and ability to take initiative in a loosely
structured and unsupervised, dynamic work environment
• Strong written, verbal and interpersonal communication
skills
• Understanding of consensus decision-making and ability to
work with this framework in groups
• Ability to apply an anti-oppression analysis to all levels
of organizing and decision-making
• Experience with popular education and skills sharing
OTHER ASSETS:
• Ability to research, design and execute workshops for the
purposes of popular education/information sharing
• Experience with web design and development
• Design skills (InDesign, Photoshop, etc.)
• Familiarity with social justice campaign work and
campus-based organizing
• Experience with Ontario Public Interest Research Groups
RESPONSIBILITIES:
With the support of the Board of Directors and staff, these are some of the
core responsibilities of the Coordinator of Programming and Volunteers:
Outreach and Communication:
• Design and execute recruitment and outreach campaigns
• Write and design posters, ads, community service
announcements, promotional pamphlets and other information materials
• Respond to all volunteer-related inquiries
• Network with campus/community groups on common issues and
campaigns; serve as primary OPIRG representative to community and campus
coalitions
• Coordinate production of the bi-annual newsletter Action
Speaks Louder
Recruitment, Orientation and Volunteer Placement
• Organizing new members orientation meetings, OPIRG Open
House, office and resource library orientations
• Assist with Board orientation
• Provide guidance to volunteers in accordance with
OPIRGstructure, policies, procedures, etc.
Training:
• Facilitate/coordinate anti-oppression training
• Provide ongoing support for board and volunteer skill
development
• Develop and manage the Tools for Change skills-sharing
workshop series
Supervision, Tracking and Evaluation of Volunteers:
• Ensure that volunteers and action groups maintain the
integrity of the organization, understand and adhere to OPIRG’s policies
and procedures
• Encourage volunteers to provide ongoing feedback about
organization
Programming and Action Groups:
• Provide ongoing assistance to volunteers and action group
initiatives
• Assist volunteers in the production of posters, pamphlets
and outreach materials
• Liaise with campus groups for planning joint activities
and coalition building
• Organize and coordinate events, including Disorientation
Week, our annual radical orientation in September
Participating in Decision-Making:
• Attend board and staff meetings, relevant working group
and committee meetings, and OPIRG provincial meetings
• Assist in policy development and implementation
Organizational Development:
• Work to strengthen cooperation between OPIRG-Toronto
volunteers, volunteers at other PIRGs, and city and campus-based coalitions
and campaigns
• Provide monthly staff reports to the Board
• Provide annual reports to the OPIRG membership at the
Annual General Meeting (AGM)
• Assist the OPIRG Administrative Coordinator with preparation for
the AGM
• Familiarize yourself with all OPIRG Memorandums of Agreement
(MOA)
Employment Terms:
This is a full-time term (non-permanent) staff position with 30 hours per
week at a rate of $21.23/hour with extended health care and benefits as
defined under the Collective Agreement. As this is a temporary position to
replace a permanent staff member on leave, the non-permanent staff member
will not be entitled to grieve the termination of this term contract. All
newly hired employees shall be considered to be on probation for 6 months
from the commencement date of employment.
How to Apply:
Applicants must provide a resume, cover letter and one-page statement
explaining your perspective on “Community organizing and working through
oppression and privilege.” This statement is intended to give the hiring
committee an idea of what community organizing experience you've done and
how you locate/understand yourself within that work. Applications that do
not include this statement will not be considered.
*Please send your resume, cover letter and statement by 6 PM Tuesday May
20th, 2014 to opirgtohire at gmail.com <opirgtohire at gmail.com>. *
OPIRG Toronto thanks all applicants, but only those applicants selected for
an interview will be contacted. Should an interview candidate be unable to
attend the interview in person, we can likely accommodate with an
alternative arrangement. Please indicate in your cover letter if you think
such accommodations will be necessary.
PLEASE NO FAXES AND NO PHONE CALLS.
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*5. **OPIRG-Toronto is hiring two summer student positions*
*OPIRG-Toronto Summer Employment Opportunities: Come work with us at OPIRG!*
Deadline for applications: Tuesday, June 3rd @ 12:00PM
Start Date: Monday, June 16th, 2014
End Date: Friday August 29th, 2014
Rate of Pay: $12.00/hr @ 21hrs/week for 11 weeks
How to Apply: Applicants must provide one page cover letter and resume. We
encourage individuals from equity-seeking groups (e.g. Aboriginal people,
racialized people, women, queer, trans* people,inter-sexed people, working
class people, single parents, immigrants and peoplewith 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 Monday-Thursday. 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 9th-13th.
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
Summer Events and Programming Coordinator
$12.00/hr
21 hours aweek for 11 weeks
The Summer Events and Programming Coordinator will be responsible for
increasing OPIRG-Toronto’s profile on the University ofToronto campus and
in the surrounding through a variety of outreach methods.Working with and
reporting to the OPIRG-Toronto Board of Directors and staff, the Summer
Events and Programming Coordinator will participate in coordinating the
production of OPIRG-Toronto fall newsletter, Action Speaks Louder, and
assist in organizing events and workshops that inspire environmental and
social justice action, including OPIRG-Toronto’s radical fall orientation
week.
Tasks and Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Networking: identify target groups, outreach and build relationships with
other similarly mandated grassroots, volunteer-based organizations and
clubs on campus, and within the City of Toronto and promote OPIRG-Toronto’s
programming, attend and liaise with ad-hoc campus/community meetings as a
representative of OPIRG-Toronto in order to inform the community of our
programming and summer events and campaigns
- Programming: work closely with the Programming and Volunteers Coordinator
to strategize and develop free training and skills building workshops for
the public; develop and implement outreach strategies for OPIRG events
using a variety of media
- Newsletter Production: participate in newsletter meetings, solicit
articles for the newsletter, correspond with various writers, activists and
community groups, editing and proofreading, produce the newsletter using
Adobe Indesign and Photoshop
- Reporting: develop a weekly work plan and report on work progress to the
Boardof Directors
Community Research and Engagement Coordinator
$12.00/hr
21 hours aweek for 11 weeks
The Community Research and EngagementCoordinator will be responsible for
increasing OPIRG-Toronto’s profile on the University of Toronto campus and
in the surrounding community in the field of community-based research. This
position builds on the work from our 2013 Canada Summer Jobs position,
which explored and implemented steps to creating an effective research
program that link student research with active community and not-for-profit
organizations. Working with and reporting to the OPIRG-Toronto Board of
Directors and staff, the Community Research and Engagement Coordinator will
help design and implement the next stage of this project.
Tasks and Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Networking: assist the board and staff in liaising with course unions,
student unions, and local grassroots social justice and environmental
justice organizations to identify priority campaigns and issues, for
example affordable education, affordable housing, youth unemployment, new
immigrants to Canada, aboriginal rights and environmental advocacy
- Research: help establish research priorities necessary for the execution
of successful campaigns that will help empower community activists in
reaching their campaign goals; use the University of Toronto resources,
including the libraries and databases to perform research on priority
issues as identified by the community groups in collaboration with the
OPIRG-Toronto Board of Directors
- Fundraising: assist the organization insecuring sources of funding for
the Community Research Exchange project
- Relationship Building: identify and contact interested faculty, students,
and community members to promote research opportunities and topics,
facilitate networking between the university campus and the different
community organizations that focus on social and environmental justice,
strengthen relationships with student and community groups by hosting
information seminars that foster collective projects; in particular, build
on existing relationship with PIRGs across the country, especially those
with community based research programs
- Website and Media: assist in outreaching through website and social media
(twitter, facebook, etc), creating online database of different research
initiatives and organizations; craft press releases and liaise with local
and national media
- Reporting: develop a weekly work plan and report on work progress to the
OPIRG-Toronto Board of Directors
***NO FAXES OR PHONE CALLS PLEASE***
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*6. **Our Voices: A Portrait Series*
*“Our Voices: A Portrait Series”*
*Art Exhibit at Beit Zatoun*
*612 Markham Street*
*Toronto, Ontario*
*May 31st – 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM*
*June 1st – 12 PM – 5 PM*
*This event is free*
As the struggle for genuine settlement and integration intensifies, so do
the voices of the Filipino Canadian community. “Our Voices: A Portrait
Series Project” exhibit, to be held at Beit Zatoun House on May 31st to
June 1st, features the shared experiences, stories, and narratives of the
Filipino Canadian community.
>From stories of migration to current ongoing struggles, the art exhibit
gives the women, youth and workers in the community a voice to express its
concerns. “We are continuing to unpack our Maleta [Suitcase] by sharing
our stories of migration, as well as challenges the community faces,” said
Kyle Veyra, UKPC/FCYA-York member. The community faces issues such as
systemic barriers to education and employment, economic marginalization and
exploitative work under Canada’s Live-in-Caregiver Program and the
Temporary Foreign Workers’ Program.
“Stories of deskilling, relegation to low-wage work, and non-accreditation
of previous education are the common experiences of our community members.
Through “Our Voices,” we are able to highlight these stories and bring out
the culture of resistance of the Filipino Canadian community” adds Veyra.
The exhibit presents the community’s experiences through different visual
art, mixed media pieces such as a short documentary film and interactive
photo-based installments. The event allows all participants to deepen their
understanding and raise awareness of social, political, and economic issues
within the community and the broader Canadian society.
“Our Voices: A portrait Series Project” is an art project spearheaded by
Philippine Women Centre Ontario (PWC-ON) in collaboration with the Filipino
Canadian Youth Alliance/Ugnayan ng Kabataang Pilipino sa Canada
(FCYA/UKPC-ON) and SIKLAB Ontario.
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*7. **Submit a Pitch to the Action Speaks Louder Newsletter*
Action Speaks Louder is the bi-annual newsletter of OPIRG-Toronto. We are
looking for articles for our Fall 2014 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 2014 issue is Friday June 6th,
2014.
Please send all pitches by e-mail to actionspeaksloudertoronto at gmail.com.
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*8. **The 2014 Toronto Anarchist Bookfair – July 19-20*
The Steelworkers’ Hall (25 Cecil Street)
**Callout for Tables and Workshop Proposals**
This July 19-20 we will be hosting our annual Toronto Anarchist Bookfair!
We invite anti-authoritarians of every age and every walk of life – whether
you’re new and curious about anarchism or have been an anarchist for
decades – to come join us for a jam-packed weekend of books and zines,
workshops and discussions, good food, good friends, and more.
*TABLES –* are you an anti-authoritarian publisher, zine-collector, artist,
activist group, community organization, infoshop, distro, or anything else
that wants to connect and share with others? Let us know if you want to
reserve a table at the Bookfair! Please let us know if you’d like to table
for one or both days (you will be able to store your books or materials
overnight in the locked Steelworkers Hall if you’d like).
*WORKSHOPS* – is there a workshop or conversation that you would like to
facilitate? If so, please email us a title and a short description, and
we’ll accept as many as we can fit!
(Workshops are 90-minutes long. Our goal is to have one stream of
“introductory” workshops and one stream of “in-depth” workshops running
simultaneously. So let us know which stream you think your workshop would
fit better in).
*The deadline for workshop proposals is Sunday June 15. *
*HELP OUT* – do you have some time to help out with the Bookfair? From
postering to food prep, please give us a hand!
*Contact us at toanarchistbookfair at gmail.com
<toanarchistbookfair at gmail.com>*
We are committed to making the Bookfair as accessible and welcoming as
possible. The Steelworkers’ Hall is wheelchair accessible. There will be
childcare and kids programming. There will be a People of Colour caucus
space. ASL interpretation can be provided if requested. And as always the
Bookfair will abide by our Safer Space and Sexual Assault and Consent
policies (which you can read about on the website). If you have other ideas
or suggestions for improving the accessibility of the event please let us
know.
In Solidarity,
The Toronto Anarchist Bookfair Collective
*Email*: toanarchistbookfair at gmail.com
*Website*: http://torontoanarchistbookfair.wordpress.com/
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*9. Summer Jamz: A Queer and Trans cover band show*
It's that time of the year again. Summer Time in the City. Well, no, not
really. But we're wishing and hoping for summer, and we're thinking some
sweet summer tunes might bring it on a bit faster. Perform your favorite
summer jams and let's make one amazing summer night in spring.
School's (Almost) Out for Summer. It's time to party. Let's melt those icy
winter hearts, dig out your dancing shoes and heat up the dance floor. Here
comes the sun and the summertime lovin'. Are you ready for this?
Before you know it, summer's almost gone. Cruel summer. Forget your short
summertime sadness. We'll start the summer party as early as we need to.
What is this you ask?
A cover band show is a place we create for you to bring yourself and your
friends together, play music, sing songs, have some good old DIY fun!
//SWEAT IT OUT\\
//CHASE SOME SUMMER LOVE\\
//IT'S A SUMMER OF 69 ;) ;) :)\\
*Friday May 30th*
*Doors at 8PM. *
*Bands at 9PM*
*Location: Bike Pirates, 1292 Bloor Street West*
*On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/680367102026057/
<https://www.facebook.com/events/680367102026057/>*
ACCESSIBILITY:
* There is a ramp to get into the space, a gender neutral bathroom is on
the main floor and is wheelchair accessible. The closest wheelchair
accessible TTC station is Dundas west and it is 13mins away from the venue.
The closest TTC is at Lansdowne
Active listeners will be around to talk and support folks during the show.
* The space is aiming to be fragrance-free. We encourage you to please read
this document for more tips on how to achieve fragrance-free-ness!
http://www.brownstargirl.org/1/post/2012/03/fragrance-free-femme-of-colour-realness-draft-15.html
* We'll be projecting lyrics of songs up on the wall
* Our event will serve alcohol
* Our event will feature loud music.
* Our event is held in a bike shop. We encourage you to bring your kids,
but please let us know if you need support with this.
***Please email us if you have any suggestions or questions regarding the
event's accessibility!***
We aim to create a safer space for folks, but ask that people treat each
other and friends with respect.
$5 at the door or pay what you can.
No one will be turned away for lack of funds (seriously, no one will be
turned away)
Proceeds from the show go to the International Trans Women of Colour
Network Gathering and Abundant Bodies at the Allied Media Conference.
Check out the details here:
http://international-twoc-gathering.tumblr.com/
https://talk.alliedmedia.org/content/abundant-bodies-media
PS if you want to bring your kids let us know!!!!!
Why a cover band show??
We are bored and tired of straight cis-gendered white dudes taking up the
majority of space at shows. We want more rad folks to sing and play their
hearts out. For too long we have been excluded. It's time for our glittery
selves to shine.
This space is prioritizing queer/trans people of colour, black, indigenous,
women, disabled people and all those that are underrepresented and
alienated from the music scene. Let's build our own beats to break down
barriers and help create a music scene that aims to be safe, inclusive and
empowering. Have no shame in your skill level. You can do it!
Post a facebook comment to find friends to build bands, or contact us at
radicalcoverbandshow.to at gmail.com for assistance finding people to play
with, borrowing instruments and finding practice space.
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*10. **26 June, International Day against Islamophobia and Indefinite
Detention of Immigrants: Free Mohammad Mahjoub Now!*
#26JuneMahjoub
www.facebook.com/events/704434572931347
*CALL FOR EVENTS IN YOUR COMMUNITY*
Egyptian refugee and torture survivor Mohammad Mahjoub has been jailed and
detained for 14 years in Canada because he is profiled as a Muslim. His
supporters are calling for an international day of solidarity on June 26,
2014, marking 14 years of administrative detention. See background below.
*::Ideas for local actions::*
On June 26th 2014, we are coordinating creative actions across Canada and
in cities around the world to denounce Islamophobia and indefinite
detention of all immigrants. We are calling for actions that highlight the
amount of time Mohammad Mahjoub has been fighting to clear himself from
this horrible Security Certificate ordeal.
Here are some suggestions for actions and numbers you can play with, to
create your own local action:
# of years = 14 ------------> a 14-hour fast outside a Canadian embassy
# of months = 168 ----------> 168-person flash mob action in a Canadian
immigration office (!) or 14 people freeze for 12 minutes outside a
Canadian Border Services Office
# of days = 5110 -----------> a 5110-link chain wound around a symbol of
Canada
# of hours = 122,640 -------> 122,640 pieces of confetti, flyers or
symbolic objects to be released/dropped/shared
# of minutes = 7,358,400 ---> *yikes* if you can think of something, let us
know!
**For the larger numbers - try dividing the time up equally among a number
of people - see example in the # of months above.
Note: these are just examples! Use your creativity! Posters around the
city, dropping or releasing objects, signs, vigils, other actions: all
welcome!
*INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING? GET IN TOUCH WITH US *
justiceformahjoub at gmail.com. We can send posters, flyers, images, press
release, and background documents.
*::Background::*
Many view Canada as a welcoming and accepting country. The reality is not
so pretty. Here administrative detention and deportations of immigrants are
a daily reality. In immigration processes, profiling, use of evidence
tainted by torture, and collusion with abusive spy agencies around the
world is routine.
Mohammad Mahjoub is a 14-year victim and survivor of Canada's racist and
islamophobic border laws. Arrested on June 26th, 2000, he spent almost 8
years in prison, including several years in solitary confinement. His
imprisonment was justified as a question of "security" but no specific
charges were ever laid and the alleged evidence remains secret. Over the
years, Mr. Mahjoub went on hunger-strike over and over again, just to get
basic medical services and rights.
In 2007, under pressure of a widespread public campaign, the Supreme Court
of Canada struck down the "security certificate" legislation under which
Mr. Mahjoub was detained. However, the Court failed to release Mr. Mahjoub
and the other Muslim detainees; instead inviting the government to
introduce revised legislation before the men tasted freedom. The right-wing
Canadian Conservative party took advantage of its new governing position to
do so the following year.
Released on house arrest, Mr. Mahjoub's conditions were harsh and at first
included camera surveillance of his home, two-way video inside the home,
sensor which showed when windows were open, 24-hour physical accompaniment,
draconian limitations on movement outside his home, and a GPS device
permanently attached to his body. However, Mr. Mahjoub continued his
campaign for justice and dignity. As his release conditions were
progressively lessened, he embarked on a national speaking tour supporting
immigrant rights and speaking out against racism and islamophobia in Canada.
When the Egyptian uprising finally overthrew Hosni Mubarak, Mr. Mahjoub was
able to obtain new evidence disproving allegations made against him and
linking Canadian officials to the detention and torture of his brothers in
Egypt.
Nevertheless, in 2013, a Canadian court upheld the 'Security Certificate'
issued almost four years earlier, even as it acknowledged that the process
it used to make the ruling did not meet standards of fairness. Mr. Mahjoub
is now on his way to the Supreme Court for a second time.
Mr. Mahjoub's story is not extraordinary. In almost every western country,
Muslim men are jailed on 'security grounds', while anti-immigrant and
racist hysteria is fomented by politicians. In this latest wave of
surveillance, incarceration and attack on freedoms, particularly of
whistle-blowers and environmentalists, we have to remember that first they
came for the Muslims. Now is the time to connect our struggles.
Resist Racism! Resist Islamophobia! Forge Global Chains of Solidarity!
Justice for Mahjoub
www.supportmahjoub
justiceformahjoub at gmail.com
fb.com/supportmahjoub
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*11. **Downtown East Toronto women reclaim the streets: Rally and March to
Stop Violence Against Women*
*When: Friday, June 6th, 2014*
*Where: Regent Park Community Health Centre, **465 Dundas Street East*
*When:*
*5:30pm - Community Meal & Music*
*6:00pm Rally *
*6:30pm March*
*On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1436339569954832/
<https://www.facebook.com/events/1436339569954832/>*
*Kid friendly *Free meal *TTC tokens available *Wheelchair accessible rally
space & march
In August 2008, Carolyn Connolly, an Indigenous woman, was found dead in an
alleyway at Sherbourne and Shuter Streets. She was one of the hundreds and
hundreds of Aboriginal women and girls who have gone missing or been
murdered in this country over the last 30 years, many of whom experienced
the same racism, poverty, homelessness, criminalization and violence that
women in the downtown east of Toronto face every day. There have been many
other community members that we have lost over the years – friends and
family- and many daily occurrences of violence that go unmentioned.
Over the last year there have been several incidents of violence against
women, especially homeless women and sex workers, in our neighbourhood,
including onSeptember 22nd at the corner of Dundas & Sherbourne where a
woman was assaulted twice in one night. The police failed to warn the
community about the perpetrators despite having video footage of their
identities.
Women in the downtown east have been fighting to reclaim our neighbourhood.
We have fought for increased shelters and a 24 hour drop-in space for
women. We continue to fight for what we need to survive and thrive -
housing, shelter, safe space, enough income, safe work, just to name a few
- and for a society free of violence against women. Join us June 6th as we
come together to reclaim the streets of our community and fight for what we
need!
Demands of the 2014 Reclaim the Streets Rally & March:
• Justice for missing and murdered Indigenous women
• Safe space now: Increase shelter beds & 24 hour drop-in space
• Safe, affordable and accessible housing
• Stop the upscale takeover of our neighborhood: communities not condos!
• No criminalization of sex work and drug use
• End violence against all women!
*We recognize that patriarchal violence affects all self-identified women,
gender non-conforming, and two-spirit people. That is who will lead our
event and the march. Everyone is welcome; men are respectfully asked to
show solidarity by marching behind.
For more information and if you would like to endorse this event, please
email DTEwomen at gmail.com or call Josie at: 416-364-2261 x2228
Organized by: the Downtown East Women Reclaim the Streets Committee
including Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, Regent Park Community Health
Centre, Sistering, Maggie’s Toronto Sex Worker Action Project,
Streethealth, Toronto Rape Crisis Centre/Multicultural Women Against Rape
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*12. **Know Your Rights Film Launched / Affronter l’injustice: Connaissez
vos droits / Estreno de la película Conoce Tus Derechos*
(1) Confront Injustice: Know Your Rights Film Launched
(2) Lancement du film ‘Affronter l’injustice: Connaissez vos droits’
(3) Confrontando la Injusticia: Estreno de la película Conoce Tus Derechos
++++++++++++++
*Confront Injustice: Know Your Rights Film Launched*
No One Is Illegal - Toronto is proud to announce the launch of our newest
film Confront Injustice: Know Your Rights. The 25 minute film is a
compilation of strategies that migrants can use to defend themselves
against detention and deportations and is accompanied by a downloadable PDF
guide.
Please watch it here: http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/knowyourrights
Get this video to the people need it. Share on facebook and tweet it out.
Most importantly please forward it to frontline service providers
(teachers, settlement workers, health workers, etc) that you know and ask
them to share it widely.
We want to do community screenings across the GTA, email us at
nooneisillegal at riseup.netand partner with us.
Also get in touch with us if you want to screen the video anywhere in the
country, and we will send you a package with everything you need.
Migrants without full immigration status and allies must join forces to
resist border controls wherever they arise. We must resist detentions and
deportations. We must fight for full access to services. We must push back
against exclusionary immigration laws. This film is one tool in our ongoing
project of emboldening self-defence. Confront injustice everywhere.
++++++++++++++
*Lancement du film ‘Affronter l’injustice: Connaissez vos droits’*
Personne n'est illégal est fier d'annoncer le lancement de notre dernière
film, ‘Affronter l’injustice: Connaissez vos droits’. Le film de 25 minutes
est une compilation des strategies que des migrants peuvent se servir pour
se défendre contre detention et la déportation et il est accompagné d’un
guide téléchargeable en PDF.
S’il vous plait regarder ici: http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/kyrfrench
Partager cette video avec ceux qui ont besoin. Partager sur Facebook et sur
Twitter. Surtout, s'il vous plaît le transmettre aux fournisseurs de
services (des enseignants, des travailleurs de l'insertion, des personnel
de santé etc.) que vous connaissez et demandez-leur de diffuser largement.
Nous voulons faire des projections communautaires à travers le GTA.
Écrivez-nous à nooneisillegal at riseup.net et se mettre avec nous.
Également contactez-nous si vous voulez diffusé le film n'importe où dans
le pays, et nous vous ferons parvenir un paquet avec tout ce dont vous avez
besoin.
Les migrants sans statut d'immigration complet et leurs alliés doivent unir
leurs forces pour résister à des contrôles aux frontières d'où qu'elles se
présenter. Nous devons résister à des détentions et des déportations. Nous
devons lutter pour un accès complet aux services. Nous devons repousser
contre les lois de l'immigration d’exclusion. Ce film est un outil dans
notre projet en cours de enhardir l'auto-défense. Affronter l’injustice
partout.
++++++++++++++
*Confrontando la Injusticia: Estreno de la película Conoce Tus Derechos*
Nadie Es Illegal - Toronto orgullosamente anuncia el lanzamiento de nuestra
nueva películaConfrontando la Injusticia: Conoce Tus Derechos. Esta
película es una recopilación de estrategias que migrantes pueden usar para
defenderse en caso de detención y deportación que viene acompañado por una
guía descargable.
Puedes verlo aquí: http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/kyrspanish
Es importante compartir este video con gente que lo necesita. Puedes
hacerlo por medio de facebook y twitter. Sobre todo, por favor comparte con
agentes de servicios que conoces tal como trabajadores de asistencia con el
asentamiento, proveedores de servicios sociales, médicos, etc. y solicitar
su difusión.
Nuestro gol es presentar proyecciónes de esta película en diferentes áreas
de Toronto. Envianos un correo a nooneisillegal at riseup.net y organizalo con
nosotros. Si deseas rodarlo en otra parte de país, podemos mandarte un
paquete con todos los materiales necesarios.
Migrantes sin cuidadanía y personas que trabajan en solidaridad con ellos
deben unir fuerzas para resistir el control sobre las fronteras. Tanto las
fronteras impuestas al llegar al país, como fronteras que se enfrenta al
vivir sin documentos. Debemos resistir detenciones y deportaciones. Debemos
luchar por tener acceso completo a servicios públicos y empujar hacia atrás
las leyes imigratorios que excluyen. Esta película es una herramienta de
nuestro proyecto continuo de auto defensa. Debemos confrontar la injusticia
en todas partes.
*++++++++++++++*
Email: nooneisillegal at riseup.net
Web: http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org
Join our low traffic email announcements list
https://lists.riseup.net/www/subrequest/nooneisillegal
Like and follow
http://www.facebook.com/groups/NoOneIsIllegalToronto/
www.facebook.com/NoOneIsIllegalNetwork
wwww.twitter.com/nooneisillegal
www.youtube.com/nooneisillegal
Support us
http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/support
Organize with us
http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/meetings
No One Is Illegal-Toronto is an all volunteer grassroots migrant justice
organization that fights for livelihood, food, education, healthcare,
childcare, shelter, accessible services, freedom of movement, justice and
dignity for all people, particularly undocumented and migrant worker
communities in Toronto. We also act in solidarity with Indigenous movements
for self-determination and organize against wars, economic and
environmental attacks that push people out of their homes in the first
place.
****************
*13. **Dinner with Mahjoub Fundraiser -- 14 Years and Counting…*
*Thursday, June 5th, 2014 *
7-9pm
Doors: 6:30pm
Steelworkers Hall, 125 Cecil St
$25
*(Advanced purchase ticket for 2, $45, if you purchase by June 24th)*
Join us for an intimate dinner with Mr. Mohammad Mahjoub, a security
certificate detainee. For 14 years and still counting, Mr. Mahjoub has been
imprisoned and kept under house arrest in Canada without charge. At this
rare evening event, Mahjoub will share with guests a menu of traditional
food from his homeland Egypt and stories of his continued struggles against
the human rights' violations of the Canadian security certificate.
The dinner is a fundraiser to help Mr. Mahjoub raise funds to cover the
costs of his ongoing battle for freedom and status in Canada.
Food catered by Toronto's beloved Egyptian restaurant Baba
Geddo<http://www.thegridto.com/life/food-drink/eat-like-an-egyptian/>
.
*TICKETS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT:*
http://bit.ly/mahjoubjune14
(due to seating requirements, tickets will not be sold at the door)
Presented by the Justice for Mahjoub Committee.
Sponsored by the Steelworkers Hall, the Christian Peacemakers Team and
OPIRG York.
Steelworkers Hall is an accessible space. If you have accessibility needs,
please email us at justiceformahjoub at gmail.com.
*If you can't make it, please consider donate by buying a ticket or two
anyways. Please also help us spread the word and invite your friends and
family.*
We also have a facebook page for the event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/638720652869164/
Thank you and hope to see you there,
The Justice for Mahjoub Committee
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