[opirgyork] DisO Schuedule + Aamer Rahman ComeDY + Volunteering, and Community Event listings!

[OPIRG York]

Hey All!

Welcome back to the 2014-15 school year! It'll be an exciting year, and
OPIRG York is kicking it off with our annual week of radical events,
DisOrientation 2014, Fear of an Active Campus! Check out the lineup HERE
<http://diso2014.opirgyork.ca/>, and below! And don't miss Aamer Rahman on
September 23!
<http://www.eventbrite.com/e/night-of-comedy-stress-dy-colonize-ft-aamer-rahman-and-ryan-mcmahon-tickets-12997264167?aff=efbevent>

Lots of other upcoming community events, and callouts- so see the full list
below.

If you're interested in volunteering at OPIRG York, or have any questions,
please get in touch with Victoria, at victoria.opirg at gmail.com. 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:*

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1. *DisOrientation 2014: "Fear of an Active Campus" + Volunteer
Opportunities + Anti-O training*
2. *Sept 10th:* DRIFTWOOD FOOD & ARTISAN MARKET HARVEST FESTIVAL
3. *ONGOING, Oct 20th Deadline*: YUFreePress “The Projected Future”
Submissions Callout!
4.* Sept 17 & ONGOING:* Jane-Finch Action Against Poverty Meetings
5. *Sept 15th Submission Deadline:* 4th Annual Rebels With A Cause Film
Festival (Oct 27-30th)

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6. *Sept 11th**:* Israel & Palestine: What is the situation today? How do
we defeat Imperialism? [Fightback-YorkU Coffee Discussion]
7.* Sept 11th*: Toronto Launch of Undocumented: The Architecture of Migrant
Detention
8.* Sept 17th:* Global Day of Action: Solidarity with Cambodian Garment
Workers!
9.* Sept 17th:* THESE WALLS WILL FALL w/ Indigenous & PoC Artists from
Across Turtle Island
10. *ONGOING*: Support for Deepan Budlakoti

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*1. **DisOrientation 2014: "Fear of an Active Campus" + Volunteer
Opportunities*

*Full Schedule: *http://diso2014.opirgyork.ca
*On Facebook: *https://www.facebook.com/events/1669755133250502
*Volunteer Opportunities/Training:* bit.ly/diso2014

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*VOLUNTEER & ANTI-OPPRESSION Training FOR DIS-ORIENTATION 2014:*

*PLEASE REGISTER: *
http://bit.ly/ypirgVolunteer

*Friday, September 12th*
*1-5pm @ York University.*
*Room: TBD (*You will get an email confirming the location)*

Come to our volunteer training - we will have an hour of hands-on training
around event logistics, media and promotions and documentation, followed by
an anti-oppression training from 2-5pm. Food will be available and any
other access needs please email:

*Schedule for the Training:*

1-5pm Food!
1-2pm: DisOrientation specific training - event logistics, media
documentation, promotion/outreach
2-5pm: Anti-Oppression training

*Anti-Oppression Training Details:*

Many of us are not aware that we live in a society that benefits certain
people at the cost of other people being denied these same benefits. In
this workshop, we will explore, define and unpack the terms Privilege and
Oppression and the different ways they affect us/and the society we live
in. We will also take a closer look at “Anti-Oppression” and the work that
it often includes – and excludes. Through collective strategizing and art,
we will examine and explore a more wholesome approach (one that includes
accountability, healing, creation and resistance) in the ways we navigate
our own personal journeys in grounding ourselves within these systems and
the different ways we can support each other.

*Please fill out a registration form so we know how many interested
volunteers to expect:*
http://bit.ly/ypirgVolunteer


*VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIS-ORIENTATION 2014:*

OPIRG York's annual Dis-Orientation week is almost upon us! And we need
lots of help and volunteers for a variety of things. We are looking for
people for the following tasks:

*Event Logistics Team:*
Well organized? Think on your feet? Wanna watch magic happen?
- Assist Programming Coordinator with event coordination
- Be the go-to person on the day of for workshops
- Participate in the DisOrientation events
- Ensure that facilitators have what they need

*Promotion/Outreach Team:*
Wanna meet people and have lots of energy? This is the team for you!
- Promote and give out DisOrientation programs
- Help staff give class talks
- Poster and leaflet handing out
- Table Schmoozing/chilling

*Media Documentation Team:*
Love Media? Recording? Video? Wanna learn about these things?
- Audio recording each event
- Film/Video recording each event
- Photographing each event
*All equipment and training will be provided

And many, many, many more things!!!

If you’re interested, please follow the link and fill out the form here:
bit.ly/diso2014

*Night of ComeDY with Aamer Rahman & Ryan McMahon- DY-Stress, DY-Colonize
(Presented by: ASAY And OPIRG York)*

As part of Dis-Orientation Week 2014 ASAY and OPIRG York are excited to
present a night of standup comedy featuring Aamer Rahman (formerly Fear of
a Brown Planet) and Ryan McMahon (Red Man Laughing). Join us for some
laughs as we wrap up DisOrientation 2014 and kick off the fall semester
with politically charged humour.

**reverse-racists welcome**

Tuesday September 23rd 2014
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Location: Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre
PWYC (Pay What You Can)

*Seats are limited so register here to secure a spot:*
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/night-of-comedy-stress-dy-colonize-ft-aamer-rahman-and-ryan-mcmahon-tickets-12997264167?aff=efbevent



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*2. **DRIFTWOOD FOOD & ARTISAN MARKET HARVEST FESTIVAL*

*Date*: WEDNESDAY SEPT 10th
Starting at 3pm

Join us in front of Driftwood Community Centre (4401 Jane St at
Jane/Driftwood)
Rainy weather location: Inside the Driftwood Community Centre

Children’s activities
Health + fitness activities for all ages
Local entertainment + performances
Fresh produce for sale
Education + discussions on food justice and political issues
Artisan + handmade goods for sale

Click here for a $5 coupon!
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*3. **YUFreePress “The Projected Future” Submissions Callout!*

YUFreePress’ next volume will be “The Projected Future,” which will include
perspectives on how the world will be, and what the world will look like in
the near and distant future.

What will the world/'Canada' look like in 10 years?
What will the world/'Canada' look like in 20 years?
What will the world/'Canada' look like in 50 years?
Will there be a ‘Canada’?

*Submission Guidelines *

*Accepting*: News, features, artwork, poetry, fiction, editorials, and
reviews.
*Suggested Word Count : *300 - 2000 words
*Submission Deadline : *October 20th

*Please email submissions and inquiries to yufreepress at gmail.com
<yufreepress at gmail.com>*

Read YU Free Press <http://issuu.com/yufreepress> online!
Find us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/YUFreePress> & Twitter
<http://twitter.com/yufreepress>!

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*4. Jane-Finch Action Against Poverty Meetings*

JFAAP meets at 6pm at Seneca College in Yorkgate Mall (North West corner of
Jane and Finch) Rom 218/219 (2nd floor of the mall) on the 1st  Wednesday
of every month ; new members are always welcome!

*Next Meeting:*
*Wednesday, September 17th @ 6pm*

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*5. **4th Annual Rebels With A Cause Film Festival*

*October 27-31, 2014*
at West-Side Arts Hub, York Woods Library Theater
1785 Finch Ave W Toronto ON M3N 1M6
*CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS*
*DEADLINE: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2014*

The 4th Annual Rebels With A Cause Film Festival is seeking submissions of
film and video works by independent artists and filmmakers from Jane and
Finch and the larger Toronto community. Rebels With A Cause is a FREE
annual 5-day film festival that showcases artistic reflections of social
justice issues and critical documentations of unsung community work. All
our screenings are followed by panels consisting of filmmakers, curators,
and community organizers who unpack the works, share their experiences and
discuss strategies in creating real social change.

We encourage submissions that deal with Indigenous, social justice,
representation & racialization, queer & trans and environmental justice
issues.

We welcome contributions by individuals from the communities directly
affected by the issues represented in the work.

Please include a short summary/artist statement and a still image with your
submission.

DVD preview submissions may be mailed to Programming, Rebels With A Cause
Film Festival, 449C Student Centre, York University 4700 Keele St Toronto
M3J 1P3
OR online screener submissions may be emailed to
submissions at rebelsfilmfest.org

Please email us for other pick-up arrangements. The programming line-up
with presentation dates and times will be announced on our website and
social media on October 8, 2014.

Follow us on Twitter @RebelsFilmFest and Like our Facebook page Rebels With
A Cause Film Festival

For more information, please contact us at info at rebelsfilmfest.org

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*6. **Israel & Palestine: What is the situation today? How do we defeat
Imperialism? [Fightback-YorkU Coffee Discussion]*

After 5 weeks of savage bombing by the Israeli imperialist war machine, a
ceasefire has been declared in Gaza. 2,100 Palestinians have been killed,
and according to the UN, 70% of whom are civilians. Hospitals, schools, and
tens of thousands of homes have been destroyed.

But this is a familiar story for those who have studied the situation in
Palestine. In fact it would be better to describe the current ceasefire as
being nothing more than a lull, in anticipation for the next war.

The Palestinians are no closer to liberation, ending the Israeli
occupation, bringing back the uprooted refugees, or ending their miserable
impoverishment.

Israel is not one step closer to "peace and security", as the right-wing
Netanyahu declared as the supposed aims for the brutal slaughter he
unleashed over the past months. Hamas has left the war strengthened. A
generation of Palestinian youth are justifiably seething with anger and
desire for vengeance, at the brutal destruction that has been brought down
on their families and communities.

We will be having political discussion this coming Thursday. Discussions
will be themed on Palestine (though not limited to it):

*Location*: Student Centre (Keele Campus)
Coffeeshop: "Treats" on the First Floor
*Date*: Thursday, September 11th
*Time*: 5-8pm

We want to answer the questions; How do we defeat Israeli and western
imperialism? What is the solution to the Israel/Palestine conflict? Can we
find a solution under capitalism, or is it necessary to find a
revolutionary socialist path forward?

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/843858315631818/

Contact:
Jahan 647-448-0980
socialistfightbackclub at gmail.com

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*7. **Toronto Launch of Undocumented: The Architecture of Migrant Detention*

Tings Chak has recently finished a graphic novel on the architecture of
migrant detention after a couple of years in the making. This work grows
out of the ongoing solidarity and organizing work with immigration
detainees in the struggle to end immigration detention.

Please join me and invite your friends for the Toronto book launch!
*THUR, SEPT 11th, 7-9pm *
*@ ART METROPOLE (1490 Dundas St W)*

INVITE YOUR FRIENDS <https://www.facebook.com/events/1456157507978092/>
THE BOOK <http://www.undocumented.ca/> | THE EVENT
<http://www.artmetropole.com/popups/events/events_14/268_Tings_Chak_Booklaunch_Sept_11_2014/Tings_Chak_booklaunch_Sept_11_2014.html>
 | THE CAMPAIGN <http://www.endimmigrationdetention.com/>


>>> *Other upcoming free events:*
*+ SEPT-OCT:* *Pure Space | **Undocumented* Exhibition, Eric Arthur Gallery
(230 College St) - Closing reception TBA
*+ SEPT 25, 2-4pm: **PoC in Comics for Social Movement*, York University
Dis-Orientation <http://diso2014.opirgyork.ca/> workshop with Kwentong
Bayan: Labour of Love <http://www.lcpcomicbook.com/> (live-in caregiver
comic project)
*+ NOV 7, 7pm:* Ottawa Book Launch at Octopus Books with No One Is Illegal
- Ottawa <http://noii-ottawa.blogspot.ca/>
*+ DEC-JAN:* UK/Ireland/Germany/TBD


*>>> Support the book:*
+ Host a book launch <http://www.undocumented.ca/events>
+ Forward this email to your friends
+ Like the page <http://www.facebook.com/UndocumentedArchitecture> and get
updates
+ Review the book on GoodReads
<https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23152633-undocumented>
+ Get a local bookstore to carry it


*>>> Support for the book:*
*RAPHAEL SPERRY,** President of Architects/Planners/Designers for Social
Responsibility (ADPSR**-**USA): *“This slim book does not only contain more
detail of the architecture of detention centres than some scholarly works
on the architecture of incarceration, but it begins to outline the
invisible experience of hidden-away people in hidden-away places.'

*HARSHA WALIA, **Co-founder of No One Is Illegal and author of Undoing
Border Imperialism: *“Tings Chak has produced an essential resource for
migrant justice and prison abolition movements. The architecture of
incarceration - the maze of cameras, locks, guards, fluorescent lights,
crammed cells - shatters the government myth of migrant detention as a
“hotel.”By being attune to the simple details, this graphic novel
brilliantly subverts what is supposed to remain invisible and locked away."

*L**OIS AHRENS, **Founder and Director of Real Cost of Prisons Project: *"For
those of us working to end mass incarceration, Undocumented provides a
critical bridge to migrant justice organizing. Sites of surveillance, cages
and control, 'immigrant detention centers,' and 'correctional facilities'
are hidden in plain sight. They are two sides of the same coin."

*RICHARD SOMMER, **Dean of John H. Daniels School of Architecture,
Landscape, and Design, University of Toronto: *“Tapping a darker side of
Architecture’s enlightenment legacy, this remarkable graphic novel by Tings
Chak documents Canadian detention centers and sites for processing
individuals whose residency is in question, revealing often hidden
equations between architecture, political power and human rights.”

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*8. **Global Day of Action: Solidarity with Cambodian Garment Workers!*

Join Workers United on September 17th as we stand in solidarity with
Cambodian garment workers in their fight for a higher minimum wage! Actions
are being organized by Workers United in multiple cities in Canada and the
U.S. Please keep checking this page for updates on actions happening in a
city near you!

*TORONTO, ONTARIO*
Lunch Time Rally starting at 12:00pm on September 17th in front of H&M (427
Queen Street West).

*Other cities posted*

*******Background********

In Cambodia, the women and men who sew clothes for The Gap, H&M, and other
major brands struggle to make ends meet. The legal minimum wage for garment
workers is a miserable $100 per month. Thousands of workers have fainted at
their sewing machines due to malnutrition, overwork, heat, poor
ventilation, and fumes from chemicals used in the manufacturing process.

Earlier this year, when over 200,000 Cambodian workers stood up to demand a
fairer wage, authorities shot four workers dead in the streets and threw 23
union activists in jail. Consumers don’t want clothes tainted with
exploitation and repression.

On September 17th, garment workers in Cambodia will demonstrate at their
workplaces for a raise to $177 per month – the minimum needed to cover
basic needs.

Please email info at workersunitedunion.ca if you would like your
union/organization to endorse this campaign!

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*9. **THESE WALLS WILL FALL **w/ Indigenous & PoC Artists from Across
Turtle Island*

Massive outdoor free protest concert to celebrate the courageous 1-year
long resistance of immigration detainees on strike in Ontario.

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*8PM – 11PM — WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2014*
*CLOUD GARDENS (short walk to concert site)*
*COME TO PROTEST! COME TO DANCE!*

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*Featuring*:

SHINING SOUL
Arizona’s finest Red-Brown power hip-hop duo

¡ALAS!
Undocumented & Decolonial Mujer Lucha Rap

ROSINA KAZI
Singer, song-writer, one-half of Toronto’s own LAL

TEST THEIR LOGIK
Anarcho-Rap Rhythm Renegades

More to be announced. Join on facebook.

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*On September 17, 2013, *191 migrants jailed in a Lindsay maximum-security
prison went on hunger strike against their endless detention without trial
or charge. Over the last year, despite being locked in cages, their
resistance has continued. They have boycotted their detention reviews,
refused to go on lock down, and refused unjust prison orders. As a result,
strike leaders have been deported, faced coercion and fines while some have
been released. They continue.

On the outside, we have mobilized to support. We have beaten down the doors
of immigration enforcement headquarters, we have shown corruption in the
detention review process, and we have even won a case at the United Nations.

On September 17th, we gather to celebrate and to remember. We will come
together as families and friends of those jailed without an end in sight.
We will strengthen our struggle to overthrow prisons and border controls
that separate, detain and deport us. We will pledge our commitment to
fighting alongside Indigenous nations asserting sovereignty. We will insist
these walls must fall. AND WE WILL DANCE.

No One Is Illegal! Freedom to Move, Return, Stay!

Actions taking place in many other cities, find one near you.

http://www.nooneisillegal.org
http://www.endimmigrationdetention.com



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*10. Support for **Deepan Budlakoti*

We contact you today to request that your organization endorse and support
the Justice for Deepan campaign whose goal is to support Deepan Budlakoti's
struggle to reclaim his Canadian Citizenship.

In 2010, while Deepan was in jail, the Canadian government decided that he
was not a Canadian citizen despite being born in Canada. In December 2012,
after he had fulley served his sentence, they decided to further detain him
in immigration detention for several months while they attempted to deport
him to India where his parents were born. Yet, Deepan has lived in Canada
all his life, was issued a Canadian passport and has no other citizenship.
Deepan is effectively stateless at the moment.

Deepan was later released from immigration detention with strict conditions
after India refused to issue him travel documents. Since then, he has been
fighting to regain his Canadian citizenship. Most recently Deepan has
brought his struggle to Federal Court where he has launched a charter
challenge to reclaim his citizenship. A decision is due on this matter in
the fall of 2014.

Currently the Justice for Deepan committee is trying to amass political
support from as many community groups as possible and fundraise for his
legal defense fund.

So, the reason we are contacting your group today is to request your
support for the following three things:

1) That your group endorse the  sign-on statement to denounce double
punishment and to demand that his citizenship be immediately restored (To
confirm an endorsement, please send a confirmation email to
justicefordeepan at gmail.com)
2) That your organization share information about Deepan’s case over email
lists and social media (like this article, or this article, or this flyer;
Or simply share/like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter)
3) That you donate to the legal defence fund within your means. $100-$1000
would be very much appreciated as we have upwards of $40,000 to raise in
the coming months to pay for legal expenses related to the charter
challenge in federal court. Organizational contributions vary from $200 to
$2000 thus far. (Contact us for mailing address for cheques)

If you have any questions, we will also be happy to answer them. If you
have suggestions of other groups we should reach out to, please help us by
passing the word and forwarding information to us.

Thank you for your time,

www.justicefordeepan.org
facebook.com/JusticeForDeepanBudlakoti



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