[Org4j-announce] Fri fundraiser, & Calls for presenters/submissions (ie upcoming confs)

[Organizing 4Justice]

*We'd like to invite you* to a special* edition
of the monthly *Open Format DJ series*
*: this one is *a fundraiser for Organzing For Justice!*
WHEN: *Fri Dec 9th*, 9pm-1am
WHERE: *Shanghai Restaurant*, 651 Somerset St W
** Donations accepted for O4J ** All ages **
** Drinks & Food as usual ** Special music **

More info: http://pleasurethroughsound.blogspot.com
OR at* https://organizingforjustice.ca/?p=715 *
*(* but our site has been having tech problems a bit recently)*


also, *PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR THE CALLOUTS* for presenters/submissions
* first deadline to get proposals in is DEC 9TH !!!
(and mark your calendar for the upcoming conferences)
- Music and Social Justice
- Queer(ing) Crisis: Struggles, Mobilizations & Possible Futures
- Contesting Power, Envisioning Alternatives, Creating Futures: The
(Missed) Connection between Research and Social Change
- The Global Economic Crisis and Canada: Perception Versus Reality
- Declassified Mental Health Support and Survival Guides


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*BUT a couple other UPCOMING EVENTS too:*


*Dec 9th*: Friday evening, before OPEN FORMAT,
you can check out *Urban Legends Slam* (Poetry +)
featuring *D'bi Young Anitafraka* http://dbi333.com/
... at Carleton U, Unicentre rm 282
$7 @ door. 12 slam spots. 4 open mics.
Show will start @ 7:17. $100 to the winner.
https://www.facebook.com/events/224644864273288/

*Dec 10th* #1: *A Rally Against Security Certificates*, Human Rights
Monument, 12:00 Noon Saturday
December 10th marks Moe Harkat's 9th year anniversary of his arrest under a
Security Certificate. Ironically, December 10th is International Human
Rights Day.
Please come to a short peaceful gathering: We have great speakers lined up,
including Moe himself and possibly Adil Charkaoui from Montreal (former
Security Certificate detainee). We're also planning to do something special
when Moe is speaking to show our solidarity.
Also, circulate our petition http://www.harkatstatement.com We are 697
signatures away from our goal of 5000 !
For more info/to offer support: Sophie Harkat, webmaster at harkatstatement.com

*Dec 10th* #2: *Occupy Ottawa Arts & Culture* cordially invites you to a *Full
Moon Masquerade* on the evening of December 10th, meeting at Confederation
park at 4:30 (and into the night).
Please wear a mask to acknowledge the surreal and global nature of our
movement. Since it is the international day of human rights, we invite you
to wear a costume inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
This event will have opening and closing ceremonies, DJs and live music.
https://www.facebook.com/events/145058762267734/

*Dec 17th: International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers*
Join POWER next Saturday from 5:30-6pm for a rally at Ottawa's Human Rights
Memorial to remember, honour and call for change.
http://powerottawa.ca (w/ link to poster)
https://www.facebook.com/events/312777125407201/


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*CALLS FOR PROPOSALS TO PRESENT
and for SUBMISSIONS TO PUBLISH*
-- online at https://organizingforjustice.ca/?p=710 *when working*

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*
Music and Social Justice*
February 24-25th, 2012 at Carleton University

Carleton University’s newly formed Music and Social Justice Collective is
holding an interdisciplinary symposium on the subject of music and social
justice entitled “Sound Changes: Music and Social Justice” to be held on
February 24 and 25, 2012 at Carleton University. This initiative is an
outgrowth of Professor Jesse Stewart’s graduate seminar "Music and Social
Justice". Bringing together graduate students and academics from a wide
variety of disciplines as well as performers, community activists, and
other cultural workers, the symposium will examine music’s capacity to act
as an agent for positive social change in a variety of musical, social, and
cultural contexts.

Proposals due: December 9th, 2011

More info: contact at musicandsocialjustice.org
http://musicandsocialjustice.org/


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*
Queer(ing) Crisis: Struggles, Mobilizations & Possible Futures*
March 2nd, 2012 at Carleton University

Queer(ing) crisis is an interdisciplinary conference inviting discussions
around questions of global, economic, political, legal and other forms of
crisis through a queer lens.  The conference will be a forum to bring
together different disciplines and to provide a space for exploring the
multiple perspectives concerning queer crisis.  The conference also seeks
to build solidarity, establish alliances, and to cultivate an intellectual
community amongst those working in critical sexuality studies.

Proposals due: January 8th, 2012

More info: queerconferencecarleton at gmail.com
http://www1.carleton.ca/politicaleconomy/2011/cfp-queering-crisis-struggles-mobilizations-possible-futures


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*Contesting Power, Envisioning Alternatives, Creating Futures: The (Missed)
Connection between Research and Social Change*
March 16th, 2012 at Carleton University

The Organizing Committee of the 13th Annual Graduate Conference in
Political Economy welcomes abstracts from graduate students for a
conference to take place Friday, March 16th 2012.  We invite papers that
explore the relationship between research and action.   Presenters are
welcome to base their papers on academic research and/or activist
experience.

Proposals due: January 16th, 2012

More info: ipecarleton at gmail.com
http://www1.carleton.ca/politicaleconomy/2011/cfp-contesting-power-envisioning-alternatives-creating-futures-the-missed-connection-between-research-and-social-change


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*The Global Economic Crisis and Canada: Perception Versus Reality*
- 2013 issue of Alternate Routes journal
- Conference on March 23rd, 2012 at Ryerson University in Toronto

Alternate Routes is seeking contributions that go beyond the rhetoric of
recession versus recovery as measured by narrowly economistic factors. We
are seeking papers that chart the full affects of the global economic
crisis and its implications for Canada. In what ways has international
instability affected Canada? To what extent are such features
structurally-induced, the product of contemporary circumstances, the result
of specific policies of particular administrations, or some combination of
other factors? What are the characteristics, politics, and forms of
resistance to Canadian versions of austerity? What new challenges and
opportunities have been created? How should progressives respond?

Proposals for conference are due: January 15, 2012

Article submissions due: April 31st, 2012

Contact: editor at alternateroutes.ca
http://www.alternateroutes.ca/index.php/ar/announcement/view/299


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*Declassified Mental Health Support and Survival Guide*

OPIRG-Kingston wants to develop a zine that will explore resources, tactics
and strategies around self-care, supporting our friends, consent, and other
such topics. We believe that there are no better experts about our lives
than ourselves. We want this publication to come directly from our
community (students, staff, faculty) which has the knowledge, skills and
experience to develop solutions for our community. We are seeking to
provide resources, tactics and strategies through soliciting
*articles *artwork *poetry *stories, etc.

Submission deadline: January 18th, 2012.

Contact: mentalhealth at opirgkingston.org with submissions, questions,
comments and more!
More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/253727021352654/
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