[Org4j-announce] Wed: Edge-U-cation; plus other events

Tue Mar 15 14:36:59 PDT 2011

Reminder - O4J event tomorrow (wed) plus other upcoming events (below)

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variety of upcoming events ... link for people to subscribe to this list is
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*~~ O4J event ~~*

*EDGE-U-CATION*
Wed March 16, 7pm (doors at 6:30pm)
PSAC building 1st floor boardroom, 233 Gilmour (at Metcalfe)

What does a truly liberating education look like and how do we engage with
it? Come and share your thoughts and experiences.

This event will offer the opportunity to explore ways of learning - based on
our experiences and our aspirations - and discussing what is being done (or
could be) in the community to facilitate an ongoing connected process of
individual and community learning.

Full info: http://organizingforjustice.ca

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OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS:
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**DEMONSTRATION AGAINST POLICE VIOLENCE*
Tues March 15, 6pm
Human Rights Monument, Elgin at Lisgar
This march is part of a series of events that also includes the Forum on
Police Violence, Incarceration and Alternatives and the International Day
Against Police Brutality.
This is a family-friendly demonstration.
We will meet at the Human Rights Monumnet and then march to the Ottawa
Police Station.
Contact: opirgrc at gmail.com, 613-230-3076
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=198203326874426

*Resistance to mining “Human Rights, Canadian Mining and Free Trade”*
Tues March 15, 7pm
Cafe Alt, U of Ottawa
Guest speakers / Conférencières invitées: Sakura Saunders and / et Alirio
Uribe
Public lecture presented in English and Spanish. Translation will be
available. A short documentary film will be presented to facilitate the
discussion
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=184667938242557

*Mining, Development and Accountability*
Wed March 16, 7pm
U of Ottawa, Lamoureux 124
Guest speakers / Conférencières invitées: Gerry Backs, Catherine Coumans,
Dennis Jones and / et Ian Thomson
Mining Justice Minière - Ottawa: mjm.ottawa at gmail.com
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=139679356099397

*Digging Deeper - Exploring Mining Issues with Theatre*
Thurs March 17, 7pm
Cafe Alt, U of Ottawa
(Forum theatre) Explore mining, our connections to the products of mining
and mining activism through a dynamic and engaging workshop with Ottawa's
Pop-Up Theatre Troop. This workshop will provide an introduction to popular
theatre techniques (no experience required) while we use them to explore the
issues together. Popular theatre uses participatory theatre activities to
explore, represent and analyze issues that affect our lives.
mjm.ottawa at gmail.com
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=205620262798450

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*THIRD ANNUAL SEXUALITY STUDIES SPEAKER SERIES*
Thurs March 17, 8pm
at Carleton University, Azrieli 301
Judith "Jack" Halberstam Talk
will be giving a public talk entitled:
"The Killer in Me is the Killer in You: Homosexuality and Fascism"
http://www.carleton.ca/~jevans/jevans/Events.html
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=184220244953227

*OPENING PANEL ON POLICE VIOLENCE, INCARCERATION AND ALTERNATIVES*
Fri March 18, 7pm
at University of Ottawa, room 205 Morriset Building
In this opening panel the panelists will speak about their various
experiences with and analysis of the police, prisons and alternatives to
both.
Panelists: Ashanti Alston - Bridget Tolley - Julie Matson - Jaggi Singh
Contact: opirgrc at gmail.com, 613-230-3076
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=128854827187121

*Faith and Activism with the Student Christian Movement*
*Pub Night *(Fri) and* Workshops *(Sat)
Fri March 18th, 8-11pm
at Royal Oak on Laurier Ave.
... and...
Sat March 19th, 10am-4pm
at U of Ottawa, University Centre room 030B Clubs Office SFUO
Join the Student Christian Movement, Christian Peacemaker Teams, The
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), the Mennonite Central Committee, and
Canadian Unitarians for Social Justice for workshops centering on everything
from non-violent direct action, to the history of dissent, to unpacking
white privilege, to resisting Canadian imperialism in the context of mining.

All are welcome! No registration required!
For more information, contact ottawa at scmcanada.org or 613-656-9322
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=189756931057945

*OPEN FORMAT 03*
Fri March 18, 9pm-1am
Shanghai Restaurant, 651 Somerset St W
Open Format is a monthly series presenting a changing roster of secret DJs
mixing together music they love, freely and regardless of genre.
Admission is free but donations are requested, with the DJs of each night
directing all monies to people and/or places in the community where it may
be helpful.
All proceeds from OPEN FORMAT 03 will be going to Just Food (
http://www.justfood.ca/about.php), a local organization working on issues of
local food production.
Sponsored by CHUO 89.1 FM (www.chuo.fm). Capacity is limited!
http://pleasurethroughsound.blogspot.com/

*FORUM ON POLICE VIOLENCE, INCARCERATION AND ALTERNATIVES*
Sat March 19, 11am-5pm
at University of Ottawa, Morisset Building rooms 219-221-250-256
All day panels and workshops, speakers include: Sara Falconer – Gaetan
Heroux – Anne K Abbot – Sunny Marriner – Karl Kersblebedeb – Ottawa Movement
Defence – POWER – ASTTQ – COBP – Matthew Morgan-Brown – and many more…
More info: opirgrc at gmail.com, 613-230-3076, www.opirg-gripo.ca
http://policeforum.wordpress.com/

*Undressing Stigma - L'histoire des strip-teaseuses*
Wed March 23, 11:30am-1:30pm
U of Ottawa, CLUBS room UCU 030B
>From its beginnings in the circus to modern-day bachelor parties, strippers
have always had a certain allure that seduces everyone from frat boys to
your parents.
At this panel, we will be touching (hehe) on different subject involving the
art of peeling: HISTORY - STIGMA - FUN!
Free veggie-friendly food, bus tickets, ASL available
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=197373026957796

*Reel Food Film Festival
*Thurs March 24, 6:30pm (doors 6pm)
Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch (120 Metcalfe Street)
*Dive!* Jeremy Seifert, USA, 2010
Inspired by a curiosity about the US's country’s careless habit of sending
food straight to landfills, the multi award-winning documentary DIVE!
follows filmmaker Jeremy Seifert and friends as they dumpster dive in the
back alleys and gated garbage receptacles of Los Angeles’ supermarkets. In
the process, they salvage thousands of dollars worth of good, edible food –
resulting in an inspiring documentary that is equal parts entertainment,
guerilla journalism and call to action. www.divethefilm.com
Free / donations appreciated
http://www.justfood.ca/reel-food-film-festival2011.php

*Inter-sex-tionality*
Thurs March 24, 6:30pm
Carleton U, Uni Centre rm 180
*Still Black - A Portrait of Black Trans Men*
Explores the lives of six black transgender men living in the United States.
Through the intimate stories of their lives as artists, students, husbands,
fathers, lawyers, and teachers, the film offers viewers a complex and
multi-faceted image of race, sexuality and trans identity.
Kortney Ryan Ziegler / 77 min / 2008

*Reel Food Film Festival*
Wed March 30, 6:30pm (doors 6pm)
Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch (120 Metcalfe Street)
*La reine malade*, Pascal Sanchez, Quebec, 2009, 90 mins, French with
English sub-titles
Anciet Desrochers loves bees and it shows. Since taking charge of his
parents' Hautes Laurentides hives in 1998 Anciet has witnessed a spectacular
collapse of the world's bee colonies - a collapse that endangers our food
systems and our ecosystems. This film is the story of a beekeeper who does
things differently, to great success. Over the past several seasons, Pascal
Sanchez has documented the Desrochers family's creativity and passion for
their age-old profession, their use of traditional and modern techniques to
protect their queens from predators and bad weather, and their concern about
our food system and declining pollination. Anciet's efforts to develop virus
and disease resistant queens and strengthen his colonies have brought him
international renown as an expert on sustainable agriculture but, as
Sanchez’ film shows, he’s not interested in fame. He just loves bees.
Free / donations appreciated
http://www.justfood.ca/reel-food-film-festival2011.php

*In Their Own Words: Sex Workers Speak Out*
Wed March 30, 6:30pm
Carleton U, Uni Centre rm 180
*La Putain de Compile*
Born in the early 1960s, the sex workers movement encompasses groups rooted
in 5 continents. The organisation of sex workers into a movement has enabled
their emergence as subjects of their experiences, of their subjectivities,
and of their voices. With short films hailing from Canada, France, USA and
India, La Putain De Compile is an eye opening collection that presents
alternative discourses and representations about sex work. Be it in
traditional media, in feminist groups, or even in our daily lives, there is
a need to give space to those most concerned -- sex workers! various /
various min / 2006

*PUMP UP OUR NON-PROFIT PASSION*
Thurs March 31, all day
$99 registration: http://www.passionworks.com
http://www.ottawaxpress.ca/news/communitygarden.aspx?iIDArticle=21324

*
Recruitment, Retention & Recognition*
Thurs March 31, 1-4pm
Volunteer Ottawa, C3 Centre at 1155 Lola St, Suite 201
Who is not volunteering for your organization and why not? What are the
reasons youth give for volunteering and how do we tap into that? How do we
engage highly skilled volunteers - are they on our wish list?
FREE/VOmembers; $25/non-members - advance registration required
Karen Buckshi, Education Coordinator: 613-736-5266 ext 114,
education at volunteerottawa.ca
http://www.volunteerottawa.ca/vo-clean/index.php?/eng/events_workshops__1/workshops_training/recruitment_retention_recognition

*DAY OF DISSENT*
No to war. No to Harper. Yes to democracy.
Sat April 9, 1pm
Human Rights Monument (Elgin and Lisgar)
http://ottawapeace.org/

*PROMDEMONIUM*
SAt April 9
at the National Arts Centre
http://promdemonium.ca

*
Permaculture, Poetry & Revolution*
Sat-Sun June 11-12 (overnight, outside the city)
A weekend permaculture learning retreat of theory, practice, good food and
good people, including live spoken word and musical entertainment!
The cost of this weekend retreat is $200 per person. You can take advantage
of an early-bird rate now until May 21st of $150 per person.
Contact: graeme.j.ofarrell at gmail.com
http://www.wix.com/gofarrell/guerrillagardens
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=175324489180340
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