[Org4j-announce] Ott activist listings for this week (March 7-...)

[Organizing 4Justice]

COMMUNITY ACTION / EVENT LISTINGS


Ongoing (started Mon) - Strike at Canadian Hearing Society
Support requested at picket 2197 RiversideDr, see more info below

Sign up by 8am Wed - SanctuaryCityOttawa social media 'Thunderclap'
https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/53984-make-ottawa-a-sanctuary-city
- also other ways to support: https://ottawasanctuarycity.ca/take-action/

Wed March 8 - IWD #DayWithoutAWoman strike
https://www.womensmarch.com/march-8th-faq
http://canadians.org/blog/council-canadians-solidarity-daywithoutawoman-strike-march-8

Thurs March 9, 5-7pm - Protest agains National Gallery hosting James
Peterson
https://www.facebook.com/events/162079194301846/
- also, see more info below

Sat March 11, 5-8pm - No Mining on Algonquin Territory! Support Barriere
Lake Algonquins
at First United Church, 347 Richmond - also Montreal event Sun March 12, 2pm
http://www.barrierelakesolidarity.org/2017/03/upcoming-events-in-ottawa-and-montreal.html

Sun March 12, 11am - Solidarity Ottawa membership meeting, at 251 Bank St
2nd floor
http://solidarityottawa.ca/event/membership-meeting-march2017/

Thurs March 16, 6-8pm - Sanctuary City Ottawa mtg - at Knox Presbyterian
https://www.facebook.com/events/1930060447223704/
http://solidarityottawa.ca/event/sanctuary-city-meeting/



... DETAILS x2 :


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STRIKE SUPPORT FOR CUPE 2073 @ CANADIAN HEARING SERVICES

The picket signs went up Monday morning at 2197 Riverside Drive (near Bank
Street). There are over 200 workers on strike, Province-wide, members of
CUPE Local 2073 who work for the Canadian Hearing Society. Ottawa has one
of the 20 locations in the Province. The Employer is insisting on a major
claw back to the members' sick leave program. They have been bargaining for
four years. Their contract expired March 31, 2013. The parties bargained
for the last three days with the Union offering many ways to satisfy the
Employer's demands, but the Employer was not interested in getting a deal.
The Employer has forced this bargaining unit, made of almost 90% women, out
on strike.

Please come out and support this picket line. It is a small workplace and
they need your help on the line.

Contact Cidália Ribeiro, cribeiro at cupe.ca, for information about the
picketing schedule.


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NATIONAL GALLERY & OTTAWA PUBLIC LIBRARY HOSTING UofT JAMES PETERSON

https://www.facebook.com/cara.tierney.79/posts/10158324613545357

Dear Ottawans,

This Thursday the National Gallery of Canada will be hosting a talk on
Psychology and Creativity.

The speaker, who is mostly known for his views concerning trans identities,
will also be giving a second talk at the Ottawa Public Library hosted by a
group called Act! For Canada: a right wing, anti-immigration, anti-muslim,
nationalist group. http://www.actforcanada.ca

These are the politics of the individual (and his associates) that the
National Gallery has chosen to address the topic of CREATIVITY.

Based on the violent repercussions resulting from this individual’s actions
last fall in Toronto the following threat assessment was conducted:
http://intactoronto.com/…/threat-assessment-jordan-peterson…

As someone who believes that basic human rights should be granted to
everyone, it is disconcerting that a federally funded public cultural
institution would hire someone who actively campaigns against equality. As
an artist I find it troubling that this is the individual being selected as
the authority on something that is the core of our professions, our
identities and our lives: CREATIVITY

Please consider sharing this post, contacting the gallery and please
consider attending the protest this Thursday (March 9, 5-7pm, at the
Gallery)

Facebook: National Gallery of Canada
Twitter: @gallerydotca
By phone in Ottawa: 613-990-1985
Toll free: 1-800-319-ARTS (2787)
Twitter account for Marc Mayer, director and CEO of the NGC: @marc_mayer

Thursday protest event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/162079194301846/

In Solidarity and with love.


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- please email org4justice at gmail.com




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