[Org4j-announce] Events - Today, This Week, and Future - Ottawa and Beyond

[Organizing 4Justice]

In this email:

* The weekly listing from PunchUp! of radical events in Ottawa.

* Three additional event notices first
(including one for tomorrow that is cross-Canada & international)

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*(1)  Demonstration in Solidarity with Brazilians*
against the new fascist government of Bolsonaro

Today, Monday January 7th, 4:30-6:00pm
at the Brazilian embassy, 450 Wilbrod Ave

https://www.facebook.com/events/408043863068757/



*(2)  Urgent call for solidarity from the Wet'suwet'en:*

The Unist'ot'en Camp, and the newly-established Gidimt'en check-point, are
at imminent risk of RCMP raid and forcible removal.

Website with info: http://unistoten.camp/

There is a call for solidarity actions on Tuesday January 8th.
See updated listing of planned actions here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/2225649537692362

Current list of cities with actions, as of Sunday night:
* JANUARY 7: - Winnipeg 24-hour sacred fire -
* JANUARY 8: - Calgary - Hamilton x2 - Kitchener-Waterloo -
Montreal/Tio'tia:ke - Nelson, Sinixt Tum Xulaw7x - North Bay - Ottawa -
Prince George/Lheidli - Rexton, Sikniktuk Mi'kma'ki - Saskatoon - St'át'imc
- Thunder Bay - Toronto x? - Vancouver x2 - Victoria - Whitehorse -
Flagstaff, Arizona - San Francisco, California - Seattle, Washington x2 -
* TBD when: - Cortes Island, T’oq qaymexʷ territory - Edmonton
(Amiskwaciwâskahikan) - Regina -

The Ottawa action is on Tuesday at noon at Parliament
https://www.facebook.com/events/324002048453236/



*(3)  The Canada-wide "Powershift: Young and Rising" climate conference is
in Ottawa next month, Feb 14-18.*

Register, Volunteer, or Support with a $ donation, at:
https://powershift-youngandrising.ca/

Propose to offer a workshop, via this form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd9M_ZPVX1jvysbO5mvR8ZmG6mh5G0gRbrR4Nu37VioLQmhxA/viewform



*(+)  Here is the weekly event listings via the PunchUp! Collective:*

Find out more about how to send them your events and to subscribe or
unsubscribe here: punchupcollective.tumblr.com/reo.




Upcoming Radical Events in Ottawa


*Event Listings: January 6th -13th*

This is the most recent compilation from the Radical Events Ottawa (REO)
List. The REO List is a public announcement list for radical events,
meetings, protests, and other activities in Ottawa, Ontario, on unceded
Algonquin territory. The Punch Up Collective collects submissions and
produces this curated weekly compilation of upcoming activities.

Find out more about how to send us your events and to subscribe or
unsubscribe here: https://punchupcollective.tumblr.com/reo.

CONTENTS

   1. Day of Action in Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en - January 8, 12 PM
   2. Organizing meeting: Building our fightback in 2019 - January 8, 6 PM
   3. Climate Change Without a Filter - January 8, 7 PM
   4. Intro to Extinction Rebellion Ottawa - January 10, 7PM
   5. Union Thugs and Fellow Workers - January 11, 8 PM
   6. Plus Size Clothing Swap - January 12, 2019 at 12 PM – 4 PM
   7. Disability Justice Workshop - January 14, 6:30-8:30PM
   8. Cancel Canada’s Saudi Weapons Deal, End the Massacres in Yemen -
   January 15, 11:30AM-1:00PM
   9. QTPOC Histories: Marvellous Grounds Book Launch - January 15 6:30 -
   8:30 PM
   10. Women’s March Ottawa / Marche des Femmes sur Ottawa #endVAWG -
   January 19, 11:00AM-4:00PM

DETAILS

1. Day of Action in Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en - January 8, 12 PM,
Parliament Hill

“We call on all people of conscience to act in solidarity through an
international day of action on Tuesday, January 8th, 2019.”- Gidimt'em
Access Point

Join us on Tuesday January 8 at 12 noon at the front gate of Parliament
Hill in Ottawa (on unceded unsurrendered Algonquin territory). Look for a
10-foot banner that reads “RCMP out of Wet’suwet’en territory”! We can make
further plans from there.

This is a solidarity action taken in response to the ACTION ALERT –
International Call to Action for Gidimt’en Access Checkpoint –
https://unistoten.camp/action-alert-international-call-to-action-for-gidimten-access-checkpoint/


Please also consider supporting the Wet’suwet’en by offering physical
support to the camps, monetary or material donation. See the Go Fund Me
campaign here. https://www.gofundme.com/gitdumt039en-access-point

fb event: https://www.facebook.com/events/324002048453236

2. Organizing meeting: Building our fightback in 2019 - January 8, 6-7:30
PM, 251 Bank Street, 5th floor meeting room

Looking for a New Year’s Resolution? Keep fighting for $15 & Fairness!

Thanks to the Conservative government and their corporate backers, millions
of Ontario workers started 2019 without a $15 minimum wage, without paid
sick days, equal pay, or fair scheduling rules. But our fight for decent
work continues to grow - our demands for $15 and fairness at work are being
echoed in provinces across the country and at federal level, and workers
continue to join our movement every day.

Let’s show the government and their corporate backers that we are a growing
majority and we have not forgotten their attack on our basic rights. Come
out to our organizing meeting to help us plan the next steps in our fight
locally: supporting workers to fight bad bosses, putting pressure on
Conservative MPPs, and more.

Everyone welcome! Bring your friends and co-workers!

When: Tuesday January 8, 6pm Where: 251 Bank Street, 5th floor meeting room

fb event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2224415807826951/

3. Climate Change Without a Filter - January 8, 7 PM
555 Somerset St W, Ottawa, ON

John McCrae’s Grade 12 Photography class will be exhibiting their work to
bring awareness to the negative effects of climate change. Come for some
free food, information on climate change and some great live music by
Aasivak!! Donations are encouraged and proceeds will go Young & Rising
Powershift, which is a conference for youth who are fighting for climate
justice! https://powershift-youngandrising.ca/

There will be a live DJ, live music, food and of course some great art! All
organized and created by students! Come join us!

https://www.facebook.com/events/271142506880821/

4. Intro to Extinction Rebellion Ottawa - January 10, 7PM
1 Nicholas St, Ottawa, Suite 430

This is the kickoff meeting for people interested in connecting Ottawa to
the global Extinction Rebellion, a fast-moving rapidly scaling coalition of
individuals and groups who realize the urgent need to force climate change
to the very top of the local, national and international agenda. This
meeting will be for introductions, a discussion of XR and its goals, and to
set the next step in this process.

https://www.facebook.com/events/534778620338712/

5. Union Thugs and Fellow Workers - January 11, 8 PM
Cafe Dekcuf 221 Rideau St, Ottawa, Ontario

Come for the radical music, stay for the radical music! Montreal’s Union
Thugs are coming to town on their Back to Work tour, joined by Meredith
Moon. They’ll also be joined by local acts The Apparatchiks, The Ashton
Starr, Peter Timusk and Casey Comeau. Suggested cover 10 dollars but nobody
will be turned away for lack of funds.
https://www.facebook.com/events/338516350081359/

6. Plus Size Clothing Swap January 12, 2019 at 12 PM – 4 PM
Kind Space, 222 Somerset St. W, suite 404, Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0J4

Fatties Unite!

Purge Your Closet!

Kind has put together a lil swap to help even out the disparity of clothing
affordability and size diversity. Sizes 18/ XL and up ONLY. Special
emphasis on sizes 26/ 3XL and up. All gender/ non gendered clothing. Ex;
“Men’s”, “Women’s”, and “Gender Neutral”.

Ask around your neighbourhood, work, community centres, political groups,
collectives, clubs, sports teams, families, and friend groups for PLUS SIZE
Clothing donations. We have a big need to meet!

DEETS

SATURDAY, January 12th from 12-4pm at KIND (222 Somerset st. W unit 404)

BYOC (18/40 + clothes to contribute) BYOB (shopping bags, we will not have
any)

**you do not have to bring clothes to participate in the swap.

CHANGE ROOMS There are stalled bathrooms and rooms to try things on in
private. For folks who wanna donate but not participate; Bea will be
co-ordinate pick-ups and drop offs of clothing starting January 1st. Reach
her by PM on Facebook (Bea O'Lro) where you will be added to the
co-ordination group with all the info.

WHAT TO EXPECT What to expect when you arrive; first you will be greeted
and directed to the labeled areas in which to neatly place each of your
donated clothing items based on category ie; sweaters, pants, shoes, etc.
Then you can shop! ** There may be a short waiting period if the shopping
area is too crowded. Kind is an accessible venue. See specific details here
on the website. http://kindspace.ca/accessibility/ Kind is an LQBTQIA+,
Fat, Body Neutral centred space. Please be aware of who you are and the
space you’re in while participating. For any further questions, comments,
concerns please contact Bea at b.oleary.ross at hotmail.com

FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/282889665747551/

7. Disability Justice Workshop - Monday, January 14, 6:30-8:30PM
Venus Envy Ottawa, 226 Bank St., Ottawa

with Syrus Marcus Ware $25 (Sliding scale $5-$20)

Radical interdependence is key to disability justice movements around the
globe. Artist Syrus Marcus Ware explores interdependence through collective
work and shared activist labour practices.

Explore the disability justice tenets of intersectionality and
interdependency in this workshop exploring textile art and banner making.
Help make a collaborative banner supporting disability justice activism in
Ottawa and learn as you go!

No experience necessary. Materials Provided.

About the facilitator: Syrus Marcus Ware is a visual artist, community
mobilizer, educator and researcher pursuing his PhD studies in the Faculty
of Environmental Studies at York University. Syrus holds degrees in Art
History, Visual Studies (University of Toronto) and Sociology and Equity
Studies (OISE). In 2014, he was awarded the Slyff Fellowship/Graduate
Fellowship for Academic Distinction by York University. Syrus’ research
focuses on experiences of marginality and the ways that the presence of
racialized, trans and disabled people can challenge ‘static’ social
environments. Syrus has authored several book chapters, journal articles
and peer-reviewed publications about disability, the diversification of
museums, trans parenting and sexual health for trans MSM, including the
widely cited “How Disability Studies Stays White and What Kind of White it
Stays” and “Going Boldly Where Few Men Have Gone Before: One Trans Man’s
Experience of a Fertility Clinic and Insemination” (Sumach, 2009). In 2009,
Syrus coedited the Journal of Museum Education issue Building Diversity in
Museums with Gillian McIntyre. Syrus was voted “Best Queer Activist” by Now
Magazine (2005) and was awarded the Steinert and Ferreiro Award (2012) for
LGBT community leadership and activism.

To register: You can sign up in-store, over the phone at 613-789-4646, or
on our website (through the ticket link).

About the Space: Venus Envy is a physically accessible space. We have an
automatic door, no steps and a gender inclusive bathroom big enough for
most mobility devices. We use foldable, plastic chairs for our workshops.
We have three softer chairs that we’re happy to reserve if you get in touch
with us before the workshop. We do sell some scented products so we’re
unfortunately not able to make this a scent-free space. However, we do ask
that guests refrain from wearing strongly scented products.

We’re happy to book ASL interpretation for any of our workshops! Please get
in touch with us in advance of the workshop if you would like us to book
interpreters. At minimum, we will need one week’s notice, but the earlier
you can make your request, the better.

Questions? Comments? Get in touch with us by phone at 613-789-4646 or by
email at education at venusenvy.ca

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/266749267328905

8. Cancel Canada’s Saudi Weapons Deal, End the Massacres in Yemen -
Tuesday, January 15, 11:30AM-1:00PM
Global Affairs Canada, 125 Sussex Drive, Ottawa

Celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday Cancel Canada’s $15 billion
Saudi Weapons Deal and End the Slaughter of Yemen End ALL weapons
production and exports from Canada 20 Million Yemeni Lives at Risk of Death

“World peace through nonviolent means is neither absurd nor unattainable.
All other methods have failed….A nation that continues year after year to
spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is
approaching spiritual death.” Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Trudeau government continues to export $15 billion of Canadian-made,
deadly military vehicles to the Saudi regime despite the ongoing commission
of war crimes against the people of Yemen, making this government complicit
in the bombing of schools, hospitals, factories, and wedding and funeral
processions.

Back in August 2015, five months after the war started, the President of
the International Red Cross observed, “Yemen after five months looks like
Syria after five years”.

Mark Lowcock, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator said, in November 2017,
“It will be the largest famine the world has seen for many decades”.

In January 2016, Michael Seawright, then MSF Project Coordinator In Yemen
till they had to evacuate from North of Yemen due to indiscriminate
bombings, said: “I’ve worked in war zones for the past 11 to 12 years, in
some of the worst conflicts like Syria, but I have never seen such
destruction conducted in such a short period as in Yemen.”

In December, 2018, the United Nations reported that 20 million people in
Yemen are at risk of death due to famine and disease.

The Trudeau government says they want out of the deal, but they don’t know
how. So we will draw up a cancellation agreement that we will ask Chrystia
Freeland to sign on January 15. It’s pretty simple, really. All they need
to do is sign it.

Said agreement will also announce an investment into a green jobs fund that
will keep London workers employed in socially useful and peaceful,
sustainable employment.

We recognize that the Government of Canada will sustain a financial
penalty, but nothing is more grave than the failure of humanity to stop
bombing and starving the children, women and men in Yemen and other
nations.

Part of that penalty will be paid out by those who should have known better
than to initiate and proceed with this deal in the first place. That means
executives of the Canadian Commercial Corporation and those at Global
Affairs who pushed this deal forward (sorry, Stéphane Dion, that means you
too). Willful blindness to human rights atrocities, suppression of women
and LGBTQ2+ as state policy, and the clearly deadly uses of these weapons
was no defence at Nuremberg and it is no defence here either.

This nonviolent gathering is sponsored by Homes not Bombs, tasc at web.ca or
613-267-3998.

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/279579746076319/

9. QTPOC Histories: Marvellous Grounds Book Launch - January 15 6:30 - 8:30
PM
Venus Envy Ottawa 226 Bank St., Ottawa, Ontario K2P 1X1

Join us for the Ottawa book launch of Marvellous Grounds: Queer of Colour
Histories of Toronto January 15 6:30pm Free!

For the launch, we’ll be joined by all three editors of this anthology: Jin
Haritaworn, Ghaida Moussa & Syrus Marcus Ware. This event will be hosted by
Debbie Owusu-Akyeeah.

About the book: The first collection of its kind to feature the art,
activism, and writings of QTBIPOC in Toronto, Marvellous Grounds tells the
stories that have shaped Toronto’s landscape but are frequently forgotten
or erased. Responding to an unmistakable desire in QTBIPOC communities for
history and lineage, this rich volume allows us to imagine new ancestors
and new futures.

About the Space: Venus Envy is a physically accessible space. We have an
automatic door, no steps and a gender inclusive bathroom big enough for
most mobility devices. We use foldable, plastic chairs for our workshops.
We have three softer chairs that we’re happy to reserve if you get in touch
with us before the workshop. We do sell some scented products so we’re
unfortunately not able to make this a scent-free space. However, we do ask
that guests refrain from wearing strongly scented products.

ASL: We’re happy to book ASL interpretation by request! Please get in touch
with us in advance of the workshop if you would like us to book
interpreters. At minimum, we will need one week’s notice, but the earlier
you can make your request, the better.

Children: Your kids are welcome to join us for this event! We’ll have a
blanket and toys set up on the floor where young children can play. There
is no age restriction in place in order to enter Venus Envy. fb event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/2102426073129861/

10 . Women’s March Ottawa / Marche des Femmes sur Ottawa #endVAWG -
Saturday, January 19, 11:00AM-4:00PM
Parliament Hill, Ottawa

On January 19th, 2019, WE MARCH AGAIN. #WomensWave We will march the same
day as hundreds of thousands of women in Washington as they take to the
streets, we will stand in solidarity with people gathering all over Canada
and the world that day in support of women’s rights, and to put en END TO
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS. #endVAWG #AmINext

SPIRIT AND ETHOS OF THE MARCH The purpose of this non-violent, inclusive
and intersectional protest is to take a stand for and support women’s
rights – the rights of ALL women – with women from all races, all religious
communities, all political affiliations, cis or transgender and all sexual
orientations. Violence, whether from or against the right-wing, left-wing,
centre or independents, is not welcome and will not be condoned. We are
unabashedly committed to intersectional feminism and inclusion: - Women &
Girls & Femmes & Gender Non-conforming & Gender fluid - Men & Boys -
Families - People of Color - Immigrants - LGBTQI+ Community - Individuals
with disabilities - Sex Workers - ALL religious communities - Climate
Change Advocates - Anyone else who wants to come out in support!

Even in Canada, we still have so much work to do. To date, there is no
country in the world that has yet achieved gender equality, but that does
not mean we should give up striving towards it. Women’s rights are a
crucial part of human rights! Unite! Show your solidarity!

Women’s March Ottawa would like to acknowledge that Ottawa is on the
unceded territory of the Algonquin people. We keep this acknowledgment at
the forefront of our March and thank the Algonquin for allowing us to
gather. And we thank the generations of Indigenous women who have taken
care of this land before us and continue to fight for mother nature. Nous
reconnaissons qu'Ottawa se situe sur le territoire non-cédé des nations
Algonquine. Nous donnons une place d'honneur à cette reconnaissance tout au
long de nos efforts et nous les remercieons de nous permettre de se
rassembler. Migwetch!

Le 19 janvier 2019, NOUS MARCHERONS À NOUVEAU. #WomensWave Nous marcherons
en solidarité avec les centaines de milliers de femmes à Washington, nous
exprimerons notre solidarité envers celles et ceux faisant partie de
rassemblements semblables partout au Canada et dans le monde pour soutenir
les droits des femmes et METTRE FIN À LA VIOLENCE CONTRE LES FEMMES ET LES
FILLES. #BienvenueChezMoi #SiMeMatan

ESPRIT DE LA MARCHE & CONSIDÉRATIONS ÉTHIQUES Cette marche non-violente,
inclusive et intersectionnelle a pour objectif de manifester en faveur des
droits des femmes – toutes les femmes – peu importe leur appartenance
ethnique, leur croyances religieuses, leur affiliations politiques, leur
identité de genre cis/trans ou leur orientation sexuelle. La violence,
qu’elle soit pour ou contre la droite, la gauche, le centre ou les
indépendants, n'est pas la bienvenue et ne sera pas tolérée. Nous sommes
résolument engagées envers le féminisme et l’inclusion sociale. - Femmes et
filles, Personnes transgenres ou au genre fluide - Hommes et garçons -
Familles - Minorité visible - Immigrants - Communauté LGBTQI+ - Personnes
vivant avec un handicap - Personnes oeuvrant au sein d'un métier du sexe -
Toutes les communautés religieuses - Défenseurs du changement climatique -
Toute autre personne voulant offrir son soutien

Même au Canada, il reste beaucoup de chemin à faire. À ce jour, aucun pays
n'a encore atteint l'égalité entre les sexes, mais cela ne signifie pas que
nous devons y renoncer. Les droits des femmes font partie intégrante des
droits de la personne! Unissons-nous. Soyez solidaires!

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/531484807316229/
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