[Sanctuarycity_hamilton] OPIRG - Making connections

[Caitlin Craven]

Hi folks,

See the email below from Ajit.  What do folks think about participating?

cheers,
Caitlin

2015-08-10 16:26 GMT-04:00 Ajit Bir Singh <ajitvir.s at gmail.com>:

> Hey,
>
> This is the response I received from Mac OPIRG. What do you think? Can you
> forward this to the rest of the group?
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Robyn Ocean" <robynocean at gmail.com>
> Date: Aug 10, 2015 3:14 PM
> Subject: Re: Making connections
> To: "Ajit Bir Singh" <ajitvir.s at gmail.com>
> Cc:
>
> Hi again,
> I would love to have someone from Sanctuary Hamilton speak at our PIRG
> talks event. It's like a TED talk if that is familiar to you. The premise
> is participants will be given five minutes to share a cause, raise
> awareness, talk about important issues, etc.If your group is eligible for
> grant funding we have up to $1000 to give away for project focused
> presentations.
> I have attached the poster and can give more information at your request.
> At this point, the schedule is packed and there are no more opportunities
> for workshops. I know five minutes isn't a lot, but you can say a lot in
> five minutes.
> Let me know if you would like to participate in this event.
> Cheers
> RObyn
>
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 4:41 PM, Ajit Bir Singh <ajitvir.s at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Robyn,
>>
>> I'm emailing on behalf of Sanctuary Hamilton, a volunteer organization of
>> local citizens that was involved in Hamilton declaring itself a Sanctuary
>> City in February 2014. A sanctuary city is one in which undocumented
>> individuals can access city services without fear of being questioned on
>> their immigration status. We are interested in running a workshop during
>> the alternative welcome week discussing what a sanctuary city is, why it
>> matters, and the growing migrant justice movement in Hamilton.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ajit
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 12:37 PM, Robyn Ocean <robynocean at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello and thanks for your interest in OPIRGs making connections
>>> alternative welcome week. I am the coordinator for this year's events.
>>> What kind of involvement did you have in mind?
>>> I have the entire week booked with events already.  Please let me know
>>> more about your interests and I can see if there is room for collaboration.
>>> All community members and groups address welcome to attend and
>>> participate at all of plour events.
>>> Thanks
>>> Robyn
>>>
>>
>>
>
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