[Sanctuarycity_hamilton] Fwd: Draft RefugeesWelcome Statement - please revise and sign on.

[Ajit Bir Singh]

Thanks Blake, I'm on board with Caitlin's comments

Cheers,
Ajit

On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 12:55 PM, Sanctuary City Hamilton <
sanctuaryhamilton at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey folks,
>
> I agree with caitlin comments, are there any other suggestiins? If not I
> will update our comments to the document.
>
> Cheers,
> Blake
>
>
> On Tuesday, October 27, 2015, Caitlin Craven <caitlin.e.craven at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Ajit,
>>
>> Thanks for sending.  This looks good to me, and I don't have any
>> additional suggestions for the main text.  I don't know that anything needs
>> to be added to the list of immediate demands as I'm concerned that a long
>> list might detract from the force of making specific demands.  That said,
>> it could be worth making some mention of the UN climate summit and the need
>> to live up to the mandate of 'free prior and informed consent' as a right
>> of indigenous peoples.  But, again, this may just add too much noise at the
>> end.  Another option is to include a couple sentences to the effect that
>> these immediate changes are only a beginning and that there are other
>> demands (like the end of military interventions, corporate impunity) for
>> the longer term.
>>
>> Those are just my thoughts.  Thank the folks who wrote the letter, it is
>> well done.
>>
>> cheers,
>> Caitlin
>>
>> 2015-10-22 22:39 GMT-04:00 Ajit Bir Singh <ajitvir.s at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Hey all,
>>>
>>> Below is a draft of a joint statement to be sent to Justin Trudeau by
>>> those who organized across the country under the 'Refugees Welcome' banner.
>>> Please review!
>>>
>>> ---
>>>
>>>
>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fAjTJAc9oMLJRwQu3YPsuf5KLnJlXXfCL3yR8cgfMnc/edit?usp=sharing
>>>
>>> Please share with your organizations, make comments and suggestions as
>>> you see fit, and send in feedback.
>>>
>>> *PLEASE RESPOND BY OCTOBER 29.*
>>>
>>> In the document, at the bottom is a table for cities, please comment in
>>> there to update on the status of this. It will give us a sense of who
>>> actually saw it and who needs a friendly reminder.
>>>
>>> :)
>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
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