[Sanctuarycity_hamilton] Fwd: Event updates and next meeting - response needed by Monday at 12noon

[Sanctuary City Hamilton]

hey folks, sorry i forgot to reply to list.

Here is the fb event. ensure to invite your people

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Sanctuary City Hamilton <sanctuaryhamilton at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Sanctuarycity_hamilton] Event updates and next meeting -
response needed by Monday at 12noon
To: Sarah Hipworth <sarahndhipity at gmail.com>


Hey Folks,

Here is the event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/741447562652911/

Ensure to invite your friends and stuff.

Ajit have you/are you able to contact someone at Ngen?

I could do the 5th in the evening.

Cheers,
Blake

On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 10:23 AM, Sarah Hipworth <sarahndhipity at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi. Me again. The poster and write-up are brilliant. My vote is "go
> ahead".
>
> Let me know if you'd like me to print the posters. I like them a lot,
> especially the flutterbyes.
>
>
>
> On 28 December 2015 at 10:18, Sarah Hipworth <sarahndhipity at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> I likely still won't be able to make the meeting on January 3--I have an
>> important deadline on January 4 and I've already declined to attend a
>> Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War meeting that day for the same reason.
>> I'd like to think I won't be in panicky last-minute mode, but I know myself
>> too well and I'm always working up to the last minute before a submission.
>>
>> BUT I could probably be less panicky about my January 8th deadline if we
>> meet Tuesday, January 5? I mean, if my presence is necessary?
>>
>> I haven't read the "in lieu of meeting" part of the email yet, but I will
>> get back about that before noon, although I'm sure it's brilliant!
>>
>> Will be in touch again.
>>
>> Sarah
>>
>>
>>
>> On 27 December 2015 at 12:57, Sanctuary City Hamilton <
>> sanctuaryhamilton at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey folks,
>>>
>>> So in lieu of being able to meet today, here are some updates/requests
>>> about the event.
>>>
>>> I've attached a draft poster for everyone to look at along with a
>>> slightly reworded event description based on the changes in circumstances
>>> that have emerged since November.  Can everyone please comment on both of
>>> these by *tomorrow, Monday, at noon* so that Blake can make a fb event
>>> page.
>>>
>>> I have not heard anything back from Carlos, and Blake has not heard back
>>> from Hodon.  We will keep trying on these ends, but in the meantime, Ajit
>>> could you get in touch with folks at NGen and find out if any of the youth
>>> there would like to participate with their story?
>>>
>>> Can we try and meet again next Sunday, January 3rd at 11:30 am (same
>>> location)?  Please let the group know if you can/can't attend.
>>>
>>> Thanks all, and hope the craziness of the month is not too
>>> overwhelming.  Take care and see you all soon!
>>>
>>> Caitlin
>>>
>>> The Refugee Experience in Hamilton
>>> In the past months, we have heard a lot about Canada’s generous efforts
>>> to bring in refugees from the Syrian conflict.  In all the talk about
>>> humanitarian responses and potential terrorists we have heard less from
>>> refugees themselves.  On January 13th, Sanctuary Hamilton invites you
>>> to come hear from refugees living in Hamilton about their experiences
>>> getting here and the barriers they have and continue to face.  We hope
>>> this event is a chance to build stronger communities of friendship and
>>> justice.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The commitment during the election to bring 25,000 refugees by the end
>>> of 2015 and end Canada’s participation in the aerial bombardment in Syria
>>> was a direct result of large scale mobilization across the country under
>>> the banner of Refugees Welcome.  This movement called on the Canadian
>>> government to take greater responsibility for both providing safe homes to
>>> those fleeing war and for its own actions that make other people’s homes
>>> unsafe. Since early December, picture after picture has emerged of Trudeau
>>> smiling as he greets refugees coming to Canada.  Yet this is the same
>>> Trudeau who caved to Islamaphobic pressure following the attacks in
>>> Baghdad, Beirut, and Paris by reducing the target to 10,000 only to
>>> announce that even this target will probably not be met.  At the same time,
>>> war planes are still bombing and special forces have been deployed to Syria
>>> to continue participating in a war that is only adding to the destruction
>>> and displacement in the region.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> In the meantime, across Canada migrants continue to be held in detention
>>> facilities, people continue to face long wait times to have their claims
>>> processed, and those with temporary status continue to be among the most
>>> exploited and vulnerable workers in the country.  Canadian corporations
>>> continue to displace people in countries like Guatemala, Eritrea, and
>>> Western Sahara largely with impunity. To call to Welcome Refugees is not a
>>> simple statement of humanitarianism but a political statement condemning
>>> war and economic violence that kills and displaces thousands.
>>>
>>>
>>> In hearing the words of those who have struggled to come and rebuild
>>> their lives here, we can come together to demand the Freedom to Move, to
>>> Stay and Return!
>>> --
>>> Sanctuary City Hamilton Team
>>> Email: sanctuaryhamilton at gmail.com
>>> Phone: 905-527-4572 x 23
>>>
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>>>
>>
>


-- 
Sanctuary City Hamilton Team
Email: sanctuaryhamilton at gmail.com
Phone: 905-527-4572 x 23



-- 
Sanctuary City Hamilton Team
Email: sanctuaryhamilton at gmail.com
Phone: 905-527-4572 x 23
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