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

Sat Jan 2 09:43:09 PST 2016

Hi everyone,

It's been a dramatic few weeks on my end. Sorry for not being responsive.

I haven't been going to NGen for a while, but I'll try to stop by this week.

Thanks for creating the event page and poster Caitlin and Blake, looks
good. Also, the Tuesday meeting time works for me.

All the best,
Ajit
On Jan 2, 2016 12:07 PM, "Caitlin Craven" <caitlin.e.craven at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> Sarah, I've attached a slightly modified version of the poster here.  Let
> me know if you need anything changed or if it doesn't work for printing.  I
> don't think we need too many, as I imagine most of the promotion will be
> online.
>
> Tuesday Jan 5 works for me, shall we say 4:30pm at the Library?
>
> I went ahead and sent an email to NGen with the poster and invite, but it
> would be great if you can follow up with them if you're around Ajit about a
> speaker the next time you're there.
>
> cheers,
> Caitlin
>
> 2016-01-02 11:51 GMT-05:00 Sanctuary City Hamilton <
> sanctuaryhamilton at gmail.com>:
>
>> 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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>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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>> Email: sanctuaryhamilton at gmail.com
>> Phone: 905-527-4572 x 23
>>
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>>
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