[Stopwar-l] events update

Mon Apr 5 00:31:03 PDT 2010

Greetings StopWar friends and supporters, 

 Below you will find a list
of upcoming anti-war events in and around Vancouver. We especially want to
highlight a few events - StopWar's April general meeting, featuring an
update on Haiti, Wednesday April 7th , and the StopWar anti-war
demonstration on May 29th. Details for both events are below. 

1. StopWar
General Meeting
Wednesday April 7th, 5:50pm
Maritime Labour Centre 

2. An
Evening in Support of the Vancouver Status of Women
Saturday, APRIL 17,
2010
7:00-10:00pm
Rhizome Cafe
317 East Broadway 

3. Showing and Reception
for Tar Angel
 April 17, 1:30 to 5:00 p.m
 Pacific Cinematheque
 Rally and
March to Stop Harper's War Now!
Saturday, May 29, 1pm
Vancouver Art Gallery
(North lawn, Howe ">Rally and March to Stop Harper's War Now!
Saturday, May
29, 1pm
Vancouver Art Gallery (North lawn, Howe ">6. War Resisters Support
Campaign - appeal and
update

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1. StopWar General Meeting
 Wednesday April 7th, 5:50pm
 Maritime Labour
Centre 

Featuring special guests from Haiti Solidarity with eyewitness
reports on the dire situation in Haiti, three months after the earthquake,
and reports of Haiti solidarity events in Vancouver to take place in April

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2. 

Vancouver
Status of Women requests your presence at... 

WOVEN 

THIS IS WHAT
LIBERATED COMMUNITY LOOKS LIKE 

Saturday, APRIL 17, 2010 

7:00-10:00pm

Rhizome Cafe 

317 East Broadway 

Unceded Coast Salish Territory

Donations ($5-20) encouraged. No one turned away. 

On-site childcare
provided. All genders welcome! 

Since 1971, Vancouver Status of Women has
engaged women in vision and struggle to achieve full participation in
political, social and economic life. We believe in creating healthy, joyful
and liberated feminist community. We provide critical information,
resources, advocacy and capacity-building training to support women's
self-determination.  

Recently, VSW suffered major funding cuts
devastating to our ability to continue our work.  

Why and how did these
cuts happen? Who is affected? What can we do as a community to protect
essential community programs and services? 

Come and hear organizers,
facilitators, community members, volunteers, program participants and
allies speak about their experiences with VSW, and share your own ideas!

Also featuring performances including Press Release poetry collective,
Rita Wong, and other local artists.  

Stay tuned for updates! 

GET
INFORMED. GET MOBILIZED. GET INSPIRED. 

For more information, contact
leapcoordinator at vsw.ca [1] or 604-255-6554 

Facebook event page:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?invites color: #215868; font-size:
large;">Visit www.vsw.ca [3] 

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3. 

Title:
TAR ANGEL

 Dare: April 17, 2010

 Time: 1:30 to 5:00 p.m (including a
reception)

 Place: Pacific Cinematheque

 #200-1131 Howe Street (at
Helmcken), Vancouver

 Tickets: $20.00 per person ($15.00 for students)
including snacks and
 refreshments

ADALA is pleased to announce the
showing of the award-winning Canadian movie
 'Tar Angel' by Denis
Chouinard, on the afternoon of Saturday, April 17,
 2010. Proceeds from the
event will be allocated to help sponsor one
 Palestinian refugee family to
immigrate to Canada from Al-Hol camp in Syria.

 The movie deals with the
experience of an immigrant Arab family in Quebec,
 going through challenges
that come with leaving a familiar home for an
 unfamiliar, but promising,
new home.

 Palestinian refuges at Al-Hol camp can only hope to build a
different life
 and future for their children and themselves if they are
able to immigrate
 to another country. No Arab country is willing to take
these refugees,
 whose second diaspora started in 2006 after the invasion
and the subsequent
 violence that engulfed Iraq. For some, the first
diaspora was their
 forceful eviction from Palestine when Israel was
created.

 Vancouver based organizations have so far sponsored four
families from that
 camp, located on a no-man's land on the Syrian side of
the Iraqi-Syrian
 border. A large number of families are still awaiting
help from the
 outside world, in the hope of moving on. These Palestinian
families are in a
 dire and desperate situation , living in sub-humane
conditions and it is our
 moral duty to do what we can to help.

 It is
often said that no one was born a REFUGEE - we may add: no one should

remain a REFUGEE - this is our collective responsibility.

 We look forward
to seeing you at this important social event. 

 To purchase tickets or for
information on the event, please contact 

 or . 

 Donations of $30 or
more will receive tax deduction receipts. These checks
 should be made to
UCV (or Unitarian Church of Vancouver). The donor's full
 name and address
should be provided. The memo line can state "Palestinian
 refugees".

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4. 

LEFT FILM NIGHT

 "LIFE + DEBT"

 Written and directed by Stephanie
Black, USA, 2005, 86 minutes

 Sunday, April 25, 2010, 7 pm
 Centre for
Socialist Education, 706 Clark Drive, Vancouver 
 (corner of Clark 
DONATIONS WELCOME. COFFEE AND REFRESHMENTS AVAILABLE. LEFT FILM NIGHTS ARE
PRESENTED BY THE CENTRE FOR SOCIALIST EDUCATION, YOUNG COMMUNIST LEAGUE,
AND THE VANCOUVER EAST AND MONTIVERO CLUBS OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF
CANADA. CALL 604-255-2041 OR EMAIL  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION._

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5. 

*Please forward widely*

Mark your calendar:

RALLY AND MARCH TO
STOP HARPER'S WAR NOW! 

Saturday, May 29, 1pm 
Vancouver Art Gallery
(North lawn, Howe ">

WAR RESISTERS SUPPORT CAMPAIGN - VANCOUVER

  E-MAIL
YOUR M.P. NOW TO SUPPORT IRAQ WAR RESISTERS AND BILL C-440

 In only a
matter of a few weeks, Parliament could be debating and voting on Bill
C-440, a bill that would make legally binding two motions that have already
passed in the House of Commons in support of U.S. Iraq War resisters. Bill
C-440 sends a message to the Harper government that the will of the
majority in support of war resisters cannot be ignored.

 In addition to
the nearly 10,000 Bill C-440 postcards that supporters are gathering across
Canada, we are asking you to take a few minutes today and directly contact
your M.P. to ask them to support Bill C-440. 

 Here's the form on-line; it
only takes a few minutes to e-mail your M.P.:

http://letthemstay.ca/action/email-your-mp/ [7]

 Canadians are proud of
the fact that we refused to send our soldiers into an unsanctioned and
immoral war. Even a majority of Americans think Canada did the right thing
by not participating. Canada has an honourable tradition of offering
sanctuary to Americans who object to wars not sanctioned by the United
Nations and want to live a life of peace, free from persecution. During the
Vietnam War, Canada welcomed tens of thousands of American war resisters
who have contributed greatly to our society.

 U.S. Iraq War resisters
still face deportation and the threat of jail for doing the right thing.
Take action today to make sure your M.P. knows you want Bill C-440
passed.

 Send an e-mail to your M.P. here:

http://letthemstay.ca/action/email-your-mp/ [8]

 For more information and
updates on Bill C-440:
 http://www.letthemstay.ca/ [9]

 Organized by the
War Resisters Support Campaign:
 http://www.resisters.ca/ [10]

War
Resisters Support Campaign

 Vancouver

 http://vancouverwarresisters.org
[11]

 Tel: 778-837-1475

 c/o 1143 E Pender St
 Vancouver BC V6A 1W6 

Links:
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[1] mailto:leapcoordinator at vsw.ca
[2]
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?invites&eid=110437325641806
[3]
http://www.vsw.ca/
[4] mailto:nermeen09%40yahoo.ca
[5]
mailto:rababw%40gmail.com
[6] mailto:stopwar at resist.ca
[7]
http://letthemstay.ca/action/email-your-mp/
[8]
http://letthemstay.ca/action/email-your-mp/
[9]
http://www.letthemstay.ca/
[10] http://www.resisters.ca/
[11]
http://vancouverwarresisters.org/
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