[Stopwar-l] events update

Sun Apr 11 12:38:41 PDT 2010

1. STOP THE DELAYS! GENUINE AID FOR HAITI NOW!
Monday April 12, 4:30
pm
Corner of Georgia St. and Hamilton St. 

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 ">SFPIRG, SFU's student-based social and
environmental justice resource centre job openings.
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 1.  *** Please forward widely*** 

 STOP THE DELAYS! 

GENUINE AID FOR
HAITI NOW! 

DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY OF CANADIAN  

GOVERNMENT, MEDIA, AND
AID AGENCIES! 

RALLY IN VANCOUVER: MONDAY APRIL 12, 4:30 PM
Corner of
GEORGIA ST. AND HAMILTON ST. 

(OFFICES OF THE CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND THE CBC) 

Haiti's January 12 earthquake is the
largest humanitarian crisis ever known in the western hemisphere. Three
months later, most victims still do not have adequate shelter, food, water
and medical treatment. 

At international conferences on Haiti's
reconstruction, much is said of respecting Haiti's sovereignty and working
with its government. But foreign governments, including Canada, have
conspired against Haiti's sovereignty for many years and undermined elected
governments committed to social justice. 

Canada's government, media and
many of its aid agencies are doing too little to inform the public of the
dire situation in Haiti. Canadians have little public accounting of where,
or whether, their generous donations and tax dollars are being spent in
Haiti. 

CANADIANS DEMAND:  

* SHELTER FOR VICTIMS NOW! * MORE
ACCOUNTABILITY * FREE MEDICAL CARE TO ALL HAITIANS * DEMILITARIZATION OF
AID 

Rally organized by Haiti Solidarity BC. More information at 778 858
5179 

www.canadahaitiaction.ca [1]

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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! 

FEATURING 

EMERGE: Women Rising
Media Arts Exhibit 
 A collaborative project between Vancouver Status of
Women  color: #215868; font-size: small;"> 

 RITA WONG
 Author of three
books of poetry: sybil unrest (co-written with Larissa Lai, Line Books
2008), forage (Nightwood Press 2007), and monkeypuzzle (Press Gang 1998).
She received the Asian Canadian Writers Workshop Emerging Writer Award in
1997, and the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize in 2008. Wong teaches in
Critical + Cultural Studies at Emily Carr University of Art and Design, and
is currently researching the poetics of water. 

 PRESS RELEASE
 A
collective of poets involved in social movements. Recently produced
Survaillance, a chapbook of anonymous contributors, to witness the impacts
of the Olympics in Vancouver.  

And a fierce line up of speakers including
BENITA BUNJUN, RAIN DANIELS, ADRIANA PAZ, ANGELA MACDOUGALL, CARMEN
AGUIRRE, PRITI SHAH  color: #215868; font-size: x-small;">  

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! 

GET INFORMED. GET MOBILIZED. GET INSPIRED. 

We ask you
to consider donating or becoming a member of VSW even if you are unable to
attend.  

Contact leapcoordinator at vsw.ca [2] or 604-255-6554 for more
information. 

Facebook event page:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?invites color: #215868; font-size:
large;">Visit www.vsw.ca [4]  

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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 ">6. 

Please spread the word!  
SFPIRG, SFU'S
STUDENT-BASED SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESOURCE CENTRE, HAS TWO JOB
OPENINGS:

1) OUTREACH AND PROGRAMMING COORDINATOR
SFPIRG is looking to
fill a one year part-time (25-28 hrs/wk) temporary replacement position
(with the possibility of becoming permanent). This is one of three core
staff positions and is responsible for outreach, media and programming at
SFPIRG. Deadline: Tues May 4, 10 am. 

To view the full job posting (pdf)
for the Outreach and Programming Coordinator go to www.sfpirg.ca [8]

2)
OUTREACH ORGANIZER (STUDENT POSITION)
SFPIRG is looking to fill a one year
student position that involves doing community outreach in the summer (to
solicit new community proposals for the ARX program) and to do campus
outreach in the fall and spring terms. Deadline: Mon April 19, 2010 at
midnight.

To view the full job posting (pdf) for the Outreach Organizer go
to www.sfpirg.ca [9] 

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Links:
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[1] http://www.canadahaitiaction.ca/
[2]
mailto:leapcoordinator at vsw.ca
[3]
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?invites&eid=110437325641806
[4]
http://www.vsw.ca/
[5] mailto:nermeen09%40yahoo.ca
[6]
mailto:rababw%40gmail.com
[7] mailto:stopwar at resist.ca
[8]
http://www.sfpirg.ca/index.cgi?d=&g=/Outreach_and_Programming_Coordinator_Posting.pdf
[9]
http://www.sfpirg.ca/index.cgi?d=&g=/Outreach_Organizer_Posting.pdf
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