[van-announce] PARTY! Fundraiser: Sun peaks convergence

[noii-van at resist.ca]

*** REMINDER: without tickets, a space on the bus is not guaranteed. if
you are carpooling, you MUST contact us to reserve a camping space and to
provide numbers to those in the community arranging food. If carpooling,
please call or email with when you are traveling (sat or sun) and how many
folks there are. Thanks for your support. ***

Contact info: noii-van at resist.ca or call 778-552-2099.
More info: http://apc.resist.ca/skwelkwekwelt


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  HOUSE PARTY AT MARYANN & ERIC'S

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FRIDAY AUGUST 20th
2021 Kitchener Street
COMMERCIAL DRIVE AREA


THE KEGS WILL BE CRACKED AT 8PM
SOME LIVE MUSIC TOO

All proceeds from beer sales will fund:

  "RESISTANCE WITHOUT RESERVATION"
    Convergence against Sunpeaks!

more info: noii-van at resist.ca, 778-552-2099
http://apc.resist.ca/skwelkwekwelt



*** SPECIAL FUNDING APPEAL ***
SPONSPOR A SEAT ON THE BUS TO SECWEPEMC TERRITORIES:

July 15, 2004
Vancouver

Dear friends and allies --

We are writing to ask for your financial support for the convergence
against Sun Peaks on the weekend of Aug 28-Aug 29, 2004.

Sun Peaks Resort and Delta Hotels are built on Secwepemc territories that
have never been ceded or surrendered. Land and Water BC disregarded the
Secwepemc, who said NO to expansion in stakeholder meetings, and in June
2001 obtained a court injunction to forcibly remove Secwepemc from their
homelands. The Skwelkwek’welt Protection Center, at the Resort's entrance,
claims Aboriginal Title & Rights. For this exercise of rights, 54 arrests
with charges from criminal contempt and intimidation by blocking a road to
resisting arrest have been made. In January 2003, a BC judge found four
Elders not guilty for refusal to obey an injunction to tear down the
Center, and as she left court, Elder Irene Billy stated: "I always knew we
were right, this is our land, and Sun Peaks and the province cannot remove
us from it."

With the 2010 Olympic bid, environmental destruction and expansion on
unceded territories will be perpetuated yet further. In the spirit of
solidarity movements that honour front-line struggles of communities,
rather than organizing actions in the city, it is imperative to support
this movement by offering our presence on the territories itself.

We are making this special appeal so that we can pay the costs of travel
for those who cannot afford the price (30-50$), particularly indigenous
Elders and youth, and thereby building a strong movement for indigneous
struggles and to support the crucial fight of the Secwepemc community.

We are aiming for 40 people/ organizations to donate $40 each, the cost of
one seat, which will ensure representation and participation of low-income
people, particularly aboriginal people who wish to travel to support our
sisters and brothers on the territories. Many organizations and
individuals have continously offered their support over the past few years
to Native Youth Movement and the struggles against Sun Peaks and Delta
Hotels led by the Secwepemc community.

Also, please consider paying the full 40$ cost for tickets for one or two
organizational delegates to travel to Secwepemc territories to witness
first-hand the devastation of the land, the camp the community has set up,
and the repression the community has come under.

If you can donate, please send a cheque to "Harjap Grewal" to the
following address:

No One is Illegal
c/o Palestine Community Center
1874 Kingsway
Vancouver, BC
Canada, V5N 2S7


Please indicate "Sun Peaks convergence" in the memo line of the cheque.
Please also let us know if you're sending money by calling at 778-552-2099
or email at noii-van at resist.ca. If you prefer to donate by cash, please
let us know.

Again, your financial contribution is a very important and tangible way to
support the struggles of the Secwepemc community, one of the strongest
struggles on this land.

In solidarity and struggle,
The Land, Freedom and Decolonization Coalition