[van-announce] Fwd: SUNDAY: Ward Churchill Speaking Event! NO OLYMPICS ON STOLEN LAND

[Anti-Poverty Committee]

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Subject: Ward Churchill Speaking Event! Oct 28th
From:    convergence at no2010.com
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NO OLYMPICS ON STOLEN LAND
Resistance to corporate invasion of indigenous territories!

A www.no2010.com event featuring Ward Churchill and a report back from the
Intercontinental Indigenous gathering in  Sonora Mexico.

Sunday, October 28th 6pm
Ukrainian Hall 154 E.10th Ave.

A night of speakers and solidarity to support the Ward Churchill Legal
Defense Fund and local anti-Olympic struggles!

WARD CHURCHILL:
Ward Churchill (Keetoowah Band Cherokee) is one of the most outspoken of
Native American activists and scholars in North America and a leading
analyst of indigenous issues. He is former tenured Professor of Ethic
Studies and Coordinator of American Indian Studies at the University of
Colorado, fired in retaliation for the exercise of his First
Amendment-protected speech and in violation of the doctrine of Academic
Freedom.

KANAHUS PELLKEY:
Kanahus Pellkey is a Secwepemc & Ktnuxa. She is a Warrior and spokesperson
for the Native Youth Movement. She is a community organizer, and has
worked with many Indigenous Nations throughout Turtle Island.

GORD HILL:
Gord Hill is a member of the Kwakwaka’wakw Nation. He is an artist and
organizer who has been active with the Native Youth Movement, the Sutikalh
Camp and other groups. He is an activist with the
Anti-Colonial/Anti-Capitalist Convergence against the 2010 Winter
Olympics.

JILL CHETTIAR:
Jill Chettiar is an organizer with the Anti-Poverty Committee in
Vancouver. She has been working on struggles for housing and welfare
justice and does support work for sex workers rights organizations.

Suggested donations $5 - $20  All proceeds go to Ward Churchill’s Legal
Defense Fund