[van-announce] Community Events Digest
SFPIRG
sfpirg at sfu.ca
Fri Jun 12 18:12:57 PDT 2009
Community Events Digest
==Social justice events happening in and around Vancouver==
June 12 – 19:
1. An Alliance for People's Health Movie Night – June 12
2. 3rd Annual Women’s Housing March – June 13
3. Rally in Solidarity with the People of Peru – June 15th
4. India Hands off Nepal – Rally - June 15
5. Living Wage Workshop – June 15
6. Decriminalize Sex Work - “Trafficking Facts and Fictions” – June 16
7. Zero Waste Vancouver First Annual Birthday Party! – June 17
8. Tribute Rally for Dr. George Tiller in Vancouver – June 18
9. World Federalist Meeting – June 18
10. Aid not occupation! Fundraiser for Afghan women – June 19
June 20 - 26:
11. Sansad Forum - Struggles for Land, Livelihood and Life in India – June 21
12. Media Co-op Discussion: Vancouver & Burnaby – June 21 and June 22
13. A People’s Health Series Workshop - Physical Activity for Back & Neck Pain – June 25
14. The Other Arars: Where The Exception Is The Rule – Adil Charkaoui – June 26
15. Point Youth Media Open Mic Night – June 26
General:
16. Job Posting: SFPIRG Research and Education Coordinator – Deadline July 6
17. Volunteers needed for Pride in Art Festival, July 26-Aug 15
18. Job Posting - Polaris Institute – Deadline – June 26
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An Alliance for People's Health Movie Night – June 12
Unnatural Causes:
Is Inequality Making us Sick?
*Friday June 12th from 7-9pm
Organizing Centre for
Social and Economic Justice
672 E Broadway (at Fraser st) *
Join us for the 2nd and 3rd episodes of this 7-part series uncovering the
root causes of inequities in health
*Episode 2:
When the Bough Breaks (29 min)
*How does the stress from living with racism impact us over the long term?
Can racism become embedded in the body and effect birth outcomes?
*Episode 3:
Becoming American (29 min) *
Immigrants arrive healthy, so why don't the stay that way?
How do low wages, working conditions and social exclusion contribute to
declining health?
Snacks and Discussion provided
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Alliance for People's Health
allianceforpeopleshealth at gmail.com
604-215-2775
672 E Broadway
Vancouver, BC
V5T 1X6
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3rd Annual Women’s Housing March – June 13
===> 3RD ANNUAL WOMEN'S HOUSING MARCH <===
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Sat June 13 @ 1:30 pm
Starts outside Downtown Eastside Women Centre
(302 Columbia- corner Cordova, just west of Main)
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On Saturday June 13 at 1:30 pm, join women in the Downtown Eastside Women
Centre Power of Women Group in the 3rd Annual March for Women's Housing
and March Against Poverty! Everyone welcome!
We are marching for:
- Social Housing, Childcare, and Healthcare for all!
- No more Evictions and No more Condos in the DTES!
- People Before Olympic Profits!
- Stop Criminalizing the Poor!
Although we are still suffering in shelters and on the streets, we are not
yet defeated! We are making our voices heard, we are bringing empowerment
into our lives, we are fighting for positive change, and we are expressing
the humanity of our neighbourhood. We hope all of you will join us.
For more information contact project at dewc.ca or call 604-681-8480 x
234. We are also seeking endorsements, please contact us if you would are
interested in being added to a list of supporters.
On facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=80841139629
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Rally in Solidarity with the People of Peru – June 15th
SOLIDARITY WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN PERU!
OPPOSE CANADA-PERU FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS!
NO IMPUNITY FOR ALAN GARCIA!
*Information rally and presentation of protest letter at Peruvian Consulate *
Monday June 15th @ 2:00 pm
Peruvian Consulate
505 Burrard St (corner Pender)
On facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=113542022575
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On June 5 2009 the Peruvian government ordered the National Police to stop
a blockade in the city of Bagua in the Amazon province with violent force,
leaving over 200 people dead - mainly Indigenous people protecting their
land against logging, mining, oil and agroindustry. As a direct result of
international protests, rallies, and outcry this week against the
genocidal massacre of Indigenous peoples, on June 11 the Peruvian Congress
issued a 90-day suspension of legislative decrees 1090 and 1064 in order
to restore dialogue.
Indigenous peoples are continuing to protest and calling for international
solidarity to demand the complete revocation of all 10 federal decrees and
unilaterally imposed free trade agreements that violate Indigenous peoples
right to their lands, resources, and self-determination.
This is not just a “Peruvian” issue; this is a global issue; this is our
issue and protests have taken place in various cities in North America.
Since the 1980s and 1990s, the governments of the USA and Canada — along
with development and aid institutions such as CIDA - have been pushing for
free trade agreements. Canada signed a Free Trade Agreement with Peru on
May 29 2008, and on June 3 2009, Bill C-24 was passed in the House of
Commons to implement this agreement, which further endangers Indigenous
territorial rights and Amazonian biodiversity.
SOLIDARITY WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN PERU!
OPPOSE CANADA-PERU FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS!
NO IMPUNITY FOR ALAN GARCIA!
Organized by Solidarity with Peru Now. Endorsed by Canada- Bolivia
Solidarity Committee, La Surda Latin American Collective.
Info: 604-773-9057 or solidaritywithperu at gmail.com
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India Hands off Nepal – Rally - June 15
Progressive Nepali Forum in Americas (PNEFA) organizes
Vancouver Rally
Join Nepalis and friends of Nepal Around the Globe as part of a
Global Day of Action Against Indian Aggression in Nepal
Monday, June 15, 2009
At Noon
In front of Consulate General of India Office
325 Howe Street, Vancouver, Canada
The Indian Border Security Force (IBSF) last week encroached on Nepali lands and committed atrocities along the border areas of western district of Dang. These actions resulted in the displacement of more than 6000 people from their home villages. Cases of alleged rapes and disappearance have also been reported. What lies behind this attack on Nepali sovereignty? In 1816 Nepal was forced to sign a treaty called The Sugauli Treaty (also known as the Anglo-Nepal Treaty) by the victorious British colonial power. Due to the unequal terms of this treaty, Nepal lost about one third of its territory to the British Raj. The “Brown Sahibs” inherited the Raj in 1947, and since that time have grabbed Nepali lands at their will, violating not only the UN Charter but also even the 1950 Treaty of Peace and Friendship 1950, a treaty which heavily favours Indian domination in Nepal in the first place. Time and again, the IBSF has encroached Nepali territory and committed atrocities all along three sides of Nepali border: from Jhapa in the east all the way to Darchula in the west, where they even have set up a permanent military base. The same pattern -- border encroachment, forceful displacement of Nepali villagers, shifting of border markers -- into the encroached Nepali land in Susta and Maheshpur in the south, and now in the border villages of Dang, lays bare the expansionist policy of Indian rulers. India has already encroached about 59,970 hectares of Nepali territory at 54 points in 21 districts. But if the areas affected by the unilateral activities of our southern neighbor such as construction of dams and irrigation projects are considered as encroachment, the number increases to 85 points. All these cases are well documented. This latest encroachment is part of that same policy of Indian expansionism. Interestingly, this blatant attack on the national sovereignty of Nepal took place soon after Madhav Kumar Nepal, a loser from two constituencies in last year's Constituent Assembly (CA) elections, was declared the prime minister of Nepal. It is no surprise that his government has been silent on these attacks: it is an India-installed puppet government formed from an unethical alliance between regressive forces and those unwilling to challenge the status quo. The newly installed foreign minister, Sujata Koirala – another loser in the democratic CA election – went so far as to claim that there is no issue of land encroachment. Her words parroted the press release of the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu, issued on the same day, that categorically denied any encroachments, calling the concerns of patriotic Nepalis mere fabricated rumors. Shame!
Join us at the protest rally,
help say NO to blatant Indian expansionism in Nepal
For more information, please contact Abi Sharma (604)506-9259
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Living Wage Workshop – June 15
VDLC Delegates, Affiliates and Friends.
Plannning Workshop on Delivering a
Living Wage for Metro Vancouver
On Monday, June 15, the Vancouver & District
Labour Council in conjunction with the Metro
Living Wage Campaign and the Canadian Centre for
Policy Alternatives will be holding a discussion
and planning workshop on how best to achieve a
Living Wage for Metro Vancouver.
We hope that all trade unionists not only support
an increase in the minimum wage but also the
concept of achieving a Living Wage that
accurately reflects the real costs of living and
raising a family in the Lower Mainland.
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and
First Call BC have done an excellent job of
calculating the amount of a Living Wage for the
Lower Mainland.
Now we have to work on a plan to implement a Living Wage.
Plan to attend the planning workshop and lend us your support.
The workshop will be:
Monday, June 15
9:30 am to 12 noon
BC Teachers Federation building
100 - 550 West 5th (off Cambie)
Vancouver
Hope to see you there.
Bill Saunders
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Decriminalize Sex Work - “Trafficking Facts and Fictions” – June 16
You are cordially invited to a FIRST Public Forum, June 16, 2009
VANCOUVER — Evidence suggests that sex trafficking increases very little during major sporting events, such as the 2010 Games. There is also evidence that anti-trafficking initiatives locally and globally have endangered the safety of sex workers and violated their human rights. It is crucial that anti-trafficking interventions are based on evidence and collaboration with sex workers’ groups rather than unsubstantiated fears or assumptions about women in sex work – most of whom are not trafficking victims. Contrary to some claims, prostitution is not the same thing as trafficking — sex work is a consensual exchange of sex for money, while trafficking is coerced migration.
FIRST is a national coalition of feminist that advocates for the decriminalization of sex work. We strongly oppose trafficking for the purposes of sexual exploitation and all other forms of forced trafficking, and believe that decriminalization will not increase such trafficking.
We invite the public to an open forum to learn more about international trafficking and the domestic trafficking of Aboriginal women and girls, in the context of the 2010 Games.
Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Time: Doors open: 6:30 p.m. Forum from: 7 – 9 pm
Location: Vancouver Public Library, 350 W. Georgia, Alma Van Dusen & Peter Kay rooms
Admission by donation
Speakers:
· Alison Paul, New Hope Society, Prince George
◦ Aboriginal perspective on domestic trafficking
· Soni Thindall, Orchid Project, Vancouver (Outreach and Research in Community Health Initiatives and Development)
◦ Migrant sex workers
· Dr. Annalee Lepp, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Women's Studies, University of Victoria
◦ Olympics and sex trafficking
Media Contacts: Esther Shannon: 604-254-9963 Tamara O’Doherty: 604-534-4450.
More info: <mailto:jharthur at shaw.ca> jharthur at shaw.ca
FIRST is a national coalition of feminists who work to support the rights of sex industry workers and advocate for the decriminalization of adult sex work. We are guided by the fundamental principle that sex industry workers should have equal benefit of the human rights protections that are available to all members of Canadian society.
For further information on FIRST, visit our webpage at: <http://www.firstadvocates.org/> http://www.firstadvocates.org
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Zero Waste Vancouver First Annual Birthday Party! – June 17
We welcome you to an interesting, informative and fun meeting next week. Among the festivities will be two great speakers and a special presentation to the City of Port Moody of our first Zero Waste Award, in recognition of their due diligence process last summer examining the Plasco gasification plant proposal.
Helen & the Zero Waste Vancouver team
Let’s not make this mistake!
Metro Vancouver quietly continues to plan the development of three huge waste incinerators in our beautiful region. This plan will sap public resources, lock in high levels of waste and threaten public health and safety. Zero Waste Vancouver is organizing a campaign to stop the incinerators so we can get going on the many alternative paths to real waste reduction.
Come learn more and take action.
Zero Waste Vancouver Public Meeting
Wednesday, June 17th
SPEAKERS:
Douw Steyn, UBC geographer ~ “Why this valley is the wrong place to build incinerators”
Monica Kosmak, waste analyst ~ “Garbage rebranded: is the provincial government positioning garbage as ‘clean, renewable energy’?”
SPEC House (2150 Maple Street, Vancouver)
Doors open at 6:30 / Speakers, awards and action start at 7:30
zerowastevancouver at gmail.com
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Tribute Rally for Dr. George Tiller in Vancouver – June 18
Please come out to honour the courageous and dedicated doctor
who was assassinated on May 31 in Wichita Kansas.
Dr. George Tiller sacrificed his life to save women's lives. He was one of the very few doctors in North America willing to help women who found out late in pregnancy that their baby would not survive outside the womb, and women whose lives and health were endangered by the pregnancy. For this, he was revered by his patients and the abortion provider community, who called him Saint George. Dr. Tiller lived his favourite mottoes "Trust Women" - and "Attitude Is Everything." He knew that women needed his help, and this gave him the strength and grace to continue his work despite the 30 years of relentless anti-abortion harassment and terrorism directed at him and his clinic.
Date/time: Thursday, June 18, 7 pm (till about 8:30)
Location: Grandview Park on Commercial Drive, Vancouver
(between William and Charles Streets, at the bandstand)
Featured speeches and topics:
· Short tributes from various speakers, including some who knew Dr. Tiller personally
· Understanding the need for late-term abortion
· Stopping the terrorism and the fear
A few of the currently scheduled speakers include:
· Ellen Woodsworth, Vancouver City Councillor
· Joyce Arthur, Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada
· Greg Smith, Executive Director, Options for Sexual Health
· Statement will be read from Libby Davies, Member of Parliament for Vancouver East
· And others...
Musical performances to follow.
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World Federalist Meeting – June 18
TOPIC: Global Crises require Global Solutions
Peter Prontzos of the Political Science Dept. of Langara College argues that these solutions will only occur when the people of the world demand them and when we establish real democratic institutions and practices. This view is central to the IRENI Project, a new networking and peace initiative.
Followed by discussion and refreshments.
TIME: Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 7:30 pm
LOCATION: Hewett Centre, Unitarian Church, 949 W.49th Ave. at Oak St., Vancouver.
All welcome. Free Parking. No charge.
MORE INFORMATION:
Or to add your name to the meeting reminder e-mail list,
contact Larry Kazdan at (604) 874-9982,
or e-mail: lkazdan at shaw.ca.
The World Federalist Movement Canada - Vancouver Branch meets at this location the third Thursday of every month. The general public is cordially invited to attend.
World Federalists support the development of a global community based on the rule of law and democratically accountable international institutions.
World Federalist Movement Canada - Vancouver Branch
e-mail wfcvb at vcn.bc.ca
URL: http://www.vcn.bc.ca/wfcvb
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Aid not occupation! Fundraiser for Afghan women – June 19
A fundraiser in solidarity with Afghan women
Friday, June 19
Vancouver Unitarian Sanctuary, 949 W. 49th Ave (at Oak St.)
Doors: 7:00pm
Program: 7:30pm
Reception: 9:00pm, with refreshments and desserts
An evening of speeches, music and poetry dedicated to raising funds for the Afghan Women's Mission, which works closely with RAWA (Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan) to support health, educational, and other programs for Afghan women.
Featuring: Sonali Kolhatkar, co-director, Afghan Women's Mission, author of Bleeding Afghanistan: Washington, Warlords and the Propaganda of Silence and host of Uprising Radio, an hour-long daily program on Pacifica Radio.
Organized by Vancouver StopWar Coalition
Co-sponsored by: Vancouver Unitarians Social Justice Committee (http://vancouver.unitarians.ca/cms/site/)
For more information on the Afghan Women's Mission: http://afghanwomensmission.org/index.php
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Sansad Forum - Struggles for Land, Livelihood and Life in India – June 21
Struggles for Land, Livelihood and Life in India:
A View of Imperialism and Neo-liberalism from Orissa
Sunday, June 21, 2009
2:00 p.m.
Room A. 136 A, Langara College
100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver
Aided by the wholesome adoption of the Neo-liberal agenda by the Indian state, the many-pronged penetration of Imperialism is now present in every sector of Indian econmy, every aspect of society and polity, and also in the defence-military establishment.
The focus of this Forum is however on only one aspect of this phenomenon: the large scale acquisition of hundreds of thousands of hectares of agricultural land; either for building mega projects, or for setting up Special Economic Zones - to serve the local and/or multinational big capital. Large scale resistance of peasants and tribal people are breaking up all over India, often met with severe state repression.
The Forum will attempt to examine these by paying a close attention to one region, the resource rich State of Orissa. Very many national and multinational corporations are waiting in the wings. It is also in Orissa where the Hindutwa forces of VHP, RSS, and Bajranga Dal carried out the genocidal attacks last year against the Christian community. Thousands of affected families are still on run, unable to return to their homes and hearth.
Panelists
** Dr. Hari Sharma, Imperialism and India, an Update and a Brief Overview
** Dr. Manoranjan Mohanty, People's Movement Against Neo-Liberalism
and Imperialism: A View from Orissa
** Dr. Bidyut Mohanty, Right to Livelihood from a Gender Perspective
** Mr. David Pugh, Peasant Displacements in India: Encountering State
Power in Orissa
Speakers:
Dr. Hari Sharma, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, SFU, and President,
South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD)
Dr. Manoranjan Mohanty, Retired Head, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi. Presently, Visiting Professor, Global and International Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
Dr. Bidyut Mohanty, Head, Women's Studies Department, Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi, Presently, Visiting Professor, Global and International Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
As a husband-wife team Drs. Manoranjan and Bidyut Mohanty are orginally from Orissa, and have been very actively involved there with the people's resistance movements.
Mr. David Pugh, a School Teacher, San Fracisco, California. On behalf of International League of People's Struggles, Mr. Pugh travelled to> India to investigate the phenonomenon of massive displacements of peasants from their land and livelihood, and had an unforgetable encounter with the Orissa police.
Additional Forum
Monday, June 22, 2009
2:00 p.m.
F125 - Centre for Indo Canadian Studies, University House
University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford BC
Organized by
South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD)
Endorsed and Supported by
Department of Sociology, Langara College, Vancouver; Centre for theIndo-Canadian Studies, University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford; Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Simon Fraser University, Institute for the Humanities, SFU; School for International Studies, SFU; and Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group (SFPIRG)
for further information, contact
Chin Banerjee, 604-421-6752; Harjap Grewal, 778-552-2099; Hari
Sharma, 604-420-2972
For the Program in Abbotsford: Dr. Satwinder Bains, 1-604-854-4547
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Media Co-op Discussion: Vancouver & Burnaby – June 21 and June 22
Join Dominion Editors Dru Oja Jay and Maya Rolbin-Ghanie for a presentation about the possibilities that the Vancouver Media Cooperative opens up for grassroots journalism in BC, and a discussion about the kinds of coverage of the 2010 Olympics that people hope to see.
Vancouver
3:00pm
Sunday June 21 2009
Venue: Carnegie Centre, 3rd Floor Classroom
Address: 401 Main Street
Cost: Free
North Burnaby
7:00pm
Monday June 22 2009
Venue: McGill Branch of the Burnaby Public Library
Address: 4595 Albert St., Burnaby, B.C. V5C 2G6 (1 block North of Hastings St. near Willingdon Ave; parking available. Buses: 35, 135 stop nearby on Hastings; 23, 123, 130, 137, 150 stop on Willingdon)
Cost: free
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A People’s Health Series Workshop - Physical Activity for Back & Neck Pain – June 25
Thursday June 25th
6:30-8:30 pm
Organizing Centre for Social and Economic Justice
672 East Broadway (at Fraser)
Do you suffer from back and neck pain as a result of work or other injuries?
Share your stories about work injuries or difficulties in accessing the right services.
Learn strengthening and stretching techniques to manage back and neck pain.
Presentation by David Hendry
Practicing Kinesiologist
This workshop is free.
Dinner is served promptly at 6:30.
For free childcare registration is suggested.
Seating might be limited, so registration is a good idea!
Bus tickets available after the workshop.
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Alliance for People's Health
allianceforpeopleshealth at gmail.com
604-215-2775
672 E Broadway
Vancouver, BC
V5T 1X6
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The Other Arars: Where The Exception Is The Rule – Adil Charkaoui – June 26
*ADIL CHARKAOUI* speaks in Vancouver on Security Certificates and Secret
Trials.
Friday June 26th @ 6:30 PM, Rooms 1420-1430
SFU Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings
Limited seating, please arrive early to guarantee seating.
Sliding scale $0-20 (pay what you can)
The Canadian state's complicity in the torture of Maher Arar is viewed as
exceptional in Canada. Unfortunately it isn't.
" What is a security certificate?
A security certificate,
It's the right to be treated outside the law
It's two-speed justice
It's precedent for secret trials...
It's contact visits with no contact
It's the glass that separates you from loved ones,
It's deadlock, solitude; it's breathing corruption...
It's the guilt of being born elsewhere...
It's human folly clothed as wisdom.
It's me today, maybe you tomorrow! "
- Excerpt of poem by Adil Charkaoui, translated from French
Adil Charkaoui is a Morocco-born permanent resident of Canada who was
arrested by the Canadian government under a security certificate in May
2003 in Montreal. Along with four other Muslim men, he constitutes the
“Secret Trial Five” held under a measure of the Immigration and Refugee
Protection Act that allows for the preventive arrest and detention of
non-citizens, without charge, under secret evidence that can lead to
indefinite detention and possible deportation to torture.
>From the beginning of his ordeal, Charkaoui challenged the legitimacy of
the entire security certificate regime. In 2007, after years of grassroots
campaigning at the national and international level and condemnations of
Canada from Amnesty International and two United Nations Committees, the
Supreme Court of Canada finally ruled that the security certificate
process is unconstitutional. However, rather than abolishing security
certificates, the government legislated a new "special advocate" model in
2008 which simply provides a veneer of legality to a fundamentally unjust
process that allows for state secrecy in matters of "national security"
that disproportionately affects racialized non-citizens.
Come hear directly from Adil Charkaoui about his struggle against this
regime of secrecy, injustice, racism, abuse of civil liberties, and
expanding state control.
Hosted by No One Is Illegal-Vancouver, BC Civil Liberties Association,
Canadian Muslim Union, Council of Canadians - BC / Yukon Region, Canadian
Islamic Congress, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
For information, contact 604 630 9754 or 778 552 2099 or info at bccla.org
Justice for Adil Charkaoui Campaign: http://www.adilinfo.org
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Point Youth Media Open Mic Night – June 26
Point Youth Media and Leave Out Violence BC are hosting Open Mic Night! This is a fundraiser for our 20 Days Behind the Eyes of 20 Ugandan Children program and it’s also a great opportunity to learn more about us and our initiatives. So, come out and discover all the talent Vancouver has to offer!
Show up, Sign up, and Play! All talents welcome. If you’ve got it, we want to hear it: poetry, hip hop, spoken word, music, rap, stand- up comedy, freestyle, improv, monologue, or just strum that guitar; anything goes.
Don’t forget come early to sign up and grab some delicious Rhizome fare. To pre register call: Benny @ 604.537.6573 or pointyouthmedia at gmail.com
We will also be hosting a SILENT AUCTION including: signed Canucks memorabilia, private salsa lessons and more!
FRIDAY, JUNE 26TH, 2009
Rhizome Cafe
317 East Broadway, Vancouver
SING UP - 7.00PM
OPEN MIC - 7.30 PM
DOOR $5-10
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Point Youth Media
http://pointyouthmedia.wordpress.com
http://twentyscenes.wordpress.com
pointyouthmedia at gmail.com
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Job Posting: SFPIRG Research and Education Coordinator – Deadline July 6
(Part-time, permanent position)
Wage rate: $23.66/hr with benefits
Hours: 25-28 hours/week
The Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group [SFPIRG] is a student-based social justice resource centre located at Simon Fraser University [SFU] in Burnaby, BC. SFPIRG is focused on providing skills training, learning opportunities and resources to students on a wide range of social and environmental justice issues. The Action Research eXchange [ARX] is a program of SFPIRG that facilitates connections between community organizations that need research but have limited resources and SFU students who take on that research for course credit.
This position is responsible for managing the ARX program, coordinating board development as well as working in conjunction with the staff collective and board of directors to manage the organization. The position involves extensive work with volunteers, temporary staff and students. Applicants must be able to work efficiently in a chaotic environment and provide a strong leadership role in mentoring, organizing and running the ARX program and SFPIRG as a whole. An emphasis on process is key, meaning that applicants must value collective work within an anti-oppression framework.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Action Research eXchange Program:
*Facilitate research partnerships between students and community organizations: set up and facilitate initial meeting between student researchers and community groups; set research parameters; provide support throughout the research process; ensure project and evaluations are completed.
*Manage the process of accepting new community research proposals: community outreach, proposal development and evaluation.
*Develop strategies for effective program management and long-term planning.
*Ensure ARX legal and policy framework is up-to-date and appropriate including research ethics, research publication standards, and criteria for accepting community proposals.
*Recruit, train, supervise and appreciate volunteers and temporary student staff involved with ARX.
*Develop campus and community outreach strategies in conjunction with the Media & Programming Coordinator.
*Network with faculty, SFU departments, and other SFU groups to promote ARX and build partnerships to support the program, including maintaining a faculty advisory committee.
*Manage the online ARX project database and project files.
*When possible, provide resources and training for students on progressive research methodology.
Organizational and Collective Duties:
*Work with the other staff to manage SFPIRG: staff and maintain the office; respond to requests from students and the public; participate in SFPIRG events organizational work, initiatives and events.
*Plan, develop and implement orientation and ongoing training of the student volunteer board of directors.
*Contribute to ongoing organizational development of SFPIRG including strategic planning and staff collective development.
*Work with the staff collective to determine and prioritise the goals for each semester and to delegate the day-to-day management of the organization.
*Ongoing and rotating committee work to implement the organizational goals.
Skills and Experience Required:
*Program management experience in progressive non-profit organization: ability to translate vision into action, understand budget/finances, carry out policy work, and prioritize and delegate tasks.
*Experience and interest in working collaboratively in a collective setting.
*Experience and interest in working in a mentorship capacity with young adults.
*An understanding of the academic process and experience with the structure and requirements of university courses.
*An understanding of the theory, ethics and practice of progressive research methodologies, particularly community-based and Participatory Action Research, within an anti-oppression framework.
*Commitment to social and environmental justice and progressive social change, with a strong anti-oppression analysis and practice.
*Excellent communication skills: clear written and verbal communication, networking, conflict resolution, facilitation, collaborative working style, ability to dialogue with diverse parties, ability to openly give and accept feedback.
*Experience coordinating volunteers including recruitment, training, delegation and appreciation.
*Ability to work efficiently in busy, people-filled, self-directed environment.
*Extremely organized with excellent time-management skills.
*Solid computer skills (word processing, email, internet, database).
*A sense of humour.
Application Procedure:
SFPIRG is an affirmative action employer. In order to increase the range and diversity of skills, perspectives and experience presently existing within SFPIRG, hiring preference shall be given to qualified applicants from groups who face systemic barriers to employment. Applicants who wish to be considered for affirmative action are encouraged to discuss this in their cover letter. We also encourage applicants to include other skills and experiences in addition to those outlined above. SFPIRG is committed to accommodating people with mental and physical disabilities, including, for example, obtaining necessary adaptive technologies.
Please submit cover letter and resume to: (email, snail mail and fax are all welcome)
SFPIRG, Attn: Research & Education Coordinator Hiring Committee
For email submissions: Please include cover letter and resume in ONE attached document, with your name as the title of the file.
This is a unionized position with CUPE.
Deadline for application is Monday, July 6th, 2009 at 10:00 am.
Interviews will be the week of July 12-17th.
Starting date: Week of Aug 3, 2009
Posted: June 10, 2009.
No phone or email inquiries, please. Late applications will not be accepted.
Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.
SFPIRG
TC 326, SFU, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6. Coast Salish Territories.
Tel. 778.782.4360 - Fax. 778.782.5338
hiring_arx at sfpirg.ca - www.sfpirg.ca
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Volunteers needed for Pride in Art Festival, July 26-Aug 15
Who: Pride in Art Festival
What: Volunteers needed
Where: Vancouver, Roundhouse Community Centre
When: July 26th-August 15th
Why: because we have a great lineup of LGBTQ-made visual and
performance art shows...and need help to make it all run smoothly!
How: Fill out the volunteer form at http://prideinart.ca/volunteers.htm
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We are gearing up for the Pride in Art Festival: "FAERIE TALES" July
28 - August 14 and need your help!
You are what makes this festival happen. Come help out and contribute
to the LGBTQ community! Volunteering is a great way to meet people and
make artist connections.
You can volunteer for work specific to the Festival, and/or towards
ongoing work of the Pride in Art Society.
Benefits:
-prizes
-a pass to a show for every 4 hours of volunteering
-contributing to the artistic life of the LGBTQ community
-recognition
-networking
-volunteer hours and written recognition if requested
go to www.prideinart.ca for more info on specific opportunities and to
fill in the volunteer form. Allies welcome.
Thanks for your support, I look forward to hearing from you!
Mary Anne Wong
Volunteer Coordinator
Pride in Art Society
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Job Posting - Polaris Institute – Deadline – June 26
Assistant Water and Energy Campaigner
Reporting to the Executive Director, and working with the Campaigns Coordinator, Research Coordinator and Water & Energy Campaigner, the successful applicant will join the Water and Energy campaign teams.
As the Assistant Campaigner for both campaign teams the successful applicant will:
· Work as a member of the Inside the Bottle campaign team;
· Work as a member of the Tar Sands Watch campaign team;
· Support the Campus Bottle Water Free Zones campaign;
· Coordinate the logistics for a series of high-school workshops on bottled water;
· Establish working relationships with affiliated organizations and groups;
· Deliver presentations at high-schools and other community events;
· Assist with the development of campaign materials;
· Conduct research on energy and water topics
· Other duties as assigned.
The successful applicant should have the following:
· Strong interpersonal skills;
· Experience organizing special events, conferences, workshops or related activities;
· Experience organizing and working with youth and university students;
· Previous work experience with environmental and social justice campaigns;
· Willingness to speak publically;
· Ability to travel;
· Excellent written and oral communication skills;
· Excellent research skills;
· Knowledge of water justice and energy issues;
· Bilingual Speaker (French and English);
· Basic website management skills.
Position: Full Time – 40 hours/week
Starting date: July/August 2009
Salary: To be negotiated
Length of Contract: 1 year
Location: Ottawa
Deadline for applications is 5:00pm (EST), Friday June 26, 2009.
Send resume and cover letter to:
Joe Cressy
joecressy at polarisinstitute.org
www.polarisinstitute.org
www.insidethebottle.org
www.tarsandswatch.org
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Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group (SFPIRG)
~For a just, sustainable, and meaningful world~
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http://www.sfpirg.ca (778) 782-4360
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