[van-announce] (Sat March 21) Ignite resistance: Canadian multiculturalism is not enough

[Harsha]

* dear friends please mark the date. full schedule forthcoming *

Ignite resistance ~ Canadian multiculturalism is not enough!

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SATURDAY MARCH 21
6:30 pm: local artists of colour showcase
7:30 pm: wicked performances and inspiring words
rhizome cafe, 317 e. broadway
corner kingsway, unceded coast salish territories
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March 21 marks the anniversary of the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre in South
Africa when police opened fire on hundreds of South Africans protesting
against Apartheid's passbook laws, killing 67 and wounding 186.

For centuries, communities have led countless courageous struggles against
racism and the ways it manifests itself in our daily lives. Although many
would like to believe that it no longer exists, the ugly truth is that
racism is present locally, globally and in various ways including:

- Individual and institutional racism and racial profiling based on
falsely equating the "West" as an evolved and egalitarian culture versus
racialized peoples as backward, inherently patriarchal, and savage.
- Ongoing theft and dispossession of Indigenous lands and peoples, in BC
made worse with the upcoming 2010 Olympics.
- Racist and imperialist wars and occupations from Palestine and
Afghanistan to the Phillipines and Haiti.
- Increasing number of detentions and deportations, exploitation of
(im)migrant workers, and heightened border security.
- Growing poverty and poor wages as well as lack of access to adequate
healthcare, education, housing due to corporate globalization.

Join us this March 21, International Day for the Elimination of Racism,
for a powerful and uplifting evening with artists and performers to show
our communities' collective strength in challenging racism and white
supremacy. the invisible are dreaming. the fallen have risen. by raising
the ground up ~ ignite resistance.

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Contact us at noii-van at resist.ca or 604-339-3234 or 778-862-8895.
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