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

[Harsha]

* updated line up below *


Ignite resistance ~ Canadian multiculturalism is not enough!


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SATURDAY MARCH 21
rhizome cafe, 317 e. broadway
corner kingsway, unceded coast salish territories

* 6:30 - 7:30 pm: artists of colour showcase.
please bring $ and support their creations!
(tshirts, crafts, prints, posters, art and more)
Free food served during artists showcase (on us and Rhizome :)

* 7:30 - 9:30 pm: wicked performances and inspiring words
includes spoken word, storytelling, children's songs,
hip hop, comedy, musical performances, and talks!
Enjoy dinner and drinks from Rhizome's delicious menu

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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.


*** LINE UP INCLUDES ***

* 6:30 - 7:30 pm: artists of colour showcase.
please bring $ and support their creations!
(tshirts, crafts, prints, posters, art and more)
Free food served during artists showcase (on us and Rhizome :)

==> WITH: Louis Cruz, Tania Willard, Afuwa Granger, Riadh Hashim, Angela
Sterritt, Gord Hill, Kat Norris, People's History of Kanada posters, Café
Ramona and products made by Zapatista Mayan women, and more.


* 7:30 - 9:30 pm: wicked performances and inspiring words
includes spoken word, storytelling, children's songs,
hip hop, musical performances, and talks!
Enjoy dinner and drinks from Rhizome's delicious menu

==> WITH: George Ciccariello-Maher from OAKLAND!, Kat Norris, Aysha and
Sahara, Carnegie Community Action Project Choir, Hari Alluri, Reem
Alnuweiri, Ros Salvador, Sinag Bayan Filipino Cultural Collective, Al Noor
Gova, Priscillia Mays, Gupreet Kambo and more.


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



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