[van-announce] Community Events Digest
SFPIRG
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Fri Dec 3 16:04:07 PST 2010
COMMUNITY EVENTS DIGEST
== Social justice events happening on and off campus ==
*** Events at SFU Burnaby ***
1) National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women (Dec 6)
2) Making Sense of the Massacre: The Politics of Misogyny and Reconciliation (Dec 6)
***Events Off The Hill***
3) Redeye Public Affairs Weekly Program on Co-op Radio (Dec 4)
4) Crafts for a Cause: A Craft Fair to Support Social Justice Struggles (Dec 4)
5) Canada’s National Day of Mourning (Dec 6)
6) Herstory Café Book Club and Discussion Group (Dec 7)
7) People's Assembly on and Mass Direct Action for Climate Justice (Dec 7 & Dec 11)
8) Rhymes & Resistance: No One Is Illegal Annual Fundraising Extravanganza (Dec 10)
9) The Breakthrough Mamas collective: From Ghost to Flesh: Single Motherhood in the City (Dec 12)
10) An Evening With Richard Wilkinson: The Age Of Unequals (Dec 13)
11) Reporting From Palestine/Israel (Dec 15)
12) No Celebration In Detention (Dec 18)
13) UP-RIZE: Together! (Dec 18)
14) “Seeing Red”: The Policy Of State Political Repression In Canada – Past, Present, Future (Jan 20)
***Other Announcements***
15) New Art/Media Contest: Web-based Materials on War Tax Resistance
16) Earth Day Canada Launches Award and Recognition Programs
17) Journalists for Human Rights seeks essay submissions (Dec 17)
***Job Opportunities***
18) BC Civil Liberties Association seeks youth intern
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*** Events at SFU Burnaby ***
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NATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE AND ACTION ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Mon Dec 6, 2010
1pm, Convo Mall, SFU Burnaby
There will be a Candlelight Vigil followed by tea in the Women’s Centre Lounge TC3013
Join the SFU Women’s Centre on December 6th to not only remember the 14 women killed in Montreal on December 6th, 1989, but to also remember all women affected by violence.
Join us in remembering and raising awareness about the issue of violence against women- a societal issue that affects women, men and children. Join us-all genders and allies welcome.
Volunteers are needed to help with the following:
*postering and handing out post cards advertising the vigil in the next couple of weeks
* helping to design the memorial banner (as well as helping to repair the old one)
* attending the vigil and holding a candle for the duration of the vigil (only one hour)
*helping with set up the day of the vigil
*helping with the tea post vigil
* as well as any other help necessary.
For more information, and to volunteer/ support this event: email to: womenctr at sfss.ca telephone: 778.782.3670
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MAKING SENSE OF THE MASSACRE: THE POLITICS OF MISOGYNY AND RECONCILIATION
Mon December 6th, 2010, from 3:30-5:30pm
IRMACS Theatre, SFU
Open and free for everyone!
To commemorate National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, the Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies will be hosting a viewing of the 2009 film, Polytechnique, with a discussion afterwards.
***Events Off The Hill***
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Redeye Public Affairs Weekly Program on Co-op Radio
Sat. Dec 4, 9 - noon, Co-op Radio, 102.7fm
Redeye is on every Sat from 9am-noon on Vancouver Cooperative Radio , CFRO 102.7FM
9:05 Omar Shaban, President of Solidarity for Palestine Human Rights, on a recent attempt to silence human rights advocates at UBC.
9:20 Cameron Fenton on the Centre for Immigration Policy Reform and the scapegoating of immigrants for Canada's high carbon footprint.
9:40 Nicole Phillips, staff attorney with the Institute for Democracy and Justice in Haiti, on the elections and the state of the country.(first aired November 6th)
10:00 Robyn Duncan of Wildsight and Kathryn Teneese, Council Chair of the Ktunaxa Nation, on the 20-year effort to prevent a mega-resort at Jumbo Glacier west of Invermere.
10:30 Contact - your opportunity to call in and share your announcements, news and comments.
10:45 Journalist Tom Shorrock on how South Korea’s military exercises in a demilitarized zone might be seen as a provocation in the region (from Democracy Now).
11:00 A talk by Pakistani poet, author and journalist Fatima Bhutto. Recorded in Seattle in early October. (courtesy of Alternative Radio)
Our website is updated every week: Check it out for access to our podcast, archives, live streaming, and links to items on this week's show. http://www.coopradio.org/redeye
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CRAFTS FOR A CAUSE: A CRAFT FAIR TO SUPPORT SOCIAL JUSTICE STRUGGLES
Saturday, December 4, 6:00-10:00pm
Rhizome Café, 317 East Broadway, Vancouver
$2 suggested donation at the door, but no one turned away
Come shop for holiday gifts while supporting migrant rights, youth empowerment, Indigenous autonomy and more! Peruse socially conscious crafts by local artists, and items created by local organizations to support their social justice work. With music by local performers, and food and drink available for purchase throughout the evening.
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CANADA’S NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING
Monday, December 6 th
the Vancouver Art Gallery, Georgia Street Stairs
Remember Dec 6 th , join us and pay your respects. You are invited to honors the women who are the victims of violence.
On Dec 6th the shoe memorial will return to the Vancouver Art Gallery steps with it's list of victims and the shoes which mark their deaths.
Women, Information, and Advocacy
www.domesticabusemuststop.org
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HERSTORY CAFÉ BOOK CLUB AND DISCUSSION GROUP
Tuesday, December 7, 5:00-6:30
Rhizome Café, 317 East Broadway, Vancouver
Free
Read Maria Mahoi of the Islands by Jean Barman, and join Herstory Café for a one-night-only book group! Maria Mahoi was born to a Hawaiian father and a First Nations mother. Living her entire life on the Gulf Islands from the 1850s to 1936, she was independent, proud of her heritage, and a true matriarch who left a strong legacy.
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PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY ON AND MASS DIRECT ACTION FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE
People’s Assembly on Climate Justice
Tuesday December 7, 2010 at 7 pm
SFU Harbour Centre
515 W. Hastings St. Vancouver
Mass Direct Action for Climate Justice
Saturday December 11, 2010 at 12 noon
Starting at Waterfront Skytrain Station (Howe Street exit)
Help Build the Movement for Climate Justice. The World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth in Cochabamba, Bolivia in April 2010 brought together social movements from all over the world to forge a powerful new movement for Climate Justice.
Heads of government will meet in Cancun November 29 to December 10 for talks about the climate crisis. At the same time, people all over the world will take action against climate crimes like freeway building and to support the “People’s Agreement” created at Cochabamba. It's time for the people to lead – and to make the leaders follow!
Metro Vancouver area Council of Canadians chapters, the Canada/Bolivia Solidarity Committee and GatewaySucks.org, together with many friends and allies, have taken up the challenge in the Lower Mainland. Join with us to build a people’s movement for Climate Justice:
For more information, see: http://gatewaysucks.org/assembly-and-action
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RHYMES & RESISTANCE: NO ONE IS ILLEGAL ANNUAL FUNDRAISING EXTRAVANGANZA
Friday, December 10, 2010, 7pm
Rhizome Cafe, 317 E. Broadway,Vancouver, Unceded Coast Salish Territories
Cost: $5-$20 suggested. No one turned away for lack of funds. (Child-friendly and bus tickets available)
Join us for a night of live music, poetry and film in support of the ongoing work of No One Is Illegal–Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories. Try your luck at winning fabulous prizes at the first ever No One Is Illegal raffle. Enjoy tasty treats from Rhizome and shake your butt on the dance floor.
As part of broader global struggles, December 10 th - International Human Rights Day – marks many pivotal moments within local campaigns. On December 10 th 2002, the Secwepemc people were brutally repressed by the government of BC and the RCMP, as their homes and sweatlodges were demolished. Also on December 10 th , Mohamed Harkat, an Algerian refugee was detained under a Security Certificate, on which he continues to be held. December 10 th also represents moments of resistance. It marks the anniversary of the historic airport action to prevent the deportation of Laibar Singh in 2007. And across the country this year, actions are being held in solidarity with Abousfian Abdelrazik against the anti-terror sanctions of the UN 1267 regime.
This year we will highlight the continued community resistance against the colonial canadian state and it’s (in)justice system. we will remember the victories we have achieved, and celebrate our stories through poetry in many tongues.
Visit us at: www.nooneisillegal.org
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FROM GHOST TO FLESH: SINGLE MOTHERHOOD IN THE CITY
THE BREAKTHROUGH MAMAS COLLECTIVE:
Part One - From Isolation to Community
Sunday, December 12, 6:00-9:00pm
Rhizome Café , 317 East Broadway , Vancouver, Unceded Coast Salish Territories
Free
Join us for an evening of participatory dialogue (including popular theatre !) and celebratory performances . We challenge the violence of poverty, racism and hetero-patriarchy that isolate us from each other, individuate us in our experiences and prevent us from collectively organizing. We believe mothering can be a revolutionary practice to build a world that is more just and loving.. As we struggle for liberating conditions of motherhood, we want to listen and learn from people, especially those who practice mothering, in our community! So please come out and share your dreams and challenges with us .
Special invite to single mothers and our children, especially those who identify as indigenous, racialized/of colour, and poor/low-income. If you are a mama and you are interested in performing something (poem, song, story...) please get in touch with us (see contact info below).
All genders welcome and celebrated!
Important Notices
1) We need allies' support with outreach! Please let us know if you can help with postering or other forms of outreach!
2) We are starting an e-mail list. If you would like to be on the list, e-mail us (see info above) with "put me on list" in the subject heading.
Contact us at 604-710-5480 or breakthrough.mamas at gmail.com .
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AN EVENING WITH RICHARD WILKINSON: THE AGE OF UNEQUALS
Monday, December 13, 2010, 7-8:30pm
Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema, Room 3200, SFU Woodward’s, 149 West Hastings Street, Vancouver (please enter via Cordova Street)
Free
This lecture is free; however, pre-registration is required.
http://www.sfu.ca/dialog/study+practice/wilkinson.html
About Richard Wilkinson
Richard Wilkinson’s work has shaped research on the social determinants of health for over thirty years. Recently, he co-authored the international best-seller The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better with Kate Pickett, a ground-breaking book that has transformed our views on the interactions between income inequality and health. Dr. Wilkinson co-founded the Equality Trust to further public education about inequality and its consequences, and why reducing income disparity benefits all members of society. Dr. Wilkinson has played a formative role in public awareness and policy development. He began his academic career at the London School of Economics where he studied economic history and then transitioned to the field of epidemiology. He currently is Emeritus Professor of Social Epidemiology at the University of Nottingham, and an honorary professor at both the University College London and the University of York. He has written a dozen books and numerous research papers, and his work has been published in ten languages. Introduction: Clyde Hertzman, UBC School of Population and Public Health and Director of Human Early Learning Partnership Moderator: Mark Winston, Academic Director and Fellow, SFU Centre for Dialogue The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better will be available for sale and signing following the talk.
Partners
This is the first annual Bruce and Lis Welch Community Dialogue lecture, presented by the Centre for Dialogue at Simon Fraser University in partnership with: Mass LBP Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, BC Office BC Poverty Reduction Coalition SFU Faculty of Health Sciences Public Health Association of BC Carnegie Community Action Project
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REPORTING FROM PALESTINE/ISRAEL
Wednesday, December 15, 7:00pm
Rhizome Café, 317 East Broadway, Vancouver, BC, Coast Salish Territory
Sliding scale, $10-20
Sid Shnaid, Co-Chair of Independent Jewish Voices, visited Israel/Palestine this fall. So did Rachel Marcuse, a young woman who went on the "Birthright" tour. Come and hear what two witnesses from different generations say about Palestinian resistance and Israeli opposition. A fundraiser for Independent Jewish Voices.
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NO CELEBRATION IN DETENTION
Saturday, December 18, International Migrants Day, 1:30 pm
Burnaby Youth Custody Services Centre where mothers and children who arrived aboard MV Sun Sea are being detained.
Address: 7900 Fraser Park Dr, Burnaby
Rides leaving Edmonds station from 1:00 until 1:15. If you can, please make a small donation so we can continue to rent the equipment needed to make this happen!
International Migrants Day is marked globally on December 18 as a day of solidarity with the struggles of migrants. This year, during the holiday season, we honor the survival and dignity of the Tamil refugees, over 400 of whom remain behind bars three months after arriving on the shores of BC (unceded Indigenous land).
Join us in a prison support rally in front of the Burnaby Youth Custody Services Centre where mothers and children who arrived aboard MV Sun Sea are being detained. Let them know that we know there is no celebration till we are all free!
Every day, migrants in Canada endure the indignities of lack of status, detention, deportation, discrimination, labor exploitation, poverty, and the brunt of the anti-terror regime. Meanwhile, the Canadian government supports international agreements that allow the free movement of capital across the globe, giving people no choice but to migrate in the face of poverty, militarization, and displacement.
Canada’s immigration system is not broken. It is the result of a perfected system of social control, containment, and commodification. Most recently, under the banner of combating “human smuggling” and “queue-jumping”, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews and Minister of Censorship and Deportation Jason Kenney introduced Bill C49, which blatantly criminalizes refugees and targets them for imprisonment and/or deportation.
For every arbitrary detention, f
or every summary deportation, for every minute spent in jail, for every anxious day spent waiting for status, for every dehumanizing hour spent working in Canadian sweatshops— for all the stolen time and the stolen lives — we pay tribute to the courage and resistance of migrants.
Release Detained Asylum-Seekers!
Justice, Freedom, and Status for All!
Right to Stay, Freedom to Move, Right to Return!
www.nooneisillegal.org
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UP-RIZE: TOGETHER!
A FREE all ages event celebrating the way creativity can be used to take action on stereotypes, disconnection, and “isms” impacting our communities
Saturday December 18 th , 10am – 5pm
Newton Cultural Centre (13530 72nd Avenue, Surrey, Coast Salish Territories)
Lunch and bus tickets provided for participants! Must RSVP by December 16th to participate by contacting mia at suyp.org / 604.780.8463
UP-RIZE:Together! will feature
-A presentation on the work of the Transformative Communities Project’s three youth-led, arts-empowerment UP-RIZE Community Action Projects
-Workshops facilitated by our UP-RIZE Youth Leader Team in:
Theatre of the Oppressed to explore the impacts of stereotyping
Hip-Hop expression to explore the impact of the “isms”
Community Mural Creation to explore why Surrey is such a disconnected place
-A Speaker’s Corner where YOU can speak your mind on what is amazing and what needs to be changed in our community!
-A Community Art Wall where YOU can leave your mark!
-A Flash Mob where we will take it to the streets to bring attention to the impacts of stereotypes on our community!
-A performance by our Making History One Step at a Time Hip-Hop Program Participants!
-An open mic and dance party.
-And more!
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“SEEING RED”: THE POLICY OF STATE POLITICAL REPRESSION IN CANADA – PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE
Thursday, January 20 2011, 7:30 pm
Terasen Room 1800, SFU Harbour Centre, 515 W. Hastings, Vancouver
Free
Panel forum with speakers DANIEL FRANCIS, author of “Seeing Reds: The Red Scare of 1918-1919, Canada’s First War on Terror ” (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2010), and MICHAEL VONN, B.C. Civil Liberties Association
Introduction by Kimball Cariou, Editor of People’s Voice.
Free admission – collection will be taken to cover room rental costs. Copies of the new book by Daniel Francis will be on sale.
Co-sponsored by People’s Co-op Bookstore and People’s Voice newspaper, with the welcome assistance of SF-PIRG
For information, call 604-255-2041 (People’s Voice) or 604-253-6442 (People’s Co-op Bookstore)
***Other Announcements***
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NEW ART/MEDIA CONTEST: WEB-BASED MATERIALS ON WAR TAX RESISTANCE
Deadline for Submissions: January 31, 2011
All web-based media are eligible, for example: visual art/poster, photographic slide show, video, music, written verse, or any combination of these.
Conscience Canada is the organization that advocates for the right of Canadians to redirect the military portion of our federal income tax to peace making. Conscience Canada will create a web-based gallery of creative arts materials/communications using those entries that express the need for a ‘peace tax’ as an alternative to the current military tax. See the ‘reason for our existence’ at www.consciencecanada.ca . Prizes will be awarded for the most effective submissions, although all entries will be eligible for inclusion in the gallery.
Spread the word!
Eligibility Criteria and Submission Guidelines: Individuals and groups of all ages and backgrounds who are Canadian residents must submit original entries via email to: contest at consciencecanada.ca
Please specify:
a) The name of the individual or group
b) contact info (address, phone)
c) title
Three prizes:
1st Prize = $400
2nd Prize = $250
3rd Prize = $100
Winners will be announced by March 1. Questions? Contact Jan Slakov (250) 537-5251 www.consciencecanada.ca
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EARTH DAY CANADA LAUNCHES AWARD AND RECOGNITION PROGRAMS
Earth Day Canada celebrates and supports environmental initiatives year-round through a suite of recognition programs and financial support, including scholarships, grants and cash awards programs.
Help us celebrate and recognize these contributions by directly applying or promoting the programs to your volunteers, supporters and/or community network today!
Toyota Earth Day Scholarship Program awards twenty $5 000 scholarships to graduating Canadian high school and CEGEP students entering their first year of post-secondary studies. Eligible students can apply now at www.earthday.ca/scholarship . The application deadline is January 31st, 2011 .
Earth Day Canada Community Environment Fund provides financial grants of up to $20 000 to support local not-for-profit organizations, charities and schools in the development and delivery of environmental initiatives in Ontario. Please visit www.earthday.ca/envirofund for more information. The Spring Grant Period deadline is February 28th, 2011 .
Hometown Heroes Award Program rewards environmental leaders (individuals and groups) who have fostered meaningful, long–term community awareness and action in their communities with a $10 000 prize. Nominate a hero today at www.earthday.ca/hometown The application deadline is February 28th, 2011 .
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JOURNALISTS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS SEEKS ESSAYS FOR PUBLICATION
Rights in Review is Journalists for Human Rights' (JHR) bi-annual peer-reviewed academic journal. Through scholarship addressing human rights awareness and improving peace and security, JHR looks to provide a forum to exchange ideas from a variety of perspectives regarding the pressing human rights and social justice issues of our day. This volume of Rights in Review aims to address themes around, Media and development, and how the Communication Age is furthering human rights.
jhr (Journalists for Human Rights) is now accepting submissions for our 3 rd volume of Rights in Review until December 17 th , 2010. For a full list of guidelines please click here or visit http://www.jhr.ca/schools/rights-in-review-2/
All submitted articles will be subject to an impartial, peer-review process, in addition to an anti-plagiarism program.
Please consider forwarding the above message throughout your list serv to allow your students the opportunity to be published in jhr’s academic journal. Furthermore, if you have any students in mind who have written high quality work on the aforementioned topics please consider passing this message along to them so they can submit their work.
***Job Opportunities***
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BC CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION SEEKS YOUTH INTERN
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association is seeking full time intern to start immediately. Paid position, contract through to March, 2011. Must qualify for the www.yeip.ca program. Send resume and cover letter asap to david at bccla.org
More info:
http://www.yeip.ca/about-internships/criteria.aspx
www.bccla.org
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