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COMMUNITY EVENTS DIGEST
==Social justice events happening on and off campus==
*** SFU Events***
1) Documentary Screening - "Gasland" (March 4)
2) Workshop - Islamophobia (March 8)
3) A day of Free Events! - Celebrate Women's Day at SFU (March 8)
4) Special Talk - Taking Responsibility towards a Low Carbon Economy (March 16)
***Other Community Events***
5) Workshop - Can't Stop/Won't Stop: It's Another Hip Hop Workshop! (March 4)
6) Forum - The Culture/s of Movement Building (March 4)
7) International Women's Day parade followed by celebration (March 5)
8) Film Screening and discussion - Schooling the World (March 5)
9) Film Screening - Cinema Sundays for Social Justice: Spirit of the Struggle (March 6)
10) Film Screening and discussion - Defending Human Rights in Colombia (March 6)
11) Radio Show - The politics of Breast Feeding (March 9)
12) Workshop - Graphic Voices! Comic-Making Workshop! (March 9)
13) Workshop - Sculpting Our Own Path Theatre Workshop! (March 11)
14) Rally - 52nd Anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day (March 10-12)
15) Fundraiser - Phillipines Karaoke Fundraiser (March 11)
16) Show - Balagtasan (March 16)
17) Rally for Education- Protest field trip to Victoria! (March 16)
18) Film and Panel - No Fracking Way: A panel discussion on fracking in BC (March 16)
19) Event - Launch of Centering the Tangent Community Conference (March 18)
20) Conference - Centering the Tangent Community Conference (March 19)
21) Rally - Community March Against Racism (March 20)
***Other Opportunities***
22) Submissions Callout - Girls In Real Life! Program (Due March 25)
23) Launch of the Mount Pleasant Food Justice Project
24) APH Launches new Community Health Worker Team
25) Immediate Call to Action - Ask Leadership Candidates to Support Cosmetic Pesticide Ban in BC
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*** SFU Events***
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DOCUMENTARY SCREENING - "GASLAND"
Friday March 4th, 7 pm
SFU Harbour Centre, 515 W. Hastings. Room 1900 (Fletcher Challenge Theatre).
Free admission . Come and bring your friends
Gasland : The Documentary
What is fracking ?
Oil and gas companies are injecting millions of litres of freshwater laced with thousands of kilograms of toxic chemicals and sand beneath the ground. Their goal is to extract natural gas. This is currently happening in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and New Brunswick, and there are plans to establish the practice in Quebec and Nova Scotia. At risk are ground and surface water, human animal health. This film shows how fracking takes place in North America, and the catastrophic consequences for people and the environment. Gasland deals with this issue in the United States, but the same basic process is happening in many areas of northern BC.
For details check our website at www.vancouvercouncilofcanadians.ca
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WORKSHOP - Islamophobia
Tuesday March 8, 2-4pm
Deconstruct the way Islamophibia functions in the media, in Canadian society, and public policy making, and discuss misconceptions of Islam and feminism and Islam.
Facilitator Bio:
Itrath Syed is an activist and a PhD student at the School of Communication,SFU.
Space is limited and registration is required. To register email: programs at sfpirg.ca
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A DAY OF FREE EVENTS! - CELEBRATE WOMEN'S DAY AT SFU - A day of FREE events - everyone welcome!
Tuesday, March 8,9 am - 4:30 pm
SFU Burnaby, Atrium of Saywell Hall
9am - 1pm - Women's Centre Annual Pancake Breakfast
- Add Busting, Button Making, and Re-Usable Pad Making Workshops
2:30 - 4:30pm -Thinking Women in the World: A Panel on Women, Politics, Activism with guest speakers from Power of Women and No One Is Illegal Vancouver
This roundtable discussion brings together activists on the forefront of migrant justice, anti-gentrification, and feminist social justice struggles on and off campus. Talking about the specific barriers women face across the lower mainland, our panelists will share their strategies and experiences in creating positive, community-based networks of solidarity and sisterhood in their communities and in the lower mainland more generally.
For more information, email organizer at tssu.ca
4:30 - Onward -Discussion group at the Women's Centre with Tea and Cookies
brought to you by the TSSU, GSS, SFPIRG and the Women's Centre
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SPECIAL TALK: TAKING RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS A LOW CARBON ECONOMY
Thursday, March 16th, 2011, 12 pm to 1 pm
SFU Burnaby Campus, IRMACS Theatre
RSVP: Nastenka Calle, PICS Campus Coordinator to n_calle at sfu.ca
Speaker:Mr. Bob Elton, Chair of Simon Fraser University Board of Governors and Advisory Board member of the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions.
On March 16th, 2011, Bob Elton, Deputy Chair of SFU's Board of Governors, and member of the PICS Advisory Committee will be giving a special talk sponsored by PICS to launch the pilot project “The Green Labs Program” SFU-Facilities Services will be implementing this Spring 2011.
Changing behaviour and taking responsibility of our actions is an essential part of reaching out to a Low Carbon Economy . Bob Elton will talk about the cumulative impact of the use of energy on our daily lives, and try to link the individual actions to the overall impact. The talk will outline the following:
1. The real cost of our energy habit;
2. The power of your individual decisions;
3. SFU and setting an example.
This special talk a SFU Green Labs Program launch event, which is part of the Energy Conservation Awareness Campaign SFU-Facilities Services is leading with the sponsor of BC Hydro and Facilities Services. The main goal of this project is to help achieve the Universitiy’s 5 year goal of reducing total energy use by 2% per year until 2013.
***Other Community Events***
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WORKSHOP - CAN'T STOP, WON'T STOP: IT'S ANOTHER HIP-HOP WORKSHOP!
March 4, 4:00 – 7:00
North Surrey Recreation Centre 10275 City Parkway Surrey (at Surrey Central Skytrain)
Facilitated by Rupinder Sidhu and Nadia Chaney (Representing TCPS, the Access to Media Education Society, Power of Hope and Metaphor) All-ages welcome! Childcare and snacks provided.
We will explore the roots of Hip-Hop history, take a closer look at how the media is framing our stories, and write a hip-hop piece about what we want to see changed celebrated in our communities. The piece we create will be professionally recorded on-site and will be shared online through a variety of channels! Performance opportunities at future events for participants.
FREE! Must RSVP to participate: info at suyp.org/604.780.8463
Centering the Tangent: Month of events on creativity and movement building!
(Event listing can also can be found at centeringthetangent.wordpress.com)
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FORUM - THE CULTURE/S OF MOVEMENT BUILDING
March 4, 7:00 – 11:00 pm
Rhizome Café, 317 East Broadway, Vancouver
Co-hosted by Streams of Justice FREE! All-ages welcome! Childcare provided.
The Culture/s of Movement Building will be an evening of incredible performance including the screening of an excerpt of Strength, Survival, Sisterhood: Power of Women in the DTES as well as critical community conversations exploring both the role of creativity and culture in our organizing, and what contribution artists can make to movement.
Speakers/Artists include:
*Joan Morelli and Priscillia May of the Downtown Eastside Power of Women Group;
*Hari Malagayo Alluri of the Press Release Collective; and
*Omari Newton, Urban Ink Resident Artist
The evening will close with performances by up-and-coming youth hip-hop artists Kuyas United in Solidarity and others!!!
Centering the Tangent: Month of events on creativity and movement building!
(Event listing can also can be found at centeringthetangent.wordpress.com)
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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY PARADE FOLLOWED BY CELEBRATION
Saturday, March 5th, 2011
12:30 pm McSpadden Park, Victoria Drive (Between E. 4 & E. 5 Avenue)
PARADE OF THE CENTURY - Join the fun – Come in Costume
Saturday, March 5th, 2011
12:30 pm Gathering (McSpadden Park) Victoria Drive (Between E. 4 & E. 5 Avenue)
Parade 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Route: North on Commercial Drive,
East on Adanac to Salsbury Park, 1898 Adanac St.
FESTIVAL (Following Parade)
Doors open from 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Wise Hall 1882 Adanac Street, Vancouver
Food Vendors will be onsite
FEATURING: Carnival Band, Music, Many Local Entertainers, Community Information
Booths, Raffles, Prizes, KID ZONE: Face Painting, Paper Crafts - Origami
More information: http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/19235649/1522069066/name/IWD_POSTER_final%5B1%5D%2Epdf
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FILM SCREENING AND DISCUSSION - SCHOOLING THE WORLD
Saturday, March 5, 7:00pm
Rhizome Cafe (317 East Broadway).
Schooling the World: The White Man's Last Burden is a 60-minute documentary that takes a look at the often-harmful effects of Western education on indigenous cultures. This movie night is a fundraiser for EdCampVancouver, a participant-driven conference for people interested in BC education, as well as an opportunity for community-building among conference registrants and anyone interested in education issues.
$5 donation
For more information: www.rhizome.ca
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FILM SCREENING- CINEMA SUNDAYS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE: SPIRIT OF THE STRUGGLE - FIERCE LIGHT: WHERE SPIRIT MEETS ACTION - Documentaries to fuel the mind and stoke the spirit!
Sunday, March 6th, 1 pm
Organizing Centre for Social and Economic Justice (672 E. Broadway).
Movies followed by discussion
By donation – popcorn available – kids welcome!
FIERCE LIGHT: WHERE SPIRIT MEETS ACTION... “Fuelled by the belief that "another world is possible," Fierce Light is a compelling, global journey into the world of spirit in action, an exploration of what Martin Luther King called "Love in Action," and Gandhi called "Soul Force"; what Ripper is calling "Fierce Light."
For more information: http://organizingcentre.wordpress.com or 604 215 2775
UPCOMING...
Sunday April 3: Sunday de-Skool
SCHOOLING THE WORLD: THE WHITE MAN’S LAST BURDEN... “takes a challenging, sometimes funny, ultimately deeply troubling look at the role played by modern education in the destruction of the world’s last sustainable indigenous cultures... it questions our very definitions of wealth and poverty – and of knowledge and ignorance.”
Sunday May 8: Social Medicine
HEALTH FOR SALE... “asks: are the world's largest drug companies, paradoxically, major obstacles to making a healthier world? World health is too precious to be treated as just another commodity. Health for Sale, through a close examination of one essential industry, calls into question whether global markets and corporations can be trusted to serve the interests of a majority of the earth's population.”
Sunday June 5: Feeding Mind and Body
Travel to the streets of Los Angeles, where FOOD NOT LAWNS combats the lack of healthy, affordable food and growing hunger in urban working class communities of colour. Then travel to West Oakland, where THE PEOPLE’S GROCERY works toward creating a food system that prioritizes the needs of the urban poor.” Finally, travel to Cuba, where SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE ... “creates the largest program in sustainable agriculture ever undertaken.”
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FILM SCREENING AND DISCUSSION - DEFENDING HUMAN RIGHTS IN COLOMBIA
Sunday, March 6, 7:00pm
Rhizome Cafe (317 East Broadway).
CoDevelopment Canada is thrilled to present an evening with Berenice Celeyta from NOMADESC (Association for Research and Social Action) in Colombia. We will be showing a film made about Berenice's life struggling for and defending human rights in Colombia.
Free
For more information: www.rhizome.ca
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RADIO SHOW - THE POLITICS OF BREAST FEEDING
Every Wednesday from 1-2pm on 102.7 FM Co-op Radio
People’s Health Radio (PHR) is a weekly conversation about how racism, sexism, and class shape the health of our families and communities. We also share news and views from grassroots struggles for health and justice.
Listen for these upcoming shows:
March 9 – The Politics of Breastfeeding
March 16 – The Health impacts of Colonization
March 23 – Mining makes people sick! A look at Canadian mining industry and its impact on global health
March 30 - Asian-Canadian Health – A Historical Perspective
Listen to audio archives on http://www.coopradio.org/ Or listen to our podcast on rabble.ca
You can also get involved…
We are a collective of health workers, community organizers, and activists who are passionate about social justice and the right to health for all people. We’re looking for people with all levels of experience. Does this sound like something you might want to be a part of? If so, please email peopleshealthradio at gmail.com for more information.
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WORKSHOP - GRAPHIC VOICES! COMIC-MAKING WORKSHOP!
March 9, 5:30 – 8:30 pm
Kiwassa Neighbourhood House 2425 Oxford Street
Facilitated by Gord Hill of the Vancouver Media Co-Op. All-ages welcome! Childcare and snacks provided.
Comics and graphic novels arts are an excellent way to communicate our stories. This workshop will leave participants with basic skills and techniques for making comics/graphic novels and for using this medium as a tool for communication, education, and for documenting histories of resistance.
FREE! Must RSVP to participate: info at suyp.org/604.780.8463
Centering the Tangent: Month of events on creativity and movement building!
(Event listing can also can be found at centeringthetangent.wordpress.com)
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WORKSHOP - SCULPTING OUR OWN PATH THEATRE WORKSHOP!
March 11, 6:30 – 9:30 pm
Bonsor Community Centre, 6550 Bonsor Avenue Burnaby
Facilitated by Gabriela Reynoso of the Breakthrough Mama's Collective. All-ages welcome! Childcare and snacks provided.
Through this workshop we will use popular theatre to explore community issues, with a focus on the struggles and oppression associated with motherhood. Participants will collaboratively create a series of tableaus that will be documented and shared at upcoming community performances and events to generate awareness about these struggles.
FREE! Must RSVP to participate: info at suyp.org/604.780.8463
Centering the Tangent: Month of events on creativity and movement building!
(Event listing can also can be found at centeringthetangent.wordpress.com)
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RALLY - 52ND ANNIVERSARY OF TIBETAN NATIONAL UPRISING DAY
Thursday March 10 in Vancouver 10am to 7pm: Rally in front of the Chinese Consulate, 3380 Granville St. (just south of 16th Ave). Speeches and prayers at 1pm. Candle-light vigil and prayers at 6pm.
Friday March 11 in Vancouver 10am to 1pm: Rally in front of the Chinese Consulate, 3380 Granville St. (just south of 16th Ave).
Saturday March 12 in Victoria 1pm to 4pm: Vigil at the Cenotaph in front of the Legislature.
Please join us in commemorating the 52nd anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising
In 1949 the army of the People’s Republic of China invaded Tibet and began a cruel and oppressive occupation that continues to this day. On March 10, 1959 the Tibetan people rose up against their oppressors, but the revolt was brutally put down. Thousands of Tibetans were killed and thousands more, including the Dalai Lama, fled into exile in India. This day is known as the Tibetan National Uprising Day and its anniversary is commemorated each year in cities around the world. On this the 52nd anniversary of the uprising, please show your solidarity and join the commemorations in Vancouver or Victoria.
Canada Tibet Committee
Contact: Vancouver 604.682.3269 ext 7883; Victoria 250.380.1235. Any comments or questions, please email ctcoffice at tibet.ca.
http://www.tibet.ca/mailinglist/lt/t_go.php?i=119&e=MTMxMzQ=&l=-http--www.facebook.com/group.php--Q-gid--E-31692752904--A-ref--E-ts
http://www.tibet.ca/mailinglist/lt/t_go.php?i=119&e=MTMxMzQ=&l=-http--www.youtube.com/tibetchannel
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FUNDRAISER - PHILLIPINES KARAOKE FUNDRAISER
Friday, March 11, Doors open at 7pm; Singing and festivities from 8 to 11
The Dunlevy Snackbar (433 Dunlevy, between Hastings and Pender, Downtown Vancouver)
Suggested Donation $10
Compañeros and Compañeras...
Do you want to...
Support the struggle for justice and liberation in the Philippines?
Show off your fantastic karaoke skills?
Drink delicious alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages with friends and comrades?
Help Yuly, Martha and Aiyanas travel to the Philippines to learn from and contribute to community based health programs?
THEN COME TO OUR KARAOKE FUNDRAISER
-- all proceeds go directly to support the Council for Health and Development and community based health programs in the Philippines!
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SHOW - BALAGTASAN
March 16th, 7pm - 9pm
Venue TBA. Check centeringthetangent.wordpress.com for updates about this event!
Produced by the Filipino-Canadian Youth Alliance FREE! All-ages welcome! Childcare and snacks provided.
An exciting cultural show featuring performances by organizers and community members of the Filipino community to publicize the creation of 2 chapbooks being launched May 2011 highlighting issues of Filipino women and youth. Details forthcoming!
Centering the Tangent: Month of events on creativity and movement building!
(Event listing can also can be found at centeringthetangent.wordpress.com)
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RALLY FOR EDUCATION - PROTEST FIELD TRIP TO VICTORIA - MARK THE DATE: YOU ARE INVITED TO VICTORIA, MARCH 16!
March 16th, 7:30 am – 7:30 pm
Production Way Skytrain, Vancouver-Victoria-Vancouver
$10
In an effort to raise awareness regarding issues of increasing student debt, high tuition, and the lack of adequate funding for our University, the Simon Fraser Student Society, in coalition with students across British Columbia, is staging a one-day event on the lawn of the Legislative Assembly in Victoria.
We will use this important window of opportunity to let the new premier, government officials, and all the people of British Colombia know that students in British Colombia are fed up and that change is needed.
This is expected to be the biggest united student protest in the past 4 years, and has the possibility of being the most attended demonstration in British Columbia's history. Don't miss this chance!
The schedule is as follows:
7:30 am- Bus picks you up at Production Way Skytrain station (don’t be late!)
9:00 am - Students take ferry to Victoria, joining students from across the lower mainland
10:45 am- Second bus picks up everyone in Swartz Bay - Direct service to Downtown Victoria
11:30 am - Lunch (provided) on the lawn in Victoria - and setup for rally!
12:00 pm - Rally for Public Education with students from UVIC, Camoson, Langara, UBC, Kwantlen, and more!
1:00 pm - Question Period in the Legislature: students will watch from public galleries
3:00 pm - Get back on the bus to ferry
5:00 pm - Catch Ferry back to Vancouver
6:45 pm - Bus picks us up at Ferry terminal
7:30 pm - Everyone dropped off at Commercial Drive / Production Way stations
This trip includes:
- 1 Awesome t-shirt
- Transportation to and from Victoria (including ferry)
- Lunch
Cost: $10 - (for the t-shirt and to reserve the seat)
Seating is very limited and will be assigned on a first-come-first- served basis. Come to the SFSS General Office Room MBC 2250 to get your seat today! All of the students who sign will be contacted for an Orientation & Update session.
Questions? Concerns? Email march16 at sfss.ca.
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FILM AND PANEL - NO FRACKING WAY: A PANEL DISCUSSION OF FRACKING IN BC
Wednesday March 16 th , 7pm.
Vancouver Public Library (350 West Georgia Street, Downtown Vancouver)
(rooms downstairs from main lobby area)
What is fracking ?
Oil and gas companies are injecting millions of litres of freshwater laced with thousands of kilograms of toxic chemicals and sand beneath the ground. Their goal is to extract natural gas. This is currently happening in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and New Brunswick, and there are plans to establish the practice in Quebec and Nova Scotia. At risk are ground and surface water, human animal health. GASLAND shows how fracking takes place in North America, and the catastrophic consequences for people and the environment. Gasland deals with this issue in the United States, but the same basic process is happening in many areas of northern BC.
The Library will be holding an Information session with a panel of experts who will tell us what is taking place in Northern BC.
For details check our website at www.vancouvercouncilofcanadians.ca
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EVENT - LAUNCH OF CENTERING THE TANGENT COMMUNITY CONFERENCE
March 18 7:00 – 11:00 PM
Centre A, 2 West Hastings St. Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6B 1G6
FREE! All-ages welcome!
An evening of performance, celebration and conversation looking at the role that creativity has played in grassroots movements within Greater Vancouver. Details forthcoming!
Centering the Tangent: Month of events on creativity and movement building!
(Event listing can also can be found at centeringthetangent.wordpress.com)
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CONFERENCE - CENTERING THE TANGENT COMMUNITY CONFERENCE
March 19 10:00am - 10:00pm
Venue TBA. Check centeringthetangent.wordpress.com for updates about this event!
FREE! All-ages welcome! Childcare and lunch provided.
A day-long convergence including panels, trainings, workshops, and performance to build skills and hold critical conversations on the role of arts, culture and creativity in building sustainable movements for transformative change within our communities. Details forthcoming!
Centering the Tangent: Month of events on creativity and movement building!
(Event listing can also can be found at centeringthetangent.wordpress.com)
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RALLY - COMMUNITY MARCH AGAINST RACISM
Sunday, March 20th, 2011 at 2pm.
Waterfront Skytrain Station, Downtown Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories
On March 20th, No One Is Illegal-Vancouver Coast Salish Territories invites you to join us in a march to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racism and show our communities’ collective strength in challenging racism. Canadian multiculturalism is not enough!
- End individual and institutional racism, racial violence, and racial profiling!
- Stop the theft of Indigenous lands!
- End all racist wars and occupations!
- Stop imprisonments and deportations!
- Living wages, healthcare, education, and housing for all!
March 21, the International Day for the Elimination of Racism, 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.
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=199130026767653
To endorse the march or for more information email noii-van at resist.ca or call 604.715.6990
www.nooneisillegal.org
***Other Opportunities***
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SUBMISSIONS CALLOUT - GIRLS IN REAL LIFE! PROGRAM
Submissions deadline: March 25
Girls In Real Life, is an intensive 7-day empowerment education program which brings together 10-15 girl participants in Vancouver for a series of workshops; these workshops will allow participants to learn about social inequities, environmental injustices, and their own identities. Participants will also be creating their own magazine! - which will amplify the voices of youth and highlight the positive role models in their communities (versus the super models that we see in the mainstream media). The last phase of this project will entail the hosting of several community dialogues which shall bring together community members of various age groups with G.I.R.L. participants, in order for them to share their experiences and thoughts on the issues they’ve learned about. And we’re also very stoked to launch this project :).
We're looking for girl participants in grades 8-12, and youth submissions for our magazine!!
For more information, you can also visit our website: http://under9teens.wordpress.com/
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LAUNCH OF THE MOUNT PLEASANT FOOD JUSTICE PROJECT
Introducing the Mount Pleasant Food Justice Project
The Mount Pleasant Food Justice Project has three Objectives:
1. To raise awareness about how food insecurity hurts our physical and mental health and to fight for social change so that everyone has access to fresh, healthful food.
2. To make the places in our community that control our access to food – welfare offices, food banks and other charities, grocery stores, landlords, and minimum wage employers – accountable for their actions, and to advocate for changes that increase food security.
3. To find ways of meeting our own needs such as community kitchens, bulk buying, food preservation workshops, clothing exchanges, and community gardening.
If you live or work in Mount Pleasant, or use a service in this area, and you care about food justice, get involved in the campaign.
To get involved, contact the Food Action Collective at foodactioncollective at gmail.com or 604-215-2775.
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APH LAUNCHES NEW COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER TEAM
The Alliance for People’s Health provides community health programming and activities to advance the health of working class and marginalized communities in Vancouver. The CHW Team launched in January 2011 as the coordinating body of the APH Community Health Programming. If you are passionate about health, and interested in learning how you can be of service to your community, contact us today allianceforpeopleshealth at gmail.com !
For more information: http://aphvan.wordpress.com/community-health-work/
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IMMEDIATE CALL TO ACTION - ASK LEADERSHIP CANDIDATES TO SUPPORT COSMETIC PESTICIDE BAN IN BC
Many communities in BC and elsewhere across Canada have banned the use of cosmetic pesticides. Three provinces have banned their sale as a result. With the upcoming leadership election, it is integral that all candidates state their support for province-wide legislation.
All BC New Democratic Party (NDP) candidates and two BC Liberal candidates, Christy Clark and Mike de Jong, have given their support for province-wide legislation. The public still needs to hear from Liberal candidates Kevin Falcon and George Abbott.
If you think BC should prohibit the sale and use of chemical pesticides for lawns, gardens, and non-agricultural landscaping please email, blog, Tweet or post a Facebook message about this issue, letting the public and BC Liberal candidates, Kevin Falcon and George Abbott know that:
§ BC needs strong, province-wide cosmetic pesticide legislation that prohibits the use, sale, and retail display of synthetic, chemical pesticides for lawns, gardens, and non-agricultural landscaping;
§ Cosmetic pesticides refer to pesticides used for aesthetic purposes – to make a lawn, landscaping, etc. look better. Such a ban is not intended to apply to pesticides necessary to protect public health or in agriculture.
§ Cosmetic pesticides expose members of the public, including children who are particularly vulnerable, to toxins and carcinogens in return for only aesthetic benefits. Methods of pest control that continue to use pesticides for cosmetic purposes fail to address this concern.
You can reach them by email at:
Kevin Falcon: info at kevinfalcon.com < mailto:info at kevinfalcon.com >
George Abbott: info at georgeabbottforbc.ca < mailto:info at georgeabbottforbc.ca >
Please share this email widely and ask your friends and family to join the fight!
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