[van-announce] Saturday March 28 Toxic Tour: COMING SOON to a mining city near you...]

[maryann at resist.ca]

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*COMING SOON* to a mining city near you...

Vancouver claims to be on the path to becoming the “greenest city in the
world.” It is also home to the world's largest conglomeration of Mining
companies.

In March of 2015, Indigenous leaders, academics, scientists, activists and
public intellectuals will converge in Vancouver, on unceded Coast Salish
Territories to explore global resistance to the new face of resource
capitalism in Canada as a State of Extraction
<http://www.stateofextraction.org/>.

Communities affected by Canadian extractive projects increasingly report
conflict, environmental devastation, water toxicity and scarcity,
violations of indigenous rights, and other human rights abuses including
violent repression–even murder–of residents who speak out in opposition to
extractive projects. But instead of regulating extractive practices,
Canada's government actively assists extractive corporations with tax
breaks, subsidies, lax stock market regulations, diplomatic support, and
immunity from prosecution for abuses overseas.

*On March 28th, in conjunction with the State of Extraction
conference-convergence, please join us for:*

*Extractive Industries and Voices of Resistance: A Toxic Tour of Vancouver *

*MARCH through the streets!* in a lively procession to stand up for
community self-determination.

*SEE the sites!* of fancy offices where corporate decisions lead to social
and environmental injustices.

*HEAR from indigenous and global communities!* affected by Vancouver's
extractive companies.

Music! Snacks! Dance! Street Theatre! Testimonies! Family-friendly! Bring
your drums and regalia! We'll have a van for elders and others who need to
rest during the walk.

Saturday March 28

12pm – 3pm

Meet at Vancouver Art Gallery (North side, Georgia and Howe)

Unceded Coast Salish Territories

RSVP on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/348463725348425/

*(See below for opportunities to participate in Theatre, Dance and Art
workshops in advance of the Toxic Tour!)*

*The Toxic Tour is Organized by:* Mining Justice Alliance; Café Rebelde
Collective; Canada-Philippines Solidarity for Human Rights; Council of
Canadians; No One Is Illegal-Coast Salish Territories; Rising Tide-Coast
Salish Territories.

*Endorsed by:* Alliance for People's Health, Beyond Boarding Collective;
Canada Tibet Committee; Critical Criminology Working Group at KPU; In
Solidarity with all Land Defenders; INDIGENOUS ACTION MOVEMENT-Coast Salish
Territories; International Allies Against Mining in Latin America;
International League of People's Struggle (ILPS); Migrante BC; Red Sparks
Union; Rights Action; South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy
(SANSAD); Stop Enbridge, Stop Kinder Morgan-Call to Action; Streams of
Justice; The Purple Thistle; Vancouver Solidarity with Ayotzinapa; We Love
This Coast; Wirikuta Vancouver Alliance

*Thanks to:* CUPE BC

Want more information? Is your group willing to endorse the Toxic Tour?
Please get in touch!

www.miningjusticealliance.wordpress.com |
https://www.facebook.com/MiningJusticeAlliance

miningjustice at gmail.com | @miningjustice

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 *Calling all ARTivists: Help create Banners, Art, and Dance / Theatre
pieces for the Toxic Tour!*

*All workshops are FREE, art supplies are provided, all are welcome, no
experience necessary!!*

*Saturday Mar. 14, 1-4pm, and Sunday March 15, 1-4pm*, Fraser and 14th

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   Toxic Tour ARTivism! we'll share ideas for an art installation to hold
   Vancouver to account; then, we'll make the art together. Bring friends,
   dress for paint! Hosted by Melanie and Nati*
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   Please RVSP: 604.338.2927

 *Monday Mar 23, 6:30-8:30pm*, Pandora Park Fieldhouse (Nanaimo & Pandora

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   create visuals such as banners, signs, stickers, etc. Hosted by Juli
   Rees**
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   for info and RSVP: julirees at yahoo.ca

 *Wednesday Mar 25, 6:30-8:30pm*, Hastings Community Centre @ 3096 Hastings
St, Rm. 9

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   create a “movement score” (creative, theatrical movement). Hosted by
   Juli Rees
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   for info and RSVP: julirees at yahoo.ca

 *Melanie Schambach and Nati Garcia are participatory arts and social
justice facilitators; their work supports the creation of mobile murals,
banners, and mosaic-type paintings through which groups work
collectively—often across nations and borders—to explore themes of who we
are, how we belong in the earth, and what is our shared responsibility.

**Juli Rees is a social justice design artist, dancer, popular educator
that offers her time, skills, creativity and wisdom to creating a more
socially just world. Dance Troupe Practice collective is currently the
artist resident at the Pandora Feildhouse that sits on Coast Salish unceded
territory.

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