[Wamvan] Fwd: COMMUNITY EVENTS DIGEST August 4 - August 18

[Tami Starlight]

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From: SFPIRG <sfpirg at sfu.ca>
Date: Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 11:15 AM
Subject: COMMUNITY EVENTS DIGEST August 4 - August 18
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COMMUNITY EVENTS DIGEST
==Social justice events happening on and off campus==


***SFpirg Community Events***

1) Solidarity Rally with Locked Out Workers - Support our locked out staff!

2) As the lock out continues...


***Other Community Events***

3) Vancouver Prison Justice Day Events (August 8 h )

4) World Federalists Vancouver Community picnic (August 7 th )
5) 50th Anniversary of the birth of Rabindranath Tagore (August 6 th & 7 th
)

6) Documentary Screening - The Vanishing of the Bees (August 9 th )
7) Screening and discussion of NERO’S GUESTS (August 14 rd )

8) Unist'hot'en Camp - Registration and Communication Info ( August 12 th –
15 th )


***Job Opportunities***

9) Vancouver Co-op Radio: Director of Technical Services

10) Lead Instructor for Stepping Stones






**To have your event included in the next digest, send a text-based email
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list are at the bottom of this email


*** SFpirg Community Events***

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SOLIDARITY RALLY WITH LOCKED OUR WORKERS - SUPPOSRT OUR LOCKED OUT STAFF



Dear SFPIRG Supporters,



On Friday July the 8th the SFSS Space and Oversight Committee recommended
that the SFSS terminate the current lease with SFPIRG. This recommendation
was made without consulting us in good faith or considering the needs of
students accessing our space and services every day. The Space and Oversight
Committee made this recommendation based on the stated desire to provide
students with more "student space".



SFPIRG is a student space.



SFPIRG has been on this campus as a social and environmental justice
resource centre since 1981. SFPIRG is a student-based and student-directed
non-profit organization that offers not only community-based research
opportunities for students, but also student communal spaces (e.g. lounge,
meeting room), a bike tool co-op, training and materials for student
organizing, printing/photocopying, outreach/postering support, a wide range
of critical academic and grassroots resources, infrastructural support
(funding, training, storage) for student groups, and most importantly, a
diverse and vibrant student community passionate about social and
environmental justice.



Many students, clubs (such as WUSC, OxFam, the Dzaleka Project, and Open
Media), and departmental student unions utilize both our space and our
resources. SFPIRG is a space that is open to all students at SFU.



Our space in the rotunda is vital in order for SFPIRG to offer these
services to students. Having this space is what allows SFPIRG to provide
services to students, network with other likeminded organizations such as
Out on Campus, the Women's Centre, ACHSA, and the FNSA, and stay relevant
and accessible.



If you are interested in supporting SFPIRG, please e-mail sfpirg at sfu.ca ,
call 778-782-4360 , or drop by our offices at TC 326, SFU Burnaby. We are
open Monday to Friday from 10:30am to 4:30pm, and are happy to answer your
questions.



SFPIRG is student space, DSU's and club's space, and everybody's space!





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AS THE LOCK OUT CONTINUES...



As the lock out continues, the need for support on the picket line is
increasingly important. Some of the locked out workers are reporting feeling
very isolated and unsupported. Last week, a small group of students had the
first Picket Picnic. Our plan is to continue these lunchtime events until
the lock out ends. If you are up on campus this Wednesday, please consider
joining us for this week's picnic.

Here are the details:
-Picnics begin at 12 at the picket line in MBC (one floor down from the main
entrance) At 12:30, we move to the Rotunda
-Bring your lunch and have a conversation with the workers over lunch
-Lemonade and cake are provided
-If you are financially able, consider bringing snacks or grocery store gift
cards to donate to the locked out workers

Last week's picnic was a really great chance to talk with other folks in the
SFU community about where our university is headed, to hear stories about
its past, and to connect with the locked out staff.






***Other Community Events ***
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VANCOUVER PRISON JUSTICE DAY EVENTS
Friday August 5th, 8PM
Rhizome Café, 317 East Broadway (at Kingsway), Vancouver




Prison Justice Day Benefit for The Word is Out –Women in prison news service
.

Featuring:
-Musical performance: Alternative Tentacles recording artist Ani Kyd
-Readings by activist author Karlene Faith, novelist Anne Stone and poet
Rita Wong
-Documentary: Troop 1500; Girl Scouts Beyond Bars . Filmmakers Ellen Spiro
and Karen Bernstein.

The kitchen will be open so come early for an ethical bite to eat.

The Word is Out is a news service that provides a link between women in
prison and the community. It features writing & artwork from women in prison
and information pertaining to the changing realities of prison and the
community. TWO is distributed free of charge to women in prison and by
subscription in the community. Published by Joint Effort and Strength In
Sisterhood.





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WORLD FEDERALISTS VANCOUVER COMMUNITY PICNIC

Sunday, August 7, beginning at 12:00 noon

Greenway, on East 23rd Ave., one block west of Fraser Street, behind Sir
Charles Tupper Secondary School



Please bring a potluck contribution.





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50 TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF RABINDRANATH TAGORE
Saturday, August 6- August 7, 10.00 am-6.00 pm
Room 7000 , SFU Harbour Centre, 515 W. Hastings

On the 150 th Anniversary of the birth of Rabindranath Tagore, Nobel
Laureate, poet, musician, dramatist, novelist, short-story writer, essayist,
and painter, South Asian Film Education Society (SAFES) is proud to present
a selection of films on Tagore and films based on Tagore’s works.

Aug 6: 10.00 am : The Story of Gitanjali . Malaya Bhattacharya (30 mts)
10.45 am : Charulata . Satyajit Ray (120 mts)
3.00 pm : Gharey Bairey . (At Home and Abroad) Satyajit Ray(140 mts)

Aug 7: 10.00 am : Rabindranath Tagore . Satyajit Ray (60 mts)
11. 15 pm: Khudhito Pashan (Hungry Stones) Tapan Sinha (120mts)
3.00 pm : Chokher Bali . Rituparna Ghose (140mts)

The Story of Gitanjali is in English. All other films are in Bengali with
English subtitles. Khudito Pashan includes Urdu, and Arabic. All features
will be introduced by brief talks by Dr. Mandakrnata Bose, Dr. Tirthankar
Bose, Dr. Chinmoy Banerjee, and Mrs. Supriya Bhattacharya.

While Gharey Bairey focuses on the issue of nationalism in a manner that has
profound significance today, all the films are concerned with the oppressed
position of women and their struggle for empowerment.



Admission is free. Donations welcome.
Further information: Chin Banerjee at 604-421-6752 .

Sponsored by Lower Mainland Bengali Cultural Society (LMBCS) and Dr. Hari
Sharma Foundation for South Asian Advancement and supported by Consulate
General of India, Vancouver, and Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group
(SFPIRG).







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DOCUMENTARY SCREENING – THE VANISHING OF THE BEES

Doors open at 6:30pm, film starts at 7:00pm (90 minute or 53 minute film),
Q&A to follow.

SFU Harbour Centre - Labatt Threate (HC 1700)



Who should attend: Anyone and everyone! Costs: Free!

Honeybees have been mysteriously disappearing across the planet, literally
vanishing from their hives!

Known as Colony Collapse Disorder, this phenomenon has brought beekeepers to
crisis in an industry responsible for producing apples, broccoli,
watermelon, onions, cherries and a hundred other fruits and vegetables.
Commercial honeybee operations pollinate crops that make up one out of every
three bites of food on our tables.

Vanishing of the Bees follows commercial beekeepers David Hackenberg and
Dave Mendes as they strive to keep their bees healthy and fulfill
pollination contracts across the U.S. The film explores the struggles they
face as the two friends plead their case on Capital Hill and travel across
the Pacific Ocean in the quest to protect their honeybees.

On Tuesday August 9th, Sustainable SFU, along with our partners, the Pacific
Institute for Climate Solutions, SFU Sustainability and SFU Vancouver, is
proud to be holding a community event for students, staff, faculty, and the
public to come learn about this mysterious turn of events and shed light on
what is happening to the honey bee. Watch the film and hear from one of the
film directors, Maryam Henein, and current SFU Professor of Dialogue Mark
Winston, a international authority on bees. Q&A will follow the screening.


If you have any questions about this event, please contact

Duncan Wlodarczak, Executive Director, Sustainable SFU.
Email: Exec_director at sustainablesfu.org
Phone: 778-782-8763





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SCREENING AND DISCUSSION OF NERO'S GUESTS

August 14, 2011 3.00 pm – 5.00 pm

Room 1800 Terasen Cinema SFU Harbour Centre, 515 W Hastings Street,
Vancouver


A film on the farm crisis and growing inequality in India by Deepa Bhatia
and discussion of NERO'S GUESTS.



Deepa Bhatia follows P Siinath, the Rural Affairs Editor of The Hindu , as
he investigates and speaks about the farm crisis in India. .“Nero’s Guests”
are the elite enjoying their splendid feast as every thirty minutes a farmer
kills himself.



Admission to the film is open to the public and free.



Donations welcome.

Information: Chin 604-421-6752





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UNIST’HOT’EN CAMP – REGISTRATION AND COMMUNICATION INFO

[ updates will be posted here: http://unistotencamp.wordpress.com ]

Wet’suwet’en seeks to operate a second camp building further resistance to
the large influx of industrial activities in our Indigenous Lands and
Waters, often with no consent or consultation, or consultation as a final
stage of development. The major focus of this camp is largely educational
and hopefully strategic. Last year the major focus was Tar Sands and
Pipelines, and training for current and future activists to operate as a
larger body to resist Tar Sands and affiliated infrastructure and systemic
support of Tar Sands expansion.

Communication and Registration

Please contact Freda Huson by telephone at 250 847-8897 or email at
fhuson at gmail.com ;

or Mel Bazil by telephone at 250 877 2805 , or email at
gitksanmanoct6 at gmail.com .

Please provide either your email or a fax number that a registration form
can be sent to you, fill it completely and email back to Freda or Mel or fax
it to Freda at the provided number above.

If you are from a delegation from your community, please have all members of
your delegation register previous before traveling to the camp.

If you as an individual representing your community resistance would like to
present updates from your community and partake in strategies and common
goals please make that known in point form, what we might expect from your
delegation, and we can determine together where that may best fit a larger
discussion. Thank you for your interests in the camp and for making time to
attend.










***Job Opportunities***

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VANCOUVER CO-OP RADIO: DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL SERVICES



HOURS: 15- 20 hours/week (depending on skills), scheduling of
hours is flexible
DEADLINE: Wed Aug 10th, 2011 at 10am.
WAGE: $20.36/hr with generous medical and vacation benefits. Unionized with
CAW 3000.
START DATE: Week of Sept 6th, 2011.



Vancouver Co-operative Radio, CFRO, 102.7 FM is a non-profit,
listener-supported, multi-lingual community station that has provided
Vancouver with alternative public affairs, music and arts programming since
1975. Co-op Radio provides a space for under-represented voices and
perspectives. The Director of Technical Services is responsible for
broadcast and audio production-related equipment in the station as well as
for co-ordinating technical trainings and overseeing the production of Media
Arts. This is a permanent part-time position in a staff collective
responsible to, and under the limited direction of, the Board of Directors.



Details of the job can be found at
http://www.coopradio.org/content/job-posting




TO APPLY

Send a cover letter, resume and a paragraph describing the pros and cons of
working in a collective/ co-operative structure to
cfro-hiring at coopradio.orgPlease include your cover letter, resume and
collective structure paragraph
in one PDF document labelled yourfirstname_yourlastname.pdf and attach it to
your email.

No phone calls please.

Vancouver Co-operative Radio is an affirmative action employer. We thank all
applicants. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.






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LEAD INSTRUCTOR FOR STEPPING STONES



The Community Education Program at Simon Fraser University invites
applications to the following position:

Lead Instructor for the Stepping Stones pilot project (please see detailed
job description, attached)

SFU's Community Education Program is seeking a full-time, temporary (10
month) Lead Instructor to teach and support up to 40 Aboriginal learners in
the pilot offering of Stepping Stones, a blended online and face-to-face
pilot offering of the Certificate in Community Capacity Building. The
instructor prepares detailed lesson plans and provides online instruction
and support to 40 learners with diverse literacy and essential skills
located in 4 First Nation communities: N’Quatqua, Samahquam, Sts’ailes, and
Soowahlie.

Please send a detailed cover letter and resume by 5:00 pm, Sunday August
14th to community-ed at sfu.ca addressed to the attention of Judy Smith,
Director.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for
interviews will be contacted.







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