[Wamvan] Fwd: Van COC BC FW: SAVE THE DATE: Shout Out Against Mining Injustice June 1-2

[Tami Starlight]

We can chose to discount people's life experience or embrace it.
Seems like a 50/50 thing.
People  believing far too much in the bullshit system and oppress much.
Equality does not fall from the social justice fairies from the sky - it is fought for! 

Some thoughts on this Friday, April 20/2012.
Tami

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> The Council of Canadians is pleased to announce we are hosting a major event in Vancouver on June 1st and 2nd, 2012. Shout Out Against Mining Injustice is a two-day international conference aimed at exposing the appalling environmental and human rights abuses of Canadian mining companies. Through workshops, panel discussions and strategy sessions, we will raise awareness, build resistance and strengthen our networks of solidarity.
> Our Shout Out will feature engaging sessions with leading activists and representatives from mining-impacted communities in Chile, Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, Ecuador, El Salvador and Canada. The conference starts on Friday, June 1st with a Public Forum featuring high profile speakers, community activists and musical acts. Saturday, June 2nd will offer delegates the chance to engage in discussion on vital issues ranging from the right to water, Indigenous rights and environmental justice within the context of mining. We will share experiences, explore campaign strategies and build alliances to strengthen the movement against mining injustice.
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> Who Attends?
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> The events will bring together participants including: representatives from mine-affected communities; Indigenous communities; grassroots organizers; human rights activists; civil society groups; and concerned individuals from Canada, the United States and Latin America.
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> Shout Out Against Mining Injustice Public Forum
> Maritime Labour Centre
> 1880 Triumph Street, Vancouver, BC
> Friday June 1 | 7:00pm – 10:00pm
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> Shout Out Against Mining Injustice Teach-In
> Harbour Centre, Simon Fraser University
> 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC
> Saturday June 2 | 9:00am – 5:00pm 
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> Please help us spread the word by bringing a friend or a group of friends and share our event through Facebook and with the Twitter hashtag #soami12.
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> Click here to register for the conference now! Admission to the Friday Public Forum is a suggested donation of $20 or what you can afford. All donations will greatly help to offset the cost of the conference.
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> Visit www.canadians.org/shoutout often for conference updates, including a live webcast of the event for those unable to attend in person.
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> Join us in Vancouver and find out how you can get involved in our campaign to stop mining injustice!
> Yours Sincerely,
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> Maude Barlow
> National Chairperson
> The Council of Canadians
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