[Sust-mar] Oxfam Regional Assembly and Hunger Banquet

[Jen Melanson]

Oxfam Maritimes Regional Assembly: 


A Gathering of Active Citizens for Global Change 


 

Oxfam Canada in the Maritimes invites you to join our annual Regional
Assembly, an invigorating and informative combination of learning, dialogue,
story sharing, governance, action and planning to mobilize Oxfam's mission-
ending global poverty and injustice. We'd love to see you there! 

 

The Oxfam Maritimes Regional Assembly will be held October 18th (9 - 5) and
19th (10 - 12) 2008 at the University of King's College, Coburg Rd. Halifax.


 

At the Oxfam Regional Assembly, you will have an opportunity to:

.         Hear the latest news about Oxfam's work internationally, the
impact of climate change on development, and what local Oxfam members are
doing to raise awareness of global issues in their communities.

.         Learn how you can take action in Oxfam campaigns such as For All -
Public Services Fight Poverty

.         Participate in skill building sessions lead by Oxfam community and
campus group leaders on campaigning, gender equality, and building
leadership 

.         Engage in dialogue with Oxfam staff, volunteers, board members,
and international activists and elect Maritime Regional Steering Committee
members.

 

 

This is event is free and open to all. Travel, childcare and accommodation
subsidies available if needed, on request.  For information and to register,
call us at 425-7877 or visit us online at www.oxfam.ca

http://www.oxfam.ca/what-you-can-do/become-a-member/regional-assemblies-2008


 

Oxfam Canada's 12th Annual Hunger Banquet

 

Looking for a meal with a message? Like poverty, global hunger is a food
lottery that depends on who you are and where you live in the world. And
with changing weather and increasing demand for biofuels, food shortages are
getting worse and hitting the poor hardest.

 

World Food Day brings attention to the 923 million people around the world
without enough to eat. Join us for a dramatization of inequitable
distribution of food and resources in today's world at our 12th annual
Hunger Banquet. The banquet features:

 

.         Local solutions to climate change and the food crisis 

 

.         Guest speakers- Fatima Naqvi, Sustainable Livelihoods Manager,
Pakistan & Marla McLeod, Ecology Action Centre

 

.         Musical interludes with the Raging Grannies and friends

 

&

 

.         Oxfam's Basket of Justice raffle

 

 

Come take a seat at the global dinner table! 

 

 

When: Saturday, October 18, 6-8PM,

Where: St. Andrew's Church Hall, 6036 Coburg Road

All ages, all welcome. Tickets are $10, $6 for unwaged and students

 

You can purchase advanced tickets at Outside the Lines Bookstore (Quinpool
Rd.), P'lovers Environmental Store (Park Lane), Just Us Cafes (Barrington
and Spring Garden), or Oxfam (Gottingen St.)

Call 425-7877 or email halifax at oxfam.ca