T.O. Greenspiration Events: Save our bike lanes!
Angela Bischoff
greenspi at web.ca
Sun Jul 10 23:23:39 EDT 2011
Toronto Greenspiration Events
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Save our Bike Lanes!
Call and Email your City Councillor and Mayor Ford on Mon. July 11 (Council is voting on this on July 12/13) The Mayor's Public Hotline # is 416-397-FORD (3673) mayor_ford at toronto.ca
The Fordists wants to take away more than 10 kms of bike lanes on Jarvis, Pharmacy, Birchmount AND kill the Bloor/Danforth Environmental Assessment which has already be contracted out and work done. We can change this.
It's time Toronto cyclists stand up to defend our public safety. Together, we can win this. Here's how:
Call and E-mail your Councillor expressing your support for bike lanes and the Bloor/Danforth EA. Ask your Councillor to uphold the democratic process and reject the Ford administration's attempt to side-step democracy and community engagement. *Note: Please include your address at the end of the e-mail so your Councillor's office can confirm you are a constituent.
TO: Your Councillor (find his/her e-mail address here) CC: mayor_ford at toronto.ca,councillor_parker at toronto.ca, councillor_wongtam at toronto.ca, info at bikeunion.to
To learn more about how you can Save Jarvis, visit our campaign page
Sign the petition here: http://bikeunion.to/save-jarvis-petition
Or contact your city councilor here: http://bikeunion.to/e-mail-your-councillor
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=246213488726186
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Poisoning Canada's Waters - STOP the Mega Quarry just NW of Toronto!
Please sign the petition today: http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_the_quarry/?vc
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Toronto Fringe Festival
July 6-17
http://www.fringetoronto.com/
Steam Powered Theatre is pleased to announce the premiere of: BLOOM
http://www.steampoweredtheatre.com/Site/Home.html
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Join OPIRG-Toronto for a free screening of:
As Long as the River Flows
Followed by a Q&A with Taina DaSilva (Grassy Narrows Blockader) and a TBA Grassy Narrows Supporter.
Monday, July 11, 7:30pm
OISE, Room 2212, 252 Bloor Street West (St. George subway)
In December 2002, the Indigenous youth of Grassy Narrows began laying down in the path of industrial logging trucks, blocking their access to traditional lands and sparking what has become the longest standing blockade in Canadian History.
Produced by Dave Clement of Thunder Bay Indymedia, ‘As Long as the River Flows: The Story of the Grassy Narrows Blockade’ documents the story of the blockade and shows the struggle for environmental justice and self-determination that Grassy Narrows First Nation is a part of.
Please refrain from wearing scents. The space is accessible. Unfortunately, we do not currently have ASL.
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Mineral Make Up Lab!
Monday July 11, 6:30 to 8:30pm
Anarres Natural Health, 792A Dovercourt Road M6H2X3
Info: http://www.anarreshealth.ca/node/1106
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Study Series - Venezuela 2002
Lessons from Struggle: - Popular revolts from Russia to Egypt
Tues, July 12, 6 p.m.
Bahen Centre, 40 St. George St, Room 3008
Speaker: Nicole Jacobs
www.socialist.ca toronto.socialists at gmail.com
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ONE anti-poverty advocacy training
Tuesday July 12th, 5pm
410 Queens Quay Blvd West RC Level
Toronto is home to one of the strongest ONE volunteer bases in Canada. This means that ONE members like you have an exceptional opportunity to organize and impact the political process to help end poverty.
At the training we'll discuss exactly what it takes to bring the fight against global poverty to your community and to your elected officials. We're also really excited that The Belinda Stronach Foundation will be joining us to talk about the impact that women and girls have on development in Africa. It'll be a great chance to meet other ONE volunteers—and we'll have refreshments—so don't miss out!
This is a fantastic opportunity to help you take the next step in bringing Toronto together to fight poverty.
To sign up for the ONE volunteer training, please email keren.dongo at one.org today.
http://www.one.org/us/
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Webinar: What to do about the Asian Carp in Canada?
Tuesday, July 12, 12 – 1 p.m.
Presented by Great Lakes United.
Asian carp have invaded the United States, with silver and bighead populations well established in Mississippi River basin waters. Populations have spread north to the edge of the Lake Michigan basin (infesting Chicago area waters in Illinois), and the Lake Erie basin (infesting the Wabash River in Indiana).
An Asian carp invasion to the Great Lakes will clearly impact both U.S. and Canadian natural resources, but given the current location of the fish, prevention efforts are primarily focused in the U.S. The question isn't whether Canadians should have input into actions that, if they fail, will permanently change our shared waters. Rather, the question is, how?
Join a discussion with Mary Muter from the Sierra Club-Ontario and Hugh Wilkins from Ecojustice to discuss the risk of an Asian carp invasion in Canada, and what options Canadians have to proactively help stop the carp. Facilitator: Jennifer Nalbone, Great Lakes United
Reserve your Webinar seat now.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Lauren Cheal at lcheal at glu.org.
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T.O. City Council Meeting: They’re voting to remove bike lanes! and kill the Bloor/Danforth EA!
Wed. July 13, 9:30 a.m. all day
Toronto City Hall, Council Chambers (Queen street and Bay)
Calling all cyclists – please attend! City Council will be debating and voting on the removal of bike lanes on Jarvis, Pharmacy and Birchmount, AND the axing of the Bloor/Danforth Environmental Assessment which has already been contracted out and work begun. Let's show City Hall that the community supports bike lanes.
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=164930363572048
Or contact your city councilor here: http://bikeunion.to/e-mail-your-councillor
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The Global Clean Energy Jobs Race – Ontario’s Opportunity
Wed. July 13, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
MaRS Discovery District, Atrium, 101 College, Toronto
Join John Podesta in a discussion about how Ontario and other jurisdictions should be positioning themselves in the global race towards clean energy. Mr. Podesta is President and CEO of the Centre for American Progress and Chief of Staff to US President Clinton, and has served on the US National Security Council and also as co-chair of President Obama’s transition.
Sponsored by Environmental Defence, WWF, BlueGreen Canada, and MaRS
http://environmentaldefence.ca/global-clean-energy-jobs-race
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MAD PRIDE 2011
Join us all week long in Toronto. It’s free!
Wed. July 13th - Sat. July 16th
Full program here: http://madpridenetwork.com/
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The End Of Oil: Double feature screening of Petropolis and The End Of Suburbia
Thur. July 14
6 p.m. – pre-film live music concert with musicians Glen Alan, Mark Cassidy, Jessica Speziale and No Nonsense A Cappella
7 p.m. - Two Award-winning documentaries, The End Of Suburbia (54 min.) and Petropolis(43 min.)
at Rainbow Cinemas Market Square (80 Front Street East), Toronto
Toronto filmmaker Gregory Greene (Director of The End Of Suburbia) will be in attendance for a post screening Q&A.
Co-hosted by The Toronto Dollar and Transition Toronto. Presented by MINT Film Festival: www.mintff.org
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On Mad Pride Day, the Friendly Spike Theatre Band proudly presents:
The Walls are Alive with the Sounds of Mad People
Thur. July 14, 6 p.m. (70 min.)
SW corner of Queen and Shaw
Free
A theatrical historical tour of the patient built wall standing on the grounds of CAMH.
For anyone interested in Mad People's History.
The Friendly Spike Theatre Band gratefully acknowledges the support of the Toronto Arts Council and the Friendly Spike Theatre Angels
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Herbal Remedies Workshop
Thursday, July 14, 6-8 pm
Eglinton Park Community Garden, 200 Eglinton Ave W.
Price: $20 (sliding scale)
Join Registered Clinical Herbalist Danette Steele and Toronto Green Community to learn to identify and use medicinal plants! This 2-hour workshop will teach you the basics of identifying a variety of medicinal plants found in gardens and parks in Toronto. Participants will learn how to use plants in herbal teas and infusions, and will prepare an herbal remedy to take home with them.
Registration Mandatory – Contact garden at torontogreen.ca to sign up or for more information.
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Stop the Cuts Community Meeting
Rob Ford has a plan for our neighbourhood. On July 14, find out how we can stop it.
Thur. July 14, 6 p.m.
Central Neighbourhood House, 349 Ontario St.
On-site childcare + transit tokens available • food provided
Services on Ford's chopping block include:
• Priority funding for 3 local community centres - John Innes, Regent Park South and Wellesley Community Centre - HAS BEEN CUT
• The School House men’s shelter at Gerrard and George, which may close by the end of August
• Sell-off of 22 Toronto Community Housing buildings, including buildings in this neighborhood, with more to follow
• Slashing city childcare and cutting funding for subsidies
• Ongoing attacks on public sector workers, part of a broader move to privatize city services
Meeting Sponsored by CUPE 4308 and endorsed/organized by Toronto Stop the Cuts Committee - East End Working Group, Ontario Coalition Against Poverty.
Childcare, Food, TTC Tokens Provided
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Checkpoint Rock: Songs from Palestine - Outdoor Film Screening
Friday, July 15, 9 pm – 11 pm
Christie Pits Park (Bloor and Christie) 750 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON.
Free Admission!
As part of the Toronto Palestine Film Festival (TPFF)'s summer program, we are hosting a free outdoor film screening of Checkpoint Rock: Songs from Palestine.
Directed by Javier Corcuera and Fermín Muguruza, Checkpoint Rock takes audiences on an incredible journey through Palestine, guided by some of its best-known, most inspiring musicians. The film spotlights the superb talents of the contemporary Palestinian music scene. Rappers, a wedding singer, and classical musicians express their personal struggles through their music. From the billboards and neon of Tel Aviv to the poverty and oppression of Gaza and the West Bank, the film presents a diversity of extraordinary performers who will change the vision we have of a people under occupation.
Facebook event page: http://on.fb.me/l8SR52
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Mad Pride presents:
5th Annual Bed Push
Join a march for change and Parade from CAMH to PaRC
Saturday July 16
noon assemble Queen and Shaw
12:30 Speakers-including Cheri DiNovo
1 p.m. Bed Push to PARC for food & music till 7 p.m.
Snacks courtesy PCLS & PCHC
Symbolic of going to a safe place where there is no forced treatment, the Bed Push is a parade of survivors and allies who walk together with pride, celebrating our differences.
Come as you are l Do as you do l Dress for Madness
For info about full schedule and to download poster go to: http://madpridenetwork.com/ madpridetoronto2011 at gmail.com
For more info: 416-539-0690 ext.258
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Dr. Chun Resource Library - Radical Reads - Outing
Saturday, July 16th
on the Toronto Islands
The theme for this set of readings is "Combating Liberalism in Anti-Oppression Politics." The Dr. Chun Resource Library will provide a light picnic lunch as well as transportation to the Toronto Islands via TTC and Ferry boat ride. Please rsvp your attendance to radicalreadsgroup at gmail.com and ask for the readings/links.
Bio on Andrea Smith (taken from rabble.ca) Andrea Smith (Cherokee) is a longtime anti-violence and Native American activist and scholar. She is co-founder of INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence, a national grassroots organization that utilizes direct action and critical dialogue.
RECOMMENDED READING:
Hislia Yami: http://kasamaproject.org/2010/03/08/international-workers-day-2010-womens-liberation-theory-from-nepal-revolutionaries/
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Lost Rivers walk: The Five Creeks
Sunday, July 17, 2 p.m.
York Civic Centre (outside), 2700 Eglinton Ave. West
This picks up a walk started years ago by Dick Watts. We'll walk along the route he devised, to some extent. Starting outside the York Civic Centre where Bicknell Ave intersects with Eglinton Ave W. The walk takes us along Black Creek and into the tributaries (the Five Creeks) which flow (or flowed) into it. We will probably walk as far as Amesbury Park, at Keele & Lawrence, and end there. Led by Richard Anderson.
Since the weather may be hot, please dress for the weather and bring some water. The TFN has a helpful checklist for what to wear and bring on a walk.
More information at Lost Rivers
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Toronto Stop the Cuts: Mass Outreach Days
Sun. July 17, 11am – 4 p.m. outreach, 4:30 meeting for Parkdale residents and workers
Meet at the Masaryk-Cowan Community Centre, 220 Cowan Ave, Parkdale
People in this City are being hit by cuts to the services their communities need. We are being hit by austerity, and we are being hit hard. $800 million dollars in cuts to the city services are planned by the Mayor for this September, and the consultation process has come and gone with the majority of residents in this city not knowing. Everything from your local community center and library, to shelters and health services are currently under review. Unless we act now, many of the valuable services that our communities depend on may be shut down over the next few months.
The Toronto Stop the Cuts Network is a group of community organizations and concerned individuals who are fighting to stop cuts to our city services. We demand: Stop the Ford cuts! Expand city services for all! No handouts to cops and corporations!
Our strength comes from people uniting to fight back. Together we can win the fight against Ford's cuts and take back our city. We are organizing in neighborhoods throughout the city to confront the cuts in the areas where we live and work. Please join us in spreading awareness about these cuts and how they will adversely affect the services in our city that you rely on.
Join our low-traffic announcements list-serv/Take the People's Poll: http://bit.ly/TorontoPeoplesPoll
Get involved in organizing in your neighborhood. Contact:
Parkdale: nooneisillegal at riseup.net
Downtown East (Dundas-Sherbourne): ocap at tao.ca
Jane and Finch: janefinchactionagainstpoverty at gmail.com
Scarborough: sawro.office at gmail.com
Riverdale and Leslieville: tostopthecuts at gmail.com
Davenport-Perth: tostopthecuts at gmail.com
We encourage people in other parts of the city to do the People's Poll (http://bit.ly/TorontoPeoplesPoll), hold neighborhood meetings, identify cuts in your community, participate in mass meetings and mobilizations in September.
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No TTC Fares on Smog and Heat Alert Days!
During Extreme Heat Alerts, the City of Toronto counsels people to seek shelter and opens cooling centres across the City. People are at risk of death during these alerts -- particularly pregnant women, senior citizens, people living with disabilities and chronic illnesses and people living in substandard housing.
We need TTC to be FREE on Extreme Heat and Smog Alert Days so that people can access cooling centres and stay safe during the summer heat and smog.
Fair Fare Coalition's goals are a physically and economically accessible public transit system including:
Low income subsidized pass
Free transit during heat and cold alerts
Discount to agencies who bulk buy tokens for free distribution
These are steps toward a free transit system for all, ensuring that public transit is a right for those who need it, while reducing smog and environmental damage.
Organized by: Fair Fare Coalition; Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly - Free and Accessible Transit Campaign; Damn 2025.
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