T.O. Greenspiration Events: How Change is Made
Angela Bischoff
greenspi at web.ca
Sun Sep 22 11:30:04 EDT 2013
T.O. Greenspiration Events
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Please vote for us! (this is the last week)
If you think the work of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance is super exceptional – we're behind ON's coal phase-out after all, and now we're taking on the nuclear industry in Ontario – please vote for us as Best Enviro Group in NOW Mag here:
http://nowtoronto.com/fbApps/bestof/nominees.cfm?category=159&subcategory=1515
And I've been nominated in the Best Activist category alongside other kick-ass enviros. What an honour! Though I'd rather it not be a competition, you can vote here: http://nowtoronto.com/fbApps/bestof/nominees.cfm?category=159&subcategory=1509
Thank you!
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NOW magazine hosts a very comprehensive online events listing
http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/listings/
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Premier Wynne: Close the Pickering Nuclear Station
Please sign the petition and watch my video - thank you!
http://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/premier-kathleen-wynne-close-the-pickering-nuclear-station#share
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Toronto City Council: Stop Fluoridating Toronto's Tap Water!
Please sign the petition: http://chn.ge/19o1eqq
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Take action for a Fair Deal for Riders
Unfair fare hikes. Gridlock. Delays. Overcrowding. Toronto has a transit crisis. The provincial government used to help pay for the costs of operating the TTC but has stopped doing so, even though demand for public transit has reached record highs. More fare hikes are in the works, even though riders in Toronto get less government-subsidy per ride than riders in other North American cities. We already pay too much. The provincial government must contribute its fair share of funding to the TTC so we get frequent, fast and affordable transit now.
• Find out more about our campaign http://bit.ly/13Rg2iE
• Sign the petition and send a message to the province http://bit.ly/18f6ZLV
• Sign up and join us as we talk to riders about our campaign on Oct. 7 http://bit.ly/1g4Y7qX
• Become a member http://bit.ly/17t5mHA
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New Waste Reduction Strategy for Ontario http://torontoenvironment.org/campaigns/waste/wastereductionact and
Love the Ravines http://www.lovetheravines.com/
Brought to you by TEA (Toronto Environmental Alliance)
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Climb the Turbine
A fundraiser for TREC Education (Toronto Renewable Energy Cooperative). Please support a climber, and renewable energy education:
http://www.climbtheturbine.com/
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Navy Yard shooter was on Antidepressant Trazodone
How many more drug induced shootings until lawmakers wake up?
http://www.cchrint.org/2013/09/18/navy-yard-shooter-was-on-antidepressant-trazodone/
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Public Hearing on Low and Intermediate Level Radioactive Waste Dump
September 16 through October 12, Kincardine and Port Elgin, ON.
These hearings will determine the future of having radioactive waste permanently buried in Kincardine, next to Lake Huron.
Watch the live webcast here. http://jrp.canadacast.ca/ (I'm on Tues. afternoon)
See the schedule here. http://www.ceaa.gc.ca/050/documents/p17520/94174E.pdf
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Fall Festival of Gratitude
With Mary Jane Leddy, author of Radical Gratitude and founder of Romero House
Monday Sept. 23, 7 p.m.
Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen Street East
Pay-what-you-can, suggested donation $20
Live music, Whirling Dirvishes, Noah's Pudding, and more
Presented by the Toronto Area Interfaith Council
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NoJetsTO General Meeting
Monday, September 23, 7 p.m.
Harbourfront Community Centre
We need to discuss our strategy for the City Council Executive Committee meeting the next day. This is your chance to shape the path ahead for our successful campaign.
http://www.nojetsto.ca/take-action/
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Solidarity for Climate Fast
Film 'How to Boil a Frog' film screening and letter writing for climate action
Mon. Sept. 23, 7 p.m.
Friends House, 60 Lowther Ave. (St. George subway)
In the Fall of 2012, ClimateFast , hungry for climate leadership, hungry for climate justice, held a successful campaign on Parliament Hill to raise awareness and promote action by our politicians on the climate crisis. Hundreds of people wrote letters, and 103 MPs and 13 senators signed a pledge for climate action.
ClimateFast is holding our second fast and vigil on Parliament Hill (Sept 21 to Oct 2, 2013). We are hungry for climate leadership! Our main ask is for you to send a letter to your MP, from now to October 2nd, expressing your deep concern for urgent, ambitious action on the climate crisis. Sample letters are provided on our site. You are also invited to fast and/or hold vigil in solidarity with climate fasters, to organize letter writing sessions, and to donate to the campaign. Our goals:
• End fossil fuel subsidies
• Put a price on carbon
• Support the development of a renewable energy plan for Canada
www.climatefast.ca 416-731-6605
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Why Should I Care? : Youth Unemployment/Underemployment
Monday, Sept. 23, 7:30 p.m. (doors open 7 p.m.)
Duke of York, 39 Prince Arthur Ave.
Canada is graduating more students from post secondary institutions than ever before. With 51% of Canadians graduating from a post secondary institution, we are the world’s most educated population. Yet despite the rosy figures, 16% of youth are unemployed and many more are underemployed. Creating opportunities for the current generation is paramount to a fully functioning economy. Having engaged citizens means that citizens are also capable of finding fulfillment professionally and Canada can’t afford a lost generation of young people with large debt loads and few prospects. Michael Hlinka, a regular business commentator for CBC and metro morning, and Julia Deans, CEO of the Canadian Youth Business Foundation, will share their thoughts on how to improve opportunities for Canadian youth.
www.whyshouldicare.ca
https://wsicsept2013.eventbrite.com/
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Part of Disorientation Week at the U of T
Mon. Sept. 23
2:30 p.m. - Consent 101
4:30 p.m. - Free Education: Is it Possible?
7 p.m. - What’s Wrong with the MRA? The Problem of Men’s Rights Organizing
More details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/537192619667978/
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Social Media Week
Sept. 23 - 27
Online
http://bit.ly/15g0z9i
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Part of Disorientation Week at the U of T
Tues. Sept. 24
noon - Alternatives to the Medical Model of 'Mental Illness': Mad Pride, Mad Culture, Mad Community
2:30 p.m. - Comic Books for Justice Workshop
6:30 p.m. - On the Outside: Prison Abolition as Collective Liberation
More details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/537192619667978/
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Book launch: Liberty or Death!
The Life and Campaigns of Richard L Vowell, British Legionnaire and Commander, Hero and Patriot of the Americas, by María Páez Victor; with remarks and book signing by the author and live music during dinner.
Tuesday September 24, 6:30 pm
Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.thetatteredflag.com/component/content/article/73-vowell-liberty-or-death.html
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Social Democracy: Dead as a Dodo or the Only Option?
Second Annual Jack Layton Lecture with Speaker: Ed Broadbent - Former Leader, New Democratic Party of Canada
Tues. September 24, 6:30pm
George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, Room ENG-103 (245 Church Street, Ryerson University)
msiemiat at ryerson.ca
Sponsored by: The Jack Layton Chair, the Faculty of Arts and the Office of the President, Ryerson University
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Social Media Savvy - What Are YOU Doing?
Tues. Sept. 24, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Artists' Health Alliance/ Dancer Transition Resource Centre, 250 The Esplanade Suite 500,Toronto
$15.00 for DTRC members, $25.00 for non-members
It’s a wired world and it’s more important than ever to stay connected, so come get social media savvy! Over three weeks we’ll start with the basics of social media and show you how to use these powerful tools to connect to your audience and supporters.
http://socialinnovation.ca/event/social-media-savvy-strategy
For More Information: artistshealth.com or 416-351-0239
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Part of Disorientation Week at the U of T
Wed. Sept. 25
noon - World Café: Strategic Talks for the Year Ahead
6 p.m. - When Women Rebel: Gender and Militancy
7 p.m. - What’s Wrong with the MRA? The Problem of Men’s Rights Organizing
More details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/537192619667978/
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SolarShare Community Bonds
Wednesday, September 25, 6 - 7 p.m.
401 Richmond St W, Suite 408 (at Spadina)
Join us to learn more about community power and SolarShare bonds. Find out how easy it is to participate in community solar power projects across Ontario by becoming a member of the SolarShare Co-operative and investing in a Community Solar Bond.
• As a member you will have a vote in the co-operative and be a part of an exciting new community
• Your $1000 bonds will earn you a 5% return annually for a 5 year term
• Your participation will support a growing green energy economy in Ontario and help to create local renewable energy jobs, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and help to democratize the province's energy system
If you are interested in community power co-ops, local solar PV, or impact investment opportunities, share your passion with us.
Refreshments will be served. This is a zero-waste event so please bring your own travel mug.
TREC SolarShare Co-operative
www.solarbonds.ca
https://investsolarshare.eventbrite.com/
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Ontario Energy Drinks
Your sustainable energy mixer
Wed. Sept. 25, 5:30 p.m. onward
Overdraught Pub, 156 Front St.
http://ontario-sea.org/Page.asp?PageID=1209&ContentID=4288&SiteNodeID=218&BL_ExpandID=
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Sommet/Mandingue/Summit 2013: West African Dance & Drum Festival
Wed. September 25, 6 pm – Sat. September 29, 9 pm
Daniels Spectrum, 585 Dundas St. E, CSI Regent Park
Sommet/Mandingue/Summit: West African Dance & Drum Festival is a multi-disciplinary festival of West African culture featuring workshops and performances led by local and internationally-renowned artists representing the Mandingue or Mandinka people of West Africa. The largest event of its kind in Toronto, this celebration of West African culture presents dance and drum workshops with Masters, a photography exhibition, an African Marketplace, film screenings and live performances. The festival essentially shines a bright spotlight on the traditional music and dance of this region, by providing participants and audiences with a sampling of the richness and diversity of this incredible culture.
http://baobabarts.ca/
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Kick the Cold! Build Your Immunity to Survive Flu Season
Wed. Sept. 25, 7 - 9 p.m.
OISE, 252 Bloor W., Rm. 4414
Pre-registration $10 | Members $5 | Door $15. Pay-what-you-can tickets are also available for those in financial need.
As winter approaches, we are often encouraged to get the flu shot. But is that the only way to prevent the flu?
• Learn to strengthen and maintain your body’s natural immune system.
• Understand how immunity works, lifestyle choices that keep you healthy, and how to re-build your immunity if you do get sick.
• Discuss nutritional supports like vitamins, minerals, herbs and other remedies that can help.
http://www.orthomolecularhealth.com/events/?utm_source=Orthomolecular+Health+-+Ontario&utm_campaign=3c71d8a177-Spread_the_Health_Newsletter5_22_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bf7dfd5b47-3c71d8a177-73197325#nov20event
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Line 9 and the Rouge Valley Park
with speaker from Friends of the Rouge River watershed
Wed. Sept. 25, 6:45 p.m.
Community Centre 55, 97 Main St. (near Main St. station)
eastendnotar at gmail.com
Facebook: Toronto East End Against Line 9
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Women and Toronto’s Official Plan Teach-In
Wed Sept 25, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Metro Hall, room 303 (King and John)
Are you interested in learning about planning and how the City’s Official Plan impacts the lives of women across the City? Toronto is currently reviewing its Official Plan, the policy framework guiding physical land-use and its associated effects on the social, economic and natural environments for the next 20 years. Join us for a FREE discussion and workshop about the Official Plan and how it impacts safety, housing, employment, and social services for women across the City.
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/8291763889/eac2
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Part of Disorientation Week at the U of T
Thur. Sept. 26
noon - Boundless for Who? The struggle of working-class students in the academic industrial complex
2 p.m. at York U: Exploring Contradictions in Organizing: A workshop with Sarah Schulman
7 p.m. - How Change Is Made: A keynote with Sarah Schulman
More details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/537192619667978/
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Meat abolition and the necessary paradigm shift in the animal rights movement
with Caroline Audet, Toronto animal activist
Thursday Sept. 26, 7:10 p.m. - 9:15 p.m.
100 St. George (Sidney Smith building), University of Toronto, room 2105
The first hour is the lecture, and the second hour an open discussion.
Free and open to the public. Animals are welcome provided they are relatively quiet.
An Animal Rights Academy lecture. Fall 2013
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The coup in Egypt: end of Islamic civilization or beginning?
Thursday, Sep 26, 7 pm
Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham (Bloor and Bathurst)
$5 suggested donation
More topical than ever, as the West seems bent on a clash with Islamic societies. Eric Walberg's new book From Postmodernism to Postsecularism provides an overview of imperialism and colonialism in the Muslim world and places the present Egyptian coup in perspective. Copies of book on sale and signed by author.
http://beitzatoun.org/event/the-coup-in-egypt-end-of-islamic-civilization-or-beginning/
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Resiliency: bouncing back from adversity and Creating more Happiness
Thur. September 26, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
CSI - Spadina Think Tank room, 215 Spadina 4th floor
$20
For More Information: avagaia at yahoo.ca
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Falling in Love with the Earth
With Stephen Scharper, Associate Professor, School of the Environment, University of Toronto.
Thursday Sept 26, 7-9 pm, Room 179, University College, 15 Kings College Circle, University of Toronto.
All welcome. No charge.
Co-Sponsored by University College Health Studies Programme, Canadian Pugwash Group, Science for Peace, and Voice of Women for Peace.
http://www.scienceforpeace.ca/vital-discussions-of-human-security-fall-2013-spring-2014
If you miss it, the video podcast will be available on the SfP YouTube channel within 1-2 weeks after the talk.http://www.youtube.com/user/Science4Peace
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How Change is Made - with Sarah Schulman
Thursday, September 26, 7 pm
Health Sciences Building, University of Toronto, Room HS610, 155 College Street
An author of sixteen books, a playwright and a long-time activist, Sarah Schulman will weave through her own stories of resistance and her experiences in organizing spaces in the past 35 years. From her time with the Lesbian Avengers to her work with the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT-UP), from the founding of Housing Works to her more recent outspoken criticism of the Occupation of Palestine, her talk will center around discussion of her own work in building inclusive, sustainable movements, including combatting sexism, homophobia and other forms of oppression in her organizing work. How do we learn from the past and use activist histories to develop future struggles? Join us at Disorientation Week 2013 to explore combating the multitude of oppressions that play out in our movements and in our lives, and sharing stories for movement and community building.
This is part of OPIRG York, OPIRG Toronto and CWTP @ York's DisOrientation week
https://www.facebook.com/events/234733823341392/
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Envisioning Unify Toronto - Co-Creating a Social Change Community
Thursday, Sept. 26, 6:30 - 9 p.m.
CSI Spadina - Alterna Lounge, 215 Spadina Avenue (N. of Queen)
Kate Sutherland returns (virtually) to co-facilitate a special session that aims to guide the future of Unify Toronto as a community for positive social change. Unify Toronto connects diverse committed activists, leaders, and organizations in Toronto to facilitate the emergence of a just, thriving, and sustainable society.
http://bit.ly/1adkfxV
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What Gender Does
Thursday, September 26, 6:30 pm dinner followed by talk at 7:30 p.m.
76 Pauline Avenue (front entrance)
As the latest form of class society, capitalism is predicated on socially constructed hierarchies and subordination. Yet there is little written that addresses the way in which gender and class are experienced and ultimately challenged. Join us for a discussion of what 'gender' does in all aspects of our lived experience.
The talk is based on a journal article by Nancy Lindisfarne and Jonathan Neal and is available at http://www.isj.org.uk/index.php4?id=900&issue=139.
All proceeds to the Socialist Worker and Socialist.ca Fighting Fund
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Mumia, Long Distance Revolutionary
120 minutes, 2013.
Friday, September 27 – 7 p.m.
OISE, 252 Bloor St. West, Room 2-214 (St. George Subway Station)
Everyone welcome. $4 donation requested.
Before he was falsely convicted of murdering a policeman in 1981 and sentenced to die, Mumia Abu-Jamal was a gifted journalist and brilliant writer. Now after more than 30 years in prison and despite attempts to silence him, Mumia is not only still alive but continuing to report, educate, provoke and inspire. Stephen Vittoria's new feature documentary is an inspiring portrait of America's most famous political prisoner. Through prison interviews, archival footage, and dramatic readings, and aided by a potent chorus of voices including Cornel West, Alice Walker, Dick Gregory, Angela Davis, Amy Goodman and others, this riveting film explores Mumia's life before, during and after Death Row. Guest speaker is Norman 'Otis' Richmond, producer/host of Saturday Morning Live Radio Regent, Producer/Host of Diasporic Music on Uhuru Radio, and columnist for Burning Spear newspaper. SA's Elizabeth Byce will present an update on the Lynne Stewart case.
Presented by Toronto Socialist Action www.socialistaction.ca or call 416 – 461-6942 or 647 – 986-1917
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Pension Funds, Unions, and Working Class Strategies
We are pleased to invite participation in an open workshop series focused on the role of Canadian workers’ pension funds in the larger national and global economy. One of the key features of the continuing deep economic crisis facing Canadian workers is the attack on long established pension and retirement benefits, which are now dismissed as a costly frill that only benefits a shrinking minority of the workforce. The defence of these benefits by trade unions is becoming more difficult and divisive – it risks appearing self-serving in a context where the older notion that private, employer-based plans might serve as a positive step toward a universal system of full coverage for all workers is no longer credible.
Workshop Coordinators:
• Convenor: Kevin Skerrett (Canadian Union of Public Employees), kevin.skerrett at gmail.com
• Greg Albo (Centre for Social Justice), albo at yorku.ca
Each of the six workshops will be held on Friday afternoons from 3:30pm – 6 pm, every other week. (We will skip November 8th, and use November 15th in its place) in the ING Room, ground level, at the Centre for Social Innovation, 720 Bathurst Street (one block south of Bloor)
• Fri. September 27: From Pension Fund Socialism to Pension Fund Capitalism?
• Fri. October 11: Trade union and ‘progressive’ strategies: The Responsible Investment, Capital Stewardship, and ‘pension fund activism’ movements
• Fri. October 25: Fiduciary Duty – A legal shield for corporate capitalism?
• Fri. November 15: Pension funds and privatization: P3s and pension-financed privatization
• Fri. November 29: The Rise of Finance – What role for trade unions & pension funds?
• Fri. December 13: Trade unions, pensions, corporations, and the state
We ask that those interested in attending please register and RSVP their interest to Kevin Skerrett, at kevin.skerrett at gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/events/460831250682769/
This workshop is co-sponsored by the Centre for Social Justice, Global Labour Research Centre (York University), Canada Research Chair in Political Economy (York University) and Socialist Project
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Part of Disorientation Week at the U of T
Fri. Sept. 27
2:23 - Time to Bash Back: Radical Queer & Trans Organizing
2 p.m. at York U: Exploring Contradictions in Organizing: A workshop with Sarah Schulman
7 p.m. - How Change Is Made: A keynote with Sarah Schulman
More details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/537192619667978/
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Justice for Afghanistan Tour
Fri. Sept. 27, 7 p.m.
Steelworkers Hall, Cecil Street (near College and Spadina)
Join Kathy Kelly and Buddy Bell for a first-hand look at life under occupation in Afghanistan and learn about their efforts to accompany the Afghan Peace Volunteers. Kathy Kelly has been to Afghanistan 12 times and Buddy Bell 3 times as invited guests of the Afghan Peace Volunteers, a grassroots community of nonviolence that is seeking non-military solutions for Afghanistan through nonviolence, the unity of all people, equality, and self-reliance. This speaking tour is the start of a Voices campaign calling for a program of independently administered reparations to re-build Afghanistan's agricultural infrastructure destroyed by over thirty years of continuous war and occupation.
Sponsored by: Canadian Peace Alliance, Christian Peacemaker Teams, Pax Christi Toronto, Toronto Coalition to Stop the War, Voice of Women for Peace, Voices for Creative Nonviolence.
https://www.facebook.com/events/632714743417215/?notif_t=plan_user_invited
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Kafka Revisited: An Evening with Dr. Hassan Diab
Friday, Sep 27, 7 pm
Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham (Bloor and Bathurst)
$5 suggested donation
Dr. Hassan Diab is a Canadian citizen and sociology professor in Ottawa who has been living a Kafkaesque nightmare since November 2008. France is seeking his extradition on flimsiest of evidence to question him regarding a bombing in Paris in 1980. Speakers: Hassan Diab; Barbara Jackman – Attorney and human rights advocate; and Daniel Sheppard – Attorney and member of Hassan's legal team.
http://beitzatoun.org/event/kafka-revisited-an-evening-with-dr-hassan-diab/
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Translating Anarchy: The Anarchism of Occupy Wall Street
With Author Mark Bray and Megan Kinch from Occupy Toronto
Friday September 27, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
OISE, room 5240, 252 Bloor Street West
OWS organizer Mark Bray combines his direct experience in the movement with nearly 200 interviews with the most active, influential architects of Occupy Wall Street, to reveal the revolutionary anarchist core of Occupy. Although The New York Times and CNN thought that OWS simply wanted tighter financial regulations and a millionaire's tax, Bray shows that the vast majority of organizers called for the abolition of capitalism altogether. By "translating" their ideas into everyday concepts like community empowerment and collective needs, these anarchists sparked the most dynamic American social movement in decades.
This event is co-sponsored by Upping the Anti. www.uppingtheanti.org
More info about the book here: https://www.facebook.com/TranslatingAnarchy
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/579051758826419/
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Africa's Unknown War: Apartheid Terror, Cuba and Southern African Liberation
Fri. and Sat. September 27 and 28
William Doo Auditorium, 45 Willcocks Street, U of T
Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale
Films, speakers and more. Free
http://canadiannetworkoncuba.ca/cubaafrica/
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Earth Defenders: Activist Training, Skillshare & Retreat
Join Greenpeace on September 27-29th for our third annual Earth Defenders Training and Skillshare! Volunteers and community organizers in Ontario are invited to learn the basics on campaign strategy, civil disobedience and organizing in your community. We’ll give you skills to help mobilize and carry out your own actions. This training is a great opportunity to meet others in the environmental and activist community, share your knowledge & experience, team build and strategize. Together we can build a bigger, stronger movement to stop environmental destruction and social injustice. Workshops include:
· campaign strategy
· how to work with the media
· building groups and growing support
· non-violent direct action and civil disobedience
The venue will be 1-2 hours outside of Toronto, near Orangeville. A bus from Toronto will be provided.
Register Now! Space is Limited!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1s7DRM-iQKVPh8ljiLCit3S8nZKv5ZMUMP_qVQgODuc0/viewform
Cost: a suggested donation of $50 is asked to help pay for food and accommodation. Nobody will be turned away from lack of funds, so please do not let this be a barrier.
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If These Walls Could Talk
Stories Behind Toronto’s Psychiatric Patient Built Wall – Documentary film screening
Sat. Sept 28, 7 p.m.
519 Church St. Community Centre (Church and Wellesley)
Free
Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health was first built in 1850, and was then known as The Provincial Lunatic Asylum. This film traces the history of the institution, and tells the stories of some of the patients, whom despite degrading treatment, managed to escape or rebel. It also explores contemporary narratives of mad people, as they cope in today’s world. A question/answer period with the film-makers will follow the screening.
https://www.facebook.com/events/171979196321869/
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A Day in the Park with Sierra Club Ontario
Saturday, September 28, 11 am – 2 pm
High Park, Picnic Area #5
Join us for an afternoon of guest speakers (including from the Toronto Wildlife Centre, Toronto Parks and Trees, and LEAF), as well as a GPS workshop! All ages are welcome! We encourage you to bring your own lunch and picnic with the crowd! Admission is free! There will be crafts and activities for children during the speaker and workshop periods.
11:00am: Introductions
11:30am: Sierra Club Natural Capital talk
12:00am: L.E.A.F.
12:30am: Toronto Wildlife Centre
1:00am: Toronto Parks & Trees
1:30am: GPS Workshop
Please RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/event/8003634085
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Meeting Facilitation Skills for Change Makers
Saturday, September 28, 1 - 5 p.m.
U of T location
Learn and practice key tools, techniques and approaches that will help you understand the facilitation process, effectively facilitate meetings and make great decisions. Participants will have the opportunity to practice their facilitation skills and receive critical feedback.
Trainer: Jessica Bell, M.Ed. is a facilitator and trainer. More info at www.jessicabell.org.
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/event/7756789767
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911 and the Fictions of the National Security State
An evening with Professors Graeme MacQueen and Michael Keefer
Sat. Sept. 28, 7 p.m.
Sidney Smith Hall, Rm 2117, 100 St. George St, U of T
$8
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100 Thousand Poets for Change - In Honour of Charles Roach
Saturday, Sep 28, 1 pm
Beit Zatoun 612 Markham (Bloor and Bathurst)
Charles Roach (1933 2012) was a Canadian civil rights lawyer and an activist in the Black community in Toronto. Politicized by the civil rights movement he became a lawyer. Through his work over 50-year period, Roach became a leading figure in Toronto's civil rights and Black community. He was also an accomplished author, poet and musician.
http://beitzatoun.org/event/100-thousand-poets-for-change-in-honour-of-charles-roach/
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Recovery 2.0: Beyond Addiction
September 28 - October 2
Recovery 2.0 is a FREE, online conference that showcases the voices of 30+ top professionals and thought-leaders to deliver cutting-edge, inspirational, spiritual, medical and practical approaches to treating and overcoming addictions of all kinds.
http://www.recovery2point0.com/
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Walk for Farm Animals
Sat. Sept. 28, noon
Trinity Bellwoods Park
The Walk for Farm Animals raises vital funds for Farm Sanctuary’s lifesaving work and brings together thousands of people to change hearts and minds about farm animals. Will you join us in Toronto to support compassion for all?
http://events.walkforfarmanimals.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.event&eventID=637
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Culture Days Singsation Saturday Choral Workshop
Sat. September 28, 10:30 am - noon
Centre for Social Innovation Annex, ING Direct Presentation Room, 720 Bathurst St.
Come out and sing at our popular Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Singsation Saturday choral workshop. Singsation Saturday is open to anyone who loves to sing. It's a great opportunity to join with lots of other enthusiastic singers, including some TMC choristers and alumni, to learn about and sing through some great choral works. Free.
http://www.tmchoir.org/education/singsation-saturdays.cfm
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Heritage Tree Tour
Sunday, September 29, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queens Park (Southwest corner of Bloor St. W and Avenue Rd.)
Join us as we explore the old, rare and otherwise significant trees around Queen’s Park and Philosopher’s Walk, located on University of Toronto campus. Some have as much heritage value as the historic buildings in the area. Expert arborist Philip van Wassenaer has worked locally, nationally and internationally on assignments concerning urban forestry and the preservation of significant trees for over 20 years. His passion for conserving heritage trees is contagious! The tour is on paved sidewalks and pathways.
http://www.yourleaf.org/tree-tour-registration-form
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Reclaiming our Democracy
20th Anniversary Edition Book Launch!
Sunday, Sept. 29, 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Pauper’s Pub, 539 Bloor Street West, near Bathurst
Feeling a little dispirited by the current state of politics? Join the Toronto chapter of the Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL) for the much anticipated launch of the 20th Anniversary Edition of Sam Daley-Harris’ book, Reclaiming our Democracy: Healing the Break Between People and Government. Complimentary appetizers and a cash bar. Be part of a celebration that will include launch parties taking place throughout North America at the same time, connected by teleconference. Sam and those featured in the book, including Cheryl McNamara, who founded the Toronto CCL chapter, will read from the book. This event is donate*-what-you-can at the door. If you give $25 or more you will receive a complimentary copy of Sam’s book, while supplies last. Your donation will support CCL’s lobby efforts.
Please RSVP at www.facebook.com/events/1415155418703791/ or Toronto at citizensclimatelobby.
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Fast Times in Palestine
A Love Affair with a Homeless
Sunday, Sep 29, 7 pm
Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham (Bloor and Bathurst)
$5
Copies of book will be avilable for sale $15 and signed by the author.
Fast Times in Palestine by Pamela Olsen is a coming-of-age political memoir full of suspense, humor, and beauty along with the horror and injustice of life under occupation. It was named a "Top Travel Book of the Year" by Publishers Weekly and a "Top Travel Book of Spring" by National Geographic. Pamela Olson was a journalist during the second Intifada, harvested olives during five autumns in Palestine, and served as the foreign press coordinator for Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi when he ran for president of the PA in 2005.
http://beitzatoun.org/event/fast-times-in-palestine/
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Homegrown Park Crawl
Sunday, September 29,, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Christie Pits Park, Bickford Park, Fred Hamilton Park, Trinity Bellwoods Park
Come for a tasty tour at the David Suzuki Foundation's first-ever Homegrown Park Crawl! Enjoy delicious food and great music as we crawl —by foot, bike and canoe — between four city parks along Toronto's former Garrison Creek corridor. Join 16 homegrown food vendors, 16 local groups, incredible local musical acts and the David Suzuki Foundation's team of Neighbourhood Park Rangers in celebration of the first year of the Homegrown National Park Project.
https://www.facebook.com/events/414929758612501/
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Syria, imperialism and the Arab Spring
Sunday, September 29, 5:30pm
United Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil Street (near Spadina and College)
Over 100,000 people have died in Syria's civil war, while the threat of US air strikes still looms. Is there still hope for Syria's revolution. Join a discussion of the ongoing resistance in Syria, the threat of imperialist intervention and the changing politics of the region. There will be a dinner and refreshments served and we are asking a donation of $7-20 to help raise money for Socialist.ca and Socialist Worker newspaper. Speaker: Sid Lacombe
For more information email: reports at socialist.ca
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Beyond Green Youth Summit
Oct. 25 – 27, at the U of T
Get your tickets today for Canada’s largest environmental youth summit. Over 1,000 young innovators, students and activists (aged 14 to 30), as well as 150 educators are coming together for the first time at the University of Toronto to collaborate and take action for the future health of our planet. Beyond Green explores environmental issues from different angles in a weekend of unique workshops, talks and performances! The summit provides the opportunity to network with top environmental organizations and influencers, connect with young environmental leaders and participate in hands-on sessions and speakers panels.
http://beyondgreen13.eventbrite.com/
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