BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Volcano - ECPv6.15.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.thevolcano.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Volcano REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20150308T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20151101T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20160313T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20161106T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20170312T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20171105T080000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161013T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161013T150000 DTSTAMP:20260404T131012 CREATED:20161005T161434Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161005T161434Z UID:6719-1476360000-1476370800@www.thevolcano.org SUMMARY:PACE Society Open House DESCRIPTION:Join us for the City of Vancouver – Local Government Homelessness Action Week by dropping by our open house 12-1pm to see our newly renovated space\, which was made possible by funding from the Central City Foundation \nCheck out our line-up of guest speakers from 1 pm – 3 pm\, which include local researchers from UBC\, allies & sex workers speaking to their work or personal experiences with being vulnerably housed. \nThis event is open to all. A light lunch and refreshments will be provided. Our space is wheelchair accessible & gender inclusive. \n* Can’t make it? You might be interested in a similar event\, which we partnered with the Vancouver Public Library (VPL) on\, happening Tuesday October 11th at the VPL. Check out the VPL’s online calendar for details. URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/pace-society-open-house/ LOCATION:PACE Society\, 148 West Hastings\, Vancouver\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.thevolcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/PACEopenhouse.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161012T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161012T200000 DTSTAMP:20260404T131012 CREATED:20160929T164618Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160929T164618Z UID:6664-1476295200-1476302400@www.thevolcano.org SUMMARY:Black Space: A Night of Community Healing DESCRIPTION:This event\, along with the majority of the organizing done by the Black Lives Matter Vancouver Coalition\, will be taking place on the traditional\, ancestral and unceded territory and homelands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm\, Skxwú7mesh\, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. We are very grateful to these people for the knowledge\, kindness and indomitable spirit with which they have taken care of this land for millennia. \n– – – – – – – \nEvery day\, the list of deaths seems to grow. Every week\, we find ourselves mourning another family member lost to us at the hands of murderers who are institutionally shielded from punishment. Our grief crosses borders. The loss of our parents\, siblings\, spouses\, relatives\, friends\, those we are intimately connected to though we may have never met them – is too much to bear alone. \nOn Wednesday\, October 12\, let us come together as a Black community to mourn those who have been taken too soon by this violent system\, to celebrate our Blackness and our resilience\, and to support one another. \nWe gather together to remember: \nKorryn Gaines\, Tiarah Poyau\, Skye Mockabee\, Abdirahman Abdi\, Jermaine Carby\, Tawon Boyd\, Terence Crutcher\, Keith Lamont Scott\, Alfred Olango… \n…and so many more\, because the list stretches back over 400 years and continues to go on. We gather together to say their names. Violence toward one of us is violence toward all of us. Every time one of us dies\, a piece of all of us dies. \n“It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains.” – Assata Shakur \n– – – – – – – \nTIME: Wednesday\, October 12\, 6-8pm. \nLOCATION: Gallery Gachet\, 88 East Cordova St. \nSpeakers\, performers\, open mic and free dinner. \nWe invite folks from other parts of BC and the West Coast to attend our event and are able to provide accomodation! Please get in touch at blacklivesmattervan@gmail.com! \n* * * Black Lives Matter explicitly and wholeheartedly supports all members of the Black community and endeavours to lift up the voices of those living in the intersections of being Black and further marginalized such as Black women and femmes\, Black trans and queer folks\, Black folks living with disabilities and so on. Therefore\, our intention is to create a safe and welcoming space where homophobia\, transphobia\, sexism and other forms of violence\, lateral or otherwise\, will not be tolerated. \n* * * Please note that this healing space is reserved exclusively for Black folks. Although we will not refuse entrance or remove anyone\, please be respectful of this request\, and understand that for non-Black folks to attend is to disregard the sacred importance of holding Black space. URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/black-space-a-night-of-community-healing/ LOCATION:Gallery Gachet\, 88 East Cordova Street\, Vancouver\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thevolcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BlackSpace.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161011T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161011T210000 DTSTAMP:20260404T131012 CREATED:20160929T210039Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160929T210039Z UID:6682-1476212400-1476219600@www.thevolcano.org SUMMARY:Experiencing Homelessness: Sex Work Storytellers DESCRIPTION:Learn about the intersection of gender\, sex work and housing. As part of Homelessness Action Week\, current and former sex workers will speak to the struggles in securing and maintaining housing. They will be joined by researchers from the University of B.C. outlining the housing crisis. \nIn partnership with PACE Society (Providing Alternatives\, Counselling and Education). \nPlease note: location has changed to Special Collections\, Level 7. URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/experiencing-homelessness-sex-work-storytellers/ LOCATION:Vancouver Public Library Central Branch\, 350 W Georgia Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161010T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161010T140000 DTSTAMP:20260404T131012 CREATED:20161009T182452Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161009T182452Z UID:6773-1476100800-1476108000@www.thevolcano.org SUMMARY:Deeds\, Not Words - National Day of Action Victoria DESCRIPTION:In response to a call-out from Indigenous People’s National Day of Action and Idle No More please come celebrate life\, water\, and show solidarity with Indigenous People who are standing strong to protect the land and water. This is a day to honour all those who are giving so much to protect life and to demand that colonial governments live up to their promises of Nation to Nation relationships and respecting the rights of Indigenous People. \nPlease join us to collectively shape this space together with art\, music\, words and connection. \n12pm – Speakers: TBA\n1pm – Collective emergent art project\, music\, and pop-up workshops! \n<> \nBACKGROUND – NATIONAL CALL TO ACTION \nFrom http://www.idlenomore.ca/deed_not_words_call_to_action \nPromises of clean drinking water\, a basic human right. Promises of equal education funding for our children\, another basic human right. Promises of implementing the UNDRIP into Canadian Law\, which had many people doubtful would actually transpire. These are but a few of the so called renewed “Nation to Nation” campaign promises that had indigenous folks clamoring to the elections polls\, many for the first time ever. \nNow those same people are coming to the realization that it was but another trick in our long and deadly “Nation to Nation” relationship with Canada. Across our beautiful shared country\, mega-projects are getting a fast green lights despite very vocal and active opposition from a long list of indigenous communities. Reopening mines and granting permits on lands that have been devastated by tailings spills. Communities continue to be poisoned by water that is wastefully polluted in the name of industry and so called development. Even on the international level this gov’t has gone back on their commitments made to reduce emissions and pushes through dirty\, unsustainable energy at the #COP21. \nIt is quite clear to most of us at this point\, that as far as Indigenous Rights in this country is concerned\, is it business as usual under all of Harper’s destructive policies that never had respect for the First Peoples of this country. No free and prior informed consent (#FPIC) policies have been implemented\, nor will any be any time soon. Unaccessible consultations is still the trick used only under a new name with some new shiny faces. \nSo far the Trudeau gov’t has made a portfolio of photo ops of handshakes. And that is all that is happening for our people. Our communities won’t see any funding for years and in the meantime we will continue to be underfunded and under the current gov’ts thumb. \nWe demand that the Trudeau government to take credible and immediate action to: \n* Implement UNDRIP in Canadian law.\n* Clearly indicate it respects Indigenous Peoples’ right to say no to development on their land. (This means Free\, Prior\, and Informed Consent\, not manipulated sham consultations)\n* Stop the Site C dam\n* Close the funding deficit for First Nations now\n* Stop pipeline\, gas\, and oil megaprojects: build green energy\, transit\, and houses\n* Introduce a climate plan that respects the 1.5-2 degree temperature target that Canada helped negotiate in Paris. Adopting Harper’s emission reduction targets is a betrayal of that commitment.\n* Fully fund Indigenous-owned and controlled renewable energy projects. \nWe ask First Nations and allies on both sides of the medicine line\, on the land or in cities\, to respond to this call by undertaking action\, in accordance with their own capacities\, responsibilities\, and their protocols. This Thanksgiving\, Indigenous communities and supporters will be conducting actions\, holding ceremonies\, and gatherings across Canada to protect land and water and to demand the Trudeau government stop pretending\, and start acting like it respects our rights. It is high time for deeds\, not words. \nEndorsed by:\nAamjiwnaang and Sarnia Against Pipelines\nALBA Canada\nAlgonquins of Barriere Lake\nBorealAction -Treaty 6 Idle No More\nChippewas of the Thames\nEllen Gabriel\, Kanehsatake Mohawk\nEriel Tchekwie Deranger\, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation\nFightC\nGreenpeace Canada\nIdle No More\nIdle No More Duluth\nIdle No More Duluth Wolf Action\nIdle No More Toronto\nIdle No More Ontario\nLeap Manifesto\nLong Beach Gathering\nNo One is Illegal – Toronto\nNo One is Illegal – Coast Salish Territories\nPamela Palmater\, Mi’kmaq Nation\nRed Nation – 2nd Annual Indigenous Peoples Day\nRising Tide Vancouver\, Coast Salish Territories\nSay “No” to Site C Dam\nSecwepemc’ulecw Grassroots Movement\nStop Alton Gas\n350.org\nUnist’ot’en – People of the Headwaters\nVancouver Island Community Forest Action Network\nWomens’ Committee of the Defenders of the Land network \nRelated links:\n* Events happening in various locations: https://www.facebook.com/events/1105033162898098\n* Original call-out: http://www.defendersoftheland.org/story/324 \nSIMULTANEOUS SOLIDARITY WITH STANDING ROCK \nOctober 8-11\, 2016 also marks four International Days of Prayer and Action with Standing Rock. Organizers are mobilizing 5000 prayers and/or actions around the world. Whether or not you can come on October 10\, please consider participating in this international solidarity action. \nMore info\, including examples of a variety of actions that can be taken:https://www.facebook.com/events/1491838244176656/ \nOrganizers are asking people to please take 1 minute to record your action/prayer at http://www.5k4sr.net/ so they can make a map of all the people who are participating. \nEVENT ACCESSIBILITY \n* This is a family-friendly event and children are very welcomed.\n* In case of rain there is a covered area.\n* Centennial Square is wheelchair-accessible from entrances off Pandora\, Government\, or Douglas Street.\n* Bus access: #4\, 11\, 14\, 21\, 22\, 30\, 31\, 32\, 47\, 48\, 50\, 61\, 70\, 71\, 72 and 75 stop at Centennial Square on Douglas Street. Bus tickets are available upon request – email katiebeth.rasmussen@gmail.com or PM Katie Buho (link from top of this event page).\n* There are public washrooms at Centennial Square\, but note that these are monitored by security guards. It is our understanding that these are gendered washrooms. URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/deeds-not-words-national-day-of-action-victoria/ LOCATION:Centennial Square\, 1 Centennial Square\, Victoria\, BC\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thevolcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/DeedsNotWordsVictoria.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161010T060000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161011T113000 DTSTAMP:20260404T131012 CREATED:20161009T182230Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161009T182230Z UID:6769-1476079200-1476185400@www.thevolcano.org SUMMARY:Deeds\, Not Words - Indigenous Day Of Action\, Oct. 10 DESCRIPTION:Indigenous Day of Action October 10\nJustin Trudeau\, it is time for DEEDS\, NOT WORDS\, that respect Indigenous rights \n#DeedsNotWords \nFirst Nations in Canada are waking up to the reality that the Trudeau government has a big smiley face for a front man\, but when it comes to business\, nothing has changed. This government approved the Site C mega-Dam in Treaty 8 (BC Peace River region)\, against the objection of First Nations whose lands will be devastated by flooding\, destroying access to their food\, medicines\, and sacred sites. Just this week\, they approved the dangerous and climate-destroying Lelu Island Liquid Natural Gas plant against the wishes of local First Nations. Now under review in Alberta by a system that has never denied a tar sands mine is the Teck Frontier tar sands mine\, which would be the largest ever. The federal government\, which campaigned on implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples\, has since informed chiefs from across Canada that adopting UNDRIP is unworkable. Now they have backtracked on their obligations under the Paris climate accords\, too. \nIt is already clear what needs to be done. Canada needs a leader with political integrity and courage to do it. We demand that the Trudeau government to take credible action to: \n● Implement UNDRIP in Canadian law.\n● Clearly indicate it respects Indigenous Peoples’ right to say no to development on their land. (This means Free\, Prior\, and Informed Consent\, not manipulated sham consultations).\n● Stop the Site C dam.\n● Close the funding deficit for First Nations now.\n● Stop pipeline\, gas\, and oil megaprojects: build green energy\, transit\, and houses.\n● Introduce a climate plan that respects the 1.5-2 degree temperature target that Canada helped negotiate in Paris. Adopting Harper’s emission reduction targets is a betrayal of that commitment.\n● Fully fund Indigenous-owned and controlled renewable energy projects. \nAccordingly\, this Thanksgiving\, Indigenous communities and supporters will be conducting actions\, holding ceremonies\, and gatherings across Canada to protect land and water and to demand the Trudeau government stop pretending\, and start acting like it respects our rights. It is high time for deeds\, not words. We ask First Nations and allies on both sides of the medicine line\, on the land or in cities\, to respond to this call by undertaking action\, in accordance with their own capacities\, responsibilities\, and their protocols. \nTo join us please email indigenousdayofaction@gmail.com. \nBackground\nOn matters of substance\, this government is pursuing the same assimilation agenda as previous governments. There has been no change to the disastrous comprehensive claims policy. 150 years of Canada trying to terminate and extinguish Indians has not worked. We are still here and we will still be here hundreds of years from now. Until Canada reckons with\, recognizes\, and respects Indigenous Peoples’ rights and title\, and make legitimate redress for past wrongs\, there will be no lasting peace. \nThis government has still not committed to a plan to undo the deliberate cultural genocide that targeted Indigenous languages and traditions. No serious commitment to Indigenous language revitalization has been put forth. The important recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples have been ignored. \nOptimists believed this government would deliver more money for programs and services. Yet the much vaunted spending announcements of this government will not kick in for years\, and will still leave First Nations gasping\, at poverty-level funding below funding for the average Canadian\, after decades of an arbitrary 2% funding cap that has scrimped First Nations into a $60 billion funding gap. The lack of clean water\, safe housing\, and adequate education\, coupled with abusive government and failure to redress the legacy of cultural genocide\, have produced a profound mental health and suicide epidemic in many communities. \nIn the face of government indifference or hostility\, Indigenous Peoples across Canada and the United States have had to protect their waters and lands from abusive development that violates their duties to protect the land: from hydro dams at Site C in British Columbia\, Keeyask in Manitoba\, and Muskrat Dam in Labrador\, Newfoundland\, to Mi’kmaq people and their allies in Stop Alton Gas protecting the waters of the Sipekne’katik district of the Mi’kmaq Nation; the Algonquins of Barriere Lake in their decades long struggle for their rights against government abuse\, now fighting a Copper One mine being developed on their territory without consent; Neskantaga First Nation\, trying to stop Noront’s Ring of Fire drilling on its land; and Indigenous peoples and allies fighting toxic\, reckless pipeline and oil development in places like Aamjiwnaang\, Kanehsatake\, Unist’ot’en\, Tsleil-Waututh\, Secwepemc territory\, and Standing Rock\, North Dakota. For legitimate defense of their rights\, many Indigenous land and water protectors are criminalized or targeted with legal harassment and intimidation by big corporations\, like Vanessa Gray of Aamjiwnaang\, currently facing expensive court proceedings. \nAs part of this day of action\, we call on Canada to take seriously its obligations under international law\, the Canadian constitution\, and the principles of justice\, and once and for all reconcile itself to our continued existence on this land as Indigenous Peoples. The government has ignored the excellent recommendations of Commission after Commission. Will it ignore the recommendations of the Murdered and Missing Women and Girl’s Inquiry too? Now is the time for Deeds\, not Words. \nWe will be adding local events on our website. Check here to see if something is happening around you: http://www.defendersoftheland.org/story/324 \nENDORSED BY: \nENDORSED BY: \nAamjiwnaang and Sarnia Against Pipelines\nALBA Canada\nAlgonquins of Barriere Lake\nBorealAction -Treaty 6 Idle No More\nChippewas of the Thames\nThe Committee for Future Generations\nEllen Gabriel\, Kanehsatake Mohawk\nEriel Tchekwie Deranger\, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation\nFightC\nGreenpeace Canada\nIdle No More\nIdle No More Duluth\nIdle No More Duluth Wolf Action\nIdle No More Toronto\nIdle No More Ontario\nThe Latin American and Caribbean Solidarity Network\nLeap Manifesto\nLong Beach Gathering\nNo One is Illegal – Toronto\nNo One is Illegal – Coast Salish Territories\nPamela Palmater\, Mi’kmaq Nation\nRed Nation – 2nd Annual Indigenous Peoples Day\nRising Tide Vancouver\, Coast Salish Territories\nSay “No” to Site C Dam\nSecwepemc’ulecw Grassroots Movement\nStop Alton Gas\nTears 4 Justice\n350.org\nUnist’ot’en – People of the Headwaters\nVancouver Island Community Forest Action Network\nWater is Life ~ Coalition for Water Justice\nWomens’ Committee of the Defenders of the Land network URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/deeds-not-words-indigenous-day-of-action-oct-10/ LOCATION:All around occupied Canada\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thevolcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/DeedsNotWords.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161008T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161008T140000 DTSTAMP:20260404T131012 CREATED:20160929T162931Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160929T162931Z UID:6645-1475924400-1475935200@www.thevolcano.org SUMMARY:Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs-Dr. Homa Hoodfar to be free DESCRIPTION:Homa Hoodfar\, an Iranian-Canadian professor at Concordia University in Montreal\, has been indicted in Iran on unknown charges\, according to Iranian news agencies. \nHoodfar\, 65\, was first arrested in March — shortly before she was to leave the country — by the counter-intelligence unit of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards who searched her Tehran residence\, and seized her personal computers\, cellphone and passport. They told her she could not leave Iran to return to Canada. URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/canadian-minister-of-foreign-affairs-dr-homa-hoodfar-to-be-free/ LOCATION:2811 East 16th Avenue\, Vancouver\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thevolcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/AGL.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161006T084500 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161006T120000 DTSTAMP:20260404T131012 CREATED:20160929T164431Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160929T164431Z UID:6662-1475743500-1475755200@www.thevolcano.org SUMMARY:Pack The Court: Sentencing For B. Mtn Protests DESCRIPTION:The five day trial finished in May. The verdict came in on August 10th. Now\, let’s see the final outcome and whether or not prison time will be served. URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/pack-the-court-sentencing-for-b-mtn-protests/ LOCATION:Vancouver Provincial Courthouse\, 222 Main Street\, Vancouver\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thevolcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/PacktheCourt.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161005T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161006T000000 DTSTAMP:20260404T131012 CREATED:20160929T162700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160929T162700Z UID:6642-1475701200-1475712000@www.thevolcano.org SUMMARY:Unit 3 Left Coast Tour: The Ethereal Turn Up! Vancouver Show DESCRIPTION:Future Electronic duo lal is touring the West Coast and are trying to build on the QT/BIPOC and allied arts movement to make connections in Canada and over the border to create safer party\, healing and art spaces for all of us. We are uniting with local QT/BIPOC artists to form the UNIT 3 LEFT COAST TOUR! \nThe Math: rose + nic + community = 3! \nSupport independent talent and spread the word! \nwith guests\nKimmortal (Vancouver)\nwww.kimmortal.com | Kimmortal \nLee Reed (Hamilton)\nweb: http://www.leereedrevolt.com/\nmusic: https://leereed.bandcamp.com/\ntwitter: https://twitter.com/freeleereed\nfacebook: https://www.facebook.com/freeleereed \ndoor: FREE – PYWC $5-15 (donation only – NO ONE TURNED AWAY) \nmore info on artists:\nlal\nwww.lalforest.com\n“LAL is an intersection between idea\, place\, and people\, where we stand for moment and discuss the kind of world we will create. The conversation eventually gives ways to dance\, which\, in turn\, gives way to conversation\, which again\, makes room for dance. We will win. There’s no doubt” \nLAL\, the Toronto Electronic duo comprised of Rosina Kazi and Nicolas Murray\, will release its hotly anticipated new full-length album\, Find Safety\, on April 29 through Calgary-based Coax Records. Following that\, LAL will head out for dates across Canada in May and June (see full schedule below). \nThe result of three years of studio work\, Find Safety combines a myriad of influences\, from Fela Kuti and Massive Attack\, to Pete Rock and Detroit Techno. Lyrically\, the album is informed by LAL’s community shows at its west end Toronto performance space\, Unit 2\, as well as Kazi and Murray’s passionate ongoing support of social justice causes and art projects\, with an emphasis on Queer and/or BIPOC issues. The album overall addresses a need to create safer spaces for themselves and their friends\, and musically is a masterful blend of synth and sample-based minimalism. Or as they prefer to call it\, 4 a.m. music. \nKIMMORTAL\nQueer Filipina-Canadian Emcee\nwww.kimmortal.com | Kimmortal \nKim Villagante\, also known as K!mmortal\, is an artistic force to be reckoned with. As an artist of lines and rhymes\, as well as an arts-based community organizer\, Kim fuses her phenomenal artistic talents (as a visual-artist\, singer-songwriter\, rap-poet-lyricist\, and actor) with her passion for queer and anti-racist activism. In 2013\, Kim’s debut acting role in hip hop theatre production “Sal Capone: The Lamentable Tragedy Of” landed her a nomination in Montreal English Theatre Awards as “Outstanding Supporting Actress”. In 2014\, she released her debut album\, “Sincerity” and represented Vancouver as the only Filipina emcee in 2015’s Canadian Music Week. Her latest acting accomplishment was playing the lead in the one-woman play “Sister Mary’s A Dyke” written by Flerida Peña and directed by Jan Derbyshire which ran during Vancouver’s Queer Arts Festival in 2015. Kim was awarded the Vancouver Mayor’s Arts Award in Community-Engaged arts in 2013\, and is also the founder of “SHE”\, an annual East-Vancouver event celebrating indigenous\, black\, and women of colour in WORD and MUSIC (shefestvan.com). Her recent self-directed music video\, “Brushing by heaven’s shoulder”\, was animated\, rapped and filmed by Kimmortal and was selected to be screened at San Francisco’s Queer Women of Colour Film festival 2016. \nLEE REED is a respected veteran of the Canadian Indie HipHop scene. For over 20 years he’s been stomping stages and studios\, spewing his unique brand of fiery\, anti-capitalist rant-hop. From mouthpiece for the legendary punk-hop greats Warsawpack\, and throughout his solo work that followed\, Reed’s musical legacy remains committed to the fight for a better world; voicing intersectional anti-oppressive politics through HipHop; and soundtracking and signal-boosting the efforts of communities and organizers struggling on the frontline for social and environmental justice. His latest album\, 2015’s anti-colonial/anti-nationalist anthem “The Butcher The Banker The Bitumen Tanker” spent 14 weeks on the national campus & community radio Top-10 charts\, ending the year as Canada’s #6 HipHop album. \nNumber 3 resonates with the energies of optimism and joy\, inspiration and creativity\, speech and communication\, good taste\, imagination and intelligence\, sociability and society\, friendliness\, kindness and compassion. Number 3 also relates to art\, humour\, energy\, growth\, expansion and the principles of increase\, spontaneity\, broad-minded thinking\, synthesis\, triad\, heaven-human-earth\, past-present-future\, thought-word-action\, demonstrates love through creative imagination\, comprehensive\, fulfilment\, encouragement\, assistance\, talent and skills\, culture\, wit\, a love of fun and pleasure\, freedom-seeking\, adventure\, exuberance\, brilliance\, free-form\, being brave\, non-confrontational\, free-form\, rhythm\, passion\, surprise\, sensitivity\, self-expression\, affability\, enthusiasm\, youthfulness\, enlivenment\, psychic ability\, manifesting and manifestation. URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/unit-3-left-coast-tour-the-ethereal-turn-up-vancouver-show/ LOCATION:Wise Hall & Lounge\, 1882 Adanac Street\, Vancouver\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thevolcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/LeftCoastTour.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161005T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161005T213000 DTSTAMP:20260404T131012 CREATED:20160929T153146Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160929T153146Z UID:6619-1475692200-1475703000@www.thevolcano.org SUMMARY:The Anatomy of the Downtown Metrotown Plan DESCRIPTION:Earlier this year\, in response to the demovictions crisis that is displacing more than 600 households\, Burnaby City Council announced a new plan for the Metrotown neighbourhood: The “Downtown” Metrotown Plan. \nWhat promises does this plan hold for the existing majority renter community in Metrotown? Come to a public forum about Mayor Corrigan’s plan to turn Metrotown into a “downtown” for Burnaby. \nWe will focus on defining the potential social impact of the plan for more than 3000 apartment units within its scope\, and for the region as a whole\, which is in the midst of a widely acknowledged rental crunch. After discussing the effects of this plan\, we will focus on what we can do to stop it. \nOrganized by Stop Demovictions Burnaby Campaign\nhttp://stopdisplacement.ca/burnaby\ninfo@stopdisplacement.ca\n@stopdisplacemnt URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/the-anatomy-of-the-downtown-metrotown-plan/ LOCATION:Burnaby Neighbourhood House\, 100-4460 Beresford\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thevolcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/MetrotownPlan.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161005T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161005T180000 DTSTAMP:20260404T131012 CREATED:20160929T152751Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160929T152808Z UID:6615-1475690400-1475690400@www.thevolcano.org SUMMARY:Power of Women: Our Reality in the DTES DESCRIPTION:Power of Women: Our Reality in the DTES \nJoin the Power of Women Group – we are a group of women who live and access services and whose community is the DTES neighourhood – are coming together in an evening showcase of talks\, poetry\, skits and more to share real truths about our life in the DTES with an emphasis on housing\, poverty\, colonization\, and violence against women. \nWednesday October 5\, 2016\nDinner at 6 pm\, Event at 6:30 pm\n1803 East 1st Ave (just east of Commercial Drive)\nunceded xʷməθkwəy̓əm\, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh\, and səlil̓wətaʔɬ territories\, Vancouver \nThis event is by donation $0-20. All proceeds go to the DTES Power of Women Group. \nAccessibility info: Free event. Dinner served (thanks to Streams of Justice for supporting this event). Kitchen’s entrance is wheelchair accessible at street level. One washroom has a stall that can accommodate a wheelchair.The washroom door opening is 86 cm\, and the stall door is 61 cm. \n**************************** \nAbout the Power of Women Group: \nhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/DTESPowerofWomen/ URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/power-of-women-our-reality-in-the-dtes/ LOCATION:1803 East 1st Ave (just east of Commercial Drive)\, Vancouver\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thevolcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/POW.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161004T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161004T210000 DTSTAMP:20260404T131012 CREATED:20161003T151831Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161003T151831Z UID:6710-1475605800-1475614800@www.thevolcano.org SUMMARY:FightC Community Meeting DESCRIPTION:FightC is ramping up the fall campaign to stop Site C\, and we want you to be a part of it! Come out on Oct 4th to hear about some of our plans\, share your ideas\, and sign up for working groups and canvassing teams. Rumour has it that logging may begin again in less than a month in the Peace\, and we know that many of the farmers will be being evicted in December. We’re making a difference here on the ground in shifting public opinion\, but we need YOU to help us make sure that the beautiful Peace Valley survives the winter! \nWhere: Joe’s Cafe Bar on Commercial\nWhen: Oct 4\, 6:30-9 URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/fightc-community-meeting/ LOCATION:Joe’s Cafe Bar\, 1150 Commercial Drive\, Vancouver\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thevolcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/FightC.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161004T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161004T210000 DTSTAMP:20260404T131012 CREATED:20160929T183812Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160929T183812Z UID:6679-1475605800-1475614800@www.thevolcano.org SUMMARY:Fix the Housing Crisis! DESCRIPTION:Join Coquitlam MLA’s Selina Robinson and Jodie Wickens for a Town Hall with David Eby and other local and BC housing experts. How has housing become so unaffordable in BC? What can we do to fix the housing crisis? Come listen to speakers and ask questions of our panel. Doors open at 6:30pm. #VanRE #Coquitlam URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/fix-the-housing-crisis/ LOCATION:Eagle Ridge Bible Fellowship\, 1160 Lansdowne Drive\, Coquitlam\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thevolcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/CoquitlamHousingMeeting.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161004T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161004T183000 DTSTAMP:20260404T131012 CREATED:20160929T155113Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160929T155113Z UID:6631-1475605800-1475605800@www.thevolcano.org SUMMARY:Sisters In Spirit: Candlelight Vigil & Performance DESCRIPTION:This event will start 630pm \nCoast Salish opening\nSpeakers TBA\nPerformance by: Butterflies in Spirit\nKathara Filipino cultural group\nEntertribal (hiphop duo)\nMore performance TBA\nCandlelight/moment of silence vigil \nNative Womens Association of Canada website info: \nOctober 4th is a day where we honour the lives of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls. The violence experienced by Aboriginal women and girls in Canada is a national tragedy. We must take the time to give thanks to the families who are our reason we all continue to demand action. \nA vigil can take many forms\, from a moment of silence to a rally to a community feast. All that is important is that you take some time on or around October 4th to mark the day. \nWe firmly believe that the October 4th Sisters In Spirit Vigils are a movement for social change. The number of SIS Vigils has grown from 11 in 2006 to an impressive 216 vigils in 2014. \nEach year\, family members\, Aboriginal community members\, and concerned citizens gather for a vigil on October 4th to honour the memory of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls. Vigils take place in many communities across Canada as well as internationally. These gatherings serve to raise awareness and to provide support to families who have lost a loved one. URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/sisters-in-spirit-candlelight-vigil-performance/ LOCATION:Victory Sqaure\, Cambie and Hastings\, Vancouver\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thevolcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/SistersinSpirit.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161003T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161003T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T131012 CREATED:20160929T150225Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160929T150225Z UID:6612-1475506800-1475514000@www.thevolcano.org SUMMARY:Surrey Steals from the Homeless! DESCRIPTION:RALLY AND MARCH \nWhen: 3:00 pm\, Monday Oct 3\nWhere: 135A Street (near 106th Ave)\, Surrey \nEvery day the RCMP\, Surrey bylaw officers and city workers come to “The Strip” (135A Street) in order to force homeless residents to take down their tents\, pack up their belongings and make everything moveable. And every day they confiscate somebody’s possessions because they consider them unattended or just garbage. \nBut homeless residents of “The Strip” are fighting back. We will be marching to Surrey City Hall to protest the city’s orchestrated and relentless theft of our belongings. We demand that the City of Surrey stop stealing our stuff. \nFOOD\nFood will be provided at the end of the event\, around 5pm on the 135A strip \nTRANSPORTATION\nWe will be organizing transportation to this march so other displaced and evicted communities can support the Surrey homeless in their struggle. To get a ride from Maple Ridge\, Abbotsford\, or elsewhere\, and to travel together by transit from Vancouver\, contact AAD: organize@stopdisplacement.ca or (778) 708-5006 \nOrganized by residents of The Strip and Alliance Against Displacement URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/surrey-steals-from-the-homeless/ LOCATION:135A Street near 106th Ave\, Vancouver\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thevolcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/SurreySteals.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161002T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161002T150000 DTSTAMP:20260404T131012 CREATED:20160929T145951Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160929T145951Z UID:6608-1475413200-1475420400@www.thevolcano.org SUMMARY:The Seriousness of Play: Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas DESCRIPTION:Special Event: Help Create a Haida Manga Mural\nFree admission\nTo celebrate the final day of “The Seriousness of Play” exhibition\, artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas will help us create a massive mural in the gallery in his innovative Haida Manga style. Visitors are invited to participate and get playful! URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/the-seriousness-of-play-michael-nicoll-yahgulanaas/ LOCATION:Bill Reid Gallery\, 639 Hornby Street\, Vancouver\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thevolcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/SeriousnessofPlay.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161002T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161002T162000 DTSTAMP:20260404T131012 CREATED:20161001T174518Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161001T174518Z UID:6689-1475409600-1475425200@www.thevolcano.org SUMMARY:The Free Market DESCRIPTION:The Free Market returns to celebrate life without money every other sunday at Grandview Park! \nfind what you need\, and gift what you don’t! \nstrive to build community! share necessities\, food\, skills\, crafts\, ideas\, advice\, and extra things with one another! \nbring what you are able\, even if it’s just yourself. \nwe promise..\nraw vegan soup with compostable cutlery and bowls!\ncrafts! build your own cards for your loved ones!\ncrystal trading and discussion!\ntarot card readings! \nshare your leftovers\, perform a song\, teach weaving\, scribble a poem\, choreograph a dance\, give a tarot card reading\, fix a bike\, preform a skit\, trade your crystals\, tell a joke!\n…everybody has something to give and the more we share the richer we all are. \nyou are encouraged to make this your own\, and participate in whatever ways you see fit in the strive for building a community living on mother earth free from capitalism and full of collaboration. In unity we thrive\, anything is possible! URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/the-free-market/ LOCATION:Grandview Park\, 1657 Charles Street\, on Commercial Drive\, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thevolcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/freemarket.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161001T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161001T150000 DTSTAMP:20260404T131012 CREATED:20160929T145507Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160929T145507Z UID:6606-1475326800-1475334000@www.thevolcano.org SUMMARY:Social Justice not Social Entrepreneurs! DESCRIPTION:CCAP town hall on the City’s Community Economic Development Plan \nWHEN: 1-3pm\, Saturday\, October 1st 2016\nWHERE: Carnegie Theatre\, Unceded Coast Salish Territories \nThe City is pushing through a new Community Economic Development Strategy for the Downtown Eastside this fall. The strategy touches on everything from street vending\, community benefit agreements\, employment and volunteering opportunities\, retail tax exemptions\, loss of affordable retail to social enterprises. \nTaken together\, the strategy will have a significant impact on low-income people in the Downtown Eastside. On Saturday\, October 1st\, we are holding a town hall at the Carnegie in order to inform Downtown Eastside residents and community groups about some of the measures the strategy proposes. We will also present our retail and zones of exclusion research at the town hall\, our concerns about the strategy\, and we want your feedback! \nWhile the strategy mentions the need to increase welfare rates\, it is predominantly in favour of market solutions to poverty in the Downtown Eastside. As such\, we are concerned that the strategy fails to address the root causes of poverty in the neighbourhood\, and some of the measures supported by the plan will actually facilitate gentrification and the loss of low-income housing. \nCome to the town hall and learn how the economic development strategy will impact low-income residents. We will discuss the strategy\, why market approaches to poverty doesn’t work and real measures to address poverty in the neighbourhood. \nCoffee and snacks will be provided! \nThe town hall is taking place on the unceded coast salish territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)\, Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Wauthuth) and Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish) peoples. URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/social-justice-not-social-entrepreneurs/ LOCATION:Carnegie Community Centre\, 401 Main Street\, Vancouver\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thevolcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/SocialJusticeNotEntrepreneurs.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161001T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161001T173000 DTSTAMP:20260404T131012 CREATED:20160929T170759Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160929T170759Z UID:6670-1475317800-1475343000@www.thevolcano.org SUMMARY:One Solution Revolution DESCRIPTION:A one day conference of resistance and revolution\nWe live in a world ravaged by capitalism\, but the resistance to this brutal system is growing. Join us for a one day conference of activism and politics. There will be sessions on the nature of oppression and the possibility of liberation; the failures of capitalism; the need for socialism; the history of the Russian Revolution; and a look at how we can build a better world.\nRegister at www.21stCenturyMarxism.ca \n10:00 AM Registration\n10:30 AM The Failure of Capitalism\n11:50 AM The Alternative Is Socialism\n1:00 PM Lunch Break\n1:40 PM The Russian Revolution: festival of the oppressed\n3:00 PM The Roots of Oppression and the Flowers of Liberation\n4:20 PM A Better World is Possible: How do we get there?\nJoin us after the conference at Roots Cafe\, 6502 Main Street (at 49th Ave.) URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/one-solution-revolution/ LOCATION:Langara College\, 100 W 49th Ave\, Vancouver\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thevolcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/OneSolutionRevolution.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20160930T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20160930T233000 DTSTAMP:20260404T131012 CREATED:20160929T162405Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160929T162405Z UID:6640-1475263800-1475278200@www.thevolcano.org SUMMARY:La Peña Latinoamericana de la Trova Nuestra DESCRIPTION:~ Te invitamos a disfrutar junto a La Trova Nuestra de una velada especial para celebrar la llegada del otoño y de la nueva cosecha.\n* Música en vivo del alma Latinoamericana\, anécdotas\, poesía\, rica comida y por supuesto el delicioso vino tinto. \n~ La Trova Nuestra Invites you to enjoy a special evening to celebrate Autumn and the new harvest.\n* Live music from Latin America\, lived anecdotes\, poetry\, delicious food\, and of course\, great red wine. \nFriday\, September 30th\n7:30 PM\nDOGWOOD CENTRE\n706 Clark Dr. Vancouver BC\n(Entrance off Georgia St.)\n\n~ Acerca de “La Trova Nuestra”… en Vancouver.\n“La Trova Nuestra” está compuesta por una decena de Trovadores quienes originalmente vienen de Latino América y ahora residen en Vancouver. Estos Trovadores poseen y practican la tradición musical heredada de los pioneros del canto vernáculo. La Trova Nuestra incorpora esta tradición en el encuentro de la música y la poesía. Esta fundación es la esencia de una cultura popular interpretando el diario vivir…..Una expresión con profundos orígenes en nuestra Raza Mestiza de Latino América — Una expresión de cambios explosivos en el continente Latino Americano hoy en día.\nLa Trova Nuestra se podría definir como “El encuentro entre una persona\, una guitarra y la poesía — Voces apostando por un mundo mejor” \n~ About Vancouver’s “La Trova Nuestra”\nLa Trova Nuestra is composed of a dozen Troubadours who originate from across Latin America and now reside in Vancouver. These Troubadours are the keepers of a musical tradition which began with pioneers of the vernacular song. La Trova Nuestra incorporates this tradition interplaying music and poetry. At its foundation is the essence of a popular culture interpreting daily expression… an expression with origins deep within La Raza Mestiza (mixed roots) of Latin America — an expression of the explosive changes within the continent of Latin America today. La Trova Nuestra could be defined as “The encounter between a person\, a guitar and their poetry — Voices pledging for a better world”. \nArt by Jose Montilla* URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/la-pena-latinoamericana-de-la-trova-nuestra/ LOCATION:Dogwood Centre for Socialist Education\, 706 Clark Drive\, Vancouver\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thevolcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Fiesta.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20160930T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20160930T140000 DTSTAMP:20260404T131012 CREATED:20160929T164210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160929T164210Z UID:6658-1475236800-1475244000@www.thevolcano.org SUMMARY:Keep the Peace Stop Site C Dam! DESCRIPTION:Tell the Justice Minister it is time for the Federal Government to honour Canada’s Constitution and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples! \nJoin us in a rally in solidarity with the Treaty 8 Prophet River and West Moberly First Nations & the Land Defenders fighting against Site C! Raising awareness to the devastation of the Peace Valley & B.C’s Agricultural Land Reserve. \nWhat: Rally\nWhen: Sept 30th\, 12pm-2pm.\nWhere: 104\, 1245 W Broadway\, Vancouver\, BC Office of the Federal Justice Minister. URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/keep-the-peace-stop-site-c-dam/ LOCATION:104-1245 West Broadway\, Vancouver\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thevolcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/SiteC.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20160930T094500 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20160930T150000 DTSTAMP:20260404T131012 CREATED:20160929T161649Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160929T161649Z UID:6633-1475228700-1475247600@www.thevolcano.org SUMMARY:Orange Shirt Day Celebration with IRSSS DESCRIPTION:COME WALK WITH US IN VANCOUVER! \nWe are gathering at the Lu’ma Native Housing Society office (2960 Nanaimo Street) and then at 10:00AM we are walking to the Indian Residential School Survivors Society office (2406 Nanaimo Street) to honour IRS survivors and the students who did not return home. A celebration will commence there afterwards including drumming and refreshments. \n—–\nContact IRSSS for details on the event on September 30th or information about our orange t-shirts: 1-800-721-0066\n—– \n“Orange Shirt Day is a legacy of the St. Joseph Mission (SJM) residential school commemoration event held in Williams Lake\, BC\, Canada\, in the spring of 2013. It grew out of Phyllis’ story of having her shiny new orange shirt taken away on her first day of school at the Mission\, and it has become an opportunity to keep the discussion on all aspects of residential schools happening annually. \nThe date was chosen because it is the time of year in which children were taken from their homes to residential schools\, and because it is an opportunity to set the stage for anti-racism and anti-bullying policies for the coming school year. It also gives teachers time to plan events that will include children\, as we want to ensure that we are passing the story and learning on to the next generations. \nOrange Shirt Day is also an opportunity for First Nations\, local governments\, schools and communities to come together in the spirit of reconciliation and hope for generations of children to come.” \nMore info about Orange Shirt Day at: http://www.orangeshirtday.org/ \nPhyllis (Jack) Webstad’s Story: http://www.orangeshirtday.org/phyllis-story.html URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/orange-shirt-day-celebration-with-irsss/ LOCATION:2406 Nanaimo Street\, Vancouver\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thevolcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IRSSS.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20160930T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161014T230000 DTSTAMP:20260404T131012 CREATED:20161009T181933Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161009T181933Z UID:6765-1475222400-1476486000@www.thevolcano.org SUMMARY:West Coast support for Standing Rock DESCRIPTION:Supplies are being collected for the camps of Standing Rock Sioux nation! These camps are blockading pipeline paths in their territories. \nThere are drop-off points in Vancouver\, Victoria\, and Nanaimo for donated gear. Pick up is possible if needed. We will be collecting items until October 10. \nTO DONATE send an email to crowsnest.wildcraft@gmail.com to get in touch. \n* \n“The camp is rapidly entering a new phase as the seasons change. More needed items are: \n– Warm clothes\n– Camping and sleeping gear – \n– Preserved food\n– Fuel containers\n– Double lined wall tents\, army tents\, winterized yurts\n– Wood stoves\n– Solar generators\n– Construction tools\n– Building supplies\, including natural building supplies\n– Poles\n– Wool – anything wool\n– Firewood \nAlso\, people who have experience with construction who can come out and help build winter proof structures\, especially but not limited to experienced natural builders\, stove builders\, and root cellar builders are urgently needed now and through the coming weeks. If you have these skills and have been considering coming to camp\, please come! Please spread the word!”\nThanks to Solomon Seal for these words. \nFor an official list see:\nhttp://sacredstonecamp.org/supply-list/ \n* \nFor more information visit www.sacredstonecamp.org \nPlease share + invite others \n* \nBackground info: \nThe Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has been locked in a legal battle to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline from impacting it’s cultural\, water\, and natural resources. The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) is a 1\,168-mile long crude oil pipeline that will transport nearly 570\,000 barrels of oil each day from North Dakota to Illinois. The Army Corps of Engineers green-lighted several sections of the process without fully satisfying the National Historic Preservation Act\, various environmental statutes\, and its trust responsibility to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. \nThis is another chapter in the long history of the federal government granting the construction of potentially hazardous projects near or through tribal lands\, waters\, and cultural places without including the tribe. The current proposed pipeline route crosses under Lake Oahe\, just a half mile up from the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. \nWhile the Tribe is waiting for a federal court decision on a preliminary injunction to stop the pipeline construction\, the pipeline company is waiting for the Army Corps of Engineers to grant an easement to drill under Lake Oahe. The Army Corps of Engineers\, the White House\, and Congress must halt the easement because the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s waters and sacred places must be protected. \n#waterislife\, #NoDakotaAccess #nodapl \n*Thanks to Sarah Scanlon for this background info URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/west-coast-support-for-standing-rock/ LOCATION:West Coast of BC\, Salish Territory\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thevolcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/SolidaritywStandingRock.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20160929T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20160929T213000 DTSTAMP:20260404T131012 CREATED:20160929T163932Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160929T163932Z UID:6655-1475177400-1475184600@www.thevolcano.org SUMMARY:Socialism and LGBT Rights: A History of Fighting a Common Enemy DESCRIPTION:Join us for this discussion on why socialism is the best ally for the LGBTQ rights movement. \nFrom the utopian vision of sexual freedom of early socialists in the 19th century to the current attacks by neoliberal governments on LGBTQ rights\, this discussion will cover the important historic contributions of international activists such as Lucia Sanchez\, Bayard Rustin\, Daniel Guerin and others. \nSFU Harbour Centre – Room 2520 URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/socialism-and-lgbt-rights-a-history-of-fighting-a-common-enemy/ LOCATION:SFU Harbour Centre\, 515 West Hastings\, Vancouver\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thevolcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/SocialistAlternative.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20160929T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20160929T130000 DTSTAMP:20260404T131012 CREATED:20160929T154919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160929T154919Z UID:6628-1475150400-1475154000@www.thevolcano.org SUMMARY:Spark: A Fireside Artist Talk feat. Bracken Hanuse Corlett DESCRIPTION:grunt gallery presents Spark: Fireside Artist Talks in the Longhouse at the Native Education College held on (approximately) the 3rd Thursday of every month from 12:15 pm – 1:00 pm. \nThis informal lunch-hour talk is hosted by a series of artists who push at the boundaries of the traditional and the contemporary. How do their creations offer insight into broader issues that Indigenous people are faced with in the world today? What sorts of barriers or challenges exist for these artists? What strategies do they use to overcome these challenges? \nTHURSDAY\, SEPTEMBER 29 \nBracken Hanuse Corlett is an interdisciplinary artist hailing from the Wuikinuxv and Klahoose Nations. He began working in theatre and performance 16 years ago\, before transitioning to a practice that fuses digital-media\, audio-visual performance\, writing\, painting\, sculpture and drawing. His work combines traditional Indigenous iconography and history with new media and concepts that exist within cyclical space. He is the co-founder of the Vancouver Indigenous Media Arts Festival. Over the last five years he has performed across the country as a member of the audio-visual collective Skookum Sound System and currently in the DJ/VJ duo See Monsters. He is a graduate of the En’owkin Centre of Indigenous Art and went to Emily Carr University of Art and Design for a B.F.A. in Visual Arts. He has also studied Northwest Coast art\, carving and design from acclaimed Heiltsuk artists Bradley Hunt and his sons Shawn Hunt and Dean Hunt. \nSome of his notable exhibitions\, performances and screenings have been at grunt gallery\, the Museum of Anthropology\, Unit PITT Projects\, Vancouver International Film Festival (Vancouver)\, Three Walls Gallery (Chicago)\, Ottawa International Animation Festival\, SAW Gallery (Ottawa)\, Royal BC Museum\, Open Space (Victoria)\, Winnipeg Art Gallery\, Urban Shaman (Winnipeg)\, Sâkêwêwak Artists’ Collective\, Mackenzie Art Gallery (Regina)\, Atlantic Film Festival\, Tidal Force – Independent Media Arts Alliance (Halifax)\, Art Mur\, Sommets du Cinéma D’animation (Montreal)\, ImagineNative\, Toronto International Film Festival\, Music Gallery (Toronto). \nOPEN TO THE PUBLIC \nThis recurring event is always FREE\, and all are welcome to attend. Bring your own lunch or purchase from the NEC’s small canteen. URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/spark-a-fireside-artist-talk-feat-bracken-hanuse-corlett/ LOCATION:Native Education College\, 285 East 5th Avenue\, Vancouver\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thevolcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/corbett.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20160929T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20160929T090000 DTSTAMP:20260404T131012 CREATED:20160929T162144Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160929T162144Z UID:6637-1475139600-1475139600@www.thevolcano.org SUMMARY:Coast Salish Peoples Day DESCRIPTION:More info as I figure things out & get the Salish community involved…. as to how this is going to look. 🙂 \nhttp://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article22251696.html URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/coast-salish-peoples-day/ LOCATION:Coast Salish Territory\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thevolcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/CSPeoplesDay.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160922 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161009 DTSTAMP:20260404T131012 CREATED:20161001T172832Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161001T172832Z UID:6686-1474502400-1475971199@www.thevolcano.org SUMMARY:Ulluilsc - A Voice for the Voiceless Camp - 2nd Supply Drive! DESCRIPTION:For those of you who have deja vu\, we ran a short supply drive last month\, and it went really well\, but there still much more work to be done. So the Nettle’s Guild and the Council are teaming up to do another one! \nHave you heard about Ulluilsc (pronounced oo-LOOSH)\, otherwise known as the Voice for the Voiceless Camp up in St’át’imc (“STAT-lee-um”) territory near Lillooet? It’s a wonderful place being held down by beautiful folks who are doing what it takes to stop Logging in Xwisten (“n-HOY-shten”) traditional territories. \nUlluilsc has been going on since March 16\, 2015\, and in that time they’ve managed to build a cabin\, a root cellar\, start a garden\, host a bunch of different folks\, and most importantly\, hold off that logging! \nBelow are some of the items needed. Please feel free to get in touch if you have something not listed here that you think might come in handy. \nNew items this time around: \nScrews\nPlastic sheets\nRoofing material\nWater barrels \nConsistently needed supplies: \nCandles\nBatteries (size AAA\, AA\, and C)\nMatches (not long ones)\nBarbecue lighter\nPlastic bins with lids that lock into place (all sizes!)\nBuckets with lids\nBuilding materials\nShovels\nAxe handles \nNon-perishable foods including but not limited to: \nRice\nCanned foods\nCanned meats\nCanned vegetables\nAlmond miilk\nEvaporated milk\nHoney\nSugar \nFoods that can be stored in a root cellar including but not limited to: \nPotatoes\nOnions\nGarlic\nFruits and vegetables that last a long time (apples\, cabbage…) \nGLUTEN FREE/DAIRY FREE FOODS needed as well including but not limited to: \nGluten free\, dairy free brown rice pasta\nBeans and lentils (not from bulk due to cross-contamination)\nGluten free\, pasta sauce\nTomato paste\nOld dutch potato chips – regular or BBQ flavours \n*If you’d like to send funds up\, cheques can be made to: \nChristine Jack \nThey can be can be sent with the supply drive or mailed to:\nPO Box 1188 – Lillooet\, BC – St’at’imc Territory – VK0 1V0 \nTo coordinate your supply donation\, please contact AJ at aklein@canadians.org or Kim Del Valle Garcia at kimdvg@gmail.com. \nYou can also write a message on this event page! If you PM us\, it might not get to our inboxes\, so please email instead. We can take donations at any point between now and the evening of October 5th. If transporting them is a barrier\, we’ll figure something out! No donation is too small. ♥ \nGet in touch anytime! Facebook will only let us put this event as a two week long duration\, but we’re available to coordinate your donations right away. \nThanks so much! \nMore info about Ulluilsc: http://bit.ly/2bjrGtE\nMore info about the St’át’imc people: http://bit.ly/2bSIdqU \n*************************************************************************\nThis supply drive is being held on the traditional and unceded territory of the Musqueam\, Skwxwu7mesh\, and Tsleil-waututh people. URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/ulluilsc-a-voice-for-the-voiceless-camp-2nd-supply-drive/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thevolcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Ulluilsc.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20160919T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20160919T220000 DTSTAMP:20260404T131012 CREATED:20160814T175408Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160814T175408Z UID:6459-1474322400-1474322400@www.thevolcano.org SUMMARY:Students Against Pipelines - One Day General Strike Festival DESCRIPTION:A rally\, march\, and festival in opposition to Kinder Morgan’s pipeline expansion project. This is a call out for student unions/associations/groups to join us on this day instead of going to classes/work. \nThere will be free meals\, snacks\, drinks\, live musicians/DJ’s\, workshops\, games\, and grassroots student organising happening. \nSpeakers List:\n-Audrey Siegl\n-Kanahus Manuel\n-Christine Jack\n-Erica Violet Lee\n… more to be announced soon \nBands:\n-ISKRA\n-Mental Health\n-Shitlord Fuckerman\n-Pale Red\n… more to be announced soon \nItinerary for the day: \n-10am: Rally with speakers\n-March begins once speakers are finished.\n-The festival begins when the march reaches its destination. \nhelp us cover the costs https://www.gofundme.com/anti-pipelinesfest URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/students-against-pipelines-one-day-general-strike-festival/ LOCATION:Robson Street at Beatty Street\, Vancouver\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thevolcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/StudentsAgainstPipelines.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20160916T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20160916T180000 DTSTAMP:20260404T131012 CREATED:20160603T225440Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160603T225440Z UID:5503-1474041600-1474048800@www.thevolcano.org SUMMARY:Make Affordable Housing A Priority! DESCRIPTION:Make affordable housing a priority\, rather than a mere election item! \nJoin us in a rallying to demand the City of Vancouver take immediate steps to regulate the housing market. \nWe have an affordable housing crisis precipitated by an artificially-inflated real estate market: while 50% of us rent\, only about 3% of our housing is designated ‘social’. Other cities in the world such as Stockholm or Vienna\, have anywhere from 30-80% social housing\, owned and maintained by the municipality. \nWe are calling for: \n– Investment in civic owned co-ops and social housing projects to provide affordable housing in Vancouver. \n– Implementation of zoning for rent-controls and a vacant property tax. \n– That the City crackdown and enforce the laws and by-laws already in place since 1956 to force landlords and slumlord owners of rental properties and SROs to adhere to the minimum health standards that are currently law. \nWe ask that the City take immediate action to meaningfully engage with neighbourhoods and communities to help find solutions\, this is only useful if the city actually listens to and seeks community–based solutions\, otherwise such inclusion is nothing more than a facade. \nSpeakers TBA URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/make-affordable-housing-a-priority/ LOCATION:Vancouver City Hall\, 453 West 12th\, Vancouver\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.thevolcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/COPEeventimage.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20160909T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20160910T180000 DTSTAMP:20260404T131012 CREATED:20160614T151833Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160614T151833Z UID:5654-1473418800-1473530400@www.thevolcano.org SUMMARY:11th Annual Victoria Anarchist Bookfair DESCRIPTION:Friday September 9th\, 2016: 11am-6pm\nSaturday September 10th\, 2016: 11am-6pm \nUVic Student Union Building\, Upper Lounge\nVictoria\, BC\, Coast Salish Territories \nWe are pleased to announce the eleventh annual Victoria Anarchist Bookfair\, located on unceded Coast Salish Territory in Victoria\, British Columbia. The Bookfair is for anarchists and non-anarchists\, with participants from all over North America and beyond. Events include book and information tables\, workshops\, readings\, films\, presentations\, and much more! \nConfirmed tablers \nPM Press\, Camas Books & Infoshop\, Margaret Briere\, 38 Blood Alley Square\, Secret People Destroy Distro\, Retail Action Network\, ENBY Magazine\, DarkLabStudio\, The Third Space\, Heart & Hands Health Collective\, Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA)\, Radical Buttons + Many others TBA \nTo propose a table contact tables@victoriaanarchistbookfair.ca \nConfirmed Workshops \nHead\, Neck & Shoulder Release – Acupressure Basics\nOrganizing at the Workplace to Interrupt Capitalism\nStealing Money from banks Via Bankruptcy\nIsraeli Boycott\, Divestment and Sanctions Campaign\nThe Anarchist Movement on the West Coast\n+ Many others TBA \nTo propose a workshop please contact workshops@victoriaanarchistbookfair.ca \n2016 callout: http://tinyurl.com/hfkqpk8\nStatement of Indigenous Solidarity: http://tinyurl.com/gwghhyx\nStatement of Principles: http://tinyurl.com/h5shavn\nAccessibility and Safer Space Policy: http://tinyurl.com/jrqe355 URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/11th-annual-victoria-anarchist-bookfair/ LOCATION:UVSS Student Union Building\, 3800 Finnerty Road\, Victoria\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thevolcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/VictoriaAnarchistBookfair.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20160901T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20160901T110000 DTSTAMP:20260404T131012 CREATED:20160729T230902Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160729T230902Z UID:6348-1472727600-1472727600@www.thevolcano.org SUMMARY:March Against Poverty Rates DESCRIPTION:BC ACORN members are tired of having the BC Liberals ignore the issues! They think they can get away with the unjust clawback of the bus pass\, and buy our silence with a measly $77 raise. Enough is enough! \nACORN members are calling for a reinstatement of the annual buss pass for PWD recipients\, as well as a meaningful increase to social assistance rates! BC is one of the wealthiest provinces in Canada. There is no excuse for the government’s greed! The politicians give themselves a raise\, and leave real people to line up outside of the foodbank! \nJoin ACORN members for a march to demand justice for disabled British Columbians! URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/march-against-poverty-rates/ LOCATION:Commercial Broadway Skytrain Station\, Vancouver\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thevolcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/PovertyRates.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR