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SUMMARY:Free Women's Self Defense Seminar
DESCRIPTION:UBC Women’s Centre x Warrior Sisters Present… \n*This event will be taking place on the unceded and occupied territories of the Coast Salish peoples\, including the sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish)\, sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh)\, xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) and Stó:lō nations. \nOpen invitation to ALL women (this event is intended for all women across the spectrum (gender non-conforming\, queer etc). Attend a FREE women’s self-defence seminar taught by women trainers. Drawing from an empowerment-based model\, we will engage in a variety of practices from physical to verbal/boundary setting skills. \nFood and drink will be provided during a mid-class break (vegan food will be available.) Please email us with any dietary restrictions or questions you may have at ubcwomenscentre@gmail.com. There will be a safe space available throughout the seminar as the subjects we deal with are sensitive and potentially triggering. \nPlease only click ‘going’ if you are fairly sure you will be able to attend so we can plan accordingly. \nThis is a feminist space – respect the cause\, respect the healing\, respect each other. \nWhere – The Performance Theatre on the second floor of the AMS Nest. Located in the centre of the Nest\, right next to the staircase! \nWhen – Tuesday\, July 12th 5-8 pm \nAccessibility info – the space is wheelchair accessible\, and there are gender neutral washrooms on the second floor.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/free-womens-self-defense-seminar/
LOCATION:Women’s Centre at UBC\, AMS Nest\, Rm 2113 in Research Groups Area\, Vancouver\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Against Anarcho-Vagueism
DESCRIPTION:The scenario is that someone-a lucky someone is new to anarchy and has the opportunity to meet individuals representing the possibilities of their dreams.\nOn one side-the wonderer\, the other side a panel of different interpretations of anarchy. The host will ask pertainent questions to the tendencies and hopefully this contribute to diminishing the tendancy of anarcho-vaguism. \nOur dating canidates will be representing: \nAnarcho-syndicalism\nInsurrectionary anarchism\nNihilism/anarchy\nAnarcha-ecofeminism \nPanelists will answer such questions as\, “How does your anarchy inform your day to day life?”\n\n(As much as we would like life to be simple and relatively uncomplex so that language could be more effective\, it is not and individual’s perspectives will overlap and offer such variety as anti-social\, anti-civ\, civil anarchy\, red\, communism\, green and queer perspectives). \nLET’S FLESH OUT SOME IDEAS. \n(tomatoes will not be handed out\, bring your own confetti.) \nAccessibility Info: The venue is situated on the south side of Blood Alley Square. There are several cobblestones\, but there is ramp access and it’s an open space once inside. There are fewer cobblestones to navigate coming from Abbott as opposed to Carrall. The washroom is not fully WC accessible\, the doorway is about 27 inches wide. \nThis event is taking place on occupied and unceded Coast Salish Territories.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/against-anarcho-vagueism/
LOCATION:38 Blood Alley Square\, 38 Blood Alley Square\, Vancouver\, Canada
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SUMMARY:IWW Screenprinting Workshop
DESCRIPTION:free + open to everyone! \nlearn how to screen print!\nand about the process! \nBring your own blank clothing\, pillow cases\, sheets\, handkerchiefs\, etc!\nscreens and ink provided. \nvancouveriww.wordpress.com
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/iww-screenprinting-workshop/
LOCATION:Spartacus Books\, 3378 Findlay Street\, Vancouver\, Canada
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SUMMARY:BLM Vigil: Alton Sterling & Philando Castile
DESCRIPTION:Alton Sterling was murdered in Louisiana by police officers. Philando Castile was murdered in Minnesota by police officers. In 2015\, 102 unarmed Black people were murdered by police officers. Of these deaths\, 10 resulted in a successful trial and 1 officer received jail time. 135 unarmed Black people have been murdered by police so far in 2016. \nSTOP KILLING US. \nWe would like to acknowledge that we have been unable to hold a vigil for every murdered Black body. We cannot keep up. We do not have the resources\, money\, time and emotional strength to gather every time one of us is brutally taken on either side of the colonial border. We want to dedicate everything we do\, including this vigil to every Black life that did not matter to the state\, to the media and to the police. \nThis 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 Musqueam\, Tseil-Watuth and Squamish First Nations. We are very grateful to the Coast Salish people for the knowledge\, kindness and indomitable spirit with which they have taken care of this land for millennia. We also acknowledge and mourn the many murdered and missing Indigenous people at the hands of state violence and police brutality. \nGet educated:\nhttp://www.vox.com/2016/7/6/12105380/alton-sterling-police-shooting-baton-rouge-louisiana\nhttp://www.cbc.ca/news/world/minnesota-police-shooting-1.3668185\nhttp://mappingpoliceviolence.org/unarmed/\nhttps://www.buzzfeed.com/nicholasquah/heres-a-timeline-of-unarmed-black-men-killed-by-police-over?utm_term=.wnAA66qWV#.ojPe88Zj4\nhttp://killedbypolice.net/
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/blm-vigil-alton-sterling-philando-castile/
LOCATION:Vancouver Art Gallery\, 750 Hornby Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Pinkwashing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:*** This event is taking place on Coast Salish territories\, specifically the territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm\, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh\, sel̓íl̓witulh\, and Stó:lō nations.*** \nAbout the workshop:\nWhat is pinkwashing and what does it have to do with Palestine? Let’s talk about it. This workshop will introduce you to the basics of 100+ years of Palestinian struggle against Zionism and Israeli settler colonialism. We will be screening a movie called Pinkwashing Exposed\, made by our friends in Duamish territories (also known as Seattle). After that\, there will be a chance to discuss how Palestinian queers in Palestine are resisting Israeli pinkwashing\, what’s happening here locally\, and what we can all do to end pinkwashing. \nAbout the facilitator:\nFiras is a Palestinian and Syrian settler who lives on Coast Salish territories. They took a course on history of South West Asia and North Africa (SWANA) at school\, and realized that it didn’t reflect any of their history. So they started doing their own research. For over seven years\, they have been researching and reclaiming Palestinian history. They have learned from the work that queer Palestinians are doing back home to resist settler colonialism\, pinkwashing and queer/transphobia. Inspired by their brilliance\, Firas wants to share some of what they’ve taught them with you. \n>>>> Register here!<<<<\nhttp://goo.gl/forms/iSiZ3ybuCVxjqbcv1 \n**Do you need ASL? Please register to let us know by Sun\, July 3. If no requests have been received by Sun\, July 3\, ASL will be cancelled.** \n**This is a nut free event. Please do not bring peanuts or tree nuts (including coconuts) into the space so that the space is accessible as possible.** \nLet us know what you need to be in the space and we will do our best to make that happen! More accessibility info below. \n— \nAccessibility Information \nWheelchairs & Scooters\nThe Maggie Benson Center is wheelchair and scooter accessible. \nWashrooms\nThere are wheelchair accessible washrooms in the vicinity. We also have multi stall accessible washrooms in the vicinity that can be used as gender neutral washrooms. \nASL & FM Tuners\nDo you need ASL? We are looking into booking ASL for this event\, but we still need you to let us know if you can make it. Please register & let us know that you need ASL or an FM tuner! We need to know by Sun\, July 3.\n**If no requests have been received by Sun\, July 3\, ASL will be cancelled.** \nPeanuts & Tree Nuts (including coconut)\nThis event is a peanut & tree nut free space. Please do not bring tree nuts (including coconut) and peanuts into the space in any way to ensure that the space remains as accessible as possible. \nOOC Scent Free Policy\nThis event is a scent free space. Please refrain from using scented products such as perfume\, cologne\, lotions\, deodorant\, laundry soap\, dryer sheets\, etc prior to this event. Here are some good resources:\n– Think Before You Stink: http://thinkbeforeyoustink.com/howtogofragrancefree.html\n– Fragrance Free Femme of Color Realness: http://www.brownstargirl.org/blog/fragrance-free-femme-of-colour-realness-draft-15 \nSeating\nThis room has plastic and metal armless chairs. \nLighting\nThis room has fluorescent lights installed\, as well as some natural light. The workshop will include a powerpoint presentation that is projected onto a white screen. Let us know what you need in the registration form or during the workshop. \nElectromagnetic Fields\nThis room is within range of the SFU wifi networks. There will be a laptop and projector being used by the facilitator. Please turn off your cellphones. \nFinancial\nThis event is free. \nFood\nSnacks will be provided. \nLet us know if we can meet your access need better.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/pinkwashing-workshop/
LOCATION:Maggie Benson Centre\, Simon Fraser University\, Vancouver\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Grab A Paddle- Stop Site C Vancouver
DESCRIPTION:On July 9th\, grab a paddle and help us show the Federal government that the Lower Mainland opposes Site C and stands in solidarity with the Treaty 8 First Nations! Join us on land or in the water\, carrying a paddle if you have one\, to march along Kits Beach and add your voices to the opposition to the dam! We will meet at Vanier Park\, on unceded Coast Salish territories\, at 12:30. \nYou may have heard of the Site C dam\, an $8.8 billion environmental disaster which violates First Nations Treaty Rights\, threatens thousands of hectares of rich agricultural land\, and endangers the beautiful Peace River Valley. Right now\, we have an exciting opportunity to put pressure on Dominic LeBlanc\, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans\, to reject the fisheries permits which would allow this dam to go ahead. \nIf you have a kayak or a canoe\, please register here (http://goo.gl/forms/Q8hkKsIEDOTxN29L2)\, and arrive at 12 noon in order to have time to launch. \nWhat: March and flotilla to oppose the Site C Dam\nWhen: July 9th\, 12:30 pm\nWhere: Unceded Coast Salish Territories\, Vanier Park \nIf you aren’t able to make the event\, please show your support for Treaty 8 First Nations by donating to the court cases through RAVEN –http://raventrust.com/no-site-c-grab-a-paddle/. \nDon’t forget to come out to the Paddle for the Peace Vancouver Launch Party on June 28 – https://www.facebook.com/events/957439111042956/! \nYou can also help by signing any and all of the petitions below:\nLeadNow – http://www.leadnow.ca/stop-site-c/\nPVEA/Sierra Club/Y2Y – http://www.stopsitec.org/\nAmnesty – http://bit.ly/28Jvlpa\nOfficial Government of Canada petition – https://petitions.parl.gc.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-324 \nFor questions or to volunteer with us\, please email sitecevents@gmail.com. Please share this invitation widely – the more people who show up\, the stronger our message to the Federal Government will be!
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/grab-a-paddle-stop-site-c-vancouver/
LOCATION:Vanier Park\, 1000 Chestnut Street\, Vancouver\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Day of Action for Housing Justice
DESCRIPTION:March in the Streets!\nRaise Up the Tent Cities!\nOccupy the Condos! \nDemand that governments make affordable\, secure and safe Housing for All a top priority! \nJuly 9: Day of Action for Housing Justice \nThere is a crisis of homelessness\, housing insecurity and displacement in working class & poor communities across the country. The Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU)\, the International League of Peoples Struggle (ILPS) are initiating a day of action in towns and cities across Canada on Saturday July 9 to demand: \nFederal Government: Spend $5 billion per year on non-market housing affordable\, secure and safe housing for the people! Secure this money by cutting $1 billion dollars from each of the military budget\, the prison budget\, police\, immigration enforcement and detention\, and by ending subsidies to Canadian mining companies responsible for plunder and human rights abuses in other countries. \nProvincial Governments: Rescind the new poor laws that criminalize the poor and homeless and replace them with rent control laws to eliminate speculation and profiteering off people’s basic need for housing. \nLocal Governments: Fund housing not police! Use city resources\, including zoning and regulatory frameworks to eliminate real-estate speculation and profiteering and stop displacement of poor communities. \nWe also encourage local organizations and communities to make their own demands linked to local conditions and campaigns. \nIn making this call we recognize the racist and colonial nature of the Canadian State which results in disproportionate homelessness\, housing insecurity and incarceration of Indigenous people. We stand in solidarity with Indigenous struggles for sovereignty\, self-determination and justice across this land. \nIf you would like to participate in the Day of Action either by leading or participating in an action in your area\, contact us at vandu@vandu.org
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/day-of-action-for-housing-justice/
LOCATION:VANDU (Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users)\, 380 E Hastings Street\, Vancouver\, Canada
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SUMMARY:11th Annual Paddle for the Peace
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate protection of the integrity of the Peace River Valley at this unique event. Bring your canoes\, kayaks or rafts and participate in a leisurely paddle down a portion of the incredibly scenic Peace River Valley\, presently under threat by the unnecessary Site C dam. \nEven if you don’t have watercraft\, please feel free to join us on shore at the launch or takeout. \nRegistration:\nIn person\, at the event 9:00 to 11:30 a.m.\n$10 per person; 13 and under free. \nLaunch: \n12 noon at the Halfway River Bridge on Hwy 29 between Fort St. John and Hudson’s Hope\, BC. \nFree hot breakfast:\n9 – 11 a.m. at the launch site. \nTake out:\nBear Flat on Hwy 29\, approximately 1.5 hr paddle downstream of the launch site. (There is a shuttle bus available to bring you back to get your vehicle from the launch site.) \nSponsors:\nThis event is organized and sponsored jointly by the Peace Valley Environment Association and West Moberly First Nations. \nMore information:\nVisit www.PaddleforthePeace.ca for further details as well as plenty of pictures of past events. Facebook event here.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/11th-annual-paddle-for-the-peace/
LOCATION:just south of Ft. Saint John on the Peace River\, BC\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20160708T190000
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SUMMARY:Rattle Bag - Summer 2016 Festival of One-Acts!
DESCRIPTION:Theatre In the Raw hopes you will join us for a very limited intimate series of performances of three great plays this July at the Local Loft Cafe and Spartacus Books! Catch one of the shows at a very affordable TITR price. \nTheatre In the Raw is proud to present the RATTLE BAG – SUMMER 2016 ONE-ACT MINI-FEST for a limited time\, 3 exciting Original One-Act Plays – happening on both the Westside & Eastside of Vancouver-town. \nThree Original One-Act Plays\, two of which are winners of the TITR Biennial Play Writing Contest! \nBack in 1999 Theatre In the Raw’s Artistic Director\, Jay Hamburger initiated a one-act playwriting contest offering cash prizes for the best work submitted\, plus an offer to mount the plays in future One-Act Play Festivals. In this way\, Theatre In the Raw has been able to advance the careers of new and more established writers/ playwrights while providing the Vancouver theatre-going scene audiences with new works every two years! \nThe 2016 One-Act Festival includes: \nLinda McCready’s dramatic comedy Finders Keepers centres on a concerned daughter visiting her aged mother where issues of mental health\, hoarding\, and aging while living alone and being independent are addressed in a lighthearted and moving convergence of events. Does Helen change her ways with her excessive knack to accumulate? Wait and see… This one-act won second prize with our 2013 one-act play writing contest. \nA live premiere reading of Virginia Hayden’s play\, Bel Canto – Bel Canto is set in the world of the Opera where an aging tenor is obsessed with his leading role in Giuseppi Verdi’s opera\, Otello. His leading lady – the Soprano who plays Desdemona – does not live up to his expectations of the character. However his real-life lover does: Otello imagines his lover to be the epitome of femininity and virtue – a true Desdemona. But as reality and illusion intertwine\, tragedy approaches. But a tragedy for whom? A tale of passion and gender\, with a twist or two for those who have an interest in things operatic! \nAnd a live reading of an original Patrick Foley’s play\, The Rounder – The Rounder sets a less than enthusiastic\, young by-law enforcement officer against an irascible old bum who just wants to be left alone to sleep and keep dreaming of better times. The only problem is he’s occupying a City bus stop bench in the middle of the day. Into this conflict comes the paragon of an all busybody lady who knows her rights and won’t be satisfied until she gets her own way. Who wins in the end? The answer is a surprise! \nVenues: July 2nd & 3rd at the Local Loft Café\, 295-2083 Alma St. (Kitsilano/ Westside) \nJuly 8th & 9th at Spartacus Books\, 3378 Findlay St. (Cedar Cottage/ Eastside) \nDoors @ 7:00 – Curtain @ 7:30 pm; $10 Dollars at Door or sliding scale donation; No Reservations; Limited Seating – parking available. \nFeaturing artistic performances by: Sally Anderson\, Paul Beckett*\, Davey Calderon\, Lynne Karey-McKenna\, Mirella Gibeau\, Ralston Harris\, Damon Jang\, Mony Konkanala\, Brian Leslie and Olivia Poon as well produced and directed by Jay Hamburger… Costumes by Hillary Kaplan; additional assistance Paul Bjorn\, Roger Howie\, Monty Martin\, Adeline Martin\, Michelle Karey-McKenna\, Sylvan Hamburger\, Scott Broom\, and Atty Gell. \nThree original one-act plays that will give you a boost in your day! Come see some live theatre today and add a little zest and vigor to your life! \n*appears with permission of Canadian Actors Equity Association.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/rattle-bag-summer-2016-festival-of-one-acts/
LOCATION:Spartacus Books\, 3378 Findlay Street\, Vancouver\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Squamish Nation 28th Annual Youth Powwow
DESCRIPTION:Located at Capilano Reserve Park. MC: Francis James; AD: Gary Abbott; Host Drum: 379; Grand Entry Friday 7pm\, Saturday 1pm and 7pm\, Sunday 1pm; Aboriginal Arts & Crafts; Salmon BBQ; Admission $5.00 per person\, kids under 5 yrs and Pensioners FREE. For more info visit the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1744181685836516/.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/squamish-nation-28th-annual-youth-powwow/
LOCATION:Capilano Reserve Park\, 100 Capilano Road\, West Vancouver\, BC\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20160708T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20160724T160000
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SUMMARY:Mad Pride: Mad City
DESCRIPTION:Mad Pride: Mad City\nExhibition runs: July 8th – July 24th 2016\nOpening Fri\, July 8th 6­-9pm \nWe are united by the belief at Gallery Gachet that art is a means of survival\, sometimes it’s the only way. But to find out\, we first must survive. \nWe’ve come together\, and built a great show and of course\, there’s a lot more to it – and to Gachet– than hanging artwork on walls. The point is to exist\, defiantly\, and be a space where folks with mental illnesses and all kinds of outsidernesses and othernesses can find and create a base and a community. It’s about the possibilities and the union of art\, politics and community to make change. It’s about holding this space in this neighbourhood. And the point of this art is the idea that this – this fucked up world – doesn’t have to be this way\, that there is nothing inevitable or natural about history\, that choices have been made by people in power\, past and present\, that have oppressed us collectively and individually and look a lot like suicidal tendencies globally. \nSo call us crazy. All of us\, all the time. \nAnd that’s the point of Gachet\, the point to real art: that there are still ways to live\, to connect with others\, to deal with this situation\, to control and order our own lives. Freedom is what it is\, and it’s complicated and hard\, but it’s totally worth it. \nSo this is our Mad Pride. Mad Pride is an international movement created by psychiatric survivors\, consumers\, folks labeled “mentally ill” — all of us that proudly reclaim the words mad & crazy\, and those in solidarity with us. We are mad. We are crazy. And we are damn proud to be. We believe madness is a completely sane and well­adjusted response to living in such a mad world\, in such a mad city\, in these terribly mad times.\n……………………..……………………..……………………..………….. \nGallery Gachet’s Salon Shop presents:The Expressive Arts Group\nExhibition run : July 8th ­- July 24th 2016\nOpening Fri\, July 8th 6­-9pm \nThe Salon Shop is Gachet’s micro­ exhibition space and shop that features the artworks\, crafts\, and other arts objects of local community members\, as well as Gachet volunteer\, associate and collective members. \nExpressive Arts is a weekly community art­-making workshop held at Gallery Gachet every Monday from 1-­3 pm. Every week\, we engage in the process of art­-making as a means of self-expression\, soul­ exploration\, community­ healing\, time­ wasting\, socializing\, peer­ education and plain old fun. This exhibition is the result of an ongoing process by the group’s fantastic members\, and serves as a spotlight on an invaluable community resource. \nContributing artists: Jim Pattison\, Graham Cunningham\, Laurie Marshall\, Mike Levin\, Yaho-Hanan Fiwchuk\, Jaz Pawa\, Robyn Livingstone \nExhibition coordinated by Katherine Somody\, Expressive Arts Facilitator
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/mad-pride-mad-city/
LOCATION:Gallery Gachet\, 88 East Cordova Street\, Vancouver\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20160706T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20160706T210000
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SUMMARY:Routes to Roots: Refugee Pride Edition
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the Refugee Pride Edition of Routes to Roots! Let’s celebrate Pride Month with our siblings from the LGBTQ refugee and newcomers community. \nQMUNITY is proud to give you the first pride event specific for LGBTQ refugees and newcomers in Vancouver\, BC. We will gather at Heartwood Cafe for a night of social circles\, get to know one another\, carry our flags\, and enjoy each other’s company. \nThe event is part of Routes to Roots\, a social drop-in for LGBTQ Newcomers and Refugees\, held monthly\, and providing a safe space for LGBTQ refugees to hang out\, do some social activities together\, and feel the sense of community we’re building together. \nLearn more about our monthly drop-in group Routes to Roots ➜http://qmunity.ca/social-groups/routes-to-roots/ \nQMUNITY is also proud to partner with Heartwood cafe\, a progressive\, LGBTQ-friendly space in East Vancouver\, offering its facilities to our community to celebrate Pride in style. The location is perfect for folks who are coming from across Metro Vancouver\, as refugees\, newcomers and immigrants are scattered across the Metro Vancouver area. \nWe will be offering some appetizers\, social games\, board games\, and a space to share your thoughts with others around your sense of pride and your sense of belonging. \nThis event is held on the ancestral\, traditional and unceded Aboriginal territories of the Coast Salish Peoples\, and in particular\, the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish)\, Xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam)\, and Səl̓ílwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations in Metro Vancouver on whose territory we work\, live and play. \nHeartwood Cafe is an accessible space\, and the washrooms are gender-neutral.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/routes-to-roots-refugee-pride-edition/
LOCATION:Heartwood Community Cafe\, 317 E Broadway \, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20160706T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20160706T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T223811
CREATED:20160628T142535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160628T142535Z
UID:5834-1467828000-1467838800@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:School Closure Meeting- East Van Education Network
DESCRIPTION:Join other concerned community members and organizations to share information and discuss how to move forward and save our schools. \nWednesday July 6th from 6-9 pm at the Canucks Family Education Space at Britannia Community Centre (1655 William St). The room is upstairs above Eastside Family Place\, off Grandview Park. \nChild minding service will be available for school-age children
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/school-closure-meeting-east-van-education-network/
LOCATION:Britannia Community Services Centre\, 1661 Napier Street\, Vancouver\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20160705T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20160705T180000
DTSTAMP:20260405T223811
CREATED:20160701T045154Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160701T045154Z
UID:5947-1467736200-1467741600@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:Feminist Zombie Rag Dolls by Diane Wood
DESCRIPTION:In the 3rd floor Gallery of the Carnegie Community Centre\, for the month of July; Artist’s reception on Tuesday July 5th From 4:30 – 6:00. \nI started making art dolls – witches\, pirates\, clowns & Alice in Wonderland a few years ago. When I discovered\, thanks to Google\, that female pirates had really lived\, I read everything I could on them. \nFor this show\, I have researched and created an 18 member girl gang of notorious bad girls and freedom fighters\, like the group who sat down to eat at Judy Chicago’s Dinner Party. These strong\, independent women swam against the tide of their times\, and challenged the public belief “You can’t do that because you’re a WOMAN!” \nWestern Civilization has swept their accomplishments under the rug\, and out of the HIStory books. You’ve heard of Mata Hari\, the dancer who was executed as a spy & Lucrezia Borgia\, the Pope’s pretty daughter. \nDo you know the names of cross-dressing pirates\, bandits & soldiers\, warrior queens who resisted the colonization of their land\, and artists who created in a world where women were only exhibited in galleries if they were nude models? \nI would like to thank the Vancouver Foundation for the Small Arts Grant I used to buy art supplies. \ne: dtesartsgrants@gmail.com\np: 604-665-2213\nw: vancouverfoundationsmallarts.ca\nt & i: @VancouverFdn #VF #VFFDN #DTESSAG
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/feminist-zombie-rag-dolls-by-diane-wood/
LOCATION:Carnegie Community Centre\, 401 Main Street\, Vancouver\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20160702T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20160702T220000
DTSTAMP:20260405T223811
CREATED:20160623T164956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160623T164956Z
UID:5805-1467486000-1467496800@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:Democracy or Freedom presentation with Crimethinc
DESCRIPTION:In the year of Trump and Clinton\, the failings of democracy are stark enough. But is the problem too little democracy\, or too much? From the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to Occupy and Nuit Debout\, practically everyone claims to be democratic. In this provocative presentation\, we’ll discuss what ties all these different understandings of democracy together and what sets anarchism apart. \nhttp://www.crimethinc.com/ \nhttp://www.crimethinc.com/texts/r/democracy/ \nAccessibility Info: The venue is situated on the south side of Blood Alley Square. There are several cobblestones\, but there is ramp access and it’s an open space once inside. There are fewer cobblestones to navigate coming from Abbott as opposed to Carrall. The washroom is not fully WC accessible\, the doorway is about 27 inches wide. \nThis event is taking place on occupied and unceded Coast Salish Territories.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/democracy-or-freedom-presentation-with-crimethinc/
LOCATION:38 Blood Alley Square\, 38 Blood Alley Square\, Vancouver\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20160701T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20160701T160000
DTSTAMP:20260405T223811
CREATED:20160623T164041Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160623T164041Z
UID:5798-1467378000-1467388800@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:Crab Park Festival
DESCRIPTION:Crab-Water For Life Society\, Radio Bandcouver & Northern Electric Records present The 28th Annual celebration of the park as a much needed greenspace for the people of the downtown eastside to enjoy.\nFree admission as always. \nSponsered by:\nPort Metro\, Canadian Heritage and Vancouver Cultural Affairs. \nThis year sees another threat to the park as the massive Centrem Expansion Project is being considered to be built \,by said company\, very close to the park\, blocking the gorgeous veiw of the North Shore from the pier\, and posing a threat to the environment and marine life around the park. \n* Pertinent information about this project is posted in the discussion section of this page. \nMusic this year features:\n1:00 PM: Red Soul Bluez with Rose Siccama\n2:00 PM: The Mike Van Eyes Band\n3:00 PM: Rachel Davis \,( from Femme Zep )\, & The Banned \nSpeakers at opening will be: Jenny Kwan MP\,\nMelanie Mark MLA\, a Vancouver Park Board\nCommissioner\, along with First Nation Opening. \n* For those concerned\, there’a petition to sign concerning the park and the proposed aterfront expansion: https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/save-crab-park?bucket=lnt&source=facebook-share-button&time=1465581624
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/crab-park-festival/
LOCATION:CRAB Park\, 101 East Waterfront Road\, Vancouver\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20160630T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20160630T220000
DTSTAMP:20260405T223811
CREATED:20160623T164757Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160623T164757Z
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SUMMARY:A Maze to Trap the Living: Society and the Unique One
DESCRIPTION:Get your copy of Enemies of Society at 38 Blood Alley for the reading group discussing the anthology of individualist and egoist thought. We will discuss section 5 pg 199-330. \n“Individualism is the sentiment of a profound\, irreducible antinomy between the individual and society. The individualist is he who\, by virtue of his temperament\, is predisposed to feel in a particularly acute fashion the ineluctable disharmonies between his intimate being and his social milieu. At the same time\, he is a man for whom life has reserved some decisive occasion to remark this disharmony. Whether through brutality\, or the continuity of his experiences\, for him it has become clear that for the individual society is a perpetual creator of constraints\, humiliations and miseries\, a kind of continuous generation of human pain. In the name of his own experience and his personal sensation of life the individualist feels he has the right to relegate to the rank of utopia any ideal of a future society where the hoped-for harmony between the individual and society will be established. Far from the development of society diminishing evil\, it does nothing but intensify it by rendering the life of the individual more complicated\, more laborious and more difficult in the middle of the thousand gears of an increasingly tyrannical social mechanism. Science itself\, by intensifying within the individual the consciousness of the vital conditions made for him by society\, arrives only at darkening his intellectual and moral horizons. Qui auget scientiam augel et dolorem. \nWe see that individualism is essentially a social pessimism. Under its most moderate form it admits that if life in society is not an absolute evil and completely destructive of individuality\, for the individualist is at the very least a restrictive and oppressive condition\, a necessary evil and a last resort.” \nAccessibility Info: The venue is situated on the south side of Blood Alley Square. There are several cobblestones\, but there is ramp access and it’s an open space once inside. There are fewer cobblestones to navigate coming from Abbott as opposed to Carrall. The washroom is not fully WC accessible\, the doorway is about 27 inches wide. \nThis event is taking place on occupied and unceded Coast Salish Territories.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/a-maze-to-trap-the-living-society-and-the-unique-one/
LOCATION:38 Blood Alley Square\, 38 Blood Alley Square\, Vancouver\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20160630T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20160630T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T223811
CREATED:20160628T152453Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160628T152453Z
UID:5890-1467313200-1467320400@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:Vancouver Food Conversations: What's With the Ethnic Aisle?
DESCRIPTION:#VanFoodConvo \nJoin us for the first in a series of free Vancouver Food Conversations about issues relating to our Food System. \nTopic: Why is the food movement so white? & What’s with the ethnic Aisle?\nModerator: Lily Grewal\nPanelists: Niki Sharma\, Kevin Huang\, Alejandra Lopez\, Jason E. Blackman-Wulff and Stephanie Lim. \nWhy is the food movement so white? And what’s up with the ethnic aisle? \nOn May 19th attendees of the Vancouver Food Summit gathered to discuss the issue of “Why is the food movement so white?” during one of the panels. Panelists spoke passionately about the history of oppression in Vancouver\, how people of colour have been systematically and intentionally excluded by policies\, and shared lived experiences. \nDiving deeper into this conversation\, together we’ll explore the systemic factors that reinforce and maintain the whiteness of the food movement\, as well as ideas about how to counter and call out racism where we see\, and direction for what allies can do. \nWe will also\, of course\, discuss how societal cues\, like the “ethnic aisle” serve to keep many people in Vancouver feeling like “the other” and not included even at a very basic interaction with the food system like purchasing food. \nHosted by: \nGordon Neighbourhood House**\nHeartwood\nMuseum of Vancouver\nMount Pleasant Neighbourhood House**\nhua foundation \n** Members of the Association of Neighbourhood Houses BC – ANHBC \nMenu Options at Heartwood:\n– Soup for the People http://www.heartwoodcc.ca/soup-for-the-people.html\n– Dinner menu: http://www.heartwoodcc.ca/weekday-menus.html. \n– – – \nAccessibility Info:\nThe Radical Accessibility Mapping Project has kindly done an accessibility audit for the space\, which you can find at http://www.heartwoodcc.ca/accessibility-info.html. Heartwood’s washrooms are currently not wheelchair or scooter accessible. The neighbouring Starbucks kindly welcomes our patrons to use their fully physically accessible washrooms without the need to purchase anything. Please note that Starbucks washrooms are not a scent-free space. \nHeartwood is a child-friendly space with a play area for little ones to romp and play in. Feel free to bring kids to the event! \nSeating: Heartwood has wooden chairs in addition to some plastic folding chairs\, both with no padding. There is one two seater couch in the space. Please let us know if you need us to reserve a certain kind of seat for you. \nIf you have specific accessibility needs or questions please feel free to email our Community Development Manager\, Melanie at melanie@heartwoodcc.ca. \nThe organizers of this Vancouver Food Conversation acknowledge that this event takes place on the unceded\, occupied\, ancestral and traditional lands of the Musqueam\, Skxwú7mesh\, and Tsleil-Waututh nations. We encourage everyone to think about the historical and ongoing colonial genocide against Indigenous peoples.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/vancouver-food-conversations-whats-with-the-ethnic-aisle/
LOCATION:Heartwood Community Cafe\, 317 E Broadway \, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20160630T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20160630T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T223811
CREATED:20160613T221937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160613T221937Z
UID:5631-1467313200-1467313200@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:Marxist Reading Group: Session 2-3 (State and Revolution by V.I Lenin)
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, June 16th & Thursday\, June 30th @7pm\nCentre for Socialist Education\n706 Clark Drive\,\nVancouver\, Unceded Coast Salish Territories \nThis is for the 2nd and 3rd session of the Marxist Reading Group. We will be reading State and Revolution by V.I Lenin. It describes the role of the State in society\, the necessity of proletarian revolution\, and the theoretic inadequacies of social democracy in achieving revolutionary change in society that gives power to the working class/proletariat. \nThis bi-weekly Marxist Reading Group is put on by The Young Communist League-Vancouver at the Centre for Socialist Education. For the first session\, we read Marx. Other sessions include Lenin’s book on Imperialism\, and Michael Parenti’s book\, “Blackshirts and Reds.” \nWe encourage people of all levels of learning to join the group and attend our sessions\, from beginners who have never read a word of Marx to those who can recite him verbatim. We are by no means the authority on these matters and we hope that together through conversation we can gain a better understanding on these ideas and their application to the world today. Join the FB Group for this Reading Page to have more online discussions and stay up to date with sessions etc: https://www.facebook.com/groups/245190132519779/ \n***** SESSION 2: Marxism and the State Part 1 *****\nJune 16th\, 2016 @7pm\nMain Reading:\nState and Revolution – Chapters 1\,2\, 3 p. 1-34\nhttp://www.marxistsfr.org/ebooks/lenin/state-and-revolution.pdf \n***** SESSION 3: Marxism and the State Part 2 *****\nJune 30th\, 2016 @7pm\nMain Reading:\nState and Revolution – Chapters 4\, 5\, 6: pg. 34 – 70\nhttp://www.marxistsfr.org/ebooks/lenin/state-and-revolution.pdf
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/marxist-reading-group-session-2-3-state-and-revolution-by-v-i-lenin-2/
LOCATION:Dogwood Centre for Socialist Education\, 706 Clark Drive\, Vancouver\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20160630T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20160630T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T223811
CREATED:20160628T144824Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160628T144904Z
UID:5854-1467309600-1467316800@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:PART 2: Bicycle Maintenance and Repair Workshops for Women\, Trans\, and Gender Non-binary Riders
DESCRIPTION:What: Part 2 of this 2-part series will be a hands-on tutorial on how to fix a flat tire and diagnose the source of the flat. \nWhere: Worshops will take place at SPOKES\, which is located in the Campus Bike Centre (below the University Centre)\, at UVic–this is the traditional\, unceded and unsurrendered territories of the Lekwungen and WSÁNEĆ peoples. \nWho: The workshop is designed for beginners and is open to women\, trans\, and gender non-binary folks exclusively. \nHow: Please bring your own bike if you’ve got one; there will be practice bikes availble if you haven’t got one. Workshops are FREE\, but space is limited\, so do write to SPOKES@uvic.ca to sign-up. Feel free to attend one or both workshops. \nAccessibiliy: There is 3-foot wide ramp (~30°) from street-level down into the Bike Centre.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/part-2-bicycle-maintenance-and-repair-workshops-for-women-trans-and-gender-non-binary-riders/
LOCATION:Spokes\, 3800 Finnerty Road\, Victoria\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20160630T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20160630T180000
DTSTAMP:20260405T223811
CREATED:20160623T151506Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160623T151506Z
UID:5750-1467302400-1467309600@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:Paint-in against Demovictions on mass eviction-day in Metrotown
DESCRIPTION:What: Painting\, music and speeches \nWhen: 4-6pm\, Thursday\, June 30th \nWhere: 6750 Dunblane\, north east corner of Dunblane/Imperial intersection in Metrotown\, Burnaby \nThursday\, June 30th is the eviction day for the tenants of three rental apartment buildings on Imperial Street\, Metrotown. These buildings\, containing 47 affordable rental units\, are the latest to face demolition in the Metrotown area. The over 80 tenants who will be displaced on June 30th add to the hundreds of low-income renters already displaced through demoviction in Metrotown. \nOn the two Dunblane blocks\, just north of Imperial Street where these building are located\, approximately 300 residents have already been demovicted\, and altogether over 700 renters will have been displaced from these two blocks by 2017 if all planned rezoning applications are approved. Burnaby City Council has not reached out to any of the tenants facing displacement and is not planning to build any social housing to replace the units lost. Unless City Hall changes the demoviction policies it seems intent to impose on all renters in Metrotown\, then the housing and displacement crisis facing these Dunblane residents today will eventually affect thousands of Burnaby renters tomorrow. \nJoin us on Thursday\, June 30th for a community paint-in\, music\, and speeches in resistance to the mass demovictions underway in Metrotown. We are gathering on June 30th because it is eviction-day for residents of three buildings on Imperial and Marlborough in Metrotown. They are all being pushed out of their homes\, many to uncertain futures\, for Amacon Development Corporation’s profits with a new condo project. \nAt the “paint-in” community members and anti-demoviction activists will paint one of the demovicted buildings (which is awaiting demolition for a high-rise) with messages in support of the people being displaced and calling for an end to Burnaby’s mass demoviction and displacement policies. The paint-in will be a family friendly event\, with child-friendly paints available. \nWe acknowledge that this action takes place on the unceded territories of the Tsleil-Waututh\, Qayqayt\, and Kwikwetlem nations. \nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/135700300186029/ \nRead the Dunblane Demoviction Report\, here. \nEmail organize@stopdisplacement.ca for questions or media inquiries.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/paint-in-against-demovictions-on-mass-eviction-day-in-metrotown/
LOCATION:6750 Dunblane\, North east corner of Dunblane/Imperial intersection in Metrotown\, Burnbaby\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20160630T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20160630T130000
DTSTAMP:20260405T223811
CREATED:20160623T161416Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160623T161416Z
UID:5781-1467291600-1467291600@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:Protest Against Education Austerity
DESCRIPTION:We are organizing a rally against austerity towards students! \nThe BC ministry of education has put the Vancouver School Board through dozens of budget shortfalls in the past and quite recently. The VSB is exploring the possibilities of closing up to 19-21 schools\, mainly on Vancouver’s East Side: a place where the working-class\, urban First Nations\, and immigrants are concentrated. School closures were recommended by consulting firm Ernst and Young\, acting on behalf of the Liberal provincial government\, as part of an “asset rationalization approach” to manage the VSB’s finances. The provincial government has continually reduced funding for public education\, and has previously asked the VSB to close schools before the board goes ahead with seismic upgrades. The school closures would mean that by 2030\, up to 5\,167 fewer seats would be available in Vancouver’s schools. The “Long Range Facilities Plan” \, which proposes school closures and came as a result of Ernst and Young’s report\, has been tentatively adopted by the VSB and will become final\, after some public consultation\, by June 30th. \nWhat the BC Student Alliance intends on doing is organizing a rally on the private property of the VSB at 1:00PM on the deadline of the Budget proposals (June 30)\, to stand in solidarity with all the marginalized students that are not being heard by the ministries bureaucracy. It will be similar to the “Rally for Education” organized on May 28th but with not only high schoolers speaking. We will have teachers and university students alike speaking about confronting austerity in whatever form it takes on. \nMore details on this event will be posted shortly.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/protest-against-education-austerity/
LOCATION:Vancouver School Board\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20160629T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20160629T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T223811
CREATED:20160603T181005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160603T181035Z
UID:5488-1467228600-1467228600@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:Spartacus Book Club - Women\, Race and Class
DESCRIPTION:On June 29th the Spartacus Book Club will be meeting to discuss Women\, Race and Class by Angela Davis. \n“Longtime activist\, author and political figure Angela Davis brings us this expose of the women’s movement in the context of the fight for civil rights and working class issues. She uncovers a side of the fight for suffrage many of us have not heard: the intimate tie between the anti-slavery campaign and the struggle for women’s suffrage. She shows how the racist and classist bias of some in the women’s movement have divided its own membership. Davis’ message is clear: If we ever want equality\, we’re gonna have to fight for it together.”
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/spartacus-book-club-women-race-and-class/
LOCATION:Spartacus Books\, 3378 Findlay Street\, Vancouver\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20160629T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20160629T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T223811
CREATED:20160624T004027Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160624T004027Z
UID:5823-1467226800-1467234000@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:Climate Convergence Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Climate Convergence is a coming together of the broader climate action movement in Vancouver to share information\, network\, organize and build a stronger\, united movement to stop climate change.  All organizations and individuals working to stop climate change are invited to attend.  \nOn the Agenda: \nStopping Kinder Morgan’s Transmountain Pipeline Expansion – Next Steps\nUpdate and Discussion\nSpeakers include: \nKarl Perrin – BROKE-Burnaby Residents Opposing Kinder Morgan Expansion\nKatie Harrison – Force of Nature \nNational Climate Plan vs. People’s Climate Plan\nHow should the movement respond to Trudeau’s “consultation” process?\nUpdate and Discussion on Town Hall meetings \nSpeaker: TBA\, Lead Now \nNext Steps for Climate Convergence – an update from the new Welcoming Committee \nOpen Mic – a chance for local organizations and individuals involved in the climate justice movement to give a brief update or announce current or upcoming actions and events that they or their organizations are involved in.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/climate-convergence-meeting/
LOCATION:Grandview Calvary Baptist Church\, 1803 East 1st Ave\, Vancouver\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20160629T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20160629T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T223811
CREATED:20160623T164514Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160623T164514Z
UID:5801-1467226800-1467226800@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:Radio Alice
DESCRIPTION:We will be showing the film Radio Alice at 7pm. \nRadio Alice was an Italian free radio broadcasting from Bologna at the end of the 1970s. It started transmitting on 9 February 1976 using an ex-military transmitter on a frequency of 100.6 MHz. The station was closed by the carabinieri on 12 March 1977. Radio Alice then re-opened again for two years and became politically aligned with the autonomism movement. After closure\, the frequency was then given by the state to Radio Radicale. Radio Alice’s output covered a myriad of subjects: labor protests\, poetry\, yoga lessons\, political analysis\, love declarations\, cooking recipes\, Jefferson Airplane\, Area or Beethoven music. Participants in the station included Franco “Bifo” Berardi\, Maurizio Torrealta\, Filippo Scòzzari and Paolo Ricci. In 2002 some former staff members participated in the founding of Orfeo TV\, the first Telestreet pirate TV. \nAccessibility Info: The venue is situated on the south side of Blood Alley Square. There are several cobblestones\, but there is ramp access and it’s an open space once inside. There are fewer cobblestones to navigate coming from Abbott as opposed to Carrall. The washroom is not fully WC accessible\, the doorway is about 27 inches wide.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/radio-alice/
LOCATION:38 Blood Alley Square\, 38 Blood Alley Square\, Vancouver\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20160629T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20160629T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T223811
CREATED:20160623T160933Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160623T160933Z
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SUMMARY:Pretty Amazing book launch & art show
DESCRIPTION:INVITATION – Please join us from 5pm to 8pm on Wednesday\, June 29th to celebrate the launch of Teresa’s art and poetry book. (Details below) \nBook Description: Pretty Amazing: How I Found Myself in the Downtown Eastside \nWhat does Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside look like through the eyes of an artist—an artist who also happens to have Down syndrome? Teresa Pocock’s colourful art and poetry let’s us see\, hear and feel it from her unique viewpoint. \nThe heart of Pretty Amazing is the unexpected story of Teresa finding herself as an artist and poet. Previously\, Teresa’s artistic expression was discouraged and ridiculed. \nHer opening poem\, ‘I Am Alive’\, packs added punch when you know that her future was written off a few years ago when she lived in Ontario. In 2013\, Teresa was forced into an Ontario nursing home against her will. The Ontario health-care system had wrapped her in—as disability advocate Paul Young aptly describes it —“a cocoon of impossibility”. Against her wishes\, Teresa’s liberty and freedom was traded for a single bed in an end-of-life nursing home. It was a violation of her human rights. She did not want to be there. Teresa had things to do\, places to go\, and people to meet! \nIn the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver\, Teresa has found her voice. It is a voice that talks about feeling “butterflies”\, but still finds the courage to fly. Teresa has\, in her own words\, been “reborn in Gastown.” \nTeresa’s Pretty Amazing book will be available for purchase. (The book will also be available on Amazon.ca\, in print and ebook formats.) \nPlus… Eighteen 4 ft x 5 ft artworks by Teresa will be on display. Admission is free. The artist’s favourite refreshments\, cranberry juice and raspberry bars\, will be served! \nTHE DETAILS… \nBook Launch and Art Show: “Pretty Amazing: How I Found Myself in the Downtown Eastside” by Teresa Pocock.\nDate/Time: June 29th from 5pm to 8pm.\nLocation: Gallery Gachet\, 88 East Cordova St.\, Vancouver\, BC\nAdmission: Free\nRefreshments: Cranberry juice and raspberry bars will be served!\nWebsite: www.PrettyAmazing.ca \nWho made this Pretty Amazing event possible?\nTeresa won a DTES Small Arts grant to create the illustrated book. The Vancouver Foundation created the Downtown Eastside Small Arts Grants Program\, in partnership with the Carnegie Community Centre\, to help DTES artists advance their careers by supporting and showcasing their work.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/pretty-amazing-book-launch-art-show/
LOCATION:Gallery Gachet\, 88 East Cordova Street\, Vancouver\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Q & A with Rob Fleming
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a student lead Q & A with Rob Fleming: who is a current MLA from the constituency of Victoria-Swan Lake. In the 39th parliament he became the New Democratic critic for advanced education\, sat on the Select Standing Committee for education\, and introduced two education related private member bills: the Private Post-Secondary Accountability and Student Protection Act\, and the Restoring Credibility to Universities Act. \nThis event will consist of a group of high school students asking questions related to his opinions on education as a whole and an in depth analysis the NDP’s platform on child’s rights in general when it comes to issues we find important. \nThe event will be from 1:00-3:00PM at SFU in the room mbc 2294-2296. Map of how to find – http://www.sfu.ca/campuses/maps-and-directions/burnaby-map.html \nWe really recommend people show up to this\, it is a unique event because it is actual students talking about the issues that mean a lot to them and representing themselves in actual provincial politics. \nPS the BCSA is a non-partisan organization\, and the views expressed by Rob Fleming will not necessarily reflect ours.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/q-a-with-rob-fleming/
LOCATION:Simon Fraser University\, Burnaby campus\, 8888 University Drive\, Burnaby\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Young and Queer\, Here and Now
DESCRIPTION:The late teens and early 20s are often a time of uncertainty and self-identification. We struggle to figure out who we are\, who we want to be and how we can embody that to the world. \nQAF and MACHiNENOiSY create opportunities for the next generation of artists and strengthen queer and allied youth through creation processes that explore identity\, gender and community\, culminating in this performance at the Queer Arts Festival. \nYoung and Queer\, Here and Now give voice to queer and allied youth within a professional arts platform and demonstrate how dance performance can be a catalyst for liberation\, self-development & social change. \nMACHiNENOiSY Dance Society is a Vancouver-based contemporary dance company whose work has been presented nationally and internationally. Artistic Directors Delia Brett and Daelik maintain a collaborative and multidisciplinary approach to dance making. They teach a democratic form of dance\, which promotes the inclusion of all bodies\, races\, gender and ages into dance. Our methodologies have set us apart as provocateurs and courageous rule breakers among our contemporaries. \nMACHiNENOiSY has been working with LGBTQ2S+ youth on developing performances since 2012. \nTickets $12 / $10 at queerartsfestival.com/event/youth-mixed-media-dance-performance \nEntry to all QAF evening events requires membership to the Pride in Art Society. Memberships are available for $2 online\, or a $1-$5 slide scale at the door. Please allow a few extra minutes at your first event to obtain your new card. \nARE YOU A QAF FAN? Buy a QAF Flex-Pass. For only $69 (including membership)\, the passholder can see up to 4 individual shows\, take 3 friends to one show\, or any combination in between. http://www.brownpapertickets.com/ref/22139/event/2549671\nQAF passholders can reserve seats online at queerartsfestival.com. \nCheck out all our ticketed events at:\nhttp://www.brownpapertickets.com/profile/22139 \nThe Pride in Art Society is a registered charity\, and will issue tax receipts for all donations of $20 or more. To donate online\, please visit our donation page at:\nhttp://queerartsfestival.com/get-involved/donate/ \nThis event is scent-reduced\, and fully wheelchair accessible. Please help us keep this a welcome space for everyone and refrain from wearing scented products while attending QAF events. \nFor a full accessibility audit of the space by Radical Access Mapping Project visit:\nhttps://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B81n0augDG8kflMzRVl5d2FYa1VYWGlMNmhzVkkwVS1rZFBCRTRzNm1ZMVYyX3JMZGIxME0&usp=sharing\nTo learn more about Radical Access Mapping Project\, visit their website at:\nhttps://radicalaccessiblecommunities.wordpress.com/
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/young-and-queer-here-and-now/
LOCATION:Roundhouse Performance Centre\, 181 Roundhouse Mews\, Vancouver\, Canada
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SUMMARY:ACORN action for livable social assistance rates!
DESCRIPTION:This is the next action in the province wide campaign to raise social assistance rates and restore the PWD bus pass. Pressure is building on the BC Liberals and ACORN members & allies need your help to keep the momentum going! Join us at MLA and Cabinet Minister Suzanne Anton’s community office in Vancouver and make your voice heard!
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/acorn-action-for-livable-social-assistance-rates/
LOCATION:MLA and Cabinet Minister Suzanne Anton’s community office\, 2609 E 49th\, Vancouver\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Urgent Action: Confront Housing Ministers - Stop Displacement\, Build Homes
DESCRIPTION:URGENT ACTION: Confront Housing Ministers: Stop Displacement and Build Homes Now! \nOn Tuesday June 28th\, a major gathering of Provincial\, Territorial and Federal housing minsters will convene just blocks away from Victoria’s long-standing Super InTent City to discuss homelessness and housing action. Meanwhile\, the BC Liberal government is taking that tent city back to court for a second attempt at an injunction to use police to scatter homeless people out of public view rather than out of homelessness. \nActivists from West to East are converging on BC’s capital to press the Minster’s conference for action to end homelessness\, not manage or displace it. Join us to send a loud and strong message to the Ministersthat they must stop the displacement of Super InTent City and end homelessness now. We will meet at the fountain beside the hotel where the Ministers are meeting\, then make our way to the hotel. \nDEMANDS: \n1. Stop the displacement of Super InTent City! Tent Cities are places of safety\, survival\, and resistance against anti-homeless bigotry and police movealongs. They should be ended only by building enough housing and ending anti-poor laws and ideas that make them necessary. We demand that the government stop criminalizing and displacing the homeless\, and that the BC Liberals cancel the injunction and displacement threat against Super InTent City in Victoria. \n2. End homelessness now! We call on federal and provincial governments to build 78\,000 units of social housing at welfare/pension rates every year in Canada until homelessness is ended. We calculate that we need 10\,000 units of social housing every year in British Columbia to end homelessness\, and BC has 13% of the population of Canada. Despite claims to the contrary\, the Federal budget for housing is primarily directed towards shelters\, support staff\, renovation and maintenance of existing housing\, and market subsidies. It will not end the housing crisis on Indigenous reserves or the homelessness crisis in cities and town across Canada. Super InTent City residents and other homeless communities in British Columbia have rejected shelters and institutionalizing “supportive” housing project and we join them in demanding that governments build the homes we need now! \nORGANIZERS: This action is supported by an ad hoc coalition of groups including Alliance Against Displacement\, Carnegie Community Action Project\, Homes Not Hate\, Pivot Legal Society\, and Together Against Poverty Society. \n***This event is being held on the traditional and current territories of the Lekwungen people. Dispossession and displacement go hand in hand. Disproportionately high numbers of Indigenous people are homeless\, as a result of colonialism.*** \nAccessibility: The rallying point is 1 flat block from the #32\, 47\, 47\, 48\, 50\, 61\, 70\, 71\, 72\, and 75 bus stop on Government\, and 2 flat blocks from the #3\, 27\, 28\, 30\, and 31 bus stop on Belleville.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/urgent-action-confront-housing-ministers-stop-displacement-build-homes/
LOCATION:Fountain beside Grand Pacific Hotel\, Menzies & Belleville\, Victoria\, Canada
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