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SUMMARY:Prisoner Letter Writing
DESCRIPTION:Show solidarity with political prisoners and prison abolition by writing to an incarcerated person. If you do not currently have an incarcerated pen pal\, don’t worry! We can help you find someone to write to and provide advice and supplies (including postage). You can make an important difference in the life of a political prisoner and/or LGBTQ2AI+ prisoner.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/prisoner-letter-writing/
LOCATION:Spartacus Books\, 3378 Findlay Street\, Vancouver\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170217T164500
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SUMMARY:We Call Them Intruders
DESCRIPTION:FRIDAY\, FEBRUARY 17\, 2017 \n4:45 pm: We Call Them Intruders www.wecallthemintruders.wordpress.com \nSpecial Guests and Keynote Speakers: Tamara Herman and Susi Porter-Bopp\, Co-directors\, We Call Them Intruders \n“This century’s global scramble for metals and minerals has led hundreds of Canadian mining corporations to Africa in search of the next big mine find. In Africa\, some of the world’s poorest communities sit right beside mines that generate billions of dollars in profit each year. Many of these mines are financed\, in part\, by ordinary people paying taxes\, putting away savings\, making RRSP contributions and paying into pension plans in Canada. But who gets rich off Canadian mines? We Call Them Intruders [takes viewers] on a journey to the sites of Canadian-owned mines in Tanzania and Zambia. Set against a backdrop of local sights and sounds\, we speak with government officials\, community members\, industry and corporate representatives\, mine workers\, independent experts\, and non-profit organizations. We find that the situation is more complicated than we first imagined.” This event is $5 and includes a panel discussion/Q&A.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/we-call-them-intruders/
LOCATION:Vancouver International Film Festival\, 1181 Seymour Street\, Vancouver\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Born in Flames - Screening & Coloring Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Visiting Artist Jordan Martin will conduct a two-part workshop series. All are welcome and may choose to attend one or both workshops. \nWe will watch the 1983 independent feminist cult feature Born in Flames and color in Jordan Martin’s coloring pages inspired by the film. Born in Flames is set in a future where after the “Social Democratic War of Liberation”\, a peaceful socialist revolution\, a group of women decide to organize & rebel against sexism\, racism\, and homophobia within the post-revolutionary society. \nJordan Martin is an uprooted Brooklyn based multidisciplinary artist and multi-instrumentalist. Her musical project Daphne often presents as interdisciplinary performance (a combination of poetry\, theatre\, dance\, visuals\, and music). She has two forthcoming books of poetry Portrait As An Αέρας Δύναμη Ένας (Air Force One)\, a poetry and coloring book\, and S.O.S. : Some Oscillations Suck!\, a book and musical EP of poetic rock criticism with translations in morse code. More information about her projects can be found here. http://cargocollective.com/jordanamadimartin \n……………………..……………………..……………………..………………….\nAccessibility Info\nfront door: 5 feet width\nfront door step: 6 inch height\nramp: 34 inch width \nwashroom door: 33 inch width\ntoilet: 10 inch clearance on left side\n14 inch clearance in front to sink\nthe washroom has a handrail \nPlease refrain from using or wearing scented products
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/born-in-flames-screening-coloring-workshop/
LOCATION:Gallery Gachet\, 88 East Cordova Street\, Vancouver\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170216T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170216T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T141556
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SUMMARY:Saa-ust shqalawin: Lifting up the hearts and minds
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, February 16\,\n1 pm – 5 pm\nJapanese Hall\n487 Alexander St. \nThis Indigeneous Community Feast is open to all. Sharing food\, ceremony\, and culture\, we are medicine for each other. Uncle Shane says we are all medicine. There will be Singing\, Drumming\, Healing Circles\, and Bear Dancing to lift up the hearts and minds as we gather to address some of the needs of the opiate overdose crises. \nIndigeneous Feast\nWelcome by Musqueum Elder\, Shane Pointe\nWildflower\, Women of Turtle Island Drum Group\nCULTURE SAVES LIVES! Drum Group\nHealing Circles\nBear Ceremony \nAll welcome\nDedicated to all relations affected by the opiate overdose crises\nAho\, Mitakuye Oyasin\nAll my relations \non unceded Coast Salish territory
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/saa-ust-shqalawin-lifting-up-the-hearts-and-minds/
LOCATION:Japanese Language Hall\, 487 Alexander Street\, Vancouver\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170215T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170215T203000
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SUMMARY:Film Screening and Discussion about Rwanda Today
DESCRIPTION:In celebration of Black History Month\, Lama Mugabo is hosting a film screening called “Intore” (2014) about surviving tragedy through music and dance\, followed by a discussion with local panelists\, and the role of the Canadian organization “Building Bridges with Rwanda.” Please join us to learn about how Rwanda has transformed after its troubling past. \nINTORE Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMWf6wgLofE
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/film-screening-and-discussion-about-rwanda-today/
LOCATION:Carnegie Community Centre\, 401 Main Street\, Vancouver\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170214T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170214T150000
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SUMMARY:DTES Annual Women's Memorial March
DESCRIPTION:27th Annual Feb 14th Women’s Memorial March \nTuesday Feb 14th\, 2017\nFamily and community members gather in remembrance at 10:30 am ( *** please note earlier start time ***)\nMarch starts at noon from Carnegie (Main and Hastings) \nThe first women’s memorial march was held in 1991 in response to the murder of a Coast Salish woman on Powell Street in Vancouver. Her name is not spoken today out of respect for the wishes of her family. Out of this sense of hopelessness and anger came an annual march on Valentine’s Day to express compassion\, community\, and caring for all women in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside\, Unceded Coast Salish Territories. \nTwenty seven years later\, the women’s memorial march continues to honour the lives of missing and murdered women and all women’s lives lost in the Downtown Eastside. Increasing deaths of many vulnerable women from the DTES still leaves family\, friends\, loved ones\, and community members with an overwhelming sense of grief and loss. Indigenous women disproportionately continue to go missing or be murdered with minimal to no action to address these tragedies or the systemic nature of gendered violence\, poverty\, racism\, or colonialism. \nOn Tuesday Feb 14th 2017\, we will gather at 10:30 am at the Carnegie Community Centre Theatre\, 401 Main Street (corner Hastings\, Vancouver) where family members speak in remembrance. Given space constraints\, we ask the broader public to join us at noon\, when the march takes to the streets and proceeds through the Downtown Eastside\, with stops to commemorate where women were last seen or found; speeches by community activists at Main and Hastings; a healing circle at Oppenheimer Park around 2:30 pm; and finally a community feast at the Japanese Language Hall. \nWe continue to call for a national inquiry that is led by family and community members and that centers our experiences\, need for healing\, and quest for answers\, concrete action\, and meaningful justice. \nThis event is organized and led by women in the DTES because women – especially Indigenous women – face physical\, mental\, emotional\, and spiritual violence on a daily basis. The February 14th Women’s Memorial March is an opportunity to come together to grieve the loss of our beloved sisters\, remember the women who are still missing\, and to dedicate ourselves to justice. \n* SUPPORT THE WOMEN’S MEMORIAL MARCH \nThere are many ways to support the Feb 14th Women’s Memorial March: \n1) ATTEND: Spread the word and join us (all genders welcome) to the Feb 14th march. We respectfully ask that you please do not bring your agency or group banners\, flags\, or leaflets as the Women’s Memorial March carries five banners only to honour the women. Sign honouring womens lives are welcome. \n2) PLAN: Plan a memorial march in your community. Last year\, memorial marches were held in approximately twenty other cities and communities. Please email us the details at hwalia8@gmail.com so we can maintain communication\, compile the information on our website\, and build strength in our coordinated efforts. \n3) DONATE: Please donate. The February 14th Women’s Memorial March is made possible by organizations and individuals like you. Please make cheques payable to the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre\, and include Feb 14th Women’s Memorial March on the memo line. Mail cheques to the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre\, 302 Columbia St. Vancouver\, BC V6A 4J1. All donations over $10 will be gratefully acknowledged with a tax deductible receipt. \nThank you all for your support and commitment\,\nFeb 14th Women’s Memorial March Committee \nWebsite: https://womensmemorialmarch.wordpress.com/\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/womensmemorialmarch/
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/dtes-annual-womens-memorial-march/
LOCATION:Main Street & Hastings Street\, Vancouver\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170212T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170212T163000
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SUMMARY:You Belong Here
DESCRIPTION:On January 29\, 2017\, a man walked into a mosque in Quebec City and killed six people. This horrifying act happened at a time when we are witnessing anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies from the President of the United States. There is also a small but vocal minority of Canadians arguing that some people are more Canadian than others. We believe that we are at a point in history when those of us who think that our country is better because of diversity need to stand up and be heard. We also want to support our Muslim neighbours during these frightening times\, because they are valuable members of our Chilliwack community. \nThe Canadian Human Rights Act guarantees freedom from discrimination based on race\, national or ethnic origin\, colour\, religion\, age\, gender\, sexual orientation\, marital status\, family status and disability. By living in Canada\, we all agree to accept these principles\, and it is this inclusiveness that makes us Canadian. Beyond that\, the fact that we have different colours of skin\, practice different religions (or no religion) or create different family arrangements is not something to be feared but to be celebrated. There is no archetypal Canadian\, and every person who lives here can say to every other person\, “You belong here.” \nJoin us on Sunday\, February 12 at 2:30 p.m. outside the Chilliwack Museum for a gathering to support our neighbours and celebrate diversity in Chilliwack. We encourage you to bring signs with the “You Belong Here” message. Here is a link to the official logo\, which you are free to print out and use:\nColour: bit.ly/2khz6oz\nBlack and white: https://goo.gl/95Ff2z \nAlthough it is supposed to warm up to 8 degrees by the weekend\, we think people will be more comfortable listening to our list of speakers indoors. Therefore\, after a brief introductory message\, we will walk over to the Vineyard Community Centre at 45892 Wellington Ave. There\, the list of speakers will be as follows: \nEddie Gardner\, Sto:lo Nation\nWillow Reichelt\, You Belong Here Organizing Committee\nDr. Osama Ebesh and Faizal Kadir\, Chilliwack Islamic Centre\nVern and Susan Tompke\, Vineyard Community Church\nJason Lum\, City Council \nAfter the speakers\, everyone is invited to enjoy a hot beverage and spend time introducing yourself to your neighbours. \nWe want to create a slideshow video that includes Chilliwack residents from as many demographics as possible holding You Belong Here signs. We will have a photo booth for this purpose set up at the event\, and you can also post photos to the event page. You may also want to take a group photo to show your family or organization’s support for this project. \nPlease share this event and encourage others to attend. \nWe look forward to seeing you on Sunday!
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/you-belong-here/
LOCATION:45820 Spadina Ave\, Chilliwack\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170212T110000
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SUMMARY:Stolen Sisters Memorial March Victoria 2017
DESCRIPTION:On Sunday February 12th\, 2017 please join us to remember and honour Indigenous women\, girls\, and 2spirit people who have gone missing and been murdered. \nLet us walk together as a community to say Indigenous women’s\, 2spirits’\, and girls’ lives are sacred. Let us remember our teachings and honour those who have been taken from us. \nWe would like to acknowledge that this march takes place on unceded and traditional territories of the Lekwungen communities\, Songhees and Esquimalt First Nations. \n*There will be an information session for anyone wishing to volunteer in various roles on the day of the March at 11am Saturday January 28th\, 2017 in the Chapel at Our Place on Pandora Ave. \n*This year\, from 10 am the chapel room of Our Place (second floor) is available for family members of missing or murdered Indigenous women to gather\, have some quiet time\, and connect before the March begins. Some snacks and drinks will be provided. Please respect the privacy of family members and honour our intention to keep this a closed space. For family members who would like to use this space\, please be aware that the March will be departing from outside of Our Place at 12 pm. \nProceedings of the March: \nGathering: 11am in front of Our Place\, 919 Pandora Ave\nThe March will begin at 12pm with a prayer\, territory acknowledgements and information for marchers (safety\, respectful conduct etc).\nLead by Indigenous women\, youth and 2spirit drummers\, we will proceed down Pandora Ave to Government Street and then on to the Legislature lawn where we will gather to hear speakers\, songs and share food. \nThe March’s organizing collective would like to remind marchers that this is a memorial and asks that conduct be in accordance with this intent. We also ask that:\n-Indigenous women\, girls and 2spirit drummers’ and singers’ place leading the March be respected.\n-That there be no signs carried unless they are memorializing the missing and murdered by their families. Also no pamphleteering of any kind please.\n-That there be no photography during the March without explicit permission of those photographed.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/stolen-sisters-memorial-march-victoria-2017/
LOCATION:919 Pandora Ave\, Victoria\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170212T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170212T180000
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SUMMARY:Protest at the Peace Arch
DESCRIPTION:Fellow Canadians/ Americans\, \nLet us come together in full and speak out against the actions of the Trump Administration. \nLet us stand together\, united against the aggression of the American government. \nWe must voice our concerns and let the people know that we will not tolerate this ban of muslims from entering the United States. \nPlease come and show solidarity for those who are no longer able to enter this country legally. Let them know that we are standing with them\, and that we will fight for their right to live/work/study in America. \nYou may not be an American\, and that’s okay\, but these oppressive actions must be met with protest and we must let our voices be heard.\n\nCome to the Peace Arch Park at 11;00 or earlier and bring your signs. Show the American people that we will not create any more barriers against people\, simply because of the country they were born in. \nFeel free to coordinate rideshares on here as well\, and please be civil with eachother. Thank you.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/protest-at-the-peace-arch/
LOCATION:Peace Arch\, 138 Peace Park Drive\, White Rock\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170212T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170212T150000
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SUMMARY:No Ban\, No Wall - Vancouver - Relaunch!
DESCRIPTION:RELAUNCHED! \nCelebrate our beautiful diversity against the divisive politics of fear and hatred. On Sunday February 12\, rally in Peace Arch Provincial Park\, on the Canadian side of the Peace Arch Border Crossing to show our Iraqi\, Syrian\, Iranian\, Libyan\, Somali\, Sudanese and Yemenite friends that they are welcome. \nThis will be a peaceful and inclusive demonstration of what unites us as denizens of this planet. Carpool your friends\, bring your music\, food\, flags and peaceful signs. \nALL ethnicities\, cultures\, nationalities and identities are welcome. \nProgram and speakers to be announced. Details to follow. \n#nobannowall \nPLEASE SHARE!
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/no-ban-no-wall-vancouver-relaunch/
LOCATION:Peace Arch\, 138 Peace Park Drive\, White Rock\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170211T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170211T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T141556
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SUMMARY:Potluck & Movie: Big Oil Whistleblower
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a potluck and screening of a new documentary about whistleblower John Bolenbaugh\, who worked for Enbridge during the 2010 Kalamazoo oil spill. \nUnwilling to help cover up the company’s blatant disregard for life and health\, Bolenbaugh sacrificed his job and began documenting the extent of the damage to the local ecosystem and his community. \nAfter the film we will discuss grassroots resistance to fossil fuels and solutions for a truly sustainable society that protects all beings. \n6:00 – Potluck (Bring your favourite food to share and your own plate\, cup & utensils)\n6:30 – Film screening of “Big Oil Whistleblower” begins\n7:10 – 5 minute intermission\n7:15 – Film resumes\n8:00 – Group discussion\n9:00 – End \nThis free event takes place on unceded Coast Salish lands and waters. \nFor more information visit\nhttp://helppa.org/\nJohn Bolenbaugh Whistleblower\nhttps://www.facebook.com/bigoilwhistleblower \nIf you want to host a screening in your area please share the event and info to the main event page on facebook.\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/375202009510557/ \n#NoEnbridge #NoDAPL #StopKinderMorgan #NoKXL #NoPipelines
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/potluck-movie-big-oil-whistleblower/
LOCATION:Spartacus Books\, 3378 Findlay Street\, Vancouver\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170211T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170211T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T141556
CREATED:20170206T054301Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170206T054301Z
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SUMMARY:We Stand with Standing Rock! Emergency IntersAction!
DESCRIPTION:WE STAND WITH STANDING ROCK! Emergency IntersACTION \nAs we continue to organize against Trudeau’s approval of the Kinder Morgan pipeline\, we also need to respond to an urgent call to action from those on the frontlines in Standing Rock fighting against the Dakota Access pipeline. \nTrump has already called for the pipeline to be built\, and there are significant efforts underway to force the granting of the final easement to allow the pipeline drilling to be completed without an Environmental Impact Statement. \nPolice also continue to harass and attack water protectors\, with over 70 recently arrested and charged with “rioting” and other offences for setting up another camp to oppose the pipeline. \nThere has been a call for solidarity actions\, which Climate Convergence is responding to by organizing an Emergency IntersAction at Georgia and Howe in downtown Vancouver. This is a very visible intersection where the main Vancouver branch of the TD Bank is located – one of the major investors in the Dakota Access pipeline. \nWe ask everyone to join us in standing in solidarity with indigenous nations asserting their right to self-determination and defending everyone from these unnecessary and dangerous projects which are literally destroying the planet. \nWe Stand with Standing Rock!\nMni Wiconi – Water is Sacred!\nNo Pipelines on Stolen Native Lands!\nNo to Dakota Access\, Kinder Morgan\, Line 3 and Keystone XL Pipelines! \nWe acknowledge we are on the traditional\, unceded\, occupied territories of the Coast Sallish peoples: the mi ce:p kʷətxʷiləm (Tsleil-Waututh)\, Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish)\, and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations. \nWhat is an IntersAction?\nIt’s an action where we flood an intersection on all sides with people crossing (on the light) with signs and banners without stopping the flow of traffic. This way we can be seen by and engage with the most people.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/we-stand-with-standing-rock-emergency-intersaction/
LOCATION:Howe and Georgia\, Vancouver\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170209T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170209T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T141556
CREATED:20170125T005250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170125T005250Z
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SUMMARY:Housing Affordability Forum
DESCRIPTION:Join BC New Democrat MLAs Gary Holman and David Eby with Marika Albert of the Community Social Planning Council for a forum to discuss the Affordable Housing Needs Assessment for the Saanich Peninsula\, and possible solutions for BC’s housing crisis. \nWhen: Thursday\, Feb 9th\, 7:00-8:30pm \nWhere: Room 2\, Mary Winspear Centre\, 2243 Beacon Ave W\, Sidney BC \nWho: Gary Holman\, MLA for Saanich North and the Islands\n– David Eby\, MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey and Official Opposition Housing Spokesperson\n– Marika Albert\, Executive Director with Community Social Planning Council of Greater Victoria and author of the Saanich Peninsula Affordable Housing Needs Assessment.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/housing-affordability-forum/
LOCATION:Mary Winspear Centre\, 2243 Beacon Ave\, Sidney\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170209T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170209T200000
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SUMMARY:Cop Rock (USA\, 1990)
DESCRIPTION:We noticed that people often arrive late to our films\, and we don’t want anyone to miss out\, so for fun we’re going to start off each A.V. Club screening with a 45-minute episode of the all-singing-all-dancing police prodedural drama that aired for 11 episodes in 1990 before its brutal cancellation. Join your favourite civil servants as they sing and dance their way through the American justice system\, from the officer-involved shooting of an unarmed African-American to the sale of a baby on the black market! Come by at 7 sharp for an episode\, and then stay for a feature film every second and fourth Thursday of the month.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/cop-rock-usa-1990/
LOCATION:Spartacus Books\, 3378 Findlay Street\, Vancouver\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170209T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170209T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T141556
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SUMMARY:The Great Dictator (USA\, 1940)
DESCRIPTION:As World War II raged on in Europe\, many in the U.S. still refused to take Hitler’s rise seriously. Charles Chaplin was among those who did. Chaplin takes on the dual role of dictator Adenoid Hynkel and a poor\, Jewish barber who wants to see an end to bigotry and hatred. While Chaplin deftly ridiculed his contemporaries with all his characteristic wit as a mime\, for this film he finally broke his silence with a monologue that decades later has not lost its urgency. \nEpisode 3 of Cop Rock begins at 7 p.m.\nThe Great Dictator begins at 8 p.m.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/the-great-dictator-usa-1940/
LOCATION:Spartacus Books\, 3378 Findlay Street\, Vancouver\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170209T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170209T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T141556
CREATED:20170207T133747Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170207T133747Z
UID:8112-1486665000-1486672200@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:Resistance Is Us: Healing & Action
DESCRIPTION:We would like to acknowledge that this event is taking place on the ancestral\, traditional and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm\, Skxwú7mesh\, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations\, on whose territories we live and organize. As stewards of these lands\, we would like to recognize the tremendous labour that has gone into nurturing and protecting these traditional lands\, and the many ways in which indigenous resistance has deeply informed our own activism. \nFam\, we know you are tired and stressed and probably enraged\, believe us you are not alone.\nWe’ve organized this event for women and femmes of color to come together and share in an incredible night of healing and action! We have set up a number of workshop style activities to help us work through anger\, pain and to de-stress. We are coming together to mobilize our collective power and to provide a space for you to celebrate yourselves! Prepare yourself for an exciting night of reflection\, laughter\, dancing\, crying and whole load of LOVE!!! \nLight snacks will be provided!\nDate: Thursday\, February 9th\nTime: 6.30-8.30pm\nLocation: Gallery Gachet\, 88 E Cordova St\, Vancouver\, BC V6A 1K3\nCost: Free!\nInvitation: ** This event is open only to self identifying women and femmes of color of all ages** (Invite your friends) \nACCESSIBILITY & INCLUSION: It is critical to note that our experiences as WOC are not monolithic ones\, and that there are those among us living in the intersections of being both Queer and/or Trans\, living with disabilities and so on. These women of color are often furthered marginalized by their identities and it is important that we recognize these differences and provide the neccesary space to empower these voices and experiences.\nHomophobia\, Transphobia and any other forms of prejudice and violence will not be tolerated! \nAccessibility Info:\nGallery Gachet is wheelchair accessible\nfront door: 5 feet width\nfront door step: 6 inch height\nramp: 34 inch width\nwashroom door: 33 inch width\ntoilet: 10 inch clearance on left side\n14 inch clearance in front to sink\nthe washroom has a handrail \n**For any white folks concerned about why they cannot attend\, or who are wondering about the necessity of a WoC only space\, please contact the Critical Whiteness Studies Network @ criticalwhitenessnetwork@gmail.com**
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/resistance-is-us-healing-action/
LOCATION:Gallery Gachet\, 88 East Cordova Street\, Vancouver\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170208T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170208T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T141556
CREATED:20170207T142226Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170207T142226Z
UID:8147-1486578600-1486585800@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:Fixed Term Lease Town Hall
DESCRIPTION:Landlords throughout Metro Vancouver are increasingly exploiting a loophole in the Residential Tenancy Act by getting tenants to unknowingly sign Fixed Term Tenancy Leases\, making it easier for them to evict tenants without proper due process and raise the rents above the yearly maximum. A sharp rent increase or eviction has devastating effects for all of us\, but especially severe impacts on low-income folks who as a result may become homeless. We must join in solidarity and fight for tenant rights! \nThe DTES SRO Collaborative and The Carnegie Community Action Project invite you to join us and fight back! \nWhere: Carnegie Community Centre Theatre \nWhen: Wednesday\, February 8th @ 6:30 PM \nWhat: \nLearn your rights! \nLearn what you are signing in a lease agreement! \nLearn how to respond to an expolitative landlord and seek justice! \nHelp us lobby to close the Fixed Term Tenancy loophole in the RTA! \nCoffee and Snacks will be provided\nWheelchair Accessible\nASL (pending)
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/fixed-term-lease-town-hall/
LOCATION:Carnegie Community Centre\, 401 Main Street\, Vancouver\, Canada
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170208T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170208T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T141556
CREATED:20170125T005834Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170125T005834Z
UID:8034-1486575000-1486584000@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:INM: Four Years Later
DESCRIPTION:Time and space to engage with the continuing work and struggles surrounding the INM movement\, explore pathways forward and present examples of Indigenous resistance and resurgence across Turtle Island.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/inm-four-years-later/
LOCATION:UVIC First People’s House\, PO Box 1700 STN CSC\, Victoria\, Canada
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170207T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170207T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T141556
CREATED:20170207T140352Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170207T140352Z
UID:8144-1486488600-1486494000@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:Vancouver Housing Crisis Roundtable (Part 2)
DESCRIPTION:We acknowledge that this event is taking place on the ancestral\, traditional\, unceded and occupied Indigenous territories of the Coast Salish Peoples\, and in particular\, the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ speaking xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) peoples. The xʷməθkʷəy̓əm territory on which UBC Point Grey campus is located is unceded\, that is\, it was never surrendered\, relinquished\, or handed over by xʷməθkʷəy̓əm to Canada or British Columbia through a treaty or other means; it is sovereign and unsurendered. \n“Vancouver Housing Crisis: Voices from the Community” is the third event in a series of roundtables on the “Face of Modern Capitalism” that will be happening this year. The purpose of this roundtable is to gain a greater understanding for how issues of capitalism (housing unaffordability\, gentrification and displacement\, real estate development\, neoliberalism\, globalization)\, racism (growing anti-Chinese\, anti-immigration sentiments\, racial scapegoating\, gentrification of Chinatown)\, and settler colonialism (living on the unceded Indigenous territories\, land dispossession\, gentrification of DTES and displacement of Indigenous peoples) interact and overlap with one another in the context of Vancouver’s housing crisis. \nTo RSVP\, please sign up here (event is free and open to the general public): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vancouver-housing-crisis-roundtable-part-2-tickets-31477607371 \nPanelists:\n1) Natalie Knight (Alliance Against Displacement)\n2) Sophie Fung (Chinatown Action Group)\n3) Cicely-Belle Blain (Black Lives Matter and Qmunity)\n4) Audrey Siegl (Musqueam First Nation)\n5) David Eby (NDP MLA)\n6) Wilson Munoz (Coalition of Progressive Electors) \nQuestions:\n1) What are the underlying causes of the housing crisis in Vancouver? What kind of role do global flows of capital play? What are the short-term and long-term consequences? Who gets affected the most by growing unaffordability? How does Canada’s history as a settler colonial white capitalist nation shape conversations about Vancouver housing crisis and specifically foreign investment debate? \n2) How do anti-Asian racism and Canadian whiteness play out in conversations about “wealthy Chinese immigrants”? What can we learn from the foreign investment debate about whose bodies are welcome in Canada? What is the history of Asian immigration to BC? How have the crisis and the surrounding discourses affected Chinese-Canadians and other migrant communities in Vancouver? What are the effects and consequences of development and gentrification in Chinatown? \n3) How can we discuss housing affordability issues while living on the unceded Coast Salish territories? How has the housing crisis affected Indigenous people in Vancouver? Do the public discourses about the housing crisis undermine and ignore Indigenous rights and titles to the unceded territories? Are Indigenous people being displaced from the city once again? How can we decolonize housing affordability issues in Vancouver? \n4) Should affordable housing be a human right? If so\, whose responsibility is it to provide affordable housing? What should the role of government be concerning the growing economic polarisation? What needs to be done to create affordable housing for residents? How have your communities been dealing with the growing unaffordability? What are your community’s housing needs and how can they be addressed? \nFormat: The discussion will be facilitated by Mark Harris (UBC GRSJ) who will be asking the panel open-ended questions (listed above) and allowing panelists to answer individually\, as well as to comment on each other’s answers. In the end\, we will leave some time for questions from the audience. Light refreshments will be provided at the event. \nLocation: UBC Vancouver\, Henry Angus building\, room 968 \nOrganizers: This event is organized with the support of UBC Social Justice Centre and Dr. David Silver. \n“Vancouver Housing Crisis (Part 1)” happened on November 23\, 2016 and has focused on the voices of academics. You can see the event recording below: https://youtu.be/1k1uNW_ZgaY
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/vancouver-housing-crisis-roundtable-part-2/
LOCATION:UBC\, 1958 Main Mall\, Vancouver\, Canada
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170207T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170207T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T141556
CREATED:20170207T130921Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170207T130921Z
UID:8107-1486486800-1486494000@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:Have some beans and raise a stink about welfare rates!
DESCRIPTION:Have some beans and raise a stink about welfare rates! \nWhat: Picket Christy Clark’s $1000 a plate dinner\nWhen: 5pm\, Tuesday\, February 7th at 1015 Burrard St. \nTravel and Signmaking: You can also meet us at 3.30pm at the CCAP office (on second floor of Carnegie). We will bus together to 1015 Burrard St. at 4.15pm sharp. \nThe Liberals don’t care about people on welfare. The BC government provides $610 a month in welfare to a single person\, without a recognized disability\, who is expected to look for work. It has been at this level since April 2007\, when they raised the shelter component of welfare by $50 for singles. This means that once rent and other essentials are paid for\, a person on welfare has $76 left to spend on food for a whole month and only $18 (at most) to spend on food each week. \nCome protest the abysmally low welfare rates in BC at a Christy Clark VIP fundraising event at the Burrard St. Steakhouse on February 7th. You can go as a VIP if you have $1000 or you can be a mere non VIP and just pay $300. CCAP and Raise the Rates will picket the event and serve beans outside\, the only food people on welfare can afford.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/have-some-beans-and-raise-a-stink-about-welfare-rates/
LOCATION:1015 Burrard Street\, Vancouver\, Canada
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170205T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170205T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T141556
CREATED:20170205T173925Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170205T173925Z
UID:8082-1486296000-1486306800@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:Stand Against The Ban
DESCRIPTION:We acknowledge that this event\, our organizing\, words and beings occurs on the occupied\, traditional\, ancestral\, and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples – specifically the sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish)\, sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh)\, and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) nations.\nWe also acknowledge that acts of systemic colonization against indigenous folks are currently taking place in an ongoing manner within institutions\, power structures and language use. We must partake in recognizing our positions and complicity in settler colonialism on these stolen ancestral lands. \nThis group is made for the purpose of planning a protest as a form of action against the hateful immigrant/refugee/Muslim ban in America that is targeting folks who hold dual- citizenship within these countries (& hold\, greencards\, visas\, have permanent residency within the States): Iran\,Iraq\,Sudan\,Somalia\,Syria\,Yemen & Libya…. or simply are refugees from these areas.\nThis is targeting racialized bodies whose backs imperial & colonial states were forcibly built on.\nWe are angered & heartbroken about this ongoing form of colonial\, racist violence enacted by white supremacy & border imperialism. \nCalling on Trudeau to condemn the ban and open Canada as a place for those who have nowhere to go\, and to the American government to immediately put an end to this horrific policy.\nWe have bled enough. NO TO HATRED. \nWe are in full support of this National movementhttps://www.facebook.com/events/407436779648169/ \nWe align ourselves with these demands initiated by Black Lives Matter – Toronto : \n“OUR DEMANDS \n1) The Canadian government must make an immediate public condemnation of the executive order by President Trump that bans Muslim visa-holders from seven countries and also bans all refugees from entering the US. \n2) Canada must immediately open the Canada-USA border. \nThis includes revocation of the Safe Third Country Agreement which bars most refugee claimants entering from the United States over land to claim asylum in Canada. The Designated Country of Origin list\, which makes it almost impossible for US citizens and citizens of forty other countries to claim asylum in Canada\, must be eliminated. \n3) Canada must end racist\, anti-refugee\, anti-Black\, Islamophobic exclusion of migrants and refugees within this colonial border. \nThis includes ending the system of indefinite immigration detention. The federal government must create a regularization program so that all undocumented residents can live here with their families rather than fear mass deportation. Migrant workers in Canada must also be given permanent status and open work permits. We want real\, not symbolic\, Sanctuaries that guarantee access to services and refuse collaboration with Canadian and American border agents. \n4) Canada must rescind all federal legislation that attacks racialized Black and Brown Muslims and refugees\, including the Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act as well as anti-terror legislation such as Security Certificates and Bill C51. \nStatement initiated by Black Lives Matter – Toronto \nWith the support of:\nAnti-Fascist Action Calgary\nBlack Lives Matter -Vancouver\nCoalition Against Bigotry – Pacific\nIdle No More\nJusticia for Migrant Workers\nKashmir Solidarity Group – Toronto\nNo One Is Illegal – London\, Ontario\nNo One Is Illegal – Toronto\nNo One Is Illegal -Vancouver Coast Salish territories\nPeople for Peace – London\, Ontario\nRefugees Welcome – victoria/lekwungen territory Victoria\nSalaam -Vancouver: Queer Muslim Community\nSiraat Muslim Collective – Vancouver\nTamil Freedom Coalition\nToronto Street Medics\nTrikone – Vancouver”
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/stand-against-the-ban/
LOCATION:Portal Park\, Vancouver\, Canada
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170203T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170204T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T141556
CREATED:20170109T134606Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170109T134606Z
UID:7897-1486137600-1486245600@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:Hoobiyee 2017 Ts'amiks Edition
DESCRIPTION:Please join us in the two day celebration of the Nisga’a New Year. We will share our culture through stories\, songs and dances.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/hoobiyee-2017-tsamiks-edition/
LOCATION:2901 E Hastings Street\, Vancouver\, Canada
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170131T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170131T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T141556
CREATED:20170125T000858Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170125T000858Z
UID:7965-1485889200-1485900000@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:Tsilhqot'in Fundraiser - Vancouver
DESCRIPTION:This event will take place on the unceded\, traditional and ancestral territories of Musqueam\, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. \nGrand Chief Stewart Phillip\, Xeni Gwet’in Chief Roger William\, and Yunesit’in Chief Russell Myers Ross are bringing the story of Teztan Biny (aka Fish Lake) and Tsilhqot’in Nation’s legal defense against Taseko Mines to Vancouver. \nMC Susan Smitten\, RAVEN Executive Director\, will guide the evening through the Chiefs’ speeches and video presentation\, a loonie raffle and a silent auction. Raffle & auction prizes generously provided by PatagoniaVancouver\, Lush Cosmetics North America\, local artists and more! \nTea\, coffee\, cookies\, bannock and other refreshments will be served. This is a dry event. \nCo-hosted with Tsilhqot’in National Government\, Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs\, Wilderness Committee\, The Council of Canadians\, Amnesty International Vancouver and Friends of the Nemaiah Valley. \nEntry is suggested at $10 per person but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. \nMore details to come!
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/tsilhqotin-fundraiser-vancouver/
LOCATION:Wise Hall & Lounge\, 1882 Adanac Street\, Vancouver\, Canada
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170130T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170130T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T141556
CREATED:20170125T001754Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170125T001754Z
UID:7975-1485799200-1485810000@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:Legacy of Arthur Manuel
DESCRIPTION:HONOURING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF ARTHUR MANUEL \nMonday January 30th at 6 pm\n1803 East 1st Ave (just east of Commercial Drive). \n*********************** \nOn Wednesday January 11\, renowned Indigenous rights activist Arthur Manuel made his journey to the spirit world \nArthur\, a residential school survivor\, was the son of Marceline Paul of the Ktuanaxa Nation and George Manuel of the Secwepemc Nation. Arthur was a pillar in the Indigenous resistance movement\, known around the world for his tireless advocacy for Indigenous Peoples’ right to self-determination. \nComing up as a young leader in the 1970s\, he served as president of the National Native Youth Association\, leading the occupation of Indian Affairs. He returned to his community and was elected Chief of Neskonlith Indian Band\, Chair of the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council\, and Chair of the Assembly of First Nations Delgamuukw Implementation Strategic Committee. He was a long-time co-chair of the North American Indigenous Peoples Caucus of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. He was active in the Defenders of the Land and Idle No More movement and as a board member of the Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples. \nMost recently he was co-author of the award-winning book Unsettling Canada: A National Wake-Up Call. He worked selflessly in defence of Indigenous territorial authority and opposed any termination of Indigenous land rights. He rejected provincial and federal authority over unceded Indigenous land\, and challenged the extinguishment of Indigenous title through the BC treaty process. He fought climate change\, battling the imminent threat of pipelines including Kinder Morgan across Secwepemc territory. \nIn his most recent article on Canada’s 150th celebration\, published only a week before his death\, Arthur insisted yet again that Canada was built entirely on the theft of Indigenous lands: \n“Our Indian reserves are only .02% of Canada’s land and yet Indigenous peoples are expected to survive on them. This has led to the systematic impoverishment of Indigenous people and the crippling oppression that indigenous peoples suffer under the current colonial system. The .02 land based is used to keep us too poor and too weak to fight back. It is used to bribe and co-opt the Indigenous leadership into becoming neocolonial partners to treat the symptom of poverty on Indian reserves without addressing the root cause of the problem\, which is the dispossession of all of the Indigenous territory by Canada and the provinces.” – Arthur Manuel in First Nations Strategic Bulletin\, August-December 2016 Issue \n*************** \nthis event takes place on unceded xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam)\, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish)\, and Səl̓ílwəta/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) territories. \nAccessibility info: the entrance at street level gives access to washrooms\, kitchen and lower hall. One washroom has a stall that can accommodate a wheelchair.The washroom door opening is 86 cm\, and the stall door is 61 cm.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/legacy-of-arthur-manuel/
LOCATION:1803 East 1st Ave\, Vancouver\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170130T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170130T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T141556
CREATED:20170125T162427Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170125T162427Z
UID:8048-1485792000-1485799200@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:Life of the Party: harm reduction and the fentanyl crisis
DESCRIPTION:Fentanyl is in recreation drugs\, not a Downtown Eastside-specific issue. It is a drug-related problem generally and everyone can be affected and impacted by this. \nJoin us for the next part in the Capilano Students’ Union’s #adulting series with a workshop on harm reduction strategies. When you’re at a party and your friend goes down\, what do you do? You have seconds to act. Come learn what you need to know when someone overdoses. You will also learn about available drug testing and overdose kits. \nStacey Forrester\, who works for the Portland Hotel Society which runs the Insite safe injection site\, will be presenting a workshop focusing on harm reduction as it applies to young people and nightlife — at concerts\, bars\, or parties. She goes into some very specific strategies for safer use of substances often seen in those settings: alcohol\, MDMA\, cocaine (for example not sharing rolled money/straws when snorting drugs to reduce the risk of blood borne disease). She places a focus on the fact that fentanyl has made its way into substances that the user isn’t expecting so EVERYONE (even folks who don’t use) should be aware danger signs to watch out for to help intervene if something does go south. \nShe also does a Narcan Demo\, discusses basic emergency safety techniques (including rescue breathing and recovery position)\, and reinforces that it is not illegal to be on drugs\, so please don’t be afraid to call 911. She will talk about anti-oppressive ways to talk about drugs and addiction. Strategies to support people having a “bad trip”. \nShe will also go into bystander intervention strategies when you see someone perhaps being predatory in a sexual way/harassing/being a creep at a party\, substances\, and consent. Also\, will provide resources to learn more about substances\, addiction\, where to get trained in Narcan etc. \nSnacks & beverages will be provided to attendees. \nThe CSU strives to provide full\, fair\, and equal participant access to all CSU activities\, campaigns\, and services. Details at csu.bc.ca/access
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/life-of-the-party-harm-reduction-and-the-fentanyl-crisis/
LOCATION:Capilano Students Union\, LB 195-2055 Purcell Way\, North Vancouver\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170130T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170130T153000
DTSTAMP:20260403T141556
CREATED:20170125T003932Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170125T003932Z
UID:8005-1485784800-1485790200@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:We stand behind Jose at the Federal Court of Appeal
DESCRIPTION:On January 30\, 2017\, the Federal Court of Appeal will hold the hearing of the Appeal of J. Brown’s decision to refuse an extension of time to file a motion for reconsideration of an interlocutory judgement dated December 21\, 2015. This was concerning an application for the issuance of a certificate by the Minister of Public Safety stating that the name Jose Luis Figueroa is not listed in the list of entities of Canada. \nUnder Subsection 83.07(2) of the Criminal Code of Canada\, the Minister of Public Safety has the legal obligation to issue a certificate within 15 days after receiving an application\, if he or she is satisfied that the Applicant is not a listed entity. The Minister has repeatedly disregarded his legal obligation and the issuance of the certificate has been in litigation for almost two years. \nJoin in support of Jose at the Federal Court of Appeal on January 30\, 2017\, starting at 2:00 pm. The hearing is scheduled to last no more than 1 1/2 hours. Your attendance will give so much moral support!
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/we-stand-behind-jose-at-the-federal-court-of-appeal/
LOCATION:701 W Georgia Street\, Vancouver\, Canada
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thevolcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/WeAreJose.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170129T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170129T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T141556
CREATED:20170125T003733Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170125T003733Z
UID:7998-1485694800-1485702000@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:New West Anti-fascist Anti-neoNazi Rally
DESCRIPTION:A rally to protest fascist posters in New Westminster will be held at Hyack Square on 8th and Columbia across from the New West Skytrain Station. Several neo-Nazi posters\, as shown above\, were discovered at a New Westminster bus stop on the morning of Saturday\, January 21st. \nThe literature was spotted around 6th Street and 4th Avenue and featured the web address of a site that calls themselves the online headquarters for “Global Fascist Fraternity” and bears the slogan “Gas the k****\, race war now\, 1488 boots on the ground!” \nTwo different posters were noticed\, one saying “The key for a new Canada” with the image of a swastika and the other depicting Nazi soldiers confronting men with machine guns\, saying “It’s always going to be us vs. them. Join us before they stomp.” \n“They have now crossed the Fraser River\,” says Coalition Against Bigotry organizer Imtiaz Popat. Neo-Nazi literature has been circulating in Abbotsford\, Chilliwack\, Mission and Richmond since October of last year. \nThis event is hosted on occupied\, unceded Coast Salish Territories.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/new-west-anti-fascist-anti-neonazi-rally/
LOCATION:New Westminster Skytrain Station\, 8th Ave & Columbia\, New Westminster\, Canada
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170128T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170128T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T141556
CREATED:20170125T002858Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170125T002858Z
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SUMMARY:Organizing Against the Savior Mentality - Vancouver
DESCRIPTION:How can people with privilege step up their organizing against patriarchy and white supremacy? A conversation and book release event featuring author and organizer Naava Smolash a.k.a. Nora Samaran\, organizer Kai Rajala and journalist Jordan Flaherty. \nBIOS:\nNaava Smolash is a faculty member in the English department at Douglas College and has been a community organizer in Vancouver and Montreal for over fifteen years. She holds a PhD from Simon Fraser University focused on race theory\, and is the author of “The Opposite of Rape Culture is Nurturance Culture” and academic and popular articles. Her current organizing work focusses on antiracism in white communities. \nKai Rajala is a founding member of Gays Against Gentrification (GAG) and has been organizing in social justice communities on the Downtown Eastside for several years. Their current work and analysis is focused on highlighting and disrupting gay complicity within neoliberal structures. They are also particularly interested in interrogating the assemblage of hypermasculine white and middle-class saviour complexes in social service and grassroots spaces. \nJordan Flaherty is an award-winning journalist\, producer\, and author. His print journalism has been featured in publications from the New York Times to Colorlines\, as well as in seven anthologies. He has been a guest on shows from Anderson Cooper 360 to Democracy Now\, and he has produced television documentaries and news reports for Al Jazeera America\, Al Jazeera English\, and The Laura Flanders Show. He was the first journalist to bring the case of the Jena Six to a national audience\, he played himself on HBO’s television series Treme\, and he was a target of the New York City Police Department’s spying programs. He is the author of the new book No More Heroes: Grassroots Responses to the Savior Mentality. \nMore about No More Heroes: Grassroots Responses to the Savior Mentality: \nFrom the Crusades to Black Lives Matter\, No More Heroes is a grassroots history of resistance to the savior mentality. The book weaves the stories of teachers\, international volunteers\, sex workers\, FBI informants\, indigenous organizers\, and prison abolitionists into a narrative of revolutionary change that travels from Alaska to Palestine\, from Karl Marx to Muhammad Ali\, and from KONY 2012 to the Red Cross. \nNo More Heroes brings us real life stories of life-or-death conflict: Riad Hamad\, a Lebanese middle school teacher in Texas betrayed by FBI informant Brandon Darby. Monica Jones\, a Black transgender sex work activist arrested for “walking while trans” in Phoenix\, Arizona. Haidar Eid\, a professor resisting colonialism and liberalism in his daily life and work in Gaza City. Sophie Lucido Johnson\, a recent college graduate who finds her youthful idealism channeled by others to displace unionized African American teachers in New Orleans. \nNo More Heroes explores the growing response to these dynamics: grassroots and street-based uprisings like the Arab Spring\, Occupy Wall Street\, and Black Lives Matter\, creating accountable movements focused on real\, systemic change. \n“From systemic racism to climate change\, there are no easy fixes to the deep- rooted crises of our time. In this marvelous\, enormously instructive book\, Jordan Flaherty explores how we too often allow the struggle for change to be undermined by would-be saviors—and how today’s grassroots social movements\, led by communities on the frontlines of crisis\, are charting a far more powerful path forward.”\n– Naomi Klein\, Author\, This Changes Everything and The Shock Doctrine \n“No More Heroes exposes the savior complex for what it really is: imperialism camouflaged as a rescue operation. A perfect gift for the age of Trump.”\n-Robin D. G. Kelley\, Author\, Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination \n“Buy this book if you believe a better world is possible and want to know how to get there. From Jordan Flaherty\, the journalist that broke the story of The Jena Six\, comes this thrilling people’s history of current movements for revolutionary change. A powerful\, engaging\, exciting book for anyone concerned about the state of the world.”\n-Cynthia McKinney\, 2008 Green Party Presidential Candidate; former Georgia Congresswoman
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/organizing-against-the-savior-mentality-vancouver/
LOCATION:Spartacus Books\, 3378 Findlay Street\, Vancouver\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Stop Kinder Morgan! 1st Monthly IntersAction
DESCRIPTION:STOP KINDER MORGAN!\nNO CONSENT NO PIPELINE! \nSOLIDARITY WITH STANDING ROCK!\nNO DAPL NO KXL \nFirst Monthly IntersAction \nNow that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and BC Premier Christy Clarke have granted Federal and Provincial approval of the Kinder Morgan pipeline\, it is crucial that the climate justice movement have a strong public presence to send a clear message: \nNO CONSENT NO PIPELINE!\n\nClimate Convergence Vancouver has begun a campaign of monthly IntersActions to keep up the pressure and expose the lies of Trudeau\, Clark and their oil company friends. We know that this pipeline does not have the consent of indigenous nations\, is not environmentally friendly and is not a significant or sustainable source of jobs. \nJoin us for the first of these dynamic monthly action as we hold banners\, chant\, distribute information\, collect petition signatures and continue to build the climate justice movement to ensure THIS PIPELINE WILL NOT BE BUILT! \nThis event takes place on the traditional\, unceded\, occupied territories of the Coast Salish peoples. \nWhat is an IntersAction?\nIt’s an action where we flood an intersection on all sides with people crossing (on the light) with signs and banners without stopping the flow of traffic. This way we can be seen by and engage with the most people.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/stop-kinder-morgan-1st-monthly-intersaction/
LOCATION:Broadway City Hall Skytrain Station\, W Broadway and Cambie\, Vancouver\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Rally for Affordable Housing
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the next Monthly Rally for Affordable and Social Housing at Vancouver City Hall at 12th and Cambie on January 27\, 2017 at 4:00 pm! Stand up for your basic right to housing and put pressure on Mayor Robertson\, the BC Liberals and Justin Trudeau to address the housing and homeless crisis in Vancouver. \nWe acknowledge that this event is taking place on the ancestral\, traditional\, unceded and occupied Indigenous territories of the Coast Salish Peoples for the Tseil-Waututh\, Squamish and Musqueam.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/rally-for-affordable-housing/
LOCATION:Vancouver City Hall\, 453 West 12th\, Vancouver\, Canada
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