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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170211T180000
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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:20260403T154040
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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:20260403T154040
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
DTSTAMP:20260403T154040
CREATED:20170206T053524Z
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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
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DTSTAMP:20260403T154040
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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
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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:20260403T154040
CREATED:20170207T142226Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170208T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170208T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T154040
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170207T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170207T190000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170207T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170207T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T154040
CREATED:20170207T130921Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170207T130921Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170205T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170205T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T154040
CREATED:20170205T173925Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170205T173925Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170203T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170204T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T154040
CREATED:20170109T134606Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170109T134606Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170131T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170131T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T154040
CREATED:20170125T000858Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170125T000858Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170130T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170130T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T154040
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:20260403T154040
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:20260403T154040
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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170129T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170129T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T154040
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170128T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170128T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T154040
CREATED:20170125T002858Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170125T002858Z
UID:7983-1485619200-1485626400@www.thevolcano.org
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170128T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170128T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T154040
CREATED:20170125T001122Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170125T001122Z
UID:7970-1485608400-1485615600@www.thevolcano.org
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170127T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170127T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T154040
CREATED:20170125T012352Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170125T012352Z
UID:8045-1485532800-1485540000@www.thevolcano.org
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170126T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170126T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T154040
CREATED:20170125T011518Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170125T011518Z
UID:8039-1485457200-1485460800@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:PIPE UP Meeting - Surrey
DESCRIPTION:This is PIPE UP’s first official meeting of 2017! \nJoin us at KPU Surrey (exact room tba) to plan for a fantastic and active upcoming year. We have a lot going on\, so we need your help. \nSome of the events we are planning include – a workers transition into clean energy forum\, civil disobediance training\, and even some tree planting! \nCome and learn about PIPE UP\, oppose the Kinder Morgan expansion\, and help keep this land healthy and beautiful. \nThis event is happening right after a really great film is being screened at this event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/723371387810330/
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/pipe-up-meeting-surrey/
LOCATION:Kwantlen Polytechnic University\, 12666 72nd Avenue\, Surrey\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170126T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170126T213000
DTSTAMP:20260403T154040
CREATED:20170125T004946Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170125T004946Z
UID:8017-1485455400-1485466200@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:No Cops On Outreach
DESCRIPTION:Victoria PD has asked Victoria City Council to add $240\,000 to the $52 million/year police budget\, to embed 2 more officers in ACT mental health teams. ACT clients have not been asked if this is something they want or how it will affect their safety and access to mental health services. \nAn ad hoc coalition is encouraging people to write letters and attend the Council meeting to speak out against cops as mental health workers. Cops being part of ACT teams criminalizes people with mental illness\, contributing to stereotypes of people with mental health concerns as dangerous and out of control. We feel that “helping” is incompatible with having the power to surveil\, detain\, arrest\, and forcibly confine people against their will. Additionally the building where ACT teams are located is the proposed location for a supervised consumption site\, so more cops will make it less safe for people to access those much needed services.#NoCopsOnOutreach! \nTo speak at the Council meeting\, this form needs to be completed before 11 AM Wednesday January 25: http://www.victoria.ca/cityhall/council-address-form.aspx \nTo write letters to Council: mayor@victoria.ca; malto@victoria.ca; ccoleman@victoria.ca; bisitt@victoria.ca; jloveday@victoria.ca; mlucas@victoria.ca; pmadoff@victoria.ca; cthornton-joe@victoria.ca;gyoung@victoria.ca \nand please post here for inspiration! \nThis call for action is the start of a wider campaign that is coming together to defund policing and put that money into REAL solutions to problems in our communities. We believe that real safety comes not from surveillance and criminalization of marginalized people\, but rather building community-based prevention and response strategies. We’re inspired by creative solutions emerging in other communities such as the CAHOOTS mental health crisis response team\, the Audre Lorde Project’s Safe Outside the System prevention/response to anti-LGBTQ violence\, People’s Community Medics\, and many more. \nRecently VicPD released their Mental Health Strategy\, which purports to create gentler police response to mental illness while simultaneously entrenching myths that people with mental illness\, especially those who use drugs and alcohol\, are dangerous and need a police response. Relying on the police ignores the real harms done by police\, promotes the deskilling of our communities in preventing and responding to mental health crisis\, and makes people fearful of coming forward if they need assistance for fear they will be forced to engage with cops. \nOur communities can do better. We look forward to your ideas! \nRelevant VicPD documents:\n* VicPD 2017-18 Provisional Budget: https://vicpd.ca/sites/default/files/board_uploads/Nov%2015%202016%20Provisional%20Budget%20meeting%20PUBLIC_0.pdf\n* VicPD Mental Health Strategy: http://vicpd.ca/mental-health-strategy
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/no-cops-on-outreach/
LOCATION:Victoria City Hall\, 1 Centennial Square\, Victoria\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170126T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170126T183000
DTSTAMP:20260403T154040
CREATED:20170125T003505Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170125T003505Z
UID:7991-1485451800-1485455400@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:New West United Rally
DESCRIPTION:New Westminster is a city where everyone belongs. \nRecently\, a hate group posted detestable pro-Nazi images in our city. Community and faith leaders are coming together to demonstrate that we won’t be silent while people in our community are targeted and made to feel unsafe. \nJoin with New West residents to show your support for equality\, diversity and community. \nWe’ll be meeting on the steps of City Hall at 5:30pm on Thursday\, January 26th. \nThe rally will be followed by a march to Queens Avenue United Church where the posters were posted. \nSpeakers include:\nJudy Darcy\, MLA\nJonathan Cote\, Mayor\nFaith leaders representing our diverse community\nAnd more
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/new-west-united-rally/
LOCATION:511 Royal Ave\, New Westminster\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170125T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170125T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T154040
CREATED:20170125T012147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170125T012147Z
UID:8042-1485370800-1485378000@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:Writers 4 Utopia: Meeting #3
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a creative meeting of readings and writing exercises around one of our favourite discussion themes: ~gender~ \nW4U is open to all queer folks interested in sci-fi and imagining new worlds\, with any level of writing experience. \nThis meeting:\n– intros + accessibility check-in\n– run-down of the community agreements we drafted last week\n– reading + group discussion\, text TBC\n– writing exercises \nSnacks\, tea and coffee will be provided\, as well as back-up pens and paper\, but please bring your own if you can.\n\nNew members welcome and encouraged! \n***\nThis meeting takes place on unceded and occupied Coast Salish territory including the territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam)\, Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish)\, and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/writers-4-utopia-meeting-3/
LOCATION:Spartacus Books\, 3378 Findlay Street\, Vancouver\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170125T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170125T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T154040
CREATED:20170125T002659Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170125T002659Z
UID:7980-1485349200-1485360000@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:Stop bonus police funding in the name of fighting overdoses
DESCRIPTION:Carnegie Community Action Project (CCAP) strongly opposes the Council recommendation to open and fund a Community Policing Centre in Strathcona. Buried in the City’s Opioid Crisis Update report going to council on Tuesday is a proposal for $200\,000 of City dollars towards establishing a new Community Policing Centre in the Strathcona neighbourhood and increased funding for the existing Community Policing Centres. \nThere were 215 overdose deaths in Vancouver this year\, with the majority of the them in the Downtown Eastside. In the midst of this tragedy\, it is shameful that the City is planning to use funds set aside to mitigate the fentanyl crisis towards a project aimed to placate property owner fears about the impact of the presence of low-income drug users on their property values. CCAP appeals to community members to speak against the motion at City Hall on Wednesday and to write letters of opposition ahead of the meeting. \n______________________ \nHOW TO TAKE ACTION: \n1) Speak out against the motion at City Hall on Wednesday\, January 25th. The report is scheduled for the council meeting on Tuesday January 24th\, but speakers will most likely be heard during the council meeting 9.30am the next day. To sign up to speak call Laura Kazakoff\, Meeting Coordinator\, at 604.871.6353\, or e-mail laura.kazakoff@vancouver.ca. Each speaker has 5 min to speak. \n2) Write a letter of opposition. In addition to speaking at city hall\, or if you are not able to speak in person on Wednesday January 25th\, you can write a letter in opposition to the recommended measure of opening a Community Policing Centre in the Strathcona neighbourhood. \nWe encourage you to base your letter on our points but to use your own words if you can. We know this is very short notice so please feel free to copy our text if you’d like. The three points we would like to emphasize are: 1) No bonus police funding in the name of fighting overdoses; 2) Stop City support for an anti-drug user moral panic\, and; 3) Support peer-led drug-user groups\, not cops. \nLetters can be sent to laura.kazakoff@vancouver.ca as well as mayorandcouncil@vancouver.ca. Please email a copy of your letter to info@carnegieaction.org. \n______________________ \nWHY WE OPPOSE THE STRATHCONA COMMUNITY POLICING CENTRE: \n1) No bonus police funding in the name of fighting overdoses \nDowntown Eastside is already the most policed neighbourhood in City\, and maybe even in Canada. Since the election of Vision Vancouver in 2008\, the annual police budget has increased by 70% while funding for housing and other social programs have remained stagnant. In the report the community policing centre is being framed as a positive measure that will ensure the livability of the area. But liveable for whom? More police doesn’t help drug users nor does it help to mitigate the fentanyl crisis. \nThe criminalization of low-income illicit drug users is the cause of the overdose crisis because it increases the power of an unregulated\, criminalized drug market\, the destabilization of the community that could otherwise protect itself\, and the desperation of individual users who could otherwise check their drugs. Spending more money on cops will not reverse this trend. Any serious attempt at addressing the fentanyl crisis must work towards the decriminalization of drugs. \nPolice are not good healthcare or social workers. Drug users are targeted and harassed by the police\, and drug users avoid interactions with the police because of the very real fear of arrest and charges. Increased policing and community collaboration with the police will make Strathcona less safe for persons who use drugs\, push them into less visible and less public areas\, and ultimately make them more vulnerable to violence and overdose death. \n2) Stop City support for an anti-drug user moral panic \nThe City’s commitment to open a community policing centre in Strathcona is a concession to Strathcona property and business owners. In October the Strathcona Business Improvement Association (SBIA) and Strathcona Residents Association (SRA) raised concerns that the City and Province didn’t ask their permission before announcing plans for two new supervised injection service facilities near Strathcona. The SBIA cited fears about the “safety” of “Strathcona residents\, customers\, and business owners” resulting from these health services. According to their open letter\, the safety panic were primarily “due to an increase in homelessness and open substance use.” \nThe City proposal to support Strathcona residents and business demands for a community policing centre legitimizes the business and property owner moral panic about the public visibility of low-income drug users. It endorses the idea that homeless people and drug-users are dangerous and\, disturbingly\, it reinforces the stigmatizing myth that middle class people’s safety is actually compromised by low-income people having health facilities blocks away. We oppose the City’s proposal for a Community Policing Centre because it entrenches anti-drug user stereotypes and distracts from the fact that in the midst of a worsening overdoses crisis it is drug users safety and wellbeing that is really at stake. \n3) Support peer-led drug user groups and initiatives\, not cops \nDrug users and drug user groups have been on the frontline of the fentanyl crisis\, and often they are the first people to attend to overdoses. Drug users know best what is going on in the community\, what drugs are going around\, and what supports and services are needed. \nYet\, peer-led groups and initiatives like VANDU are chronically underfunded and the Drug Users Resource Centre just lost its funding. As primarily volunteer organizations\, Drug User peer groups like VANDU and DURC are also the lowest cost and most effective means of intervening directly in the overdose crisis. The $200\,000 set aside for the Strathcona Community Policing centre should be re-directed towards drug user led community groups and initiatives where it can make a difference in stopping the overdose crisis\, rather than to more cop resources\, where it will make the problem worse.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/stop-bonus-police-funding-in-the-name-of-fighting-overdoses/
LOCATION:Vancouver City Hall\, 453 West 12th\, Vancouver\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170122T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170122T143000
DTSTAMP:20260403T154040
CREATED:20170117T184655Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170117T184655Z
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SUMMARY:Rally Against Racism and Bigotry
DESCRIPTION:In the light of growing incidents of racist flyers being distributed in Abbotsford\, Radical Desi in partnership with Coalition Against Bigotry is going to hold a rally against racism in the parking lot of the heritage Sikh temple. On January 15 that happens to be the birthday of Martin Luther King\, the supporters of white supremacist group KKK distributed flyers specifically targeting him in the community. We find this extremely offensive and need to raise our voice together against growing tide of bigotry due to divisive politics of populist leaders like Trump in North America. Since the Abbotsford Heritage Sikh temple is a space that was created by our elders to fight back against racism and occupation more than a century ago\, we urge everyone to gather there to send a strong message to the hate groups which are trying to divide us once again. The demonstration will start at 1 pm. We encourage everyone to be there by 12:30 pm so that we can start it on time. For more information call 778 862 2454.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/rally-against-racism-and-bigotry/
LOCATION:Khalsa Diwan Society\, Abbotsford\, 33094 South Fraser Way\, Abbotsford\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170121T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170121T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T154040
CREATED:20161229T155815Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161229T155815Z
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SUMMARY:Women's March on Washington - Vancouver
DESCRIPTION:This is the official home for the Vancouver contingent for the Women’s March on Washington. We’re here to help Canadians\, and Americans in Canada\, who want to march (or meet-up!) in solidarity with the folks in Washington D.C. \nIf you’re interested in helping organize in your area\, please fill out this form: https://goo.gl/forms/W0CdJPybaIlT0yB23 \n**SPIRIT AND ETHOS OF LOCAL MARCHES**\nThis is an INCLUSIVE\, INTERSECTIONAL march\, and EVERYONE\, around the world\, who supports women’s rights are welcome. We are committed to intersectional feminism and inclusion:\n– Women & Girls & Femmes & GNC & GF\n– Men & Boys\n– Families\n– People of Color\n– Immigrants\n– LGBTQI+ Community\n– Individuals with disabilities\n– ALL religious communities\n– Climate Change Advocates\n– Anyone else who wants to come out in support! \nThe purpose of this *non-violent*\, *inclusive* and *intersectional* protest is to take a stand for and support women’s rights — the rights of ALL women — with women from all races\, all religious communities\, all political affiliations\, cis or transgendered and all sexual orientations. Violence\, whether from or against the right-wing\, left-wing\, centre or independents\, is not welcome and will not be condoned. \nThis event was sparked by Trump’s election to the White House and is a response to the hate-inciting\, divisive\, discriminatory attitudes\, messages and actions that have emerged from the Trump campaign and have continued to be perpetuated by his supporters post-election\, in his name. To date\, there is no country in the world that has yet achieved gender equality\, but that does not mean we should give up striving towards it. We will not tolerate any discrimination or victimization of women or any violation of women’s rights\, whether through words\, actions or policies. We will not allow our hard-won rights to be trampled on and we will not be stopped in our pursuit of intersectional\, substantive equality! \n“Equal enough” is NOT enough! \nWe hope to see our brothers\, fathers\, sons\, husbands and other male allies marching with us — women’s rights are human rights! \nThis event is just the beginning. \nPLEASE spread the word everywhere! There are solidarity marches forming across Canada\, so please keep checking back as we get the local events up and running. \nCanadian Contingent going to Washington\, D.C.:https://www.facebook.com/events/1624009594561437/\nVancouver: https://www.facebook.com/events/232724467164012/\nEdmonton: https://www.facebook.com/events/386751131667261/\nWinnipeg: https://www.facebook.com/events/1231305650288949/\nToronto: https://www.facebook.com/events/1887427814819609/\nOttawa: https://www.facebook.com/events/260184234399809/\nMontreal: https://www.facebook.com/events/1711075705872620/\nMoncton: https://www.facebook.com/events/1412774458763259/\nHalifax: https://www.facebook.com/events/1894080487491914/ \nUS Page is here\, with links to other states’ pages:https://www.facebook.com/events/2169332969958991/
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/womens-march-on-washington-vancouver/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170119T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170119T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T154040
CREATED:20170109T134334Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170109T134334Z
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SUMMARY:KPU Prison Justice Club Presents: A Discussion w/ Howard Sapers
DESCRIPTION:Join us in welcoming Howard Sapers\, former lead Correctional Investigator of Canada. Engage in discussion with the expert himself and uncover the current issues which are so often ignored in Canadian Federal Prisons. \nWHEN: Doors will open at 6pm\, event will start at 6:30-8pm. \nWHERE: The Canfor and Royal Bank Room at the YWCA Hotel\, Vancouver. \nThere is no cost to this event. \nLight refreshments will be provided. \nPlease RSVP at kpuprisonjustice@gmail.com.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/kpu-prison-justice-club-presents-a-discussion-w-howard-sapers/
LOCATION:733 Beatty Street\, Vancouver\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170118T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170118T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T154040
CREATED:20170108T201045Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170108T201045Z
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SUMMARY:Climate Justice and the BC Election
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Climate Convergence’s monthly public forum where the diverse strands of the climate justice movement come together to discuss\, network and strategize. \nThis month we address the question of how the climate justice movement should intervene in the upcoming provincial election. After federal approval of both Kinder Morgan and the Site C dam and with a looming battle at Lelu Island in the mouth of the Skeena River over Petronas’ PNW LNG the stakes are incredibly high. \nWhat can climate justice groups and activists do during the provincial election to put forward clear demands to the parties? How do we link the issues of Kinder Morgan\, Site C\, PNW LNG and green jobs to form a coherent message? Should we advocate for a vote for particular parties that have stronger positions opposing some or all of these projects? How do we use the election to amplify the voice of the climate justice movement? How will we hold the provincial government’s feet to the fire no matter what the outcome? \nThese are some of the burning questions that will be discussed. We hope you’ll join us and contribute your voice and your ideas to the discussion and debate so we can continue to build a broader and more united climate justice movement to wage the struggles to come. \nUpdates – following the main discussion we’ll have an update from Anjali Appadurai on the Climate Law in Our Hands campaign which is planning a Polluter’s Pay the People action in early March to demand that fossil fuel companies pay for the costs and impacts of climate change on local municipalities in BC. \nAs always we’ll have brief reports on several recent actions that CC has been involved in and announcements on some upcoming actions and events that CC and other climate action groups are planning. Individual groups and activists are welcome to make announcements during this portion at the end of the forum. \n***CHILD CARE: Assistance with on site child care is available with at least 2 to 3 days notice. Please contact Andrew to make a request: aalarigakis@shaw.ca \nWe are also always looking for volunteers willing to help with child care at the meetings. Please let Andrew know if you can help.*** \nACKNOWLEDGEMENT\nThis event takes place on the traditional\, unceded\, occupied territories of the səlil̓wətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)\, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish)\, and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/climate-justice-and-the-bc-election/
LOCATION:Grandview Calvary Baptist Church\, 1803 East 1st Ave\, Vancouver\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20170115T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20170115T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T154040
CREATED:20161212T235544Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161212T235544Z
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SUMMARY:March and Rally Against Bigotry
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a march and rally against bigotry to mark Martin Luther King Day\, to carry on the struggle for our civil rights against the rise of bigotry in our communities. \nThe rally will start at the Surrey City Hall Plaza between the City Hall and Surrey Central Library at 3 pm. Then we will march to Holland Park at King George Blvd and 100th Ave. \nLet us send a clear message that we will not tolerate any organized attempt by White Supremacist to organize and promote hate towards any target community.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/march-and-rally-against-bigotry/
LOCATION:Surrey City Hall\, 13450 104th Ave\, Surrey\, Canada
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