OPIRG BROCK WEEKLY EVENT NEWSLETTER August 30th – September 5th
Welcome to a new year of OPIRG Brock, keeping thoughtful activism at the heart of campus life!
Volunteer Opportunities!
With the new school year upon us we are excited to have committed volunteers returning and new folks interested in helping out in the many important activities OPIRG Brock is up to. In particular we are looking for:
InfoShop Volunteers:
The InfoShop is a resource for information about social and environmental activism, a local community assistance outlet for information, and a space for volunteer organization and workshops. It houses a zine library, has working group information and is a resource for activist art.
The InfoShop is a great place to meet folks interested in social justice and environmental issues - and to connect with your local community. If you are a returning volunteer or would like to take a little of your time each week to help us run the InfoShop it would be great!
Please contact Lisa at opirgbu@gmail.com
FreeSkool Educators:
The OPIRG Freeskool is a project that is designed to challenge the hierarchical and institutional way learning is primarily conducted in our community. We reject the notion that only some kinds of knowledges are valuable, or that only certain people are 'accredited' enough to share information. We embrace radical accessibility, critical consciousness, and student-centered learning. We are looking for folks interested in hosting a class, be it on a weekly, biweekly, or monthly basis at the InfoShop. If you’ve got a passion for sharing what you’ve learned send us word.
Please contact Lisa at opirgbu@gmail.com
Alternative Orientation Week Volunteers:
This year we have an amazing lineup shaping up for OPIRG Brock’s Alternative Orientation week. There are a couple areas where we could use some volunteering…
Eco-Hike
Monday Sept. 6 from 12-2, Campus Eco-Hike: We have a returning volunteer facilitating a hike around Brock’s green spaces, but an additional person to help out is needed.
Please contact Lisa at opirgbu@gmail.com
Downtown Know Your City Hike
Wednesday Sept. 8 from 11-1: We are looking for someone to help a returning volunteer lead new students in an informative hike for folks interested in sustainable and environmentally-friendly local options.
Please contact Lisa at opirgbu@gmail.com
Night at the Improv
Thursday Sept. 9 from 7-9: Do you have experience with Improv theatre? We are looking for people with experience doing Improv to help us facilitate a night of Improv at the InfoShop.
Please contact Lisa at opirgbu@gmail.com
Events!
Free! Documentary Screening – Derren Brown, The Gathering
Tuesday August 31, 8pm, OPIRG Brock InfoShop, 10 Summer St.
Tuesday August 31, 8pm, OPIRG Brock InfoShop, 10 Summer St.
Stop on by for free delicious homemade popcorn and a mind opening film! Discussion of film to follow the viewing.
Derren Brown: The Gathering (2005)
Derren Brown: The Gathering (2005)
The Gathering was a specially recorded as-live show at a secret location (hidden from the audience) with an invited audience of students from Roehampton University, celebrities, psychologists, psychics, taxi drivers and magicians. It was filmed on 18 May 2005 and broadcast on 29 May. As part of the show Brown recalled streets, page numbers and grid references from the Greater London A-Z map. Also pseudo-psychic "mind reading" and "remote viewing" activities were recreated. During the show, Brown hypnotised the audience as a group and convinced them that for approximately half an hour after leaving the room they would have no memory of the events. Furthermore, the word "forget" was intermittently flashed very briefly on the backdrop throughout the performance. A variety of audience members were interviewed afterward; some of them couldn't recollect anything (but were nevertheless very impressed); brief clips of these interviews were shown. One of the most memorable stunts was getting a London taxi driver to choose a street in London and then choose and mentally drive a random route. This was achieved by drawing a line on a map of London made of stuck together A-Z pages. An envelope, which had been visible onstage throughout the entire show, was then opened. This contained a card listing the page number and coordinate of the destination, an acetate with the route marked on it and a receipt for £8 (the estimated cost of the journey by the driver). He started at Buckingham Palace and ended up at Shepherd's Bush Green, the street where the secret performance took place.
