OPIRG Brock Weekly Events Newsletter
OPIRG BROCK
WEEKLY EVENTS NEWSLETTER
October 11-18
WEEKLY EVENTS NEWSLETTER
October 11-18
Events!
Free! Documentary Screening: Tales of the Night Fairies
Tuesday October 12, 8 pm, OPIRG Brock InfoShop, 10 Summer St.
Tuesday October 12, 8 pm, OPIRG Brock InfoShop, 10 Summer St.
Come down to the InfoShop for riveting film and delicious popcorn and refreshments. Film to be followed by discussion.
OPIRG board member and Brock student Celeste Contant-Rodrigues will be our guest host this week, presenting Tales of the Night Fairies. Five sex-workers - four women and one man - along with the filmmaker/narrator embark on a journey of storytelling. Tales of the Night Fairies explores the power of collective organizing and resistance while reflecting upon contemporary debates around sex-work. The simultaneously expansive and labyrinthine city of Calcutta forms the backdrop for the personal and musical journeys of storytelling.
Our Word is Our Weapon, Part Dos
Wednesdays 5-6, OPIRG Brock CFBU Radio Show, 103.7 FM
Wednesdays 5-6, OPIRG Brock CFBU Radio Show, 103.7 FM
OPIRG Brock’s very own Ryan Donnelly and Andrew Barclay host a roundtable discussion – around a table that is not round - of the week’s most controversial news stories on social justice and environmental issues.
Niagara Volunteers for Bangladesh 7th Annual Fundraiser
Saturday October 16, 6pm-10pm, doors open at 5pm, dinner at 6:00, Westminster United Church, 180 Queenston Street, Beside St. Catharines General Hospital
Saturday October 16, 6pm-10pm, doors open at 5pm, dinner at 6:00, Westminster United Church, 180 Queenston Street, Beside St. Catharines General Hospital
Niagara Volunteers for Bangladesh (NVfB) will be hosting the 7th Annual fundraising dinner on Saturday, October 16, 2010, 6-10 PM at Westminister United Church , 180 Queenston Street, St. Catharines, Ontario. Tickets are $15.00 Each ($5.00 for children under five). All proceeds go to projects for impoverished women and children in Bangladesh with a focus, this year, on safe drinking water.
Menu: Samosa, tandoori chicken (veg. alternative), rice pilaf, mixed veg., dal, green salad and rice pudding
For tickets please contact:
Louise Aikman: 905 938 2345
Sue Corcoran: 905 684 7519
Mahbuba Khanam: 905 680 4669
Nasim Banu Ahmed: 905 682 6569
Louise Aikman: 905 938 2345
Sue Corcoran: 905 684 7519
Mahbuba Khanam: 905 680 4669
Nasim Banu Ahmed: 905 682 6569
NVfB formed in 2004 in response to the severe flooding that left over 50% of the land under water and millions of the already poorest, marginalized people in Bangladesh homeless. In quick response NVfB raised emergency funding to help save lives and contributed towards the building of dwellings for 20 families. That was just the beginning, NVfB has grown and contributed to several other worthy projects in the poorest regions of Bangladesh!
NVfB has provided housing for the poorest families with durable tin-roof dwellings to replace those destroyed by monsoons. It has helped fund schools, programs for the ‘tiger’ widows of the Sundarban Mangrove Forest and safe drinking water projects for impoverished families in the rural districts of Bangladesh. NVfB is an all volunteer group dedicated to assisting local, grassroots initiatives that work in Bangladesh.
Animal Rights Protest
Sunday October 17, 11:30-1:30 pm, Howell’s Pumpkin Farm, 2878 Holland Rd.
Fonthill
Sunday October 17, 11:30-1:30 pm, Howell’s Pumpkin Farm, 2878 Holland Rd.
Fonthill
Join Brock Animal Rights Club members in their protest of the piglet races at Howell’s Pumpkin Farm. For further information contact: brockanimalrights@gmail.com.
Call for Submissions
Niagara Social Justice Forum 2011: We Honour People’s Struggles, We Celebrate People’s Victories
Niagara Social Justice Forum 2011: We Honour People’s Struggles, We Celebrate People’s Victories
INVITATION TO ORGANIZE ACTIVITIES
Hosted by the Social Justice and Equity Studies Graduate Program at Brock University, the 5th annual Niagara Social Justice Forum includes a day-long programme of concurrent activities including workshops, performances, exhibits and information tables in a fair-like atmosphere. Last year’s event attracted over 150 people from both campus and the community and explored a wide range of issues.
Examples of workshops from past programmes are:
“Native Woman – Endangered Species”
“Faculty for Palestine”
“Nothing About Us Without Us! ‘Photovoice’ as Research and Community
Development Method”
“The Other Side of Consciousness: Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgendered
Queer Films”
“Conflict, Violence and Reconciliation: Lessons to be drawn from
Colombia”
“Food Sovereignty in the Global South: A Development and Peace Appeal”
“Native Woman – Endangered Species”
“Faculty for Palestine”
“Nothing About Us Without Us! ‘Photovoice’ as Research and Community
Development Method”
“The Other Side of Consciousness: Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgendered
Queer Films”
“Conflict, Violence and Reconciliation: Lessons to be drawn from
Colombia”
“Food Sovereignty in the Global South: A Development and Peace Appeal”
The main goal of this event is to build relationships between student
groups, activists and community organizations working on social
justice issues in the Niagara region. The purpose of this ‘call’ is to
invite individuals and groups with an activist orientation to submit a
proposal to host a workshop, performance, exhibit or information
table. The themes should have strong local relevance. We encourage
activities including art, music, drama or non-traditional modes of
interaction.
groups, activists and community organizations working on social
justice issues in the Niagara region. The purpose of this ‘call’ is to
invite individuals and groups with an activist orientation to submit a
proposal to host a workshop, performance, exhibit or information
table. The themes should have strong local relevance. We encourage
activities including art, music, drama or non-traditional modes of
interaction.
PROPOSAL GUIDELINES
• In one page or less provide a title and brief description of proposed activity. Workshop slots are 90 minutes in duration. Exhibits, information tables and performances can vary in duration.
• Make clear its relevance to the event.
• Suggest what groups may participate.
• Identify who is proposing and will organize the activity. Include
contact information.
• In one page or less provide a title and brief description of proposed activity. Workshop slots are 90 minutes in duration. Exhibits, information tables and performances can vary in duration.
• Make clear its relevance to the event.
• Suggest what groups may participate.
• Identify who is proposing and will organize the activity. Include
contact information.
We will accommodate as many proposals as possible, while aiming for a diversity of issues and kinds of activities. Those proposing activities are responsible for mobilizing the necessary resources to amount the activity. Forum organizers will co-ordinate the event, provide food, space, childcare and technological support, as well as outreach and promotion of the Forum’s activities. The event is free, accessible and open to the public.
For more information and to submit proposals contact the Niagara Social Justice Forum committee atsocialjustice.nf@gmail.com or 9056885550, ext 5591. For questions and/or to submit a request for an information table contact Mary Breunig at mbreunig@brocku.ca or 9056885550, ext 5387.
DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS IS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2010.
The Niagara Social Justice Forum will be held on Saturday, April 9, 2011.
The Niagara Social Justice Forum will be held on Saturday, April 9, 2011.
For more information about the Niagara Social Justice Forum visit the website:http://www.niagarasocialjusticeforum.wordpress.com
