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Dear Friends of SJS:
Victoria Friends of Cuba write:
Due to our hall not being available on the 3rd Thursday of the month when we show our films Social Justice Film Night will be on the 4th Thursday, June 26.
Social Justice Film Night presents:
"MANDELA AND FIDEL"
By Estella BravoMandela visited Cuba in 1991, a year after being released from prison, and met Fidel Castro then. That was the beginning of a close friendship between two exceptional men of our era, a friendship which was renewed in each of their many meetings and wound up with an embrace and the exclamation “My brother!”.
"REVOLUTIONARY MEDICINE" By Beth Geglia and Jesse Freeston
An inspiring film about a community that got fed up and just built their own hospital.
Could a remote hospital that runs on solar panels, in a community without paved roads or electricity, provide... a global model for health care? Since arriving in Honduras in 1797, the Garifuna people have struggled against exclusion, discrimination and dispossession of their land. Today, their first hospital provides holistic care, for free, without receiving a cent from the government. This is a story of how and why they do it.
After the film showing we will connect with the directors of this film trough skype so they can give some background of the film and to answer any questions the audience may have of the showing.7pm Thursday, June 26 at 2994 Douglas (BCGEU Hall)
Admission by donation
Sponsored by Victoria friends of Cuba https://victoriafriendsofcuba.wordpress.com
The Mining Justice Action Committee, Victoria, writes:
Call to Artists: Communities in Resistance and the Art of Solidarity
Art Show and Performance Event
Are you a visual or spoken word artist? Your art is needed to show solidarity with people who are in danger of intimidation and violence as they work to protect the air, land and water in their communities impacted by Canadian mining operations.
Approximately 70% of the world’s mining companies are registered in Canada, and in many cases Canadian mining operations are associated with human rights abuses and environmental degradation. Write to us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for select case studies of communities affected by Canadian mining companies, or conduct your own research.
Art Show and Performance Event Details
Application Deadline: September 19, 2014
Art Show: October 16th to November 6th, 2014
Performance Event (Spoken Word and Music): October 24th, 2014
Location: Little Fernwood Gallery and Fernwood Community Association Theater, 1923 Fernwood Road
For complete application information, please visit http://mjacvictoria.ca/article/call-artists-communities-resistance-and-art-solidarity.
Help for Non--Profits: Doing Good For Nothing requests application by 30 July!
Are you a social enterprise or not-for-profit based in Victoria? Do you want to
become more effective and increase your impact? We have a free one day
workshop coming up in November 2014 that will focus real skills on your issue.
Just answer this question:
"What you would do with a room full of talented thinkers for a day?"
Tell
us by 30 July – and you're in the pool! One organization
will be chosen.
Would you:
· Create an awesome communications plan?
· Make your website pop?
· Decide how to better engage with your community or volunteers?
· Prove your effectiveness to donors?
· Something else (probably something from your 'too hard' pile)? Tell us by 30 July!
How
does this help?
We've adopted a process from the UK that emphasizes action over talking.
It's solutions-focused. We'll work with you prior to the event to
understand what you need, then we'll invite skilled and experienced people from
across Victoria to help you design a solution. We want your issue
solved. You can read more on our information
sheet.
You bring the issue, challenge or opportunity. We'll bring the skilled
people. All for free!
How to apply
Applying is easy. Simply follow the steps on our application
form and
contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 30 July
2014.
Want to know more? Here's a nifty information
sheet,
or visit our website (www.dgfnvictoria.ca).
Who is Doing Good For Nothing?
We're a group of thinkers and community doers who have experience working with
not-for-profits and social enterprises. We believe that there are many
organizations in Victoria facing tough challenges. Our team also believes
there are countless talented and skilled people living in the city. The
goal of Doing Good For Nothing is to match those skills with your needs so that
your community focused organization can flourish.
Check out our website to learn more
and to meet the team.
Good luck with your application!
The Doing Good For Nothing Victoria team
Valeria Cortés, M.Ed. M.A.
Educator & Consultant
Victoria, British Columbia
778-977-3180
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East Media Release:
Michael Ondaatje & 15 other renowned artists endorse BDS
For Immediate Release
Renowned Canadian writer Michael Ondaatje is among the 16 international artists who have announced their support for BDS after witnessing conditions in the occupied Palestinian territories
Montreal, June 18, 2014 -- Three of Canada’s top writers are among the 16 internationally renowned artists who, after a recent visit to the West Bank, have issued a strongly worded statement. The declaration expresses the “utmost sadness and dismay” over Israel’s recent announcement of yet another 1500 illegal settlement units in the West Bank. The artists note that this move is particularly unfortunate at a moment when the Palestinians have formed a unity government. The artists go on to “applaud the non-violent efforts of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign and express our solidarity with its demand that Israeli should comply with international law.” They specifically call on Israel to end the occupation, dismantle the “separation wall”, recognize the rights of Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel to full equality, and respect the rights of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and properties.
Michael Ondaatje, four-time winner of Canada’s top literary prize, the Governor General’s award (GG), novelist Linda Spalding, herself a GG winner and respected editor, and Prism fiction prize winner Eliza Robertson are the Canadians who participated in the fact-finding visit and statement. Other signatories include American writers Teju Cole (Open City, winner of the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award) and Sapphire (Precious), British author Brigid Keenan, Egyptian-British author Adhaf Soueif (Map of Love) , and Danish writer Janne Teller.
“We welcome the artists’ statement, and hope that other Canadian artists will be inspired by their courage and ethical clarity,” says Thomas Woodley, president of Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME), a grassroots citizens’ group. CJPME notes that Canadian MPs have buried their heads in the sand while Israel continuously expands its “settlements” on occupied Palestinian land, and repeatedly violates international law vis-à-vis the Palestinians. CJPME shares the writers’ conviction that “additional settlements can be seen only as an act of aggression, showing utter disregard not just for the human and civil rights of the Palestinian people, but for international law.”
CJPME notes that in the summer of 2013, over 100 Canadian writers co-signed the Canadian Writers’ Open Letter to Israeli and Canadian leaders. That letter urged Israel to halt evictions of Palestinians in the South Hebron Hills (West Bank) and of Bedouins in Israel’s Negev desert. The signatories included Ondaatje, Margaret Atwood, Nino Ricci, Joseph Boyden, Yann Martell, Vincent Lam, Lisa Moore, John Ralston Saul, Lorna Crozier, Jane Urquhart and Michel Tremblay. The evictions were discontinued, at least temporarily, and the proposed legislation to forcibly relocate the Bedouin was withdrawn.
For more information, please contact:
Patricia Jean
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East
Telephone: 438 380 5410
Email CJPME - CJPME Website
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