Child Poverty and other events
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Please join us this week for:
From Charity to Social Justice: Addressing Child and Family PovertyThursday, October 2, 7 to 9 p.m.Friday, October 3, 9:30 to 3:30Christ Church CathedralQuadra at Rockland
How many children and their families live in poverty in our region? What does life look like for those living in poverty? Why do so many children and their families live in poverty? What can we do to start ending poverty? What are we doing to improve life for those living in poverty? Are some ways of addressing poverty better than others? These are some of the questions that will be asked and answered at the upcoming conference, From Charity to Social Justice: Addressing Child and Family Poverty, to be held at Christ Church Cathedral on October 2nd and 3rd. Cosponsored by Christ Church Cathedral, the Community Social Planning Council of Victoria, the Community Action Plan on Poverty, TAPs (Together Against Poverty Society), Umbrella Society... for Addictions and Mental Health and the University of Victoria’s Interdisciplinary Program in Social Justice Studies, the conference seeks to bring the research, experiences, knowledge, and passion of the community together to start to move us toward a more socially just and healthy society. On the evening of Thursday October 2nd, at 7 p.m., join us at the Cathedral (at Quadra and Rockland) for a talk by and with John Greshner, B.C.’s Deputy Representative for Children and Youth. On Friday, October 3rd in the morning, come hear Adrienne Montani, Provincial Coordinator, First Call: BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition and representatives from various local service providers talk about the extent and nature of child and family poverty. In the afternoon, come hear Scott Clark, Executive Director, Aboriginal Life In Vancouver Enhancement (ALIVE) Society talk about some of the ways his community is addressing poverty and then lend your ideas to the development of a community plan to move us from charity to social justice as a response to the poverty in our midst. The conference is free and open to the public but we ask that you preregister at http://bit.ly/From_Charity_to_Social_Justice. Lunch will be provided on Friday and bus tickets and day care subsidies are available to those needing them. For more information, call Deacon to the City, Nancy Ford at 250 383-2714, Marika Albert at the Community Social Planning Council at 250 383-6166 or Dr. Margo Matwychuk, Director of Social Justice Studies at the University of Victoria at 250 721-6283. Check out our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/events/298768080311533/.
Tonight, September 30th
Victoria Women's Sexual Assault Centre 2014 AGM
Tuesday, September 30th, 4pm – 6pm
Location: Cedar Hill Golf Course on 1400 Derby Rd, in the Banquet Room
We have the privilege of having Dr.Sarah Hunt as our guest speaker. Sarah Hunt is a Kwagiulth writer and activist with over 15 years experience as a community-based researcher and educator in both rural and urban Indigenous communities, addressing violence, intergenerational abuse, resistance, education, and community capacity building, with a particular focus on issues facing girls, women and two-spirit people.
Please RSVP by September 24th. Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 250-383-5545.
Light refreshments will be served.
The Awareness Film Night in Sooke presents the film Defensora.
This award winning film documents the lives and vision of the Mayan Qeqchi people and their efforts to seek justice in Canadian courts against Hudbay Minerals. www.defensorathefilm.com
Wednesday October 8th 7pm...9pm
Edward Milne Community School, 6218 Sooke Rd. in Sooke
Admission is by donation.
More info at www.awarenessfilmnight.ca
The story is set along the shores of Lake Izabal in the community of El Estor, where Canadian mining company HudBay Minerals established a nickel mining operation on the ancestral lands of the Mayan Q'eqchi people. The mining company's security personnel have been accused by villagers of a murder, a shooting-paralyzing and the gang rape of 11 women. The community has brought their struggle for justice and remedy to the Canadian courts where they have filed 3 related lawsuits in Ontario courts against HudBay Minerals for these offenses.
http://www.chocversushudbay.com/
The panel discussion after the film will be hosted by the Mining Justice Action Committee (MJAC)
Kay Gimbel is on the executive of the B.C. Ferry and Marine Workers Union, representing about 500 ships officers across the province. He travelled to Guatemala earlier this year with a mining justice delegation led by Rights Action. Kay visited several mining sites, including the mining-impacted community of El Estor and met many of the people who are depicted in this film.
Janet Gray is an active member of MJAC and KAIROS. She has organized film and discussion events and other social justice projects and she participated actively in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Janet has also visited Guatemala and will bring first hand experience of the current tensions involved with mining companies there.
Heather Tufts is a social justice activist, citizen journalist and independent researcher. She is an active member of MJAC and has organized many events and programs. As an educator Heather believes in the "learning and research for change" model and has engaged with grassroots movements and indigenous communities for many years.
https://www.facebook.com/MiningJusticeActionCommittee
We raise awareness and advocate for change regarding the human and environmental impacts of unregulated Canadian mining companies operating around the world. (MJAC)
The Lawsuits
In Guatemala, there is a long-delayed but on-going criminal case against Mynor Padilla, former head of security of Hudbay/CGN (owned by Hudbay 2008-2011), for the murder of Adolfo Ich on September 27, 2009, the shooting-paralyzing of German Chub that same day, and the shooting-wounding of other local men that same day.
In Canada, there are three over-lapping civil lawsuits against Hudbay and CGN (the "Hudbay Lawsuits/CGN") for the killing of Adolfo Ich, the shooting-paralyzing of German Chub, and the 2007 gang-rapes of 11 women from the village of Lote 8.
Moreover, CGN is embroiled in another legal investigation related to the suspected murder of three Guatemalan university students, in early 2012, on CGN property, by people allegedly employed by CGN at that time. The students were participating in a formal University del Valle de Guatemala - CGN biology exchange program that had been going on for years, including when Hudbay owned CGN. While this suspected murder of the three students occurred after Hudbay had sold CGN to a Cyprus-based company, many of the CGN employees - management and employees - were the same as when Hudbay was the owner and in control.
Margo MatwychukDirector
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