Campus Convergence - be part of it! #ActivistAssembleYYJ
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- Published on Tuesday, 24 November 2015 15:00
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A day full of workshops, speakers, community, food, & celebration. FREE!
Activist Assembly YYJ*
Saturday, November 28 – all day (Uvic Student Union Building, SUB).
Facebook event here. FREE!
Can you imagine a better world? One built on social and environmental justice? One where Indigenous rights, sovereignty, and cultures are foundational? One where all identities are recognized, respected, and included? One where new solidarities build new societies?
So can we.
The Activist Assembly YYJ will be a full day of workshops, speakers, and participatory planning sessions working toward the future of our progressive movements. The day is
FREE (including food!) and all members of all communities are invited and welcome. Transportation and childcare is also available for those who request it.
Register now!
https://uvss.ca/assemble/
*The Activist Assembly is being held on the traditional territories of the Lekwungen and WSANEC people.
For up to date info:
https://uvss.ca/events/activist-assembly-yyj/
FEATURING:
Harsha Walia - Keynote speakerHarsha is a South Asian activist and writer based in Vancouver, unceded Coast Salish Territories. She has been involved in community-based grassroots migrant justice, feminist, anti-racist, Indigenous solidarity, anti-capitalist, Palestinian liberation, and anti-imperialist movements for over a decade. She is formally trained in law, works with women in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, and is the author of Undoing Border Imperialism. Harsha's twitter
Jessie Hemphill - Plenary facilitator First Nations community planner & facilitator and Councillor for the District of Port Hardy (youngest ever councillor and first ever First Nations). Jessie uses community planning process as an opportunity to strengthen relationships and trust within the community. Jessie's website
Activist Assembly Celebration - 8pm Felicita's PubSocialCoast is thrilled to support this initiative by bringing you a space to have fun and unwind afterward! Dress up in our “activist-themed” photobooth, have your face painted and get your dance on to electro swing band Île Magique and DJ Funkee Wadd.
(19+, $3 students & $5 community) Facebook event
TO: All interested and allied community members and organizations, Please feel free to forward on this invitation to the Activist Assembly YYJ happening Saturday, November 28th at the University of Victoria.
Thanks and solidarity, University of Victoria Students’ Society
