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Please join our partners for these great events:
The World Federalists invite you to a talk by Robert Morales on the topic:
The Road Ahead Post Truth and Reconciliation
Mr. Morales is a distinguished lawyer with senior level national and international experience on behalf of Canadian indigenous peoples as well as an outstanding speaker.
Date & Time: 1:30 - 3 pm, Friday, January 29
Place: St. John The Divine Anglican Church lounge 1611 Quadra St. (at Mason)
Please RSVP to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or telephone 250-477-8852 by January 21 in order to assure sufficient space is available.
The City Talks
Spring 2016: The Refugee Crisis and the Sanctuary City
Sponsored by the UVic
Committee for Urban Studies and the European Union Centre of Excellence
Title:
Sanctuary City: Dismantling the State?
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Geography, University of Victoria
Harsha Walia
Social justice activist, journalist, and co-founder of the Vancouver chapter of No One Is Illegal
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Legacy Art Gallery, 630 Yates Street
Doors Open at 7:00pm
Lecture Begins at 7:30pm
Abstract
The term ‘sanctuary’ often conjures images of a sacred, secured, and contained space. However, in the context of a growing refugee crisis, we are witnessing the emergence of a more expansive grassroots effort to establish entire cities as a place for sanctuary. This session begins with Jennifer Bagelman briefly examining the UK-based sanctuary movement with a focus on Glasgow, host to the largest population of asylum seekers in the UK. Harsha Walia will lead the remainder of the session, addressing the following question: How can calls for a sanctuary city strengthen social movements and increase freedom rather than reinforce the myth of Canadian multiculturalism and state control over the lives of nonstatus migrants and all those living with precarious status?
This is a free public event at the Legacy Art Gallery ~ 630 Yates Street
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Run by the Committee for Urban Studies at the University of Victoria, The City Talks is a free public lecture series featuring distinguished scholars drawn from the University of Victoria, across Canada, and beyond. The theme for the Spring 2016 series is The Refugee Crisis and the Sanctuary City. A copy of the poster for the Fall series is attached to this email.
For more information, please visit www.TheCityTalks.ca
Social Justice Film Night presents "OMAR"7pm Thursday, January 21 @ 2994 Douglas (BCGEU Hall)Our film night is on the 3rd Thursday of every month.Sponsored by the Victoria Friends of Cuba.https://victoriafriendsofcuba.wordpress.com
Winning numerous awards and nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at Oscars, Omar is a compelling tale of love, loyalty & betrayal that offers an insight into the existing tension between Israelis & Palestinians with the help of its composed direction, honest performances, raw photography & an unexpectedly shocking finale.
Omar tells the story of its titular character; a young Palestinian working as a baker who joins the freedom fight against the common enemy along with two of his childhood friends but is apprehended after the killing of an Israeli soldier at a military base. Tricked into confessing his association in the act & facing a lifetime sentence, his only way out is to work as an informant for the Israeli police.
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