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Social Justice Night Presents:POOR NO MORE By Bert Deveaux and Suzanne Babin

7:00pm Thursday, January 152994 Douglas St, Victoria (BCGEU Hall)
Admission by donation
A feature documentary that offers Canada’s working poor a way out. Mary Walsh takes some hard-working Canadians to see how poverty has been reduced in Europe and how it might be reduced here. They discover that the countries with the least poverty have affordable housing, strong unions, free university and childcare -- and enjoy successful economies. It’s a road movie with lots of tears...
[VLCSolidarity] some great upcoming fun fundraising events
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Troublemaker's Cabaret
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Victoria Event Centre
7pm-12am 22nd:
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/troublemakers-cabaret-tickets-15153495513?aff=goersville
https://www.facebook.com/events/1518089571787759/permalink/1518089575121092/
Welcome to the inaugural night of the Troublemaker's Cabaret: an evening of artistic performance, live music, community-building, and political rants. We are coming together to highlight some of the amazing work that is being done by amazing people here at home, as well as to forge new relationships amongst community organizers and activists.
Some of your local favourites, including the Whistling Kettle Improv Team, the Raging Grannies, Kevin Paul, Morgan Purvis, and many more will be hitting the stage along with our hosts Marika Albert and Shane Calder to bring you a variety show of activist-related delights.
The evening, of course, would not be complete without musical performances by The Tuesdays, Still Broke, Tad Ruszel, DJ Fretwell, and the Art, Bobby, and Clinton Trio.
The evening begins at 7pm and goes until midnight.
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REMINDER - Our Dollars, Our FutuTown Hall on Ethical Investing in the City of Victoria - TUESDAY Jan 13
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This is a friendly reminder for the Town Hall meeting on Tuesday...Join & share the event on Facebook
Our Dollars, Our Future:
Town Hall on Ethical Investing
in the City of Victoria
Tuesday, January 13 @ 7:00 pm
Downtown Community Centre
755 Pandora Ave
Hosted by the University of Victoria Students’ Society
& Victoria City Councillors Ben Isitt and Jeremy Loveday
Speakers include:
- Kelsey Mech, Canadian Youth Climate Coalition
- Nathalie Chambers, Madrona Farm and Farmland Protection Coalition
- Joan Russow, peace activist and former leader of the Green Party of Canada
No Fracking' Way! Benefit Concert with David Rovics - JANUARY 23
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NO FRACKING' WAY!David Rovics in Concert
Benefit in support of First Nations challenges to pipelinesOpening with Drummers and spoken word by Jeremy Loveday
Friday January 23Norway House1110 Hillside Avenue, Victoria
Doors open 7:30 pmShow @ 8:00 pm
Tickets $15 ($12 unwaged)
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[UVic-sustainability] News and Events for the Week of Jan 12th
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NEWS:
The conversation on fossil fuel divestment continues this week with the UVSS and Victoria Councilors hosting an event downtown. Our Dollars, Our Future, asks attendees to engage in a conversation about how public investment dollars could be deployed more effectively. The event will be held on Tuesday January 13th at 7:00PM, at the Downtown Community Centre.
Divestment is also a hot topic here at UVic and recognizing that, the University is set to hold an event of its own on January 26th. The event titled,
A Dialogue: Climate change, divestment and society, will bring together a panel that includes a student, a Suncor executive, and a member of the Beaver Lake Cree Nation, among others, to discuss sustainable investment practices and how divestment can address climate change. The event will be held at 7:00PM on...
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Upcoming Events
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Please check out some of these great upcoming events:
Collapse, Decay, or Business as Usual?: Strategies for Social Change in Uncertain Times
Professor Richard Day is an autonomy-oriented practitioner and theorist who lives north of Kingston Ontario, on land claimed by the Anishnaabe, the Haudenosaunee, and the Canadian state. He is the author of Multiculturalism, The History of Canadian Diversity, and Gramsci is Dead.
Lecture, Tuesday, January 13, 2015 – Harry Hickman Building, Room 110 at 5:00 pm.
Seminar, Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at Pacific Centre for Technology & Culture (PACTAC) (TEF Building, Room 170) at 2:00 pm
(see the...
[evoz] first Cafe Simpatico of 2015 Jan. 30
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CAFE SIMPATICO: JANUARY 30
1923 Fernwood Road
Dear Coffee lovers, I am just bagging the first roast of 2015
of our wonderful Cafe Simpatico coffee beans from Omotepe Island in
Nicaragua.
CASC still sells it for $!# for a full pound/454
grams.
As well as providing a secure and dignified life for the
farmers and the community they live in, our small mark-up helps CASC fund
project from worker struggules in Guatemala, a clinic in El Salvador, support
for political prisoners and many more CASC activities.
So with every sip – the cup of justice is
replenished.
Call me at 250 595-7519 for pickup or free delivery of 2 or
more pounds in central Victoria.
Gerd for CASC coffee
committee
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Social Justice Night Presents:POOR NO MORE By Bert Deveaux and Suzanne Babin

7:00pm Thursday, January 152994 Douglas St, Victoria (BCGEU Hall)
Admission by donation
A feature documentary that offers Canada’s working poor a way out. Mary Walsh takes some hard-working Canadians to see how poverty has been reduced in Europe and how it might be reduced here. They discover that the countries with the least poverty have affordable housing, strong unions, free university and childcare -- and enjoy successful economies. It’s a road movie with lots of tears and passion that will appeal to the millions of Canadians who are worrying about how to make ends meet.
Social Justice Film Night is on the Thursday of every month.https://victoriafriendsofcuba.wordpress.com
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2 Upcoming Events
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7:00pm Thursday, January 152994 Douglas St, Victoria (BCGEU Hall)
Admission by donation
A feature documentary that offers Canada’s working poor a way out. Mary Walsh takes some hard-working Canadians to see how poverty has been reduced in Europe and how it might be reduced here. They discover that the countries with the least poverty have affordable housing, strong unions, free university and childcare -- and enjoy successful economies. It’s a road movie with lots of tears and passion that will appeal to the millions of Canadians who are worrying about how to make ends meet.
Social Justice Film Night is on the...
[evoz] 2 Upcoming Events
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- Published on Wednesday, 07 January 2015 11:22
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7:00pm Thursday, January 152994 Douglas St, Victoria (BCGEU Hall)
Admission by donation
A feature documentary that offers Canada’s working poor a way out. Mary Walsh takes some hard-working Canadians to see how poverty has been reduced in Europe and how it might be reduced here. They discover that the countries with the least poverty have affordable housing, strong unions, free university and childcare -- and enjoy successful economies. It’s a road movie with lots of tears and passion that will appeal to the millions of Canadians who are worrying about how to make ends meet.
Social Justice Film Night is on the Thursday of every month.______________________________________________
NO FRACKIN' WAYDAVID...Launch of Nahla Abdos new book, Captive Revo
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Captive Revolution: Palestinian Women’s Anti-Colonial Struggle Within the Israeli Prison System
Friday, January 9, 2015
6:30 PM – 9 PM
Room 7000, Simon Fraser University Harbour Center
515 West Hastings, Vancouver, BC
Sponsored by SFU Anthropology and Sociology Departments, Independent Jewish Voices and rabble.ca
Endorsed by Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, Boycott Israeli Apartheid Campaign, Red Sparks Union, Canada Palestine Association, Voice of Palestine
Check out Voice of Palestine interview with Nahla Abdo
Facebook Event
Women throughout the world have always played their part in struggles against colonialism, imperialism and other forms of oppression. However, there are hardly any academic books on Arab political prisoners, fewer still on the Palestinians who have been detained in their thousands for their political activism and resistance.
Nahla Abdo’s Captive Revolution seeks to break the silence on Palestinian women political detainees, providing a vital contribution to research on women,...
Defying U.S. & Israel, Will ICC Membership Bring Justice to Stateless & Occupied Palestinians? | Democracy Now!
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Subject: Defying U.S. & Israel, Will ICC Membership Bring Justice to Stateless & Occupied Palestinians? | Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/2015/1/5/defying_us_israel_will_icc_membership
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[UVic-sustainability] News and Events for the Week of January 4th
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It’s 2015. Happy New Year!
Our New Year’s resolution here at the Office of Campus Planning and Sustainability is, like it always is, to make 2015 a sustainability focused year. We hope you will join us :)
Events:
Restoration Ecology
January 5th to April 5th
People interested in Restoration Ecology in Victoria have a great opportunity this term. Space is available in NP 503: Restoration Ecology. This is a graduate-level non-credit course designed for individuals working in environmental fields. Please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or visit the
Continuing Studies website for more details. People who are interested in taking this course will...
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A milestone year for the WC!
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Boycott RE/MAX protests flood the US during Wee
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http://mondoweiss.net/2014/12/boycott-protests-action?utm_source=Mondoweiss+List&utm_campaign=216f966245-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b86bace129-216f966245-398412821
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From Adriana and Gerardo: To all our friends who share our happiness
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Gerardo Hernandez, one of the Cuban five was never supposed to come out of the US prison. He was given a double life sentence. US authorities denied his wife Adriana any visits to see Gerardo since he was imprisoned 16 years ago.
One may ask on how Gerardo's wife Adriana is now suddenly having a baby when she wasn't able to visit Gerardo in prison for the last 16 years?Well, artificial insemination is the answer. The expectation was that Gerardo would die in prison. This was Adriana's only chance of having a child.
Let's hope that this coming year we'll be able to accomplish more in the struggle for Justice, Equality & Peace with a Clean and Healthy Environment.
In Solidarity & Friendship we shall succeed,Victoria Friends of Cuba---------------------------------
Havana, December 30 (RHC) – Fernando González, René González, Antonio Guerrero and Gerardo Hernández, the four members of the Cuban Five...
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3...2...1! (Time's almost up for 2014)
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A great way to end 2014…
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A great way to end 2014…
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