EVENTS & MEETINGS:

1) Wednesday, September 5: "Fresh Casserole" Education Protest: The
Downtown Experience
2) Thursday, September 6: Organizing Meeting for Raise the Rates Town
Hall
3) Monday, September 10: Meeting of Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty
4) Wednesday, September 12: Freedom Tour 2012 (Sudbury)
5) Saturday, September 15: PSAC Day of Action Against Austerity
6) Tuesday, September 18: Meeting of Justice and Freedom for John Moore
7) Wednesday, October 10: NISA at the STC: A Play In Honour of Mental
Illness Awareness Week

NEWS, ANALYSIS, & CALLS TO ACTION:

1) "Labour movement must be defender of all workers" by Morna Ballantyne
and Steven Staples
2) "Arctic ice is in a death spiral and the implications are enormous"
by John Bennett and Paul Beckwith

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Wednesday, September 5: Fresh Casseroles Education Protest: The Downtown
Experience

Time: 8pm
Location: Sudbury Arena, 240 Elgin Street

Experience downtown the cool way and start the school year off in style
with a march for public education without financial barriers.

Bring your voice, your friends, and some pots and pans to make some
noise!

More details to come.
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Venez découvrir le centre ville de la bonne façon et commencer l'année
scolaire du bon pied avec une manifestation pour une éducation publique
et sans obstacles.

Apportez votre voix, vos amis, et quelques casseroles pour faire du
bruit!

Plus d'informations à venir.
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This event on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/events/353750451367675/

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Thursday, September 6: Organizing Meeting for Raise the Rates Town Hall

Time: 6:30pm
Location: Labour Council Office, 109 Elm Street, second floor

The first organizing meeting for the October 10th Raise the Rates Town
Hall in Sudbury will take place at the Labour Council office, Thursday,
Sept. 6th at 6:30pm. The Labour Council office is at 109 Elm Street on
the second floor. It is basically across Elm from the Native Friendship
Centre. This is a wheelchair accessible location. Try to be there by
6:30pm if possible. After 6:40pm we will check the front door every 10
minutes to let people in. We already have John Clarke from the Ontario
Coalition Against Poverty and Carrie Lynn Poole from CUPE as speakers
for the Town Hall meeting and Elizabeth Richer from the North Shore
Tribal Council can attend on Oct. 10th.

The Raise the Rates campaign is a campaign sponsored by the Ontario
Coalition Against Poverty and CUPE Ontario that stands for major
increases in social assistance rates and increases in the minimum wage.
S-CAP fully supports this campaign. This fall Raise the Rates Town Hall
meetings are being organized across the province to build support for
this campaign. One major area of focus will be on opposition to the cut
to the Comnmunity Start Up Fund for people on social assistance.

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Monday, September 10: Meeting of Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty

Time: 6:30pm
Location: ReThink Green, 176 Larch Street, back entrance

Matters to be discussed include ongoing direct action support work and a
town hall meeting about raising the  rates for social assistance and
raising the minimum wage. Everyone welcome. Children are welcome to
attend, or childcare support is available upon request at
sudburycap@gmail.com. ReThink Green is located behind Eat Local Sudbury,
so walk down the alley, and in the back door. Venue is wheelchair
accessible with advanced notice -- email us and we will make the
necessary arrangements.

S-CAP is a direct-action anti-poverty organization based in Sudbury,
Ontario, Canada. We provide direct-action support work assisting
individuals in their struggles with welfare and ODSP, housing,
employers, and others who deny people what they are entitled to in order
to meet their needs. In addition, we mount campaigns against and support
educational work about regressive government policies as they affect
working people and people living in poverty. We believe in the power of
people to organize themselves.

S-CAP on FaceBook:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/257339454351403/

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Wednesday, September 12: Freedom Tour 2012 (Sudbury)

Time: TBA
Location: TBA

The purpose of this event is to bring awareness to prohibition and it's
impact on society, specifically when it comes to medical legislation and
it's criminal realm. The Freedom tour makes their stop in Sudbury in
September. We will be hosting a day full of events (still to be
determined), to welcome Neil Magnusun to our city where he will engage
us in conversation about prohibition and the harms being caused by
flawed government policies.

Neil will be filing formal complaints with the police as he goes through
Canada spreading the word. He will also be speaking with the Mayors of
each city he visits to gather the real majority's opinion on
prohibition.

This event on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/events/472958289383967/

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Saturday, September 15: PSAC Day of Action Against Austerity

Details to be announced!

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Tuesday, September 18: Meeting of Justice and Freedom for John Moore

Time: 6:30pm
Location: Little Montreal, 182 Elgin St., Sudbury  

This will be the first formal meeting after our summer break, and the
main focus will be to decide on a general plan for proceeding over the
coming year. Please bring your ideas!

 
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Wednesday, October 10: NISA at the STC: A Play In Honour of Mental
Illness Awareness Week

Time: 7:30pm
Location: 170 Shaughnessy Street, Sudbury

In honour of Mental Illness Awareness Week, Northern Initiative for
Social Action is pleased to present “Henry and Alice: Into the Wild”,
the sequel to the very successful comedy, “Sexy Laundry”.

Join us for a night of comedy on Wednesday, October 10th at 7:30pm at
the Sudbury Theatre Centre.

Featuring art from NISA’s Artists' Loft (show runs from September 7th to
October 17th), with a short intermission and locally catered desserts.

Tickets are $40 and can be purchased by going to nisa.on.ca.

Thank you for supporting NISA and mental health awareness. For more
information, please call 705-222-5375 and ask for Alex.

This event on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/events/434992269884647/

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NEWS, ANALYSIS, & CALLS TO ACTION:

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"Labour movement must be defender of all workers"
by Morna Ballantyne and Steven Staples
from the Guelph Mercury
(http://www.guelphmercury.com/opinion/columns/article/790187--labour-move...)

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"Arctic ice is in a death spiral and the implications are enormous"
by John Bennett and Paul Beckwith
from Rabble.ca
(http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/john-bennett/2012/08/arctic-ice-death-sp...)