EVENTS & MEETINGS:

1) Tuesday, September 25: Meeting of Justice and Freedom for John Moore
2) Tuesday, September 25: Meeting of Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty
3) Wednesday, September 26: Weekly "Casseroles" Education Protest
4) Thursday, September 27: Take Back the Night
5) Monday, October 1: Fall Planning Meeting of the Coalition for a
Liveable Sudbury
6) Thursday, October 4: "Sisters in Spirit" Vigil for Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women
7) Wednesday, October 10: NISA at the STC: A Play in Honour of Mental Illness Awareness Week
8) Wednesday, October 10: "Raise the Rates" Town Hall

NEWS, ANALYSIS, & CALLS TO ACTION:

None this time!

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Tuesday, September 25: Meeting of Justice and Freedom for John Moore

Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Laughing Buddha, 194 Elgin Street, Sudbury

Because of unexpected problems with the venue, our attempt to meet last week was unsuccessful so we are trying again this week. Please note the change in location! 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.

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Tuesday, September 25: Meeting of Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty

Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Sudbury and District Labour Council Office, the second floor
of 109 Elm Street (across the street from the Native Friendship Centre)

Matters to be discussed include the offensive anti-poor poster ad campaign, the Raise the Rates Town Hall meeting on Oct. 10th, the workshop on how best to get the CSUMB with John Clarke on Oct. 11th, continuing actions against the cut to the CSUMB, and our direct action support work among other things. Everyone welcome. Children are welcome to attend, or childcare support is available upon request at sudburycap@gmail.com.

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 26: Weekly "Casseroles" Education Protest

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

Inspired by the student movement in Quebec, students and supporters in
Sudbury are doing a weekly "casseroles" protest in the downtown in
support of financially accessible education, and also for accountability
and democracy and equality in society more broadly.

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

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Thursday, September 27: Take Back the Night

Time: open to see displays -- 5:30pm
      rally -- 6pm
      march -- 7pm
Location: NOAH, 450 Morin Avenue, Sudbury  (same building as better
beginnings/better futures, parking available, take King Street going
west off of Notre Dame)

Community organizations of relevance to violence prevention and sexual
assault will have displays, Clothesline Project t-shirt painting open to
public at 5:30pm, rally 6pm, march 7pm

People of all ages and genders are welcome at this annual action against
gender violence and sexual assault! Bring noise makers and bring your
voices!

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Monday, October 1: Fall Planning Meeting of the Coalition for a
Liveable Sudbury

Time: potluck at 6pm, meeting 7pm to 9pm
Location: Environmental Resource Centre (176 Larch Street, back
entrance)

This will be our fall planning meeting. Help set the agenda for the year
to make a difference in our community. The meeting will run 7 – 9 p.m.,
with a pre-meeting potluck at 6 p.m.. We hope you can make it out to
catch up with new and old friends!

The Caolition for a Liveable Sudbury (http://www.liveablesudbury.org) is
a grassroots network of citizen groups and individuals who share a
vision of Sudbury as a green, healthy and engaged community. Our work
includes research, education, advocacy, and action.  We also act as a
network connecting like-minded community groups and individual citizens
to share information and work together.

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Thursday, October 4: "Sisters in Spirit" Vigil for Missing and Murdered
Aboriginal Women

Time: 9:45am
Location: Begins at N'Swakamok Native Friendship Centre

EVERYONE WELCOME -
Hand Drummers please bring your drums
9:45 Opening and Prayers – Winnie Pitawanakawat – N’Swakamok Native Friendship Centre
10:00 to 10:30 March to City Hall - Start @ N’Swakamok Native Friendship Centre 110 Elm Street.
Turn Right onto Elgin Street to Minto Street
Minto to City Hall court yard for Flag Raising

-Greetings and Welcome -
-Opening Comments by Deputy Mayor JOSCELYNE LANDRY-
ALTMANN-COUNCILLOR WARD 12
-Proclamation of Sisters in Spirit Day in Sudbury for October 4, 2012
Lowering Flag to Half Mast for Murdered Aboriginal Women
Moment of Silence
Hand Drumming –“Travelling Song”
Raising Flag and tying of Medicine Colours to flag pole
Hand Drumming – “Strong Women Song”
Messages of Lived Experiences of our Lost and Stolen Sisters.
“Honour Song” for ALL women.

11:30 End of City Hall Ceremony

-Events to continue @ N’Swakamok Native Friendship Centre Noon to 3 P.M.
-Exhibition of local Aboriginal artists
-Social and Drumming
-Light lunch provided
-Closing Prayer

This event on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/events/304062789692579/

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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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Wednesday, October 10: "Raise the Rates" Town Hall

Time: Free food & refreshments at 6pm, the Town Hall at 6:30pm
Location: Jubilee Centre, 195 Applegrove Street, Sudbury

Join the discussion at the Sudbury Anti-Poverty Town Hall Meeting

Fight the cut to Community Start-Up!
Raise OW/ODSP Rates Now!
Raise Minimum Wage Rates Now!

Since the Mike Harris cuts of the 1990’s people on Ontario Works and
ODSP have seen the spending power on their cheques fall by close to 60%.
This year’s Provincial Budget continued the rapid decline with rates
that don’t even keep up with inflation. Following the previous gutting
of the vital Special Diet benefit, this year’s Budget also brought a
series of cutbacks for people on social assistance including the
elimination of a benefit known as ‘Community Start-Up’. This vital
benefit is planned to be cut in January 2013.

The Liberal government froze the minimum wage in 2011. Workers trying to
survive on a minimum wage are already making poverty wages and are
seeing their incomes fall even further as a result of inflation and this
freeze. Currently close to 1 in 6 workers in Ontario are working at or
close to the minimum wage rate.

We are fighting this cut and demanding raises in social assistance and
minimum wage rates to where people can live with health and dignity.
Join us to talk about ways we can fight back together.

Contact: Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty // sudburyCAP@gmail.com //
249-878-7227

Speakers include: John Clarke of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty,
Carrie Lynn Poole from CUPE-Ontario and Elizabeth Richer from
Mamaweswen, The North Shore Tribal Council.

Sponsors: The Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty, The Sudbury and
District Labour Council, the Sudbury CUPE Council, Mamaweswen, The North
Shore Tribal Council, The Research Centre in Social Justice and Policy
and the Poverty, Homelessness and Migration Research Project at
Laurentian University, The Sudbury Worker’s Education and Advocacy
Centre

These Town Hall Meetings are organized across the province by the
Ontario Coalition Against Poverty and CUPE-Ontario.