EVENTS & MEETINGS:

1) Tuesday, January 22: Meeting of Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty
2) Tuesday, January 22: Community Information Meetings on Proposed Municipal Cuts to Childcare
3) Saturday, January 26: Sudbury Bus to Toronto Rally for Rights and
Democracy
4) Monday, January 28: 25 Years Since the Morgentaler Decision: A Celebration of Struggle
5) January 29 to January 31: Trans Health Connection Training -- CANCELLED
6) Tuesday, February 5: Community Meal and Meeting: Report-back on the Struggle to Save the Community Start-up Benefit
7) Saturday, February 9: Direct Action Support Work Training Workshop
8) Thursday, February 14: Meeting of Grassroots: Sudbury's Media Collective

NEWS, ANALYSIS, & CALLS TO ACTION:

1) "Coalition for a Liveable Sudbury in solidarity with the goals of Indigenous sovereignty and protection of land and water"
2) "Sudbury: Build Your Organization's Media Skills!"

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Tuesday, January 22: Meeting of Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty

Time: 6:30pm
Location: Offices of the Sudbury and District Labour Council (Suite 209,
upstairs in 109 Elm Street, which is across the street from the Native
Friendship Centre )

Matters to be discussed include planning actions against the cuts to the
community start-up fund and our ongoing direct action support work.
Everyone welcome. The venue is wheelchair accessible. 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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Tuesday, January 22: Community Information Meetings on Proposed Municipal Cuts to Childcare

Time: 12:30pm and 5:45pm
Location: CUPE 4705 hall, 41 Veterans Road, Copper Cliff

Over 40 years, generations of children and their parents have benefited from the quality, high level care provided by Junior Citizens Daycare, our city's only public child care centre. But with little discussion with the Greater Sudbury community or the families that rely on the service, the City of Greater Sudbury is set to close Junior Citizens.

One of just a few francophone child care programs, Junior Citizens is the only centre that provides late evening care for parents working nightshift and quality supports for families with special needs children.

It took years of our community and dedicated child care and early learning staff to build the high quality program available at Junior Citizens. Let's stop the mayor and council from closing Junior Citizens Daycare that 120 families in our community depend on to work and to retrain for new careers.

Come out to a community information meeting to learn more!

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Saturday, January 26: Sudbury Bus to Toronto Rally for Rights and
Democracy

Time: Bus will leave at 6:45 am
Location: Bus leaves from 888 Regent Street -- contact
vtrudeau1@gmail.com to reserve a spot

The Ontario Federation of Labour will be holding a protest at the
Ontario Liberal Party's convention in Toronto as part of a larger
campaign. For more details, go to
http://ofl.ca/index.php/campaigns/democraticrights/.

The bus from Sudbury to this event will leave at 6:45 from 888 Regent St
on saturday Jan. 26th and will drop off people at Moss Park for the noon
meal/rally with OCAP. Participants will then join the rest at the Common
Front rally at Maple Leaf Gardens. Once the march and rally are done we
will be departing from Allen Gardens to return to Sudbury. Anyone
wishing a seat on the bus can contact Valerie Trudeau at
vtrudeau1@gmail.com or can call 705-6267213.

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Monday, January 28: 25 Years Since the Morgentaler Decision: A Celebration of Struggle

Time: 2:30pm to 4pm
Location: Women's Centre, 2nd floor Student Centre across from the bookstore, Parker Building, Laurentian University

A celebration of the struggle that repealed Canada’s abortion law, and the struggle for reproductive justice today

Discussion to follow a showing of “Abortion: Stories of Choice" (english) that focuses on different women's experiences with abortion in Canada
 
Discussion à suivre après la présentation de "Abortion: Stories of Choice" (en anglais) avec un focus sur les expériences divers de l'avortement au Canada
 
Cost: FREE
 
Sponsored by the Department of Women's Studies (www.thorneloe.ca/womn) the Women's Studies Association (wsa@thorneloe.ca), the Women's Centre (women_centre@laurentian.ca) and the Mineure en etudes des femmes (Department of Sociology)
 
More information on the struggle for abortion rights in Canada http://www.morgentaler25years.ca/ and the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada http://www.arcc-cdac.ca/

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THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE TIME BEING

January 29 to January 31: Trans Health Connection Training
Time: All day
Location: For details of the Sudbury location please register with
Jordan Zaitzow at jzaitzow@rainbowhealthontario.ca or 416-324-4100
x5325.

Trans Health Connection is coming to Sudbury! Please spread the word to
colleagues who may  be interested.   

Trans Health Connection - a project of Rainbow Health Ontario and
Sherbourne Health Centre - will be coming to Sudbury January 29th, 30th,
and 31st, to offer 3 days of comprehensive training for providers
looking to build clinical capacity in working with
trans/transgender/transsexual clients. We are inviting interested
providers, allies, and community members to register TODAY for this
exciting opportunity!

JAN 29: Introduction to Trans Cultural Competence  
This session looks at language, terminology, and definitions, exploring
some of the assumptions we make in our day-to-day interactions with the
people around us. It provides a dynamic snapshot of colonial history of
trans, lesbian, gay and bisexual people, as well as an overview of the
general health care needs of trans clients. This session focuses on some
of the social determinants of health for trans communities, how to
recognize and address barriers to care, and how to work towards
providing a welcoming and respectful environment for trans clients
accessing general health care services.

JAN 30: Providing Trans-Related Clinical Care
This session focuses on providing holistic community-based
transition-related services to trans clients. It aims to guide
participants through assessment, monitoring, and follow-up for hormone
therapy (including navigating the "gender dysphoria" assessment, hormone
treatment protocols, treatment monitoring and health promotion). This
session also includes some considerations around providing social and
psychological support to clients and their families and friends, as well
as familiarizing with other available community referrals. This is a
clinical training largely directed at doctors and nurses, and open to
anyone interested in the information.

JAN 31: Surgery Overview, and Holistic Case Work
This session is a review and general look at different surgical options
for trans folks, including information about different procedures, as
well as what surgeries are offered where for Ontarians. This session
includes a segment offered by clinicians at the CAMH gender identity
clinic, on the process of getting surgery coverage through OHIP. This
day also includes clinical protocols and recommendations for preparing
for surgery, as well as providing post-operative medical care and
support. We additionally look at working with trans clients for whom
there may be additional health challenges, and developing partnerships
to enlarge the scope of services for trans communities.

If you are interested in attending any of these training days, please
contact project coordinator Jordan Zaitzow at
jzaitzow@rainbowhealthontario.ca or 416 324 4100 x5325 for more
details.

hope to see you there!

jordan

EVENT #5, THE TRANS HEALTH CONNECTION TRAINING, HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE TIME BEING

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Tuesday, February 5: Community Meal and Meeting: Report-back on the Struggle to Save the Community Start-up Benefit

Time: meal at 6pm, report-back meeting at 7pm
Location: 2nd floor gym, St. Andrew's Place, 111 Larch Street

Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty is hosting a community meal and report-back meeting on the struggle against the cut to the Community Start Up. Come and discuss how we are going to continue to make sure that people's start up and maintenance needs get met. Tuesday Feb. 5th. St. Andrew's Place, 111 Larch Street, 2nd floor gym. 6pm meal. 7pm Report Back meeting. We need lots of volunteers to make this a success.

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Saturday, February 9: Direct Action Support Work Training Workshop

Time: 11am to 3:45pm
Location: Sudbury Public Library, downtown branch, 74 Mackenzie Street

The date for Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty's Direct Action Support Work Training Workshop has been set! Saturday Feb. 9th 11am- 3:45pm at the McKennzie Street downtown library. Find out about what Direct Action Organizing is all about!

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Thursday, March 14: Meeting of Grassroots: Sudbury's Media Collective

Time: 10am to 11am
Location: Environmental Resource Centre (176 Larch Street, back
entrance)

Everyone is welcome to join us for our next meeting, on Thursday,
February 14,  10 - 11am in the ERC (176 Larch, back entrance). We'll be
discussing our community roundtable-slash-membership campaign launch
event as well as other aspects of our new membership campaign and of
course, brainstorming story ideas.

Also, mark future meetings on your calendar, 10-11 am on the 2nd
Thursday of each month: March 14, Apr. 11, May 9, June 13 in the ERC.

Grassroots Sudbury Media is a working group of the The Media Co-op. We
are creating independent media in the North, to speak to our issues and
outlooks on our communities as well as the world around us. Independent
media provides an avenue for people who are wishing to gain critical
perspective on the issues that matter most to us, and to give a voice to
those people and stories that you won't find in the mainstream media.

Find our site at:
http://www.mediacoop.ca/group/sudbury

Contact the Sudbury Working Group to learn more about writing for us or
to let us know about community issues and events at:
grassrootssudburymedia@gmail.com

Find us on Facebook at:
http://www.facebook.com/GrassrootsMediaCollective

NEWS, ANALYSIS, & CALLS TO ACTION:

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Coalition for a Liveable Sudbury in Solidarity With the Goals of Indigenous Sovereignty and Protection of Land and Water
by the Coalition for a Liveable Sudbury
(Published here: http://www.mediacoop.ca/blog/naomi-grant/15780)

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Sudbury: Build Your Organization's Media Skills!
by Grassroots: Sudbury's Media Collective
(Published here: http://www.mediacoop.ca/blog/grassrootssudburymedia/15719)