EVENTS & MEETINGS:

1) Tuesday, March 12: Meeting of Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty
2) Thursday, March 14: Meeting of Grassroots: Sudbury's Media Collective
3) Monday, March 18: Meeting of Coalition for a Liveable Sudbury
4) Monday, March 18: United World Water Day Dance Fundraiser
5) Tuesday, March 19: Meeting of Justice and Freedom for John Moore
6) Wednesday, March 20: Junction Creek Stewardship Committee AGM
7) Friday, March 22: World Water Day Lunch and Learn
8) Sunday, April 7: Meeting of Sudbury Cyclists Union

NEWS, ANALYSIS, & CALLS TO ACTION:

1) "Planning Committee Supports Local Food: Planners and activists join forces for change" by Bill Bradley
2) "Women's share of wealth and power in Canada, by the numbers" by Armine Yalnizyan

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Tuesday, March 12: 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 the possibility of a Solidarity Against Austerity 2 rally and march; our ongoing direct action support work, including support work for tenants and community start up and maintenance needs; setting up an S-CAP drop in space and much more. 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. We believe in the power of resistance!

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

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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, March 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: 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

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Monday, March 18: Meeting of Coalition for a Liveable Sudbury

Time: 7pm
Location: Environmental Resource Centre (176 Larch Street, back entrance)

On the agenda – updates and next steps for our rain garden and official plan review projects, some possible action items on water quality, discussing the upcoming casino and what it means for our community, talking about the “Yes in my backyard” event in Toronto and whether something similar might be a fit here in Sudbury, and of course an open discussion of whatever issues and ideas people would like to bring forward that night.   

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Monday, March 18: United World Water Day Dance Fundraiser

Time: 10am to 1:30pm
Location: N'Swakamok Native Friendship Centre (110 Elm Street)

This event will be a Sudbury fundraiser to support an action in honour of World Water Day that will be held on March 22 in Ottawa -- it will be a dance beginning on Victoria Island and ending up at the Parliament Buildings. (For details of the March 22 event in Ottawa, see: http://www.facebook.com/events/298533460270004/)

For the March 18 event in Sudbury, bring all your cousins out for some good Anishinaabe Comfort food ..

All proceeds going to cover expenses of hosting this amazing event in Ottawa on March 22.

Corn Soup & Oven Scone 4.00
Tacos - 7.00
Pop - 1.00

Penny Table will also be set up - Crystal Osawamick

This event on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/events/501708576557420/

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Tuesday, March 19: Meeting of Justice and Freedom for John Moore

Time: 6:30pm
Location: Fromagerie Elgin, 5 Cedar Street (entry from Elgin), Sudbury

We will be discussing the ongoing work to cultivate opportunities for
John to speak about his case outside of Sudbury, debriefing the *APTN
Investigates* coverage of John's case, and working on the fundraising
event proposed at the last meeting.

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Wednesday, March 20: Junction Creek Stewardship Committee AGM

Time: 6pm to 9pm
Location: Living With Lakes Centre, Laurentian University

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Friday, March 22: World Water Day Lunch and Learn

Time: noon to 1pm
Location: Better Beginnings Better Futures (450 Morin Avenue)

World Water Day is held annually on 22 March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources.

Agenda:
Welcoming
Water Ceremony
Lunch
Speaker -- Ghislaine Goudreau, Anishnaabe Kweg Water Journey
Closing

This event is free and open to all. Contact person: Natalie Neganegijig (705-920-5607)

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Sunday, April 7: Meeting of Sudbury Cyclists Union

Time: 1pm
Location: The Laughing Buddha (194 Elgin Street)

Agenda TBA.

This event on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/events/345088822274430/

NEWS, ANALYSIS, & CALLS TO ACTION:

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"Planning Committee Supports Local Food: Planners and activists join forces for change" by Bill Bradley
(Originally published at Grassroots: Sudbury's Media Collective, the Sudbury working group of The Media Co-op: http://www.mediacoop.ca/story/planning-committee-supports-local-food/16662)

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"Women's share of wealth and power in Canada, by the numbers"
by Armine Yalnizyan
(Originally published on Rabble.ca: http://www.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/progressive-economics-forum/2013/03/...)