Sudbury Social Justice News - February 6, 2012

 

EVENTS & MEETINGS:

1) Thursday, February 9: Opportunity for input to the Commission on Quality Public Services and Tax Fairness (A Notice from the Social Planning Council)

2) Thursday, February 9: Occupy Sudbury Work Groups Meeting

3) Thursday, February 9: The Social Construction of Slut with Dr. Alexis

Shotwell and Dr. Gary Kinsman

4) Friday, February 10: Film Showing of "The Princess Bride" (A Fundraiser for Genevra House)

5) Sunday, February 12: Direct Action Support Training Workshop with the Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty

6) Tuesday, February 14: Meeting of Justice and Freedom for John Moore

7) Thursday, February 16: Film Showing of "The World According to Monsanto"

8) Saturday, February 18: Whole Grains, Wheat, Nutrition, and the Inside Scoop on Milling

9) Saturday, February 25: Lads n' Lashes (Fundraiser for Réseau ACCESS Network)

 

NEWS, ANALYSIS, & CALLS TO ACTION:

1) Mayworks Sudbury: Call for Participants!

 

EVENTS & MEETINGS:

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Thursday, February 9: Opportunity for input to the Commission on Quality Public Services and Tax Fairness (A Notice from the Social Planning Council)

While the Drummond Report has not yet been released there is much talk about what it contains and warnings and rumors that we will be experiencing painful cuts to health care, education, and social services. This will of course have a significant impact on the services we deliver in community and likely will impact those who already suffer from the inequities of a system that is so unbalanced.

The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) along with the Public Services Foundation of Canada (PSFC) are hosting a Commission on Quality Public Services and Tax Fairness and are holding public input sessions.

They will be in Sudbury on February 9 and will provide an opportunity for all citizens to make submissions, through.

1. Public Hearings:  these take the form of community, provincial or national experts making deputations on studies and experiences involving the value of public services and ways to achieve tax fairness. Hearings are open to the public and media. This opportunity will happen from 1-4 p.m.

2. Town Hall Forum:  Town Hall forums are open to the public and the public is encouraged to attend and be heard about their experiences of public services as a service provider or service user. This opportunity will happen between 7-9 p.m.

Both events will happen at the new Steelworkers hall.

For more information, please visit: http://www.standupontario.org/

 

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Thursday, February 9: Occupy Sudbury Work Groups Meeting

Time: 7pm

Location: Myths and Mirrors at 139 Durham St. (above Village International)

Brain storm, plan stuff and simply helping to keep the ball rolling

For more information, see http://occupysudbury.com

 

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Thursday, February 9: The Social Construction of Slut with Dr. Alexis

Shotwell and Dr. Gary Kinsman

Time: 7:00-9:00pm

Location: room C-112 at Laurentian University

The Graduate Students' Association (GSA), (sponsored by the Laurentian Association of Mature and Part-Time Students (LAMPS), the Association des Etudiant(e)s Francophones (AEF), the Students' General Association (SGA), and the departments of Sociology and Womens' Studies at Laurentian University) has organized a series of events on the topic of sexual assault awareness. This is the third event.

 

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Friday, February 10: Film Showing of "The Princess Bride" (A Fundraiser for Genevra House)

Time: 9:30-11:30pm

Location: Rainbow Cinemas, 40 Elm St., Sudbury

Description

Looking for something fun to start off your Valentine's Day weekend?

Why not join us for a special presentation of The Princess Bride!

Taking place at Rainbow Cinemas on February 10th, 2012 at 9:30PM

Inconceivable! This is a participation screening, which means be prepared to quote your favourite lines, blow bubbles and cheer on a sword fight or two. Costumes are encouraged!

TICKETS

Price: $10

Now available at Records on Wheels and Rainbow Cinemas. You can also contact SB Tuesday members for tickets.

All profits are going towards the YWCA Genevra House.

Genevra House is open to all women who are escaping abuse by their intimate partners. Women and their children are provided with a secure and welcoming environment any time of day or night.

http://www.ywcasudbury.ca/ywca/ViolenceAgainstWomen/tabid/55/Default.aspx

This event on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/events/304496932914945

 

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Sunday, February 12: Direct Action Support Training Workshop with the Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty

Time: 12:00-3:45pm

Location: Mackenzie Street Public Library, large downstairs meeting room

Members of the new Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty (S-CAP) will offer

a direct action support training workshop. Facilitators will be Clarissa

Lassaline and Gary Kinsman, who were involved in the old S-CAP, and will cover support work relating to Ontario Works and Ontario Disability Support Program

issues, as well as housing issues, and how to deal with employers who refuse to pay their workers.

Anyone interested in doing direct action support work is welcome to attend.

This event on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/events/307162865997741

 

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Tuesday, February 14: Meeting of Justice and Freedom for John Moore

Time: 6:30pm

Location: Little Montreal, 182 Elgin St., Sudbury

Matters to be discussed include upcoming educational events in Southern Ontario, producing an informational pamphlet about Moore's struggle for justice, and fundraising.

 

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Thursday, February 16: Film Showing of "The World According to Monsanto"

Time: 7:00-9:00pm

Location: Environmental Resource Center at reThink green, 176 Larch street, Sudbury

Join us in the ERC on Thursday, February 16th at 7 pm for a showing of "The World According to Monsanto". For more information on this film, click here http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1189345/. Hope to see you there!

This event on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/events/223199507765124

 

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Saturday, February 18: Whole Grains, Wheat, Nutrition , and the Inside Scoop on Milling

Time: 1:00-3:00pm

Location: Energy Resource Centre at Rethink Green, 176 Larch Street, Sudbury

Paul who will be conducting the workshop operates Loon Song: http://loonsong.net/

Gardening and Farming to Develop Heart-Filled Human Capacity with the Land

We have been gardening and farming on Manitoulin Island since 2003, growing nourishing foods and cultivating vibrant community connections in and for the region around us.

We are located at the base of the Niagara Escarpment below McLean's Mountain in Little Current, where we grow over 30 different kinds of vegetables using organic and Biodynamic practices for CSA, farmers' market, and some restaurant and co-op distribution.

In 2009 we began milling fresh stone-ground flours onsite from cereal grains grown here on the farm. Currently we offer some great fresh Rolled Oats, along with true whole-grain Red Fife wheat, rye, and oat flours (we are planning for whole spelt flour, as well as old-fashioned buckwheat flour with the 2011 harvest).

In the spring of 2011 we're also beginning to experiment with making some of our saved seeds available for purchase (starting with some beans and tomatoes).

Our community involvement keeps us inspired and is a central component of our work

This event on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/events/280826488646709

 

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Saturday, February 25: Lads n' Lashes (Fundraiser for Réseau ACCESS Network)

Time: 8:00-11:00pm

Location: Days Inn, 177 Elm St., Sudbury

Réseau ACCESS Network is presenting a drag show fundraiser at the Days Inn Hotel on Saturday February 25, 2012. Appearing for the first time in Sudbury, Lads n Lashes, a troupe from Toronto, will WOW you with their impersonations of your favourite stars like Cher, P!nk, Liza Minnelli, Adele, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion and many more!

The show will be held at the Days Inn at 117 Elm Street, Sudbury. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door and are available by calling 705-688-0500. Doors open at 8pm and the performance starts at 9pm. This is one show that you don't want to miss!

Funds raised from this event will support Réseau ACCESS Network's direct client services and educational programs.

For more information and to purchase tickets, please contact Dawn Brown, Coordinator of Community Resources at 705-688-0500 or at dawnb@reseauaccessnetwork.com

This event on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/events/169187126520807

 

NEWS, ANALYSIS, & CALLS TO ACTION:

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Mayworks Sudbury: Call for Participants!

Myths and Mirrors is partnering with local community members, workers, unions and artists to help bring to Sudbury the very first annual May Works. May Works, founded in 1986 and held in many cities across Canada, is a multi-disciplinary arts festival that celebrates working class culture.

An important element of this festival will be a community art project. THIS IS AN OFFICIAL CALL OUT to ANYONE who is interested in participating in a community visual art project dealing with the issues of work. What does your work mean to you? What are your hopes and desires for your work? What struggles does your work, or lack there of, present you?

Mayworks' artistic vision is specifically guided by our equity policy that recognizes the systemic discrimination and injustices faced by equity-seeking groups, and designates women, First Nations people, people of colour and queer-identified people as being disadvantaged in our society. (Mayworks website)

We encourage those of you in Sudbury who have faced discrimination in the work sphere to come and share your story through the collaborative process of community art.

Please contact us if you are interested in participating. Soon we will hold our first meeting. Artists and non artists are welcome to participate. Email, facebook or call. sarahkg@mac.com or 705-507-2340 to keep in contact about our first and subsequent meetings.

check out May Works official website for more info on what other cities are doing. www.mayworks.ca

It is time we brought this labour focused festival to SUDBURY!!!!! Join us to make it happen!

PLEASE NOTE: WE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR ARTWORK WITH LABOUR AS ITS THEME. ARTISTS PLEASE CONTACT SARAH TO SUBMIT WORK FOR THE FESTIVAL EXHIBIT.