MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - January 28, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - January 28, 2024


GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

EXPERT CALLS OUT PROVINCE OVER CLAIM DRUG POLICY INCREASED HIV, OVERDOSE RATES
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... dose-rates ]


SHIFT AWAY FROM HARM REDUCTION WILL INCREASE RISK
[ https://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/colu ... ease-risks ]



ADVOCATE SAYS MORE WORK TO BE DONE ON INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE IN SASK
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... ect-launch ]



LEAVING EDMONTON’S HOMELESS OUT IN THE COLD IS SHAMEFUL
[ https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contrib ... 38f3a.html ]



MASKS MADE BY CANADIAN-OWNED FIRM TO BE USED IN US PRISONER EXECUTION
[ https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/bus ... ea895.html ]



CANADIAN TAR SANDS POLLUTION IS UP TO 6300% HIGHER THAN REPORTED
[ https://amp.theguardian.com/environment ... tudy-finds ]



FRENCH CITY OF MONTPELLIER MAKES PUBLIC TRANSPORT FREE FOR ALL RESIDENTS
[ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/ ... -residents ]



GROUPS CONDEMN ALLEGED INSTRUCTION TO REPORT SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR CRITICIZING ISRAEL
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/community- ... ng-israel/ ]



WHY IS CANADA ASKING PALESTINIANS TO LIST SCARS ON GAZA VISA APPLICATIONS?
[ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/2 ... plications ]



ISRAEL KILLS PALESTINIAN REFUGEES WAITING IN LINE FOR FOOD
[ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Isr ... -0004.html ]



PALESTINIAN ECONOMIST RAJA KHALIDI ON ISRAEL’S “ECONOMIC WARFARE” ON GAZA AND THE WEST BANK
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/1/25/ ... ja_khalidi ]



FROM NEWBORNS TO 17-YEAR-OLDS, AL JAZEERA PRINTS NAMES OF 4,216 CHILDREN KILLED IN GAZA
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/kids-killed-in-gaza ]



AS CIVILIANS STARVE IN GAZA, ISRAELIS BLOCK HUMANITARIAN AID CONVOY FOR 3RD DAY
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/kerem ... g-protests ]



'CRUCIAL MOMENT IN HISTORY': ICJ ORDERS ISRAEL TO PREVENT ACTS OF GENOCIDE IN GAZA
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/watch ... ocide-case ]



INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE ORDERS ISRAEL TO PREVENT GENOCIDE IN GAZA BUT FAILS TO ORDER CEASEFIRE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/1/26/ ... ocide_gaza ]



WHY ISRAEL IS LOSING AT THE WORLD COURT
[ https://www.peacequest.ca/p/why-israel- ... -the-world ]



GROUPS INTENSIFY GLOBAL PUSH FOR GAZA CEASEFIRE AFTER ICJ RULING
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/icj-ceasefire ]



WHAT NOW, GENOCIDE JUSTIN? with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://dimitrilascaris.org/2024/01/26/ ... de-justin/ ]




DIMITRI LASCARIS DISCUSSES THE ICJ RULING ON SOUTH AFRICA'S GENOCIDE CLAIM AGAINST ISRAEL
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSjPjxuKRN8 ]



CANADA’S RESPONSE TO THE ICJ RULING, with Vihay Prashad
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2WsrGXm_Ww ]



ICJ RULING TESTS ‘CANADA’S REMARKABLE DOUBLE STANDARDS’ ON PALESTINE
[ https://breachmedia.ca/icj-ruling-tests ... palestine/ ]



EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:

SUNDAY JANUARY 28, 2 pm: MARCH FOR PALESTINE, LEGISLATIVE BUILDING TO CITY HALL
[ https://www.facebook.com/story.php ]



MONDAY JANUARY 29, 7 pm: INFORMATION SESSION ON ECOSTRESS, WITH ECOSTRESS CO-FOUNDERS RUSSELL CHARLTON & KATHERINE ARBUTHNOTT

To register for this meeting, please email [ ecostresssask@gmail.com ].

The meeting is a lead-in to an 8 week EcoStress group discussion on Zoom, which will start in February. If you cannot make the January 29 meeting, please email for more options.



WEDNESDAY JANUARY 31, 6 pm: JUST TRANSITION GUIDE FIRESIDE CHAT WITH DAVID SUZUKI & MELINA LABOUCAN-MASSIMO
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... _laSic2ilW ]



THURSDAY FEBRUARY 1, 6 pm: NATIONAL PHONE ZAP—TELL THE NDP, DON’T BACK DOWN ON PHARMACARE!
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]



THURSDAY FEBRUARY 1, 7:30 pm: HOW SHOULD REGINA GROW? HAMPTON HUB, 1221 15TH AVE, with Vanessa Mathews & Rylan Graham
[ https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=767 ... 8016993765 ]



FRIDAY FEBRUARY 2, 11 am: WAR & CLIMATE CHANGE, with Tamara Lorincz & others
To register: [ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]



MONDAY FEBRUARY 5, NOON – 1 pm: MENTAL HEALTH & SENIORS

Mental Health and Seniors. Our speakers will be Jenna Haupstein, Assistant Director of Community Engagement and Shannon Patton, Director of Community Engagement at Canadian Mental Health Association, Regina. Jenna supported by Shannon, will speak about the key differences between mental health and mental illness, and the impacts both can have on our overall wellbeing. In addition to exploring the unique challenges faced later in life, Jenna will share a variety of strategies for supporting and caring for our mental health today and as we age.

Register before the scheduled date by emailing: [ stsreginaadvocacy@gmail.com ]



TUESDAY FEBRUARY 6, 7 pm: VALERIE ZINK WILL BE SHARING PHOTOS AND STORIES FROM HER TIME IN PALESTINE, KNOX-MET, 2340 VICTORIA AVE
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/2033697 ... f=newsfeed ]



WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 7, 9 am: UNVEILING EQUITY, TACKLING SYSTEMIC RACISM by Faculty of Native Studies and Concordia University
[ https://www.facebook.com/UAlbertaNative ... AudnDcidFl ]



THURSDAY FEBRUARY 8, 3 pm: FILM SCREENING OF ISRAELISM AT U OF R, EDUCATION AUDITORIUM
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/o/palestine-s ... 7751375293 ]
Please register to ensure a seat.



SUNDAY FEBRUARY 11, 1 pm: SOUTH AFRICA VS ISRAEL—THE INTERNATIONAL COALITION AGAINST GENOCIDE
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]



MONDAY FEBRUARY 12, 7 pm: FILM SCREENING OF ISRAELISM, CENTRAL LIBRARY FILM THEATRE, 12TH AVE & LORNE ST.
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/o/palestine-s ... 7751375293 ]
Please register to ensure a seat.



TUESDAY FEBRUARY 13, 3 pm: INTERSECTIONAL FEMINIST HOUSING AGENDA: ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]
Please register to attend.



TUESDAY FEBRUARY 27, 5:30 – 6:30: REGINA HOMELESS MEMORIAL, PAT FIACCO PLAZA, NORTH SIDE OF VICTORIA PARK
Come to honour and remember lives lost to homelessness. There will be advocate speakers, lived experience stories, and a candlelight vigil.
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/691522463171570/ ]



NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:

IMPOSE A TWO-WAY ARMS EMBARGO BETWEEN CANADA & ISRAEL
[ https://www.cjpmecontent.org/arms_embargo_israel ]



END CANADIAN ASSISTANCE TO MILITARY COMMITTING GENOCIDE
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/6d2f6 ... b5a6a7af4d ]



CANADA MUST STOP ARMING GENOCIDE
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/stoparminggenocide/ ]



URGE GOVERNMENTS TO INVOKE THE GENOCIDE CONVENTION TO STOP THE WAR ON GAZA
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/gaza-genocide/ ]



WE WANT A GLOBAL PLASTICS TREATY
[ https://action.earthday.org/global-plastics-treaty ]



DEMAND HERSHEY’S, NESTLÉ, AND MARS END CHILD LABOR PRACTICES NOW!
[ https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-th ... ctices-now ]


- Making Peace Vigil