MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - February 1, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - February 1, 2024


GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

'WE ARE OBLIGATED TO HELP': REGINA DAWAH ASSOCIATION ORGANIZES CARE PACKAGES FOR HOMELESS
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... r-homeless ]


REGINA CITY COUNCIL CHICKENS OUT ON BACKYARD HEN PILOT PROGRAM (Boo!!!!)
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7099540 ]



TEACHERS UNION ANNOUNCES ROTATING STRIKES PLANNED FOR FEBRUARY 1
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/politics/te ... -for-feb-1 ]



MISSING TEETH: WHO’S LEFT OUT OF CANADA’S DENTAL CARE PLAN
[ https://monitormag.ca/reports/missing-teeth/ ]



CANADA’S FIRST LEGAL TENT CITY PUSHES FOR ELECTRICITY
[ https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/23/Tent ... dium=email ]



AN UPCOMING SUPREME COURT CASE THREATENS TO CRIMINALIZE HOMELESSNESS
[ https://www.blackagendareport.com/upcom ... melessness ]



CEO PAY IN CANADA CONTINUES TO SOAR UNRESTRAINED
[ http://www.vauxhalladvance.com/editoria ... estrained/ ]


A WINDFALL TAX ON BIG OIL COULD HAUL IN $42 BILLION FOR CANADIANS
[ https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/1 ... -canadians ]



CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY HOUR, JANUARY 29, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=efVCBK ... e=youtu.be ]



CANADA’S RESPONSE TO THE ICJ RULING
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=a9RFcQ ... e=youtu.be ]



NOWHERE IS SAFE: TWENTY-FIVE DAYS IN WARTIME GAZA
[ https://thewalrus.ca/gaza-humanitarian-crisis/ ]



WHILE DISMISSING ICJ GENOCIDE FINDING, US CUTS UNRWA FUNDS OVER ISRAELI ALLEGATIONS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/unrwa-funding ]



20+ NGOS CONDEMN 'RECKLESS' DECISION TO CUT OFF UNRWA AID
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/unrwa ... 2667115244 ]



US & UK ALSO COMMITTING GENOCIDE CRIMES IN GAZA
[ https://therealnews.com/us-and-uk-also- ... n-official ]



'RULE-OF-LAW WESTERN STYLE': ISRAELI ASSASSINATION SQUAD KILLS THREE IN JENIN HOSPITAL
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/israel-jenin-hospital ]


IDF TROOPS OCCUPY, BURN GAZA HOMES IN LIKELY WAR CRIME​S
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/israe ... estruction ]



ISRAELI MINISTERS JOIN GATHERING CALLING FOR REBUILDING SETTLEMENTS IN GAZA
[ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/2 ... ts-in-gaza ]



US FOREIGN POLICY IS A SCAM BUILT ON CORRUPTION, with Jeffrey Sachs
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=q_f6YxzDvag ]



‘EVERYONE AND THEIR BUBBIE IS HERE’: A LIVELY JEWISH SABBATH AT A PALESTINIAN RESTAURANT IN BROOKLYN
[ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... bat-dinner ]



IN NEW YORK CITY, CENTURIES WORTH OF INDIGENOUS HISTORY IS BEING UNCOVERED THROUGH ART, STORIES AND COMMUNITY
[ https://www.cbc.ca/radio/unreserved/unm ... -1.7094597 ]



SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT
[ https://www.worldtribune.org/2023/we-ar ... s-problem/ ]



BUILDING A WORLD WITHOUT NUCLEAR WEAPONS
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PURGAafYgJc ]



'STARTLING CONFIRMATION': BIG OIL FUNDED CLIMATE RESEARCH AS EARLY AS 1954
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/big-o ... e-research ]



EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:

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 ]



SATURDAY FEBRUARY 3, 9:30 am: FROM TURTLE ISLAND TO KASHMIR TO PALESTINE SETTLER COLONIALISM IS A CRIME
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... x0qsVnBxvw ]


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 ]



WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 7, NOON: DELIVERING LAST MILE HEALTHCARE WITH A RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH, with Dr. Ryan Meili & others
[ https://ryanmeili.substack.com/p/syndemicity-part-i
To register email: [ PIHCANADA@PIH.ORG ]



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.
Link to trailer: [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bondvm3hvGM&t=19s ]



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.
Link to trailer: [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bondvm3hvGM&t=19s ]



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:

GOVERNMENT OF CANADA: IMMEDIATELY REINSTATE FUNDING TO UNRWA & CONTINUE PROVIDING LIFE-SAVING AID IN GAZA.
[ https://act.leadnow.ca/unwra-nontemplat ... 2024-01-30 ]


GOVERNMENT OF SASKATCHEWAN: FIX THE CRISIS IN EDUCATION
[ https://www.tellthemtuesday.com/day_of_ ... e_minister ]


TIME FOR A TAX SYSTEM THAT DELIVERS ON EQUALITY & CLIMATE ACTION
[ https://www.taxfairness.ca/en/act/take- ... ate-action ]



TELL MINISTER HUSSEN: REVERSE THE UNRWA CUTS, DON’T PUNISH GAZA!
[ https://www.cjpmecontent.org/reverse_unrwa_cuts ]



CANADA, REINSTATE FUNDING TO UNRWA
[ https://act.leadnow.ca/unrwa-funding-cm/ ]



DON’T LET BIG OIL GET AWAY WITH THIS! DEMAND A STRONG OIL & GAS EMISSIONS CAP
[ https://act.newmode.net/action/350org/w ... l-get-away ]



CALL FOR HUMANITARIAN AIRDROPS INTO THE GAZA STRIP
[ https://www.change.org/p/call-for-human ... 2711224c9a ]



RESTORE FUNDING FOR UNWRA
[ https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/sa ... ave_unwra/ ]


- Making Peace Vigil