MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - February 4, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - February 4, 2024


GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

REGINA STUDENTS STAGE PRO-TEACHER PROTEST AMID BARGAINING BREAKDOWN
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/politics/re ... -breakdown ]


THE THREAT TO DEMOCRACY NOBODY DARES MENTION AT THE FOREIGN INTERFERENCE INQUIRY
[ https://www.peacequest.ca/p/the-country ... es-mention ]


CANADIANS SHOULD SUPPORT SUFFERING PALESTINIANS—letter by Ed Lehman (scroll down)
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/letters/ ... oom-issues ]



CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE IN GAZA: AN OPEN LETTER TO PM TRUDEAU & MINISTER JOLY FROM THE COUNCIL OF CANADIANS
[ https://canadians.org/update/calling-fo ... ster-joly/ ]



PALESTINE & INTERNATIONAL LAW: A SEMINAR FOR ACTIVISTS & ORGANIZATIONS IN CANADA
[ https://www.youtube.com/@justpeaceadvocates ]



CANADA’S WILDLY DIFFERENT TAKES ON ROHINGYA & GAZA GENOCIDES
[ https://breachmedia.ca/canada-wildly-di ... genocides/ ]



TO AVOID A WIDER WAR, CEASEFIRE IN GAZA NOW!
[ https://soundcloud.com/democracynow/col ... -wider-war ]



TO END 'NIGHTMARE' IN GAZA, SANDERS MOVES TO BLOCK FUNDING FOR ISRAELI WEAPONS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/sande ... el-funding ]



“DEFUND GENOCIDE, NOT AID” ONLINE MEETING WITH ANGELA DAVIS, GABOR MATE, ROGER WATERS & OTHERS
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF2L5L64mSc ]



MILITARY CONTRACTORS ARE FRAMING THE ISRAELI WAR ON GAZA AS A WIN FOR INVESTORS
[ https://jacobin.com/2023/10/raytheon-ge ... al-complex ]



WHY WE BLOCKADED A FACTORY SHIPPING WEAPONS TO ISRAEL
[ https://jacobin.com/2023/11/britain-wor ... y-blockade ]



ISRAEL’S ASSAULT ON GAZA IS UNLIKE ANY WAR IN RECENT MEMORY
[ https://jacobin.com/2023/12/israel-defe ... alists-war ]



AS BIDEN BOMBS SYRIA AND IRAQ, 80 GROUPS PUSH GAZA CEASE-FIRE TO AVERT WIDER WAR
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/biden-syria-iraq ]



“THE HOUTHIS ARE NOT IRANIAN PROXIES”: HELEN LACKNER ON THE HISTORY & POLITICS OF YEMEN’S ANSAR ALLAH
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/2/1/yemen_strikes ]



WAR & CLIMATE CHANGE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pV5ICkZhWw ]



A LONDON JUDGE ACQUITS CLIMATE ACTIVIST GRETA THUNBERG OF REFUSING TO LEAVE OIL INDUSTRY CONFERENCE
[ https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstor ... r-BB1hG940 ]




“ORIGIN”: AVA DUVERNAY’S NEW FILM DRAMATIZES “CASTE,” FROM U.S. RACISM TO INDIA’S DALITS TO NAZI GERMANY (Currently showing at Cineplex Normanview)
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/2/2/o ... a_duvernay ]



ART ENTERS THE WORLD OF IMPERIALISM—The screams we hear even here directed at the cruel regimes in power in Regina and Saskatchewan.
[ https://peoplesworld.org/article/art-en ... perialism/ ]



EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 4, 6 pm: ONLINE MEETING—MOBILIZE FOR PEACE IN PALESTINE
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87272797487?p ... 09#success ]
Meeting ID: 872 7279 7487
Passcode: 222092



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 ]



MONDAY FEBRUARY 5, 1:30 pm: END POVERTY REGINA MEETING, KNOX-MET, 2340 VICTORIA AVE
NDP Social Services critic Meara Conway, will be attending the meeting and be available to answer questions.



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.



SUNDAY FEBRUARY 18, 10:30 am: PETER GILMER OF THE REGINA ANTI-POVERTY MINISTRY WILL BE THE SPEAKER AT THE UNITARIAN CENTRE SUNDAY SERVICE, UNITARIAN CENTRE, 2700 COLLEGE AVE
As a lead-in to World Day of Social Justice, February 20, Peter will tell us about some of the anti-poverty work going on in Regina. In person or via zoom:
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86498080299?p ... 09#success ]



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/ ]



TUESDAY MARCH 26, 5 pm: BOOK LAUNCH—THE MEDICINE CHEST, BY JAROL BOAN, COLLEGE AVENUE CAMPUS, 2155 COLLEGE AVE, ROOM 139
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/916183116487491/ ]



NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:

WE NEED A FULLY FUNDED CANADA DISABILITY BENEFIT
[ https://www.fundthebenefit.ca/ ]



RESTORE OUR RIGHT TO BUY PRESCRITPIONS AT OUR LOCAL PHARMACIST
[ https://www.change.org/p/you-just-lost- ... pharmacist ]



SASKATCHEWAN HEALTHCARE WORKERS STATEMENT ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS IN GAZA
Please consider signing if you are a healthcare worker.
[ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1SPbukm ... E/viewform ]



SAFEGUARD TRANSGENDER CHILDREN’S RIGHTS TO SELF-IDENTITY
[ https://www.change.org/p/safeguard-tran ... berta/sign ]



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


- Making Peace Vigil