MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - February 11, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - February 11, 2024

GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

REGINA LANDS $35M AGREEMENT FROM FEDERAL HOUSING ACCELERATOR FUND
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... fund-grant ]


CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET? PSST… THE CITY’S GETTING HOUSING MONEY, by Paul Dechene
[ https://prairiedogmag.com/can-you-keep-a-secret/ ]


NEW BARGAINING MANDATE FROM GOVERNMENT DOES NOT INCLUDE CLASSROOM COMPLEXITY, COMPOSITION
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... 20c1e8c3ef ]


3 EXCELLENT LETTERS ON WORKING CONDITIONS IN SASK CLASSROOMS
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/letters/ ... room-needs ]


TEACHERS ACROSS CANADA ADDING WORKING CONDITIONS TO AGREEMENTS
[ https://panow.com/2024/02/09/teachers-a ... greements/ ]


MINISTER COCKRILL’S WAGE OFFER TO TEACHERS REEKS OF ENTITLEMENT, by Murray Mandryk
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... ntitlement ]


TOSSED BY STARBUCKS
[ https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/09/Tossed-By-Starbucks/ ]


A CLOSER LOOK AT THE RACIST MYTH AT THE HEART OF ROBINSON’S COMMENTS
[ https://ricochet.media/en/4032/a-closer ... s-comments ]


GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING OUSTS ANTI-PALESTINIAN MINISTER, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPTczXgIt0E ]


TRUDEAU GOVERNMENT AUTHORIZED $28 MILLION OF NEW MILITARY EXPORTS TO ISRAEL SINCE OCTOBER
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/trudeau-go ... e-october/ ]


GLOBAL RALLY AGAINST COMPLICITY IN GAZA GENOCIDE: DEFUND GENOCIDE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px8ucb9StqU&t=1490s ]



STATEMENT FROM INDEPENDENT JEWISH VOICES CANADA: DEFUNDING UNRWA IS COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT
[ https://www.ijvcanada.org/defunding-the ... unishment/ ]


ISRAELI PLAN TO EVACUATE RAFAH BY FORCE SPARKS WARNINGS OF 'ETHNIC CLEANSING'
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/netan ... tion-rafah ]


FUNDING CUTS MAKE DONOR COUNTRIES COMPLICIT IN STARVATION OF GAZA
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/2/8/u ... is_gunness ]


EXPERTS CALL ON ICC TO 'PROSECUTE ISRAELIS RESPONSIBLE FOR BOMBING HOSPITALS'
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/icc-p ... -hospitals ]


CANADA, OUT OF THE RED SEA!
[ https://peaceandjusticenetwork.ca/stopbombingyemen/ ]


THE US TOPPLING OF IMRAN KHAN: COVERT REGIME CHANGE STRIKES AGAIN. THIS TIME IN PAKISTAN.
[ https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/us ... imran-khan ]


BERNIE SANDERS: ‘THE INTERNATIONAL BILLIONAIRE CLASS IS MAKING OUT LIKE BANDITS’
[ https://www.thenation.com/article/world ... al-policy/ ]


JULIAN ASSANGE: UNMASKING TRUTH AMIDST GLOBAL TENSIONS AND LEGAL BATTLES
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2024/02/julia ... l-battles/ ]


“IO CAPITANO”: OSCAR-NOMINATED FILM DRAMATIZES PERILOUS MIGRANT JOURNEY FROM WEST AFRICA TO EUROPE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/2/8/i ... ou_kouassi ]


RECORD JANUARY HEAT CAPS 'DISTURBING' 12-MONTH STRETCH ABOVE 1.5°C
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/hotte ... record-1-5 ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 11, NOON: REPORT FROM THE WEST BANK
[ https://ijvcanada.zoom.us/webinar/regis ... gistration ]


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


MONDAY FEBRUARY 12, 5 pm: THE ICJ CASE & THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN PALESTINE
[ https://us02web.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 ]



MONDAY FEBRUARY 12, 7 pm: ORGANIZING FOR THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION, HAMPTON HUB, 1221 15TH AVE


TUESDAY FEBRUARY 13, NOON: HOMELESSNESS IS A HOUSING PROBLEM
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]



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



TUESDAY FEBRUARY 13, 8 pm: GLOBAL NATO—THE LARGEST MILITARY ALLIANCE IN HISTORY
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]



WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 14, 4 pm: CLIMATE CRISIS & CAPITALISM—IS SYSTEM CHANGE THE ANSWER?
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]



FRIDAY FEBRUARY 16, 6 pm: AMNESTY BOOK CLUB PRESENTS SUZETTE MAYR, AUTHOR OF THE GILLER-PRIZE WINNING NOVEL 'THE SLEEPING CAR PORTER'
[ https://amnestysaskatchewan.ca/february ... ar-porter/ ]


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 ]


MONDAY FEBRUARY 19, 7 pm: FIRST SESSION OF ECOSTRESS SASK’s 8 WEEK PROGRAM
EcoStress Sask will be offering a new eight-week long group session from February to April 2024. Groups are facilitated and include conversation and sharing of our experiences, as well as instruction and practice of coping and self-care knowledge and skills. The groups also discuss moving forward, meaningful ways to take action, and building community. We will meet on Zoom from 7-9pm each Monday starting February 19th. You can read more about us at ecostresssask.ca. Our organization runs on a “pay what you can” model with $160 suggested for the eight week long group session. However, we do not want cost to prohibit participation.
Everyone is welcome. Groups often decide to continue meeting on their own (without a facilitator) beyond the eight weeks. If you are interested in more information or would like to register, email [ ecostresssask@gmail.com ]



THURSDAY FEBRUARY 22, 8 pm: JOIN WET’SUWET’EN HEREDITARY CHIEFS FOR A WEBINAR & LEARN ABOUT THEIR GROUNDBREAKING CHARTER OF RIGHTS & FREEDOMS CHALLENGE TAKING ON CANADA’S CLIMATE INACTION
[ https://raventrust.com/events/wetsuweten-webinar/ ]


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/ ]



THURSDAY FEBRUARY 29, 6 pm: RADIOACTIVE WASTE POLICY IN CANADA—WHERE DID IT GO?
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


THURSDAY MARCH 7, 6:30 pm: WHAT DOES BUILDING A PROGRESSIVE REGINA LOOK LIKE, UNION CENTRE, 2709-12TH AVE


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:

HALT LOGGING OF STANLEY PARK IMMEDIATELY
[ https://www.change.org/p/halt-logging-o ... ately/sign ]



CALL ON YOUR MP FOR AN IMMEDIATE ARMS EMBARGO ON GAZA
[ https://act.leadnow.ca/arms-embargo-MP-call/ ]



TRUDEAU GOVERNMENT: NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH AND PASS PUBLIC, UNIVERSAL PHARMACARE WITHOUT DELAY
[ https://act.leadnow.ca/negotiate-pharma/ ]


DEMAND IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE IN GAZA FOR HUMANITARIAN RELIEF
[ https://www.change.org/p/demand-immedia ... ian-relief ]


CANADA, SUSPEND ARMS TRANSFERS TO ISRAEL
[ https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/ena ... rect_link& ]



CANADA, STOP ARMING ISRAEL’S MILITARY
[ https://act.leadnow.ca/arms-embargo/ ]



DOVE, STOP POISONING OUR PLANET WITH PLASTIC
[ https://action.greenpeace.org.uk/dove-open-letter ]


- Making Peace Vigl