MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - March 23, 2025
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2025 1:55 pmMAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - March 23, 2025
2 TERRIFIC DISCUSSIONS/VIDEOS—& GREAT COMPANION PIECES
USAID WAS ‘A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING’ IN AFRICA
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mFSRb5dUOM ]
THE RISE OF FASCISM & THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RESPONSE
[ https://www.facebook.com/indigenousclim ... 1475088864 ]
2 SPECIAL EVENTS
1) TUESDAY MARCH 25, 4 pm: TANYA TALEGA—THE KNOWING, ONE FAMILY’S JOURNEY, U OF R, Ed 191 OR ON ZOOM
Based on her third, national best-selling book, The Knowing, Tanya Talaga creates an intimate experience for audiences as she tells the story of the search for her family’s matriarch, Annie Carpenter. The story of Annie represents every child and family member lost in Indian Residential Schools and Indian Hospitals. This is an intergenerational tale of survival and hope.
[ https://tanyatalaga.rsvpify.com/?securi ... FITEE1jx0z ]
2) TUESDAY MARCH 25, 7 pm: TEACH-IN TUESDAY— FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S MONTH REGINA, CITY COUNCIL THE SQUAD: VICTORIA FLORES, SHOBNA RADONS, SARAH TURNBULL, & SHANON ZACHIDNIAK WILL TALK ABOUT THEIR WORK ON CITY COUNCIL, PAUSE COFFEE, 3434 13th AVE
Please indicate if you are going: [ https://www.facebook.com/events/1155761625706124/ ]
GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING:
REGINA CITY COUNCIL APPROVES 7.33-PER-CENT MILL RATE INCREASE FOR 2025—nothing to build affordable housing units
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... e-for-2025 ]
CENTRAL LIBRARY ALREADY MEETS NEEDS, letter by Shawne Arazb (scroll down)
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... nd-hirings ]
MITAKUYÉ OWÂS’Ā CENTRE AIMS TO BE A SAFE, ACCESSIBLE GATHERING PLACE FOR REGINA'S HERITAGE COMMUNITY—Thank you, Wendy!
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... -community ]
THE IDEOLOGICAL ADVENTURES OF ELON MUSK'S SASKATCHEWAN GRANDFATHER
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/the-ideolog ... 55574fe24a ]
JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY OF SASKATCHEWAN VERSUS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF SASKATCHEWAN
[ https://bccla.org/case/john-howard-soci ... katchewan/ ]
POWWOW IN SASKATOON CELEBRATES 2SLGBTQ+ COMMUNITY BEFORE TWO-SPIRIT AWARENESS DAY
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7488055 ]
RESIDENTS OF 5 DOWNTOWN WINNIPEG ENCAMPMENTS MOVED INTO HOUSING UNITS, PROVINCE SAYS (Only 12 people housed?)
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba ... -1.7488349 ]
LIBERAL GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES DENTAL CARE EXPANSION THE DAY BEFORE EXPECTED ELECTION CALL
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/libera ... -1.7490792 ]
U.S. LIMITS CANADIAN ACCESS TO ICONIC STANSTEAD, QUE., BORDER-STRADDLING LIBRARY
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal ... -1.7489528 ]
NEWS DEPRIVATION: CANADIAN COMMUNITIES STARVING FOR LOCAL NEWS
[ https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news- ... privation/ ]
FIRST NATIONS HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED FROM TARIFF TALKS, BREACHING CENTURIES OLD TREATIES
[ https://rabble.ca/indigenous/first-nati ... -treaties/ ]
MY WARNING TO CANADIANS: DO NOT TRAVEL TO TRUMP LAND, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/my- ... not-travel ]
HOW TRUMP USES DISINFORMATION IN HIS TRADE WAR WITH CANADA
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump- ... -1.7489805 ]
TRUMP MAY NOT BE A MADMAN, BUT HIS FOREIGN POLICY SHOWS SIGNS OF IT
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-for ... -1.7489555 ]
AS A RESPONSE TO TRUMP, CANADA MUST DECOUPLE FROM THE US MILITARY
[ https://yvesengler.com/2025/03/22/as-re ... -military/ ]
CRIMINALIZING DISSENT: GREENPEACE ORDERED TO PAY $667M TO DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE FIRM OVER PROTESTS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/20/ ... a_pipeline ]
JURY VERDICT AGAINST GREENPEACE REWARDS CORPORATE ATTACK ON FREE SPEECH & INDIGENOUS RIGHTS
[ https://www.ciel.org/news/jury-verdict- ... us-rights/ ]
MY NAME IS MAHMOUD KHALIL AND I AM A POLITICAL PRISONER
[ https://inthesetimes.com/article/mahmou ... -louisiana ]
“FIRST, THEY CAME FOR MAHMOUD KHALIL”
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/mahmoud- ... university ]
TRUMP’S TERROR CAMPAIGN AGAINST IMMIGRANTS, FROM DETENTIONS TO DISAPPEARANCES
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/20/ ... immigrants ]
ISRAEL'S TAKEOVERS OF GAZA HOSPITALS AMOUNT TO 'WAR CRIMES,' SAYS HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/israe ... es-in-gaza ]
‘NOTHING TO SEE. MOVE ALONG.’ STATEMENT BY EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR AT NASSER HOSPITAL
[ https://judyhaiven.ca/2025/03/19/nothin ... ove-along/ ]
LAST CHAPTER OF GENOCIDE, with Chris Hedges
[ https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the- ... e-genocide ]
FEARLESS PM MIA MOTLEY SENDS A WARNING TO US GOVERNMENT TO LEAVE JAMAICA
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbwDeaeSqsM ]
MPs FROM AROUND THE WORLD STAND WITH SOUTH AFRICA & AGAINST TRUMP’S EXECUTIVE ORDER: Note - only one Canadian MP, Charlie Angus, has signed the letter
[ https://progressive.international/wire/ ... -africa/en ]
ALGERIA UNLEASHES FURY AT THE UNSC OVER GAZA CARNAGE!
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCnYDekBm9o ]
MEXICO RECOGNIZES PALESTINE—A HISTORIC GESTURE
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/03/mexic ... olidarity/ ]
DIVEST FROM THE WAR MACHINE—DIVESTMENT IS A TANGIBLE TACTIC TO DEFUND WAR
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/divest/ ]
STORIES OF RESISTANCE: MONSIGNOR OSCAR ROMERO EL SAVLADOR’S BISHOP OF THE POOR
[ https://therealnews.com/stories-of-resi ... f-the-poor ]
SCIENTISTS WARN MAJOR GLACIERS WON'T 'SURVIVE THIS CENTURY,' WITH GRAVE IMPACTS FOR BILLIONS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/melting-of-glaciers ]
EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS
MONDAY MARCH 24, 5:30 pm: A NEW GENERATION OF NUCLEAR LIES—SMALL MODULAR NUCLEAR REACTORS & NUCLEAR PLANT REOPENINGS/RELICENSING
[ https://masspeaceaction.org/event/a-new ... lear-lies/ ]
TUESDAY MARCH 25, 4 pm: TANYA TALEGA—THE KNOWING, ONE FAMILY’S JOURNEY, U OF R, Ed 191 OR ON ZOOM
Based on her third, national best-selling book, The Knowing, Tanya Talaga creates an intimate experience for audiences as she tells the story of the search for her family’s matriarch, Annie Carpenter. The story of Annie represents every child and family member lost in Indian Residential Schools and Indian Hospitals. This is an intergenerational tale of survival and hope.
[ https://tanyatalaga.rsvpify.com/?securi ... FITEE1jx0z ]
TUESDAY MARCH 25, 7 pm: TEACH-IN TUESDAY— FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S MONTH REGINA, CITY COUNCIL THE SQUAD: VICTORIA FLORES, SHOBNA RADONS, SARAH TURNBULL, & SHANON ZACHIDNIAK WILL TALK ABOUT THEIR WORK ON CITY COUNCIL, PAUSE COFFEE, 3434 13th AVE
Please indicate if you are going: [ https://www.facebook.com/events/1155761625706124/ ]
WEDNESDAY MARCH 26, 10 am: IT’S CHEAPER—THE COST-BASED CASE FOR HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION
[ https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/ ... gistration ]
WEDNESDAY MARCH 26, 10 am: THE CCPA’S 'ASK US ANYTHING' WEBINAR: ELECTION, TRUMP, TRADE, TARIFFS, JOBS…
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]
WEDNESDAY MARCH 26, 5 pm: PEOPLE, POWER, STRATEGY CONSULTATION—A WEBINAR HOSTED BY AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Amnesty International Canada is building its first-ever People Power Strategy—a plan to grow and diversify our activist base, strengthen our movement, and make even more impact for human rights from 2025-2030.
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]
WEDNESDAY MARCH 26, 7 pm: OLD GROWTH IS AWESOME!
[ https://sierraclub.bc.ca/old-growth-is-awesome/ ]
THURSDAY MARCH 27, 2 PM: CLEAN ELECTRICITY AND ENERGY JUSTICE: WINS, CHALLENGES AND WHERE TO GO FROM HERE—a David Suzuki webinar
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... cW6uNC2-Rg ]
FRIDAY MARCH 28: IN PURSUIT OF PEACE—SYRIA & BEYOND, ABSTRACTIONS, 2161 ROSE ST
6 p.m. Doors Open.
7 p.m. Discussion about Syria.
Ed will discuss the world peace movement in the context of our times.
Noor will give a short talk on Syria and the concept of human sovereignty.
Sara shares a statement about family, friends, and the Alawite minority in Syria.
Music by DJ Tarabytes (Tera Dawn) & Noor.
Art, additional artistic contributions, possibly the release of music for peace volume 2.
For more information please call Ed at 306 718 8010 or email [ edrae1133@gmail.com ]
SATURDAY MARCH 29, 10 am – 4 pm: REPAIR CAFÉ, 1770 HALIFAX ST
A Repair Cafe is a community event where people can bring broken or damaged items to be fixed for free by volunteers. The goal is to promote repairing and reusing items instead of throwing them away, which helps reduce waste and encourages sustainability.
[ https://www.envirocollective.ca/repair-cafe/ ]
SATURDAY MARCH 29, 2:30 pm: RAISE THE BAR FLYERING EVENT-- VOLUNTEER-LED ELECTION SQUADS ARE ORGANIZING TO TAKE A STAND AGAINST PIERRE POILIEVRE’S TOXIC VISION FOR CANADA, MEET AT THE BUS STOP BY CORA’S RESTAURANT IN HARBOUR LANDING, 4634 GORDON ROAD
https://you.leadnow.ca/events/raise-the ... nched=true
SUNDAY MARCH 30 10 am: TRUMP’S AGGRESSION IN THE AMERICAS—A RETURN TO THE MONROE DOCTRINE?
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/trumps-aggr ... tdtcreator ]
SUNDAY MARCH 30, 2 pm: PAN CANADIAN VOICE FOR WOMEN’S HOUSING REGINA GATHERING, YWCA, 2817 12TH AVE
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/1338442 ... 917307927/ ]
SUNDAY MARCH 30, 2-5 PM: ART FOR PALESTINE, MÂMAWÊYATITÂN CENTRE, 3365 6TH AVE
THURSDAY APRIL 3, 2:30 PM: SENIORS FOR CLIMATE SCREENING OF THE 'LATER IS TOO LATE' DOCUMENTARY
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... 5AwKfl_L5Q [
THURSDAY APRIL 3, 5 pm: HOPE IN THE ERA OF TRUMP—with Douglas Roche
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]
SATURDAY APRIL 5, 2 pm: CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF JUNE MITCHELL (1926 - 2024), 2 pm, BLUE ROOM, HOTEL SASK, 2125 VICTORIA AVE
June was a long-time peace and justice activist. She participated in Making Peace Vigil when we handed out pamphlets on the Scarth Street Mall.
SATURDAY MAY 5, ALL DAY: RED DRESS DAY—A DAY TO REMEMBER MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN, GIRLS, & TWO-SPIRIT PEOPLE
One way to mark Red Dress Day is to hang a red dress in your window or in your yard.
[ https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/ ... -dress-day ]
NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS
SASKATCHEWAN: SIGN THE $10-A-DAY CHILDCARE DEAL NOW
[ https://www.saskndp.ca/childcaredeal ]
TELL PM CARNEY: DROP MARCO MENDICINO AS CHIEF OF STAFF
[ https://www.cjpme.org/drop_marco_mendic ... urce=cjpme ]
PM CARNEY: NO MORE SUBSIDIES OR NEW FOSSIL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE
[ https://leadnow.ca/campaigns/carney-climate-pledge/ ]
CANADA, ADDRESS SYSTEMIC COLONIAL VIOLENCE AGAINST INDIGENOUS WOMEN, GIRLS & 2SLGBTQI+
[ https://www.change.org/p/canada-address ... s-2slgbtqi ]
DEMAND ACTION TO PROTECT REMAINING SOUTHERN RESIDENT KILLER WHALES
[ https://wwf.ca/demand-action-to-protect ... er-whales/ ]
- Making Peace Vigl
2 TERRIFIC DISCUSSIONS/VIDEOS—& GREAT COMPANION PIECES
USAID WAS ‘A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING’ IN AFRICA
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mFSRb5dUOM ]
THE RISE OF FASCISM & THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RESPONSE
[ https://www.facebook.com/indigenousclim ... 1475088864 ]
2 SPECIAL EVENTS
1) TUESDAY MARCH 25, 4 pm: TANYA TALEGA—THE KNOWING, ONE FAMILY’S JOURNEY, U OF R, Ed 191 OR ON ZOOM
Based on her third, national best-selling book, The Knowing, Tanya Talaga creates an intimate experience for audiences as she tells the story of the search for her family’s matriarch, Annie Carpenter. The story of Annie represents every child and family member lost in Indian Residential Schools and Indian Hospitals. This is an intergenerational tale of survival and hope.
[ https://tanyatalaga.rsvpify.com/?securi ... FITEE1jx0z ]
2) TUESDAY MARCH 25, 7 pm: TEACH-IN TUESDAY— FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S MONTH REGINA, CITY COUNCIL THE SQUAD: VICTORIA FLORES, SHOBNA RADONS, SARAH TURNBULL, & SHANON ZACHIDNIAK WILL TALK ABOUT THEIR WORK ON CITY COUNCIL, PAUSE COFFEE, 3434 13th AVE
Please indicate if you are going: [ https://www.facebook.com/events/1155761625706124/ ]
GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING:
REGINA CITY COUNCIL APPROVES 7.33-PER-CENT MILL RATE INCREASE FOR 2025—nothing to build affordable housing units
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... e-for-2025 ]
CENTRAL LIBRARY ALREADY MEETS NEEDS, letter by Shawne Arazb (scroll down)
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... nd-hirings ]
MITAKUYÉ OWÂS’Ā CENTRE AIMS TO BE A SAFE, ACCESSIBLE GATHERING PLACE FOR REGINA'S HERITAGE COMMUNITY—Thank you, Wendy!
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... -community ]
THE IDEOLOGICAL ADVENTURES OF ELON MUSK'S SASKATCHEWAN GRANDFATHER
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/the-ideolog ... 55574fe24a ]
JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY OF SASKATCHEWAN VERSUS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF SASKATCHEWAN
[ https://bccla.org/case/john-howard-soci ... katchewan/ ]
POWWOW IN SASKATOON CELEBRATES 2SLGBTQ+ COMMUNITY BEFORE TWO-SPIRIT AWARENESS DAY
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7488055 ]
RESIDENTS OF 5 DOWNTOWN WINNIPEG ENCAMPMENTS MOVED INTO HOUSING UNITS, PROVINCE SAYS (Only 12 people housed?)
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba ... -1.7488349 ]
LIBERAL GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES DENTAL CARE EXPANSION THE DAY BEFORE EXPECTED ELECTION CALL
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/libera ... -1.7490792 ]
U.S. LIMITS CANADIAN ACCESS TO ICONIC STANSTEAD, QUE., BORDER-STRADDLING LIBRARY
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal ... -1.7489528 ]
NEWS DEPRIVATION: CANADIAN COMMUNITIES STARVING FOR LOCAL NEWS
[ https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news- ... privation/ ]
FIRST NATIONS HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED FROM TARIFF TALKS, BREACHING CENTURIES OLD TREATIES
[ https://rabble.ca/indigenous/first-nati ... -treaties/ ]
MY WARNING TO CANADIANS: DO NOT TRAVEL TO TRUMP LAND, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/my- ... not-travel ]
HOW TRUMP USES DISINFORMATION IN HIS TRADE WAR WITH CANADA
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump- ... -1.7489805 ]
TRUMP MAY NOT BE A MADMAN, BUT HIS FOREIGN POLICY SHOWS SIGNS OF IT
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-for ... -1.7489555 ]
AS A RESPONSE TO TRUMP, CANADA MUST DECOUPLE FROM THE US MILITARY
[ https://yvesengler.com/2025/03/22/as-re ... -military/ ]
CRIMINALIZING DISSENT: GREENPEACE ORDERED TO PAY $667M TO DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE FIRM OVER PROTESTS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/20/ ... a_pipeline ]
JURY VERDICT AGAINST GREENPEACE REWARDS CORPORATE ATTACK ON FREE SPEECH & INDIGENOUS RIGHTS
[ https://www.ciel.org/news/jury-verdict- ... us-rights/ ]
MY NAME IS MAHMOUD KHALIL AND I AM A POLITICAL PRISONER
[ https://inthesetimes.com/article/mahmou ... -louisiana ]
“FIRST, THEY CAME FOR MAHMOUD KHALIL”
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/mahmoud- ... university ]
TRUMP’S TERROR CAMPAIGN AGAINST IMMIGRANTS, FROM DETENTIONS TO DISAPPEARANCES
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/20/ ... immigrants ]
ISRAEL'S TAKEOVERS OF GAZA HOSPITALS AMOUNT TO 'WAR CRIMES,' SAYS HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/israe ... es-in-gaza ]
‘NOTHING TO SEE. MOVE ALONG.’ STATEMENT BY EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR AT NASSER HOSPITAL
[ https://judyhaiven.ca/2025/03/19/nothin ... ove-along/ ]
LAST CHAPTER OF GENOCIDE, with Chris Hedges
[ https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the- ... e-genocide ]
FEARLESS PM MIA MOTLEY SENDS A WARNING TO US GOVERNMENT TO LEAVE JAMAICA
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbwDeaeSqsM ]
MPs FROM AROUND THE WORLD STAND WITH SOUTH AFRICA & AGAINST TRUMP’S EXECUTIVE ORDER: Note - only one Canadian MP, Charlie Angus, has signed the letter
[ https://progressive.international/wire/ ... -africa/en ]
ALGERIA UNLEASHES FURY AT THE UNSC OVER GAZA CARNAGE!
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCnYDekBm9o ]
MEXICO RECOGNIZES PALESTINE—A HISTORIC GESTURE
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/03/mexic ... olidarity/ ]
DIVEST FROM THE WAR MACHINE—DIVESTMENT IS A TANGIBLE TACTIC TO DEFUND WAR
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/divest/ ]
STORIES OF RESISTANCE: MONSIGNOR OSCAR ROMERO EL SAVLADOR’S BISHOP OF THE POOR
[ https://therealnews.com/stories-of-resi ... f-the-poor ]
SCIENTISTS WARN MAJOR GLACIERS WON'T 'SURVIVE THIS CENTURY,' WITH GRAVE IMPACTS FOR BILLIONS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/melting-of-glaciers ]
EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS
MONDAY MARCH 24, 5:30 pm: A NEW GENERATION OF NUCLEAR LIES—SMALL MODULAR NUCLEAR REACTORS & NUCLEAR PLANT REOPENINGS/RELICENSING
[ https://masspeaceaction.org/event/a-new ... lear-lies/ ]
TUESDAY MARCH 25, 4 pm: TANYA TALEGA—THE KNOWING, ONE FAMILY’S JOURNEY, U OF R, Ed 191 OR ON ZOOM
Based on her third, national best-selling book, The Knowing, Tanya Talaga creates an intimate experience for audiences as she tells the story of the search for her family’s matriarch, Annie Carpenter. The story of Annie represents every child and family member lost in Indian Residential Schools and Indian Hospitals. This is an intergenerational tale of survival and hope.
[ https://tanyatalaga.rsvpify.com/?securi ... FITEE1jx0z ]
TUESDAY MARCH 25, 7 pm: TEACH-IN TUESDAY— FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S MONTH REGINA, CITY COUNCIL THE SQUAD: VICTORIA FLORES, SHOBNA RADONS, SARAH TURNBULL, & SHANON ZACHIDNIAK WILL TALK ABOUT THEIR WORK ON CITY COUNCIL, PAUSE COFFEE, 3434 13th AVE
Please indicate if you are going: [ https://www.facebook.com/events/1155761625706124/ ]
WEDNESDAY MARCH 26, 10 am: IT’S CHEAPER—THE COST-BASED CASE FOR HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION
[ https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/ ... gistration ]
WEDNESDAY MARCH 26, 10 am: THE CCPA’S 'ASK US ANYTHING' WEBINAR: ELECTION, TRUMP, TRADE, TARIFFS, JOBS…
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]
WEDNESDAY MARCH 26, 5 pm: PEOPLE, POWER, STRATEGY CONSULTATION—A WEBINAR HOSTED BY AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Amnesty International Canada is building its first-ever People Power Strategy—a plan to grow and diversify our activist base, strengthen our movement, and make even more impact for human rights from 2025-2030.
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]
WEDNESDAY MARCH 26, 7 pm: OLD GROWTH IS AWESOME!
[ https://sierraclub.bc.ca/old-growth-is-awesome/ ]
THURSDAY MARCH 27, 2 PM: CLEAN ELECTRICITY AND ENERGY JUSTICE: WINS, CHALLENGES AND WHERE TO GO FROM HERE—a David Suzuki webinar
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... cW6uNC2-Rg ]
FRIDAY MARCH 28: IN PURSUIT OF PEACE—SYRIA & BEYOND, ABSTRACTIONS, 2161 ROSE ST
6 p.m. Doors Open.
7 p.m. Discussion about Syria.
Ed will discuss the world peace movement in the context of our times.
Noor will give a short talk on Syria and the concept of human sovereignty.
Sara shares a statement about family, friends, and the Alawite minority in Syria.
Music by DJ Tarabytes (Tera Dawn) & Noor.
Art, additional artistic contributions, possibly the release of music for peace volume 2.
For more information please call Ed at 306 718 8010 or email [ edrae1133@gmail.com ]
SATURDAY MARCH 29, 10 am – 4 pm: REPAIR CAFÉ, 1770 HALIFAX ST
A Repair Cafe is a community event where people can bring broken or damaged items to be fixed for free by volunteers. The goal is to promote repairing and reusing items instead of throwing them away, which helps reduce waste and encourages sustainability.
[ https://www.envirocollective.ca/repair-cafe/ ]
SATURDAY MARCH 29, 2:30 pm: RAISE THE BAR FLYERING EVENT-- VOLUNTEER-LED ELECTION SQUADS ARE ORGANIZING TO TAKE A STAND AGAINST PIERRE POILIEVRE’S TOXIC VISION FOR CANADA, MEET AT THE BUS STOP BY CORA’S RESTAURANT IN HARBOUR LANDING, 4634 GORDON ROAD
https://you.leadnow.ca/events/raise-the ... nched=true
SUNDAY MARCH 30 10 am: TRUMP’S AGGRESSION IN THE AMERICAS—A RETURN TO THE MONROE DOCTRINE?
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/trumps-aggr ... tdtcreator ]
SUNDAY MARCH 30, 2 pm: PAN CANADIAN VOICE FOR WOMEN’S HOUSING REGINA GATHERING, YWCA, 2817 12TH AVE
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/1338442 ... 917307927/ ]
SUNDAY MARCH 30, 2-5 PM: ART FOR PALESTINE, MÂMAWÊYATITÂN CENTRE, 3365 6TH AVE
THURSDAY APRIL 3, 2:30 PM: SENIORS FOR CLIMATE SCREENING OF THE 'LATER IS TOO LATE' DOCUMENTARY
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... 5AwKfl_L5Q [
THURSDAY APRIL 3, 5 pm: HOPE IN THE ERA OF TRUMP—with Douglas Roche
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]
SATURDAY APRIL 5, 2 pm: CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF JUNE MITCHELL (1926 - 2024), 2 pm, BLUE ROOM, HOTEL SASK, 2125 VICTORIA AVE
June was a long-time peace and justice activist. She participated in Making Peace Vigil when we handed out pamphlets on the Scarth Street Mall.
SATURDAY MAY 5, ALL DAY: RED DRESS DAY—A DAY TO REMEMBER MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN, GIRLS, & TWO-SPIRIT PEOPLE
One way to mark Red Dress Day is to hang a red dress in your window or in your yard.
[ https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/ ... -dress-day ]
NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS
SASKATCHEWAN: SIGN THE $10-A-DAY CHILDCARE DEAL NOW
[ https://www.saskndp.ca/childcaredeal ]
TELL PM CARNEY: DROP MARCO MENDICINO AS CHIEF OF STAFF
[ https://www.cjpme.org/drop_marco_mendic ... urce=cjpme ]
PM CARNEY: NO MORE SUBSIDIES OR NEW FOSSIL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE
[ https://leadnow.ca/campaigns/carney-climate-pledge/ ]
CANADA, ADDRESS SYSTEMIC COLONIAL VIOLENCE AGAINST INDIGENOUS WOMEN, GIRLS & 2SLGBTQI+
[ https://www.change.org/p/canada-address ... s-2slgbtqi ]
DEMAND ACTION TO PROTECT REMAINING SOUTHERN RESIDENT KILLER WHALES
[ https://wwf.ca/demand-action-to-protect ... er-whales/ ]
- Making Peace Vigl