MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - October 27, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - October 27, 2024


GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

'WHY DID THEY DO THAT TO ME?' MÉTIS MAN SAYS PONYTAIL WAS CUT OFF WITHOUT CONSENT AT SASKATOON HOSPITAL
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.7361354 ]


MINISTER SAYS ONTARIO, SASKATCHEWAN HAVEN'T REPLIED TO FEDERAL OFFER OF FUNDING TO HOUSE HOMELESS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federa ... -1.7362207 ]


MOE, FEDS BUTT HEADS OVER LETTER SEEKING COOPERATION ON HOMELESSNESS
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/politics/mo ... melessness ]


FROM GETTING TO POLLS TO MARKING AN X, VOTERS WITH DISABILITIES FACE EXTRA HURDLES
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7360887 ]


2 EXCELLENT LEADER POST LETTERS, ONE BY ED LEHMAN
[ https://leaderpost.com/business/moneywi ... p-priority ]


LARRY WASSLEN SPEAKS OF HIS TIME IN REGINA, SPEAKING FOR PEACE IN AN EVENT SPONSORED BY REGINA PEACE COUNCIL
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN3l0Qul6Dw ]


PRIVACY COMMISSIONER RECOMMENDS RPS PROVIDE SURVEILLANCE VIDEOS TO MAN WHOSE ARM WAS BROKEN DURING ARREST
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7362851 ]


THE MANY CAN DEFEAT THE MONEY
[ https://canadians.org/webinar/the-many- ... the-money/ ]


INVESTORS, NOT IMMIGRANTS, ARE FUELLING THE HOUSING CRISIS
[ https://breachmedia.ca/investors-immigr ... ng-crisis/ ]


MAID & MARGINALIZED PEOPLE
[ https://www.msn.com/en-ca/health/other/ ... r-AA1sSmI2 ]


CANADIAN PENSION PLAN CLIMATE REPORT CARD
[ https://www.shiftaction.ca/reportcard2023 ]


CANADA BETRAYS REFUGEES – CCR STATEMENT ON 2025 LEVELS ANNOUNCEMENT
[ https://ccrweb.ca/en/canada-betrays-ref ... nouncement ]


CONVERSATION WITH HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST, ART MIKI, WITH MIKI READING FROM HIS NEW BOOK: 'GAMAN: PERSEVERANCE, JAPANESE CANADIANS’ JOURNEY TO JUSTICE
[ https://amnestysaskatchewan.ca/october- ... -art-miki/ ]


ABOUT THE BRICS SUMMIT, with Jeffrey Sachs
[ https://www.youtube.com/live/_P6V06QKOQk ]


BRICS BREAKTHROUGH? ECONOMISTS RICHARD WOLFF & PATRICK BOND ON GROWING ALLIANCE, CHALLENGE TO U.S.
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/10/25 ... trick_bond ]


“WORSE AND WORSE”: HOSPITAL DIRECTOR IN NORTH GAZA SAYS ISRAELI ASSAULT ON JABALIYA IS BLOODIEST YET
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/10/25 ... a_hospital ]


BLINKEN, NETANYAHU TALK ‘UNITING AGAINST IRAN’ + THE ‘GREATER ISRAEL’ PROJECT W/ DIMITRI LASCARIS
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyB5GJi-v-Y ]


DO LEAKED DOCUMENTS REVEAL ISRAEL’S PLANS TO ATTACK IRAN? NETANYAHU'S BEDROOM STRUCK BY DRONE, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B0zLX2w7Ro ]


AL JAZEERA CALLS ISRAELI ARMY CLAIMS 'BASELESS' AFTER IDF ACCUSES 6 JOURNALISTS OF BEING MILITANTS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-ga ... -1.7361844 ]


WAR & CLIMATE CHANGE FUEL A SURVIVAL-THREATENING CYCLE
[ https://community.davidsuzuki.org/index ... ailWebview ]


HOPE IN TIME LIKE OURS: REMARKS BY BRIAN TERRELL AT #NOWAR2019, LIMERICK, IRELAND, OCTOBER 5, 2019—5 years old but still relevant
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2019/10/hope- ... er-5-2019/ ]


'WE'RE PLAYING WITH FIRE': WORLD ON TRACK FOR 'CATASTROPHIC' 3.1°C OF WARMING
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/emissions-gap-report ]


'OUTRAGEOUS': NEW ROUNDUP IS 45 TIMES MORE TOXIC
https://www.commondreams.org/news/new-r ... more-toxic

EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:


SUNDAY OCTOBER 27, 2 – 5 pm: ART FOR PALESTINE, mâmawêyatitân centre - 3355 6TH AVE
Join us in this healing space as we express our support for the liberation of Palestine by creating art together, learning, and writing letters in support of divestment campaigns. Art stations will include creating a Community Blanket Story with Melanie Rose, as well as making posters, signs, stickers, and buttons. All ages are welcome.
This is a FREE event. Donations at the door or by e-transfer to palestinesolidarityregina@gmail.com are appreciated!
[ https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php ]


TUESDAY OCTOBER 29, 4 – 5 pm: A JUST CHOCOLATE TASTING: BUILDING SOLIDARITY NETWORKS WITH INDIGENOUS CACAO FARMERS IN ECUADOR! UNIVERSITY OF REGINA, LA CITÉ, CT 215
Hosted by SCIC, University of Regina's Politics and International Studies Department, University of Regina's Research Engagement, and CHAKRA: Chocolate and Tourism , this event will provide an opportunity to hear from Indigenous and Campesino Cacao farmers and tourism entrepreneurs on the ground in Ecuador, and taste single-origin chocolates from Central and South America.
Please reserve a free ticket through this link. Spots are limited.
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/global-cafe ... 1495399777 ]


TUESDAY OCTOBER 29, 6 pm: BEVANN FOX, CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR OF REGINA, WILL BE SPEAKING AT TEACH-IN TUESDAY, HAMPTON HUB, 1221 15th AVE
11 candidates are running for Mayor of Regina in the November 13 election. Come out and ask Bevann questions and see if you want to support her.


WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 30, 3 pm: FROM IRELAND TO PALESTINE: LESSONS IN ANTI-IMPERIALIST ORGANIZING
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


THURSDAY OCTOBER 31, NOON – 1:30 pm: DECODING THE 2024 SASK ELECTION RESULTS
[ https://www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca/ ... esults.php ]


FRIDAY NOVEMBER 1, 5 pm: Amnesty Canada Book Club (online) with Vauhini Vara – the author of The Immortal King Rao
[ https://amnestysaskatchewan.ca/november ... -king-rao/ ]


WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 6 –FRIDAY NOVEMBER 8, 10 am – 5 pm EACH DAY: HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING IN REGINA, mâmawêyatitân centre, 3355 6TH AVE
Stride Advocacy is hosting a three day intensive training in Regina to strengthen community-based human rights advocacy. Please share this opportunity with your networks!
This free training opportunity provides opportunities for advocates to strengthen their awareness and understanding of human rights and discrimination, network with other advocates and organizations, and build or enhance skills to advance the rights of communities/community members facing systemic barriers using the human rights mechanisms that exist for accountability.
To register: Human Rights Advocacy Training - Regina Tickets, Wed, 6 Nov 2024 at 9:30 AM | Eventbrite
Lunch and snacks will be provided during the training. If you require any dietary needs or accessibility support to attend and be comfortable during the training, please reach out to our team at info@jhcentre.org and we’ll do our best to accommodate. There is no fee to participate; limited spots available.


WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 6, 11 am: INDIGENOUS EDUCATION: SAFEGUARDING OUR KNOWLEDGE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


THURSDAY NOVEMBER 7, 6 pm: UNDRIP IN THE COURTS—WHAT’S AT STAKE?
[ https://fundraise.raventrust.com/event/ ... ke/e621223 ]


MONDAY NOVEMBER 18, 7 pm: SCREENING OF TOMORROW’S FREEDOM, CENTRAL LIBRARY FILM THEATRE. CENTRAL LIBRARY, LORNE ST & 12TH AVE
Made over the course of five years, TOMORROW’S FREEDOM gains intimate access to the family of imprisoned Palestinian political leader Marwan Barghouthi. Through the Barghouthi family and in-depth interviews with the people who know Marwan best, Tomorrow’s Freedom takes you on a brutally honest and transformative journey into the heart of the occupation.
The film will be introduced by Melanie Rose, a Regina-based artist and educator with family in Israel's prison.
The film screening is hosted by Palestine Solidarity Regina and is not a Regina Public Library event. Admission is by donation.
[ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/film-scree ... 2452301897 ]


THURSDAY NOVEMBER 28, 8am-3pm: THE GATHERING—POWERING AN INDIGENOUS-LED CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE
[ https://globeandmailevents.com/thegatheringtgamvirtual ]


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:


LET YOUR PENSION PLAN KNOW YOU CARE ABOUT THE CLIMATE
[ https://www.shiftaction.ca/take-action ]


TELL THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT: PERMANENT RESIDENCY & RIGHTS FOR MIGRANTS, NOT CUTS
[ https://migrantrights.ca/take-action/rightsnotcuts/ ]


GOVERNMENT OF CANADA: TAKE IMMEDIATE AND DECISIVE ACTION TO RESTORE ACCESS FOR MEDICAL TEAMS TO GAZA.
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/israe ... =107333880 ]


KING CHARLES III: Issue a formal apology to initiate a conversation about slavery's enduring impact; Recognise British acts of genocide against Indigenous peoples: Commit to discussions about reparations for the oppression of our peoples, the plundering of resources, denigration of culture, and redistribution of wealth back to those it was stolen from; Pledge to repatriate all remains of our collective peoples held in UK museums and institutions, representing our family histories, genealogies, cultural history.
[ https://chng.it/NSK5V5zdzR ]


END THE WAR IN LEBANON. ARMS EMBARGO NOW!
[ https://leadnow.ca/campaigns/end-the-wa ... irect_link ]


TELL HOME DEPOT & LOWES TO STOP SELLING THE TOXIC WEED-KILLER ROUNDUP
[ https://action.foe.org/page/74861/actio ... arded=true ]


- Making Peace Vigil