MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - May 5, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - May 5, 2024

GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:


RED DRESSES TO MAKE FASHION STATEMENT ABOUT MISSING & MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... 7c753474ef ]


POLICE IN MOOSE JAW LAUNCH ANTI-TRESPASSING INITIATIVE—More discriminatory municipal action against unhoused people. Where are they supposed to go?
[ https://www.cjme.com/2024/04/29/police- ... nitiative/ ]


SASKATCHEWAN’S BOUNDARY DAM CARBON CAPTURE PROJECT UNDERPERFORMS, REPORT SAYS
[ https://leaderpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/can ... 6db7c851ac ]


SASK SHOULD NEGOTIATE HIGHER CARBON TAX REBATES WITH FEDS, by Erin Weir
[ https://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/colu ... -with-feds ]


MY MOTHER WAS A HUNGRY CHILD IN A WAR ZONE, by Olivia Chow
[ https://mailchi.mp/119c5911f419/sharing ... df71780cda ]


JUDITH BUTLER WILL NOT CO-SIGN ISRAEL’S ALIBI FOR GENOCIDE
[ https://theintercept.com/2024/05/01/jud ... Newsletter ]


“THIS MILITARISTIC APPROACH HAS BEEN A FAILURE”: MEET HALA RHARRIT, FIRST U.S. DIPLOMAT TO QUIT OVER GAZA
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/5/3/state_dept ]


WILL THEY CRUSH THE BIGGEST STUDENT MOVEMENT SINCE VIETNAM?
[ https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/202 ... e-vietnam/ ]


STUDENT PROTESTS: ISRAEL-GAZA & UKRAINE, with Jeffrey Sachs
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk4YxN4 ... OWvxssFH4A ]


NEARLY ALL 600,000 KIDS IN RAFAH 'INJURED, SICK, MALNOURISHED,' SAYS UNICEF
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/unicef-gaza ]



ISRAEL'S DESTRUCTION OF GAZA 'UNPRECEDENTED IN SCOPE AND SCALE': UN
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/israe ... recedented ]



ISRAEL BRIEFS US ON PLAN FOR 'ETHNIC CLEANSING' OF RAFAH
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/rafah ... -cleansing ]



ICC CONDEMNS EFFORTS TO 'INTIMIDATE' THE COURT AS NETANYAHU ARREST WARRANT LOOMS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/icc-n ... st-warrant ]



CHINA REJECTS US VETO BLOCKING PALESTINE’S UN MEMBERSHIP
[ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Chi ... -0003.html ]


FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES USE ENCLOSURES TO HIDE PLANET-HEATING METHANE FLARES
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/methane-flaring ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:


SUNDAY MAY 5, 10:30 am: ReDRESS DAY RECOGNIZES THE CRISIS OF MMIWG IN CANADA, UNITARIAN CENTRE, 2700 COLLEGE AVE
Let’s remember those who are missing or gone forever. Speaking through short videos, Metis artist Jaime Black, and Tamara Bernard, a survivor of violence, explain the truth about racialized violence against Indigenous women and girls. Join us to discuss ways to stand up for safe and just communities. Let us name the loss so that we are spurred to action.



THURSDAY MAY 9 7:30 pm: THERE’S LEAD IN THE WATER! NOW WHAT? A PANEL DISCUSSION, CATHEDRAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, 2900 13TH AVE - Moderator: Alexander Quon, CBC News
Keynote panelist: Patti Sonntag, Global News National Investigative Unit
Co-panelists:
Jennifer Ackerman, Regina Leader-Post
Dr. Akram Mahani, Johnson Shoyama School of Public Policy (healthy public policies expert)
Andrew Stevens, Ward 3 City Councillor
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/1491869398433813/ ]



NOTE DAY CHANGE: FRIDAY MAY 10, 9 am – 4 pm: ADVOCACY TRAINING, LUTHER COLLEGE, U OF R
[ https://www.luthercollege.edu/universit ... t-planning ]



SUNDAY MAY 12, 11:30 am: THE 19TH ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN JOINT MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY
[ https://www.afcfp.org/2024-joint-memorial-day-ceremony ]



TUESDAY MAY 14, 5 pm: GENOCIDE & RESISTANCE—DIMITRI LASCARIS ON HIS TIME IN OCCUPIED PALESTINE
[ https://dimitrilascaris.org/2024/05/02/ ... esistance/ ]



WEDNESDAY MAY 15, 6:30 doors open, 7 pm meeting begins: MEETING WITH THE 'ON TO OTTAWA PEACE CARAVAN', SENIOR CITIZENS’ CENTRE, 2404 ELPHINSTONE ST
The On-To-Ottawa Peace Caravan will be leaving Vancouver on May 12 and arriving in Regina on May 15. At the meeting, the caravaners will tell us about the goals of the On To Ottawa Peace Caravan and how we can all work for peace and justice.



WEDNESDAY MAY 15, 3 pm: HOW TO STOP A NUCLEAR WAR, with Paul Jay
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]


WEDNESDAY MAY 22 & THURSDAY MAY 23: THREADS—A CELEBRATION OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY
[ https://www.sods.sk.ca/events/threads-c ... versations ]



NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:


GOVERNMENT OF CANADA: STOP THE EXPLOITATIVE MARKETING, PRICING, AND UNFAIR PRACTICES EMPLOYED BY LARGE FOOD RETAILERS;
[ https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/ ... ion=e-4974 ]



CANADIAN DECISION MAKERS: UPHOLD CIVIL LIBERTIES & CHARTER RIGHTS AT PROTESTS & ENCAMPMENTS
[ https://iclmg.ca/action-encampments/ ]


- Making Peace Vigil