MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - November 30, 2023

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - November 30, 2023

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GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING

PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS ATTEMPT RAIL BLOCKADE IN REGINA
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... -in-regina ]



FLYING ISRAELI FLAG IN SASK LEGISLATURE PROVOKED PROTESTORS
[ https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/l ... r-AA1kMCRV ]



SCOTT MOE STANDS BY SOCIAL MEDIA POST ACCUSING NDP OF ‘SUPPORTING ANTI-SEMITISM’
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.7039651 ]


NAMING STREETS AND BUILDINGS WITH INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES AN ACT OF RECONCILIATION
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7038952



FINDING BALANCE: CORRECTING IMBALANCED SOCIAL SYSTEMS THAT ARE NUMB TO THE NUANCES OF DIVERSE COMMUNITIES IN CANADA
[ https://epaper.calgaryherald.com/articl ... 1727577541 ]



THE CHRISTIAN LABOUR ASSOCIATION OF CANADA ISN’T A ‘REAL’ UNION
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/the-christ ... newsletter ]


THERE'S A NEW QANON CONVOY IN CANADA. THEY WANT TO 'PICK UP' HOMELESS PEOPLE
[ https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7ek58/ ... ess-canada ]



INDIGENOUS LAND DEFENDERS IN MEXICO AND CANADA UNITE AGAINST THE TC ENERGY COASTAL GASLINK AND TUXPAN-TULA PIPELINES
[ https://pbicanada.org/2023/11/28/land-d ... pipelines/ ]



CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY HOUR, NOVEMBER 27, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPsJlQwcxOw ]



VOW@COP! WE CALL FOR PEACE, FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE & TO DEMILITARIZE TO DECARBONIZE
[ https://vowpeace.org/vowcop28/ ]



STANDING TOGETHER: JEWS & ARABS CHOOSING A FUTURE TOGETHER
[ https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?re ... 3936434012 ]



CALLS GROW TO EXTEND TRUCE IN PALESTINE-ISRAEL CONFLICT
[ https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202311/1302591.shtml ]



ISRAEL-HAMAS HOSTAGE DEAL HIGHLIGHTS PLIGHT OF PALESTINIAN PRISONERS, MANY OF THEM CHILDREN
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/11/27 ... soner_deal ]



“THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE”: MEET THE ISRAELI & PALESTINIAN “COMBATANTS FOR PEACE” URGING NONVIOLENCE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/11/27 ... _palestine ]



NOAM CHOMSKY: WHY DO THE US & CANADA++ SUPPORT ISRAEL
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUQ_0MubbcM ]



JEREMY SCAHILL: ISRAEL’S “LETHAL LIE” ABOUT AL-SHIFA HOSPITAL AS HAMAS BASE WAS CO-SIGNED BY BIDEN
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/11/28 ... e_gaza_war ]



JOINT INTER-FAITH STATEMENT ON THE TREATY ON THE PROHIBITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
[ https://gerhardinger.org/joint-interfai ... r-weapons/ ]



ECUADOR COURT ORDERS STOLEN LAND RETURNED TO SIEKOPAI PEOPLE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/siekopai ]



UN CHIEF CALLS ANTARCTICA 'SLEEPING GIANT... BEING AWOKEN BY CLIMATE CHAOS'
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/antarctica-climate ]



EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:



THURSDAY NOVEMBER 30, 11 am: WHO IS PERPETRATING THE WAR IN SUDAN?
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/who-is-perp ... orgprofile ]



THURSDAY NOVEMBER 30, 5:30 pm: REGINA & DISTRICT LABOUR COUNCIL ANNUAL EQUITY POTLUCK, REGINA UNION CENTRE, 2709 12TH AVE
Arrive 5:30 pm, supper 6 pm - Presentation 7 – 8 pm: UR Pride
Topics: The Notwithstanding Clause—its effects on students, teachers and education in Sask.
Bring your favourite dish enough to share with 4 – 8 people.
Please note: No seafood or nuts due to allergies
Learn and discuss the most current issues facing our community.



THURSDAY NOVEMBER 30, 7:30 pm: THE LEAST BORING BUDGET MEETING—COME & STRATEGIZE OVER REGINA’S 2024 BUDGET, GERMAN CLUB, 1727 ST JOHN ST.
Find out how to make a presentation on the 2023 City of Regina budget. There are so many issues those of us wanting a better Regina can present on: ending houselessness, better transit, better snow clearing++
It is an in person event, as well as being live-streamed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79Fw_k6BaRw
The event is sponsored by Councillors Stevens and LeBlanc.
[ https://www.facebook.com/messenger_medi ... 5142396385 ]



FRIDAY DECEMBER 1, 9 am: ENDING AIDS BY 2030—A REALITY CHECK
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ending-aids ... tdtcreator ]



SATURDAY DECEMBER 2, 2 – 3:30 pm: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL WRITE FOR RIGHTS IN PERSON EVENT, RESEARCH & INNOVATION CENTRE (RIC) ATRIUM, UNIVERSTY OF REGINA
The RIC is between College West and the Lab Building,
[ https://amnestysaskatchewan.ca/december ... gina-club/ ]



SATURDAY DECEMBER 2: 35th ANNUAL AIDS BENEFIT, Q CLUB, 2070 BROAD ST: Doors open 6 pm.
Show starts at 8:30 pm
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/6779858 ... tory%22%3A[]%7D ]



SUNDAY DECEMBER 3, 10:30 am: PRONOUN POLICY—WHY DOES BILL 137 MATTER? With high school teacher Nic Day
In person, Unitarian Centre, 2700 College Ave or via zoon:
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86498080299?p ... 09#success ]



MONDAY DECEMBER 4, 11:30 am: CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
[ https://plan-9.hubspotpagebuilder.com/r ... -in-review ]



TUESDAY DECEMBER 5, 7:30 pm: JOBS, JUSTICE, CLIMATE—PRAIRIES WORKERS WEBINAR
Join the Council of Canadians for the fourth in a series of Jobs, Justice, Climate Workers webinars across the country. We’ll hear from workers in climate impacted sectors across the Prairies about their hopes, fears, and demands as the world addresses the impacts of climate change and transitions away from fossil fuels.
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... ZcUwBl-4xw ]



WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 6, 11 am: WARM WELCOME MEETING, SALVATION ARMY, 2240 13th AVENUE
Everyone is welcome.



THURSDAY DECEMBER 7, 11 am: THE UN COP28 SUMMIT & ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS, DECEMBER 7
[ https://pbicanada.org/2023/11/28/pbi-ca ... ecember-7/ ]



THURSDAY DECEMBER 7, 7 – 9 pm: WRITE FOR RIGHTS SASKATCHEWAN (online)

We are very appreciative Tristen Durocher has agreed to speak and perform at this event: Tristen knows that even small positive changes can lead to great things – and he has been instrumental in creating those changes. Inspired by the defeat of a suicide prevention bill in the Saskatchewan Legislature, Tristen created the “Walking with Our Angels” campaign to raise awareness of the disproportionately high rate of suicide among Northern and Indigenous peoples, walking 635 km from his home in Air Ronge, SK, to the Legislative grounds in Regina, SK. He set up a teepee and started a 44-day ceremonial fast to convince the provincial government to adopt the bill it had recently voted down. The bill ultimately passed in April 2021.

Letter writing has always been at the heart of Amnesty International’s work and over 60 years of activism shows us that words have power.
[ https://amnestysaskatchewan.ca/december ... nt-online/ ]



MONDAY DECEMBER 18, 4 -5:30 pm: GETTING COMMUNITY LIVING SERVICE DELIVER (CLSD) TO TAKE TRANSIT
[ Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84021595709#success ]



MONDAY JANUARY 8, 1:30 pm: END POVERTY REGINA MEETING, KNOX-MET



NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:

SUPPORT ONLINE HARM LEGISLATION
[ https://act.friends.ca/page/123198/data ... teredirect ]



CANADA MUST STEP UP AT THE UN CLIMATE CONFERENCE
[ https://act.350.org/letter/trudeau-guil ... 3&rd=1&t=6 ]



TELL CANADA TO BE A CLIMATE LEADER AT COP28
[ https://act.greenpeace.ca/en-ca/canada- ... t-at-cop28 ]


- Making Peace Vigil