MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - February 25, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - February 25, 2024


GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

ECOSTRESS SASK, with Amy Snider, Russell Charlton, and Katherine Arbuthnott on Community Radio
[ https://shows.acast.com/636073121217ef0 ... E2bWTC4qVY ]



SASKATCHEWAN TEACHERS TO PULL OUT OF EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES ON MONDAY
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7123618 ]


TEACHERS TALK 'DEMORALIZING' CLASSROOM CONDITIONS AMID BARGAINING IMPASSE
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... ng-impasse ]


LATEST PRONOUN RULING REJECTS 'JUDICIAL ACTIVISM' NONSENSE
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... m-nonsense ]


BEYOND TWO-SPIRIT: INDIGENOUS PEOPLE LOOK TO REVIVE TRADITIONAL LGBTQ TERMS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.6953445 ]



PREVENTING YOUTH HOMELESSNESS THROUGH SCHOOL ENGAGEMENT
[ https://www.homelesshub.ca/resource/ups ... engagement ]


FIRST NATIONS LEADERSHIP COUNCIL DEEPLY FRUSTRATED WITH OPPOSITION TO LAND ACT AMENDMENTS
[ https://www.ubcic.bc.ca/fnlc_deeply_fru ... amendments ]



WILL FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTRY TRY TO WITHHOLD ISRAELI MILITARY EXPORT DOCUMENTS
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/will-forei ... newsletter ]



UNRWA ON THE BRINK. CANADA RESTORE FUNDING NOW!
[ https://www.ceasefire.ca/unrwa-on-the-b ... nding-now/ ]



HORRIFIC': ISRAELI ESCALATION WOULD KILL ANOTHER 85,000 GAZANS IN 6 MONTHS, STUDY SHOWS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza-civilians ]


THE PEOPLE OF GAZA NEED A CEASEFIRE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza- ... 2667343114 ]



BLINKEN CALLS ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS 'INCONSISTENT WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW. 'SO IS GENOCIDE?'
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/biden ... ettlements ]



UNRWA SAYS FUNDING CUTS HAVE PUSHED IT TO 'BREAKING POINT'
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/unrwa ... ng-cutoffs ]



WITNESSES TO GENOCIDE: DOCTORS DESCRIBE HORRORS IN GAZA HOSPITALS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/2/22/ ... be_horrors ]


‘A WAR-MAKING MACHINE’: WHY NATO SHOULD BE ABOLISHED, with Vijay Prashad
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocFAm4QQhpA ]



STATEMENT FROM A NUMBER OF CANADIAN PEACE GROUPS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA: END THE WAR IN UKRAINE
[ https://mailchi.mp/7ab6dd4e2ce0/war-in- ... -and-peace ]



REPORT SHOWS HOW GOVERNMENTS REACH BEYOND THEIR BORDERS TO CRUSH DISSENT
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/human ... dissidents ]



MALCOLM X ASSASSINATION: FORMER SECURITY GUARDS REVEAL NEW DETAILS POINTING TO FBI, NYPD CONSPIRACY
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/2/22/ ... ity_guards ]


“GOVERNMENTS ARE TRYING TO FRIGHTEN JOURNALISTS”: GUARDIAN HEAD ALAN RUSBRIDGER ON ASSANGE CASE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/2/23/ ... rusbridger ]



PRESS FREEDOM ON TRIAL: JULIAN ASSANGE’S LAWYER ON EXTRADITION CASE & CRIMINALIZING JOURNALISM
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/2/23/ ... r_robinson ]



EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:


SUNDAY FEBRUARY 25, 2 pm: MARCH FOR PALESTINE! STOP THE GENOCIDE! LEGISLATIVE BUILDING TO CITY HALL
[ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10 ... 4478570221 ]



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/ ]



TUESDAY FEBRUARY 27, 6 pm: INFORMATION SESSSION—FIND FOSSIL FUEL FUNDERS
[ https://www.forourkids.ca/sponsorship_s ... forourkids ]



TUESDAY FEBRUARY 27, 7 pm: BLACK HISTORY IN SASK, WITH BARBARA MACNEIL-- BLACK HISTORY MONTH AT HAMPTON HUB, 1221 15 AVE
[ https://www.instagram.com/p/C2tiDXcuPdF/?img_index=2 ]



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



THURSDAY FEBRUARY 29, 6 pm: FIGHT BIG OIL
Join members of the 350 Canada team for a short, high energy zoom call where we’ll take action together to boost our collective impact.
[ https://act.350.org/signup/action-fight-big-oil/ ]



SUNDAY MARCH 3, 3 pm: YOUTH TAKE ON OTTAWA AND NEW YORK FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/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/ ]



THURSDAY APRIL 4, 7 pm: CANDIDATE 101—A WORKSHOP ON HOW TO BE AN EFFECTIVE CANDIDATE IN THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION, UNION CENTRE, 2709-12TH AVE



NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:

I SUPPORT SASKATCHEWAN TEACHERS
[ https://saskforward.ca/add-your-voice-s ... -teachers/ ]



TELL THE SK GOVERNMENT TO GET TO THE TABLE READY TO FIX THE CRISIS IN EDUCATION
[ https://www.tellthemtuesday.com/email_e ... n_minister ]



IT’S TIME TO CRACK DOWN ON SHRINKFLATION
[ https://act.leadnow.ca/shrinkflation/ ]



SAVE CAI CREEK FROM BEING LOGGED BY BC TIMBER SALES
[ https://www.change.org/p/save-cai-creek ... mber-sales ]



SPEAK UP FOR CANADA’S RENEWABLE ENERGY FUTURE
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/action/speak-up ... gy-future/ ]



IT’S TIME TO INVOKE THE GENOCIDE CONVENTION
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/gaza-genocide/ ]



TELL MINISTERS JOLY, HUSSEN, AND MILLER TO STOP GENOCIDE OR RESIGN!
[ https://www.cjpme.org/stop_genocide_resign ]



US GOVERNMENT: NO MORE WEAPONS SHIPMENTS TO UKRAINE, ISRAEL, OR TAIWAN
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/no-more-weapons-shipments/ ]


- Making Peace Vigil