Sudbury Social Justice News - February 10, 2013

EVENTS & MEETINGS:

1) Tuesday, February 12: Meeting of Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty
2) Thursday, February 14: Meeting of Grassroots: Sudbury's Media
Collective
3) Tuesday, February 19: Meeting of Justice and Freedom for John Moore
4) Sunday, March 3: Sudbury Seedy Sunday

NEWS, ANALYSIS, & CALLS TO ACTION:

1) "Myths and Mirrors Community Arts Is Seeking Memberships and Donations"
2) "Interview with an Organizer: Bruce McComber and Idle No More in Sudbury"

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Tuesday, February 12: Meeting of Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty

Time: 6:30pm
Location: Offices of the Sudbury and District Labour Council (Suite 209,
upstairs in 109 Elm Street, which is across the street from the Native
Friendship Centre )

Matters to be discussed include planning actions against the cuts to the community start-up fund and our ongoing direct action support work. Everyone welcome. The venue is wheelchair accessible. Children are welcome to attend, or childcare support is available upon request at
sudburycap@gmail.com.

S-CAP is a direct-action anti-poverty organization based in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. We provide direct-action support work assisting individuals in their struggles with welfare and ODSP, housing, employers, and others who deny people what they are entitled to in order to meet their needs. In addition, we mount campaigns against and support educational work about regressive government policies as they affect working people and people living in poverty. We believe in the power of people to organize themselves.

S-CAP on FaceBook:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/257339454351403/

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Thursday, February 14: Meeting of Grassroots: Sudbury's Media Collective

Time: 10am to 11am
Location: Environmental Resource Centre (176 Larch Street, back entrance)

Everyone is welcome to join us for our next meeting, on Thursday, February 14,  10 - 11am in the ERC (176 Larch, back entrance). We'll be discussing our community roundtable-slash-membership campaign launch event as well as other aspects of our new membership campaign and of course, brainstorming story ideas.

Also, mark future meetings on your calendar, 10-11 am on the 2nd Thursday of each month: March 14, Apr. 11, May 9, June 13 in the ERC.

Grassroots Sudbury Media is a working group of the The Media Co-op. We are creating independent media in the North, to speak to our issues and outlooks on our communities as well as the world around us. Independent media provides an avenue for people who are wishing to gain critical perspective on the issues that matter most to us, and to give a voice to those people and stories that you won't find in the mainstream media.

Find our site at:
http://www.mediacoop.ca/group/sudbury

Contact the Sudbury Working Group to learn more about writing for us or to let us know about community issues and events at:
grassrootssudburymedia@gmail.com

Find us on Facebook at:
http://www.facebook.com/GrassrootsMediaCollective

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Tuesday, February 19: Meeting of Justice and Freedom for John Moore

Time: 6:30pm
Location: Fromagerie Elgin, 5 Cedar Street (entry from Elgin), Sudbury

We will be discussing the ongoing work to cultivate opportunities for John to speak about his case outside of Sudbury, debriefing the *APTN Investigates* coverage of John's case, and working on the fundraising event proposed at the last meeting.

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Sunday, March 3: Sudbury Seedy Sunday

Location: Parkside Older Adult Centre, 140 Durham Street
Time: 10am to 2pm

Come and trade seeds, buy seeds, learn about gardening and get ready for spring. The one stop public shop for your home garden.

Workshops, local food, a kids play area, and tons of information, vendors and things to get you excited for spring.

NEWS, ANALYSIS, & CALLS TO ACTION:

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Myths and Mirrors Community Arts Is Seeking Memberships and Donations
(Original published: http://mythsandmirrors.wordpress.com/donations/)

Myths and Mirrors is a non-profit organization which relies on government funding and private sector donations for the community work we do.  We greatly appreciate your generosity.

Show your support for Myths and Mirrors by becoming a member! It’s only $10 for the year and the money will be used to support all the work we do. Between now and March 1st, we’ll be entering everyone who buys a membership in a draw for some great prizes . This week – February 8th to 15th  – you could win a dozen cupcakes from Oh My Bakeshop. Oh My! Check out their website: http://www.ohmybakeshop.com/

We’re also hoping some folks with deeper pockets will help us with some larger donations.  Everyone who gives $25 or more before March 1st will be entered in the weekly draw for that week and also in a bonus draw to take place in March. The bonus prize is two weekend passes to River and Sky Camping and Music Festival. If you don’t know about this great festival yet, check out their website at www.riverandsky.ca)

You can purchase your membership or make a donation using a credit card here:
http://www.eventbrite.ca/event/5475531462

by mailing a cheque to:
Myths and Mirrors Community Arts
P.O. Box 253 Station B,
Sudbury, Ontario
P3E 4N5
(please include your current address, email address and phone number with the cheque, so we can get in touch if you win a prize)

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Interview with an Organizer: Bruce McComber and Idle No More in Sudbury
by Scott Neigh
(Originally published by Grassroots: Sudbury's Media Collective, part of the The Media Co-op network: http://sudbury.mediacoop.ca/story/interview-organizer-bruce-mccomber-and...)