EVENTS & MEETINGS:
1) Monday, April 15: Friends of Sudbury Transit Meeting
2) Wednesday, April 17: Ramsey Lake Stewardship Committee Meeting
3) Saturday, April 20: Workshop -- How To Successfully Get Community Start Up, Maintenance, and Other Needs Met if You Are On OW or ODSP
4) Saturday, April 20: Annual David Suzuki Foundation Fundraiser
5) Tuesday, April 23: Meeting of Justice and Freedom for John Moore
6) Tuesday, April 23: Meeting of Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty
7) Saturday, April 27: Greater Sudbury 2013 Earth Day Festival
8) Saturday, May 4: Myths and Mirrors 12-Hour Dance-A-Thon
NEWS, ANALYSIS, & CALLS TO ACTION:
1) "Solidarity in the Snow: Sudbury Rallies Against Austerity" by Scott Neigh
2) "Don't Believe the Hype! RBC Layoffs Not About Foreigners vs. Canadians" by Chris Ramsaroop and Syed Hussan
3) "Why I'm Voting No: OSSTF and Ontario Teachers" by Jason Kunin
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Monday, April 15: Friends of Sudbury Transit Meeting
Time: 7pm
Location: reThink Green (176 Larch Street, back entrance)
To discuss Earth Day Festival booth.
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Wednesday, April 17: Ramsey Lake Stewardship Committee Meeting
Time: 7pm
Location: Living with Lakes Centre (840 Ramsey Lake Road)
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Saturday, April 20: Workshop -- How To Successfully Get Community Start Up, Maintenance, and Other Needs Met if You Are On OW or ODSP
Time: 10:15am
Location: Larger downstairs meeting room in the Sudbury Public Library (74 Mackenzie Street)
How To Successfully Get Community Start Up, Maintenance, and Other Needs Met if you are on Ontario Works(OW) or the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)? A workshop for people on OW or ODSP and service providers. Followed by a clinic to assist people in applying for benefits. Organized by the Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty.
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Saturday, April 20: Annual David Suzuki Foundation Fundraiser
Time: 10pm
Location: The Townehouse Tavern (206 Elgin Street)
In honour of Earth Day, Apparatus is hosting the seventh annual David Suzuki Foundation (DSF) Fundraiser at the Townehouse. Come on out and help us raise money for a great cause.
Cover is $8 and 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the DSF.
Jamie Dupuis will kick off the night, followed by The Smoke Hogs, Apparatus and Sulfur City.
For more information about the event, please contact Melanie Laquerre at melanielaquerre@hotmail.com
www.davidsuzuki.org
www.apparatusmusic.com
www.sulfurcitymusic.com
www.facebook.com/pages/Jamie-Dupuis-Music/274917312596059?fref=ts
http://www.myspace.com/smokehogs
This event on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/events/536805649686056/
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Tuesday, April 23: 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 and working on a fundraising event.
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Tuesday, April 23: 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 the recent Solidarity Against Austerity event; our ongoing direct action support work, including for community start up and maintenance needs; setting up an S-CAP drop in space and much more. The venue is wheelchair accessible. Children are welcome to attend, or childcare support is available upon request.
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 effect working people and people living in poverty. We believe in the power of people to organize themselves. We believe in the power of resistance!
La coalition contre la pauvreté de Sudbury (S-CAP) est un organisme d’action directe luttant contre la pauvreté. Elle se trouve à Sudbury en Ontario.
Le travail de la coalition se base dans l’action directe et consiste à apporter de l’aide aux individus dans leurs luttes pour l’assistance sociale, l’invalidité, le logement, l’emploi et à les aider à faire face aux gens qui leur refusent ce à quoi ils ont droit pour rencontrer leurs besoins. De plus, la coalition fait des compagnes de sensibilisation et de dénonciation par rapport aux politiques gouvernementales régressives quant à leurs effets sur les travailleurs et travailleuses et les personnes vivant dans la pauvreté.
La coalition croit au pouvoir des personnes de s’organiser elles-mêmes; elle croit au pouvoir de la résistance!
S-CAP on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/257339454351403/
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Saturday, April 27: Greater Sudbury 2013 Earth Day Festival
Time: 10am to 5pm
Location: École secondaire du Sacré-Cœur, Sudbury, Ontario (261 Notre Dame Ave.)
Circles & Cycles: Celebrating Sustainable Communities
The Greater Sudbury Earth Day Festival celebrates Earth Day and strives to raise awareness of environmental issues by promoting local initiatives in Greater Sudbury.
Join us for the kick off to Sudbury`s festival season - a celebration of all things green!
Live Music
Children`s Area - performers and activities
Local Food Fair
Vendors and Exhibitors - huge range of businesses and organizations!
Giveaways and Raffle Prizes
www.earthdaysudbury.ca
This event on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/events/504778076230908/
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Saturday, May 4: Myths and Mirrors 12-Hour Dance-A-Thon
Time: 8pm on the 4th until 8am on the 5th
Location: Fromagerie Elgin (5 Cedar Street, entry from Elgin)
12 hours of non-stop dancing curated by Christian Pelletier and guest DJs!
Myths and Mirrors' 12-Hour Dance-A-Thon Fundraiser starts at 8pm on May 4th and doesn't end until 8am on May 5th.
Register here: http://raiseathon.ca/mythsdance
We are hoping to raise $5,000 for two summer projects:
• the Donovan/Elm West mural
• the Kazzzam Performers Project
We're hoping each dance team (4 people) will raise at least $200 so please give what you can to help us reach our goal.
FAQs:
Do I really have to dance all night?
A: There is no Dance-A-Thon Police. If you don't think you can dance all night, tell the people who are sponsoring you. I'm sure they will understand.
Do I have to be part of a team?
A: No, but it will be more fun and only one of you needs to register (when you go to register, give your team name instead of a first name and last name). Also - as a team it will be easier to win the prize for the most donations raised, which is a weekend for 4 at Auberge Inn on Manitoulin Island. Get on it!
Thank you to our sponsors: Fromagerie Elgin, Auberge Inn, and Frenchy's Pizza!!
This event on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/events/345270775575150/
NEWS, ANALYSIS, & CALLS TO ACTION:
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Solidarity in the Snow: Sudbury Rallies Against Austerity
by Scott Neigh
(For photos and links, see original as published by Grassroots, the Sudbury working group of the Media Co-op: http://sudbury.mediacoop.ca/story/solidarity-snow-sudbury-rallies-agains...)
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Don't Believe the Hype! RBC Layoffs Not About Foreigners vs. Canadians by Chris Ramsaroop and Syed Hussan
(For links, see original as published at Rabble.ca: http://rabble.ca/news/2013/04/dont-believe-hype-rbc-layoffs-not-about-fo...)
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Why I'm Voting No: OSSTF and Ontario Teachers
by Jason Kunin
(For links, see the original as published at The Socialist Project: http://www.socialistproject.ca/bullet/804.php)
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