Sudbury Social Justice News - May 26, 2013

EVENTS & MEETINGS:

1) Monday, May 27: Annual General Meeting of Coalition for a Liveable Sudbury
2) Monday, May 27: Meeting of Fierte Sudbury Pride
3) Monday, June 3: Meeting of Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty
4) Wednesday, June 5: Annual General Meeting of reThink Green
5) Thursday, June 6: Sudbury Cyclists Union General Meeting
6) Monday, June 10: Friends of Transit Monthly Meeting
7) Wednesday, June 12: 400ppms! Food & Four Movies
8) Wednesday, June 12: Fundraiser Movie Night -- "Occupy Love" with the short "Save Wolf Lake"
9) Thursday, June 13: Meeting of Grassroots: Sudbury's Media Collective

NEWS, ANALYSIS & CALLS TO ACTION:
1) "The Canadian War on Science: A Long, Unexaggerated, Devastating Chronological Indictment" by John Dupuis

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Monday, May 27: Annual General Meeting of Coalition for a Liveable Sudbury

Time: 6pm (potluck & speaker), 7pm to 9pm (meeting)
Location: Environmental Resource Centre (176 Larch St., back entrance)

   6 – 7 p.m.:  potluck and guest speaker – Cathy Orlando of Citizens Climate Lobby will speak about effectively creating political will for positive change, and the Horizon Project. Whether or not you can bring a dish for the potluck, please feel welcome to join us – there is always plenty to go around.

   7 – 9 p.m.:  Annual General Meeting.  Come find out what we’ve gotten done this year, and join the discussion. Agenda, Annual Report, and Financial Statement can be obtained from globalnilly@persona.ca. If you would like a printed copy for the meeting, please bring your own, or ask us to bring you one.
        
        Please RSVP to globalnilly@persona.ca if you can, to give us a rough idea of how many people to expect.

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Monday, May 27: Meeting of Fierte Sudbury Pride

Time: 6:30pm
Location: Zigs (54 Elgin Street)

Pride is almost upon us and we have a ton of planning still to do! We need your help if we are to put on any events this year. For those of you who want to help but can't come out to monday meeting please message the group via its Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/groups/28067692160) so we can pick a meeting time to gather volunteers together and find ways you can help.

Please note that though the meeting is in a bar, it is an all ages event as the bar is closed during meetings.

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Monday, June 3: 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 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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Wednesday, June 5: Annual General Meeting of reThink Green

Time: 6pm
Location: Environmental Resource Centre (176 Larch St, back entrance)

Please join us for reThink Green’s 2013 Annual General Meeting on June 5, 6:00 PM at the Environmental Resources Centre (176 Larch St). The meeting will include:

·         A short history of reThink Green

·         Recap of the past year

·         Presentation on a recent crowd-funding effort

·         Information on coming projects

·         Introduction of Daniel Beltrame – Sustainability Coordinator and Justin Carter – Program Director

We look forward to seeing you on June 5, 2013!

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Thursday, June 6: Sudbury Cyclists Union General Meeting

Time: 7pm to 9pm
Location: TBA

Agenda TBA.

This event on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/329161970519485/

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Monday, June 10: Friends of Transit Monthly Meeting

Time: 7pm to 8:30pm
Location: Small meeting room, main branch of the Greater Sudbury Public Library (74 Mackenzie Street)

Agenda TBA.

This event on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/603891936290535/

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Wednesday, June 12: 400ppms! Food & Four Movies

Time: 6pm to 10pm
Location: St. Andrews Place (111 Larch Street)

COME SEE ONE OR COME SEE ALL!

Also, come support Fossil Free Laurentian University! There will be a petition to sign in order to divest Laurentian University from fossil fuels and to regreen their financial portfolio.
Here is the petition:http://campaigns.gofossilfree.org/petitions/laurentian-university-of-sudbury

400 ppms! Food & Four Movies
A Friend and Fundraiser
Wednesday June 12, 2013
St Andrew's Place, 111 Larch St Sudbury

Reserve your tickets on Facebook or at 350.org

We apologize for the date change ao close to the event ... We found out late afternoon on Monday, May 13, 2013 that the movies did not have official Ontario Certificates for their rankings (G, PG, AA. R, X) and thus could not be shown at Rainbow Cinemas .. Thank you for your patience and for being on the journey with us from me to we!

Fellow Sudburians, in mid-may for the first time in human history atmospheric CO2 was reported by the NOAA to have reached the milestone of 400 ppm. They are still analysing the data and it is not certain if the daily average was 400 ppms. The safe amount of atmospheric CO2 is 350 ppm.

Join us at St Andrew's Place at 111 Larch St in downtown Sudbury Wednesday, June 12, 2013 to learn more about the science of climate change and the solutions. As well, celebrate Sudbury's environmental legacy.

We will be screening four movies and sharing environmentally friendly food. The movies and food are free of charge. However, we are raising money to share with Parliamentarians the book, THE CASE FOR A CARBON TAX, by Shi-Ling Hsu.

Suggested Donation = $10.00

SCHEDULE

6:00 to 6:15 - Socialize with light food

6:15- 6:20 - MOVIE and PREMIERE: Save Wolf Lake - did you know the world's largest old growth red pine forest is in Sudbury?
(running time: 5 minutes)

6:20 - 6:30 - Wolf Lake Discussion

6:30- 7:15 - MOVIE: Do the Math - It is wrong to wreck the climate and it is wrong to profit from it
(running time 42 minutes)

7:15 - 7:20 - Do the Math Discussion - Divestment from the fossil fuel industry lead by Pam from Fossil Free Canada.

7:25 - 9:10 - MOVIE: Carbon Nation - a climate change movie that doesn't even care if you believe in climate change
(movie running tme 86 minutes)

9:10 - 9:20 - Citizens Climate Lobby. Interactive discussion on putting a price on carbon pollution. Lead by Gerry and Cathy from Citizens Climate Lobby.

9:20 - 9:40 Junction Creek Clearwater Revival - one of our environmental success stories in Sudbury

9:40 - 10:00 - Closing social with food

This event on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/377576152360063/

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Wednesday, June 12: Fundraiser Movie Night -- "Occupy Love" with the short "Save Wolf Lake"

Time: 7pm
Location: Rainbow Cinemas (40 Elm Street, Sudbury)

A feature documentary by VELCROW RIPPER

Join acclaimed director Velcrow Ripper (Scared Sacred, Fierce Light) on a journey deep inside the global revolution of the heart that is erupting around the planet.

From the Arab Spring to the European Summer, from the Occupy Movement to the global climate justice movement to #IdleNoMore, a profound shift is taking place: humanity is waking up to the fact that the dominant system of power is failing to provide us with health, happiness or meaning.

Occupy Love is a moving, transformative, heartfelt film, featuring Ripper’s signature stunning visuals and rich soundscapes. A powerful cinematic experience that will leave audiences inspired.

DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT: "Occupy Love is the movie I have been waiting to make, all my life. Today’s global awakening is what my earlier films have been anticipating and fostering – a current of potential that was pulsing and rumbling, just below the surface. Suddenly the volcano has erupted. As the popular Occupy sign reads, 'The Beginning is Here.'"

Suggested donation: $10 or pay-what-you-can.

To open, a new short film (3 min) by Rob Nelson on Sudbury's endangered and beloved Wolf Lake. Proceeds from this screening will go to the Coalition To Save Wolf Lake., Coalition for a Livable Sudbury, and Sudbury Coalitiion Against Poverty.

This will be followed by the feature "Occupy Love."

Afterwards, everyone is invited to 64 Indian Road for a comfortable, casual debriefing & get-together with entertainment. The vibe at 64 Indian Road is one that promotes local struggling artists. We're hoping to feature the new mircobrewery in town: Stack Beer.

***This event is still looking for sponsors. If you're a local business owner, we'd love to be able to credit you in the posters and communication. But of course, anyone can sponsor this event. :)***
Sponsors so far are Whanipitae First Nations

http://occupylove.org/

This event on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/245325042277380/

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Thursday, June 13: 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, March 14,  10 - 11am in the ERC (176 Larch, back entrance). We'll be discussing our upcoming "Sudbury Voices" event and campaign launch as well as other aspects of our new membership campaign and of course, brainstorming story ideas.

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://sudbury.mediacoop.ca

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

NEWS, ANALYSIS & CALLS TO ACTION:

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1) "The Canadian War on Science: A Long, Unexaggerated, Devastating Chronological Indictment" by John Dupuis
(Originally publised at *Confessions of a Science Librarian*: http://scienceblogs.com/confessions/2013/05/20/the-canadian-war-on-scien...
Note that each item on the list in the original post is a link to a source documenting the cut.)