EVENTS & MEETINGS:
1) Tuesday, January 28: Steelworkers Presentation at City Council on Westray Law
2) Wednesday, January 29: Open Stage for Radicals and Progressives
3) Monday, February 3: Meeting of Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty
4) Tuesday, February 4: Meeting of Sudbury Cyclist Union
5) Friday, February 14: Love Over the Rainbow Dance
NEWS, ANALYSIS, & CALLS TO ACTION:
1) "No new options for people on Sudbury's icy streets"
2) "The tyranny of activist flakiness" by Jessica Bell
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Tuesday, January 28: Steelworkers Presentation at City Council on Westray Law
Time: 5:45pm to 6:15pm
Location: Council Chambers, Tom Davies Square (200 Brady Street, Sudbury)
This is a special call for all members and supporters of the United Steel Workers to attend and show support for the Westray Law, which makes it possible for criminal charges to be laid against companies and managers whose negligence leads to the death and injury of workers. USW will be making a presentation to the Greater Sudbury City Council regarding the law.
Stop the killing! Enforce the law!
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Wednesday, January 29: Open Stage for Radicals and Progressives
Time: 8pm to 10pm
Location: Townhouse Tavern (206 Elgin Street, Sudbury)
One Struggle Sudbury presents our first monthly Open Stage for Radical and Progressives! We want to advance radical and progressive culture in Sudbury! Political radicals and progressives are invited to come out and share songs, poems, raps, skits, and excerpts. Time slots will be allotted on a first come, first serve basis. This is a monthly event, so mark your calendars for the last Wednesday of every month!
For more information, please contact Rachael Charbonneau at rachaelcharbonneau@vianet.ca or 705-670-1982.
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Monday, February 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 evaluating what happened at the City Community Services Committee, organizing against any ODSP/OW merger, our next support work drop-in and our continuing direct action support work.
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!
Please call us (249-878-7227)
Email us at sudburyCAP@gmail.com
S-CAP on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/257339454351403/
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Tuesday, February 4: Meeting of Sudbury Cyclist Union
Time: 7pm to 9pm
Location: reThink Green (Suite 305, 176 Larch Street, Sudbury)
1. Confirmation of structure and roles
- a. Confirmed roles Rachelle Niemela, Chair; Dan Barrette Vice-Chair
- b. Looking for people to fill in possible roles of events/activities coordinator, communications coordinator, others?
2. Sudbury Cycles project:
- a. Review of meeting with City, Health Unit, Rainbow Routes
- b. Discussion and confirmation of events and programming for the summer
3. Official Plan and Transportation Study:
- a. Schedule
- b. Next steps?
4. Georgian Bay Cycling Route:
- a. Review of work of Steering Committee to date and proposed Sudbury route
- b. Recommendations to Steering Committee
5. Advocacy:
- a. Review of latest initiatives: 40 km/hr motion, cycling infrastructure funding
- b. “Letter to the editor” workshop: interest and dates
- c. Next steps?
6. Yearly report:
- a. Review accomplishments 2013
- b. Communications plan
- c. 2014 budget
7. Projects:
- a. Bike racks inventory
8. Partnerships:
- a. New partners: reThink Green, EarthCare
- b. Next steps in contacting other organizations
9. Other business
This event on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/202625599932439/
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Friday, February 14: Love Over the Rainbow Dance
Time: 7pm to 1am
Location: Parkside Older Adult Centre (140 Durham Street, Sudbury)
A Valentines day dance celebrating love, community and 40 years LGBT2-SQQA history in Greater Sudbury and the North. Everyone is welcome to attend! Tickets will go on sale January 6 2013 for $12 advance or $18 at the door.
Fierte Sudbury Pride is presenting this fundraising dance in honor of all the work SAGA did to develop our thriving community.
Bring your pictures and memorabilia to add to our memory boards and historical rolls.
This event on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/222728477910156/
NEWS, ANALYSIS, & CALLS TO ACTION:
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"No new options for people on Sudbury's icy streets"
by Scott Neigh
(published at the Sudbury working group of The Media Co-op: http://sudbury.mediacoop.ca/story/no-new-options-people-sudburys-icy-str...)
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"The tyranny of activist flakiness"
by Jessica Bell
(published at Rabble.ca: http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/jessicabell/2014/01/tyranny-activist-fla...)
The site for the Sudbury working-group of The Media Co-op has been archived and will no longer be updated. Please visit the main Media Co-op website to learn more about the organization.
The Sudbury working-group of The Media Co-op was formed to create 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.
The Sudbury working-group site is no longer being updated and has been archived.