EVENTS & MEETINGS:
1) Tuesday, April 23: Meeting of Justice and Freedom for John Moore
2) Tuesday, April 23: Meeting of Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty
3) Saturday, April 27: Greater Sudbury 2013 Earth Day Festival
4) Saturday, May 4: Myths and Mirrors 12-Hour Dance-A-Thon
5) Sunday, May 5: Meeting of Sudbury Cyclists Union
6) Wednesday, May 8: Sudbury Voices Town Hall & Discussion
NEWS, ANALYSIS & CALLS TO ACTION:
1) Seeking people with video skills and an interest in grassroots community work!
2) Please ask the Premier to restore cuts to public library funding!
EVENTS & MEETINGS:
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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 - Buskers and Main Stage
Children's Area - performers and activities
Local Food Fair and the First Farmers Market of the Season
Vendors and Exhibitors - huge range of businesses and organizations!
Giveaways and Raffle Prizes
Giant clothing swap from noon till 3pm
www.earthdaysudbury.ca
705-674-1685
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/
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Sunday, May 5: Meeting of Sudbury Cyclists Union
Time: 1pm to 3pm
Location: The Laughing Buddha (194 Elgin Street, Sudbury)
Agenda TBA
This event on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/165543900262797/
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Wednesday, May 8: Sudbury Voices Town Hall & Discussion
Time: 5pm to 9pm
Location: Parkside Centre, Kinsman Room A, 140 Durham Street
A DISCUSSION OF COMMUNITY VALUES AND THE LAUNCH OF A NEW COMMUNITY VOICE
A panel of six citizens who are deeply engaged with questions of what our community is and what it might become will kick off the evening, leading into a larger conversation about what we want and how to get there.
The panel will feature Laurie McGauley, Linda Heron, Bruce McComber, Christy Knockleby, Isabelle Legault, and a local member of the Ontario Common Front. They bring diverse perspectives and experiences, with involvements ranging from social justice to Idle No More to subsistence living to environmental protection to labour, and much more.
Then we want to hear from you!
What values do you think should guide us a community? What’s important to you to feel at home and live a good life in Greater Sudbury? Do the priorities of decision makers reflect your own? Who and what gets left out when important decisions are made that shape our lives? If changes are needed, how can we make them?
Join the discussion, and share your thoughts and experiences. Make your voice heard.
This lively community discussion will also launch our membership drive, supporting more local grassroots voices in being heard year-round. Annual memberships can be purchased at the event (suggested amount $15 or $25). Our goal is $2000 to be able to pay local writers for grassroots journalism and help build capacity in the community for marginalized voices and grassroots efforts to be heard.
All are welcome at the event. The venue is wheelchair accessible. Refreshments will be available.
You can contact us at grassrootssudburymedia@gmail.com. Our website can be found at http://sudbury.mediacoop.ca/.
This event on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/363488603757539/
NEWS, ANALYSIS & CALLS TO ACTION:
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1) Seeking people with video skills and an interest in grassroots community work!
Two local grassroots groups are looking to connect with people who have skills and equipment related to basic video production, and who have a passion for grassroots mobilizations to create social change. Grassroots: Sudbury's Media Collective (the local working-group of the national Media Co-op network) is hosting "Sudbury Voices," a multi-speaker event and collective discussion, on May 8 (see above). We would like to video the speakers for online circulation, and we have another video-related component to the event we would like to include if possible. Justice and Freedom for John Moore wants to produce a video of a talk by John for use in an online event. Unfortunately, neither group is in a position to pay. However, neither requires anything fancy in terms of equipment or editing, just someone who is able to do the basics and who wants to be involved in grassroots commuinty work. If you think this might be you, please email Scott at scottneigh@sympatico.ca. Thank-you!
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2) Please ask the Premier to restore cuts to public library funding
The radical agenda of former Premier Mike Harris has made a destructive and long lasting mark on public libraries across Ontario.
During his tenure, provincial funding of public library operations was slashed by 36%.
Subsequent governments maintained the lower level of provincial grants and continued the freeze on provincial operating funding.
Today, provincial funding of our public libraries is only about half of what it was in 1992!
Isn’t it about time our political leaders value our public library as we do?
To send a message to Premier Wynne, click on this link and follow the instructions:
http://e-activist.com/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1723&ea.campaign.id=...
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.