EVENTS & MEETINGS:
1) Sunday, May 25: Sudbury Cyclists Union Bike Repair & BBQ
2) Monday, May 26: Coalition for a Liveable Sudbury AGM
3) Monday, May 26: Meeting of Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty
4) Tuesday, May 27: Support the S-CAP 11 in Court
5) Saturday, May 31: Seedling Swap & Sale
6) Saturday, May 31: Myths & Mirrors Dance-a-thon Fundraiser
7) Sunday, June 1: Sudbury Bike Fest
8) Tuesday, June 3: Meeting of Sudbury Cyclists Union
9) Thursday, June 5: Sudbury Share the Road Ride
NEWS, ANALYSIS & CALLS TO ACTION:
1) "Community art project created in partnership with Sex Workers Alliance Network Sudbury & Myths and Mirrors (Sudbury, ON)"
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Sunday, May 25: Sudbury Cyclists Union Bike Repair & BBQ
Time: 10am to 6pm
Location: Morgan Hall (150 King Street, Sudbury)
A time for us to gather, tuneup our bikes and get caught up with each other after a long winter. This year, we have a charcoal BBQ and a few new tools have been added to the available tool list. I don't stock parts here, so if your bike needs parts please bring them with you. Feel free to bring your own tools along too and a work stand if you have one. Bring whatever meats or salads etc. that you wish to have and BYOB&B (Bring Your Own Bike & Beer) We will be in the back yard of the house and this is a non smoking event, so anyone who wishes to smoke, there will be a smoking area set up for you.
The end time of six pm is for the bike repair itself. After that it's BBQ AND BEER/CIDER TIME!!!!
This event on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/843173315708635/
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Monday, May 26: Coalition for a Liveable Sudbury AGM
Time: 6pm to 9pm
Location: Living with Lakes Centre (840 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury)
The Coalition for a Liveable Sudbury AGM is an opportunity to get an overview of our work this year, and to help set the direction for the year to come. It’s also a great chance to meet and talk with like-minded people, over tea, coffee and snacks.
To get the agenda, annual report, and financial report, email globalnilly@persona.ca.
The Living with Lakes Centre can be reached via the Ramsey Lake multi-use trail, on bus routes 500 and 501, or contact us to arrange car pooling.
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Monday, May 26: 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)
The venue is wheelchair accessible. Children are welcome to attend, or childcare support is available upon request. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. If you arrive late and doors are locked, please call the S-CAP phone (249-878-7227).
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, May 27: Support the S-CAP 11 in Court
Time: 2pm
Location: Sudbury Court House (155 Elm Street -- ask which courtroom when you arrive)
In 2012, eleven members and supporters of the Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty went to Liberal MPP Rick Bartolucci's office to talk about homelessness, poverty and social assistance. When he refused to meet with them, they decided to open up a homeless shelter in his office to illustrate the scope of the problem. His response? He had them arrested.
In 2013, the S-CAP 11 were cleared of all charges.
But in a shocking waste of resources that could be used instead to address poverty, the Crown decided to appeal the decision.
This is the next appearance of the eleven activists, and they are asking people to be in the courtroom and show their support for meaningful action against poverty and their opposition to the criminalization of efforts to get peoples' needs met.
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Saturday, May 31: Seedling Swap & Sale
Time: 10am to 2pm
Location: Eat Local Sudbury Co-operative (176 Larch Street, Sudbury)
If you want to seed swap with other local gardeners or would like to purchase locally grown seedlings by donation- come visit Eat Local Sudbury on Saturday, May 31, 2014 between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
Are you thinking about starting some seeds indoors or in a greenhouse this year for transplanting outside into your garden? Check out this seed starting calculator: http://awaytogarden.com/when-to-start-seeds-calculator/
The "average" last frost date for our region is May 17th (according to the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and food http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/facts/climzoneveg.htm ) this date will let you get an idea of what date you should start your seedlings for planting outdoors!
This event on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/306888519463529/
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Saturday, May 31: Myths & Mirrors Dance-a-thon Fundraiser
Time: 8pm to 8am
Location: Fromagerie Elgin (80 Elgin Street, Sudbury)
Ever wish you could support community arts by dancing?
This might be the answer. Myths and Mirrors 2nd annual 12 HOUR DANCE-A-THON is a fundraiser where participants collect pledges from friends, family, co-workers, folks they know and proceed to dance all night long. However, this is not a prerequisite for participation. Just try to stay still though with non-stop music from 8 PM Saturday to 8 AM Sunday, curated by DJ Christian Pelletier and guests. We have lots of great prizes to be won through the night and some special ones reserved for the top pledge earners.
100% of the proceeds of this event go to support the outreach programming at Myths and Mirrors that brings art activities to marginalized members of our community.
Dreams do come true!
Visit our site http://raiseathon.ca/mythsdance to register or to sponsor a dancer. You can sign up as an individual or get a group together and sign up as a team of four!!
This event on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1432465150341709/
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Sunday, June 1: Sudbury Bike Fest
Time: 10am to 3pm
Location: Lake Laurentian Conservation Area (near the Bioski cottage)
Come to the conservation area for a day of bike-related workshops and activities!
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Tuesday, June 3: Meeting of Sudbury Cyclists Union
Time: 7pm to 9pm
Location: reThink Green (176 Larch Street, Sudbury)
Agenda TBA.
This event on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/418861694915422/
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Thursday, June 5: Sudbury Share the Road Ride
Time: TBA
Location: Starting from Science North
Details coming soon!
NEWS, ANALYSIS & CALLS TO ACTION:
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Community art project created in partnership with Sex Workers Alliance Network Sudbury & Myths and Mirrors (Sudbury, ON)
(From ArtBridges: http://artbridges.ca/blog/2014/05/myths-and-mirrors-the-swans-project/)
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.