Facilitation 101:
how to facilitate/chair meetings

Thursday, March 20th
6:00 pm
At OPIRG and the Centre for Women and Trans People
563 Spadina Ave, 1st Floor
University of Toronto
*Space is Wheelchair Accessible

A major part of movement building is lots and lots of MEETINGS. Meetings can be inspiring, sometimes hellish, or sometimes somewhere in between - but most certainly what can help a meeting be FRUITFUL is GOOD FACILITATION. Being a meeting facilitator is NOT running the show and it is MORE than keeping track of the next people who want to speak. So what is it?

Come learn and share strategies on how to maintain
good communication, equity, active listening and
effective decision making for meetings of all shapes
and sizes....

Part of the OPIRG - Toronto Tools 4 Change skills sharing and skills building series. For the full schedule of workshops, visit: www.opirguoft.org

Info Demo Thurs. March 20th, 11am-2pm, Gore Park (Main and James), Hamilton

Dear friends,

Please join us, Hamilton Solidarity with Six Nations, on Thursday March 20th from 11am-2pm in Gore park (downtown Hamilton at King and James). We will be holding an information demonstration to hand out information to the public regarding the Six Nations land reclamation and negotiations. We are continuing to demand there be a moratorium on all development on lands in Canada under dispute and that all levels of government negotiate in good faith based on respect.

We will be inviting the media to come at 12:30pm when we hope to deliver a 1000-signature petition to a local MP which demands the federal government halt all development on lands in dispute.

Please join us and/or stop by!

Warmest regards,
Hamilton Solidarity with Six Nations
hamilton.6n.solidarity@gmail.com

EMERGENCY RALLY TO DEFEND STUDENTS' RIGHTS
Tuesday March 25, 4:10 PM
Simcoe Hall (27 King's College Circle)
University of Toronto
Map: http://tinyurl.com/2oatgu
ACTION ITEM: Statements of solidarity and support; endorse and organize a contingent for the rally.

Join us in a peaceful demonstration outside the University of Toronto's administration building to protest police aggression against students and rising fees: Tuesday March 25, 4:10 PM, outside Simcoe Hall (27 King's College
Circle).
Over the course of this year and in past years, the overwhelming majority of students have repeatedly demonstrated their opposition to increasing fees.
In 2005, 98% of students at UofT voted against fee increases. Thousands of students rallied on February 7, 2007 against fee increases. Students' unions across Canada have advocated against fee increases. Despite all of this, and

Media 101:
Workshop on dealing with mainstream media, and ideas for alternatives

Wednesday, March 26th
6pm

At OPIRG and the Centre for Women and Trans People @ U of T
563 Spadina Ave, 1st Floor
University of Toronto
*Space is Wheelchair Accessible

Everyday we are bombarded with images and messages from corporate run media. What is the narrative that we are exposed to..what are the facts on-the-ground that are left out of print? How do we learn to read between the lines, and how do we create alternative ways of getting information out.

With:
*Jonah Gindin: independant media activist who has reported from Venezuela (www.venezuelanalysis.com) as well as other places in South America and Central America, and Turtle Island. He is a member of the investigative research collective of www.inthenameofdemocracy.org.

Toronto: Common Cause monthly general meeting
(1st Sunday of every month at 4pm in the lobby of OSIE)

Sunday April 6, 2008
4pm-6pm

In the lobby of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
(OISE) 252 Bloor Street West. (by St George Subway Station)

If you're new please let us know if you'll be attending, if you are a regular please let us know if you can't make it. You can do so via email or through the forum at http://linchpin.ca

Monday, April 7
5:00 PM
William Doo Auditorium (basement of 45 Willcocks at Spadina Ave)
University of Toronto

Students, workers, and faculty will also be congregating for an Open Forum on Monday, April 7 to discuss the inaccessibility of post-secondary education and to raise awareness on a broad range of issues pertaining to Education as a universal right for all. We will also be debating the structure of the Governing Council, the highest decision-making body on campus.

We encourage students, staff and faculty members to attend and welcome discussions on strategy, principles, tactics and theory.

Protest Armsfair in Ottawa

When:
Wednesday, 9 April 2008 – Thursday, 10 April 2008

Where:
Ottawa Congress Centre
55 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa ON

Contact:
People's Global Action - Bloc Ottawa
pgabloc@gmail.com

The annual conference of the Canadian Association of Defense and Security Industries is coming to Ottawa this April. It has been banned after long efforts from all City of Ottawa property but the Ottawa Congress Centre is provinicial property and therefore sustains this death showcase.

The first day is scheduled to be a family-friendly protest while the second is a call for action and resistance through a spectrum of tactics.

Please join No War/Paix and the People's Global Action-Bloc Ottawa in resisting to this abomination.

LAND RIGHTS NOT MINING RIGHTS
FREE ROBERT LOVELACE AND THE KI 6

DATE: Wednesday April 9th, 6 pm
PLACE: Ryerson Student's Union, 55 Gould St (between Victoria and Church)
INFO: www.ryerson.ca/socialjustice

Featuring: Ovide Mercredi, former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, and members of the KI and Ardoch First Nations.

In a travesty of justice and a grave assault on Aboriginal rights, seven Aboriginal leaders are in jail today for upholding indigenous and Canadian law. In March, Robert Lovelace from Ardoch and Chief Donny Morris of the
Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) community, four councillors and one community member were jailed for six months for contempt of court. In two separate cases, they refused mining exploration on their traditional lands without their permission. Additionally, Robert Lovelace and his community have been hit with huge fines.

Protest Armsfair in Ottawa

When:
Wednesday, 9 April 2008 – Thursday, 10 April 2008

Where:
Ottawa Congress Centre
55 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa ON

Contact:
People's Global Action - Bloc Ottawa
pgabloc@gmail.com

The annual conference of the Canadian Association of Defense and Security Industries is coming to Ottawa this April. It has been banned after long efforts from all City of Ottawa property but the Ottawa Congress Centre is provinicial property and therefore sustains this death showcase.

The first day is scheduled to be a family-friendly protest while the second is a call for action and resistance through a spectrum of tactics.

Please join No War/Paix and the People's Global Action-Bloc Ottawa in resisting to this abomination.

TURTLE ISLAND TO PALESTINE - FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS!!

CAIA FUNDRAISER IN SUPPORT OF THE ARDOCH ALGONQUIN FIRST NATION

JOIN US FOR A NIGHT OF LIVE CULTURAL PERFORMANCES,GREAT FOOD,DANCING AND FUN!

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Date: Saturday April 12
Time: 7 pm - Door opens at 6:30
Place: Cervejaria - 842 College St. (W of Ossington), Toronto
Suggested donation: $10
Featuring: LAL, DJ NO CAPITALISTA and others. Silent auction and 50/50 draw
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To coincide with Palestine Political Prisoners Day, the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid ( CAIA), is organising a fundraiser in support of the struggle of the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation (AAFN ) against uranium mining on their land. All proceeds will go to the AAFN

Bad Books Club (Second Sunday of the Month)
A regular reading group for anarchists and fellow travelers in the GTA.

Hosted by Common Cause
http://linchpin.ca

April book: The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein.
Sunday April 13
6:00pm
The Toronto Free Gallery
1277 Bloor West (Bloor and Lansdowne)

In THE SHOCK DOCTRINE, Naomi Klein explodes the myth that the global free market triumphed democratically. Exposing the thinking, the money trail and the puppet strings behind the world-changing crises and wars of the last four decades, The Shock Doctrine is the gripping story of how America’s “free market” policies have come to dominate the world-- through the exploitation of disaster-shocked people and countries.

Don't have time to read the whole book?

Read an excerpt from the introduction:
http://www.naomiklein.org/shock-doctrine/excerpt

Watch a short film by Alfonso Cuarón and Naomi Klein, directed by Jonás Cuarón:

Organizing 21st Century Workers:

A discussion on new strategies and challenges for unionizing and activism

Friday, April 18th 8pm 519 Church St. Community Centre (intersection of Church and Wellesley, near the Wellesley subway station)

Featuring:
-Deena Ladd, Workers Action Centre (Toronto)
-Pete Montalbano, Starbucks Workers Union (NYC)
-Stephanie Basile, IWW Food & Warehouse Workers Union (NYC)
-Adam Welch, California Port Truckers
-Taodhg Burns, Libra Information Services (Toronto)

Millions of workers are entering today's workplaces without knowing why and how to join unions. Manufacturing jobs still remain, but the 21st Century brings new challenges. Many immigrants, youth and knowledge workers labour in sweatshop like conditions without security, benefits or, increasingly, rights.

Times have changed, but "An Injury to One" is still "An Injury to All".

All Out on April 19th—International Day of Protest

Free Mumia!

On 27 March, the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of upholding the frame-up conviction of Mumia Abu-Jamal. In turning down Mumia’s appeal for a new trial, the Court ordered a new sentencing hearing to decide whether he is again to be sentenced to die or condemned to the living death of life in prison.

With this horrendously unjust ruling the courts signaled that for Mumia, a former Black Panther, MOVE supporter and eloquent “voice of the voiceless,” proof of innocence is not legally admissible. The evidence is clear: Mumia is the innocent victim of a racist, politically-motivated frame-up. On April 19th there will be a mass demonstration in Philadelphia to demand Mumia’s freedom, with supporting demonstrations in cities around the world. All out for Mumia on April 19th!

Saturday April 19, 1 pm

U.S. Consulate, 360 University Ave

between Dundas St. and Queen St.

Fanning the Flames of Discontent:
Night of Music for the Solidarity of Working People

Saturday, April 19th 8pm
Concord Café 937 Bloor St. West (near Ossington)

Featuring:

* Rebel Girl (Guelph)
* Dynamite Plan! (New York)
* Smokey Dymny & Kevin Barrett (Toronto)

Cover $10 All door proceeds to support retiring radical folk legend Utah Phillips

Presented by the Toronto Branch of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

Contact:
416-919-7392
iwwtoronto@gmail.com
http://www.iww.org