sust-mar: Four upcoming events and urgent actions re: environment and social justice

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Four upcoming events and urgent actions related to environmentalism and
social justice for your interest and attention:


1. MAKE TRADE FAIR EVENTS
WTO Response Festival
Sunday, July 27, 2:00 
Spring Garden Road Public Library
This family friendly event will include speakers, discussion, and 
food, followed by an open drumming session. There will also be
children’s activities and a REAL Free Tr! ade Table, so bring items to
trade (or to give away). We are responding to the World Trade
Organization Mini-Ministerial meetings in Montreal from July 28 to July
30.

WTO Response Public Outreach
Monday, July 28 to Wednesday, July 30, 11:30 to 1:30
Spring Garden Road Public Library
We will hand out flyers and get petition signatures; and we will have
our REAL Free Trade Table, so bring items to trade (or to give away).
Come out to show your support (wear a Make Trade Fair t-shirt if you
have one).

For more info or to get involved with all the international trade
actions planned in the coming months, please contact: Ingrid Cottenden
Make Trade Fair Campaign Coordinator Oxfam Canada 2099 Gottingen Street,
Halifax, NS, B3K 3B2
Tel: (902) 425-7877     Fax: (902) 425-7778 
 
Join the BIG NOISE: www.maketradefair.com



2. The NO ONE IS ILLEGAL Filmfest!
6:30-10pm
Friday, July 25th
Scotiabank Auditorium
Marion McCain Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) Building
(corner of University and Seymour St.)

Afghan Stories (2002)                             6:30pm
Afghan Stories opens at the World Trade Center just before the Americans
bomb Afghanistan. From New York to the frontline in Afghanistan,
filmakers spend time with several Afghan refugee families. They meet a
member of the royal family who was tortured by the Taliban, a doctor and
journalist stuck in a one room apartment with their four children, a
relief worker trying to rebuild his country one road at a time, an
Islamic elder who dedicated his life to peace and more. A unique and
intimate film, Afghan Stories documents the torment, resolve and dreams
of a people whose lives have been torn apart by war.
  
Rabbit Proof Fence (2002)               7:30pm
This film explores a dark time in Australian history when half-caste (or
non full-blooded) Aboriginal children were forcibly taken from their
mothers in an attempt to assimilate them into White society and
ultimately breed them out of existence. The film comes at a time when
the Australian government and its refugee-rejecting Prime Minister John
Howard are still refusing to publicly apologise to indigenous people for
the way they were treated by white settlers. 
 
Woomera (2002)                           9:15pm
Woomera is one of six privately run concentration camps used by the
Australian Government to enforce its policy of mandatory detention of
'illegal entrants'. It incarcerates refugees - including young children
- from Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq. This inspiring video highlights the
desperation and courage of the refugees and contains remarkable footage
of a break-out which embarrassed the Australian Government and gave an
enormous boost to the growing campaign against mandatory detention.
 
$4 Suggested donation
 
A Benefit for Mobilization for Global Justice to Help Stop the WTO.
www.uberculture.org/mobglob



3. Please read the message below from SINALTRAINAL  (Colombian Food and
Drink Workers' Union).   Eight union leaders have recently been
assasinated by paramilitaries financed by Coca Cola management. 

Another reason to feel guilty drinking America's favorite transnational
--communities in India who don't have enough water woes as it is are
facing severe water shortages and polluted water as a result of Coca
Cola's operations there.  Coca Cola has assigned the "problem" to its PR
department.  Coke has also admitted to rigging tests and a coke employee
was fired for drinking pepsi.  Coca Cola is the top US investor in
India.   

The consumer campaign will begin as of July 22, 2003 and will have, in
its initial phase, a duration of one year. The Second World Social Forum
declared July 22 the International Day Against Coca-cola.If you need
help, materials, information or speakers, contact the Colombia
Solidarity Campaign, PO Box 8446, London N17 6NZ tel : 07932 034477:
Email: colombia_sc@hotmail.com  website: www.colombiasolidarity.org.uk 

On another topic also having to do with evil American companies --if I
haven't already bugged any of you about sending a letter to support our
current campaign to stop Canadian, American, and Australian mining firms
from mining Indonesia's protected/conservation areas....please do so, if
you don't do it for me, do it for the trees and the orangutan.  It is at
a very critical time right now when the Indonesian government could make
a decision at any time to either cave in to the incessant pressure from
the mining multinationals or uphold Indonesia's forestry law that bans
open-pit mining in protected areas.   Honestly, we have made it so
easy... just go to http://www.foei.org/cyberaction/indonesia.php ....all
you have to do is read the letter, if you agree then fill in your name
and details.  All that is required is your last name and country.  The
letter is then emailed in your name to government and embassy officials
listed on the page.   We have received tremendous support thus far,
Elizabeth May/Sierra Club has sent a personalized letter and over a
thousand people from over 43 countries have sent the letter .... but we
still need you!!!  and your friends!

Many thanks,
Tracy



4. The Sierra Youth Coalition in partnership with McGill and Concordia
Univeristy proudly present
THE 5th ANNUAL NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE CAMPUSES CONFERENCE
October 2-5, 2003 - Montreal
 
:: CONFERENCE OVERVIEW ::
It is with great pleasure that the Sierra Youth Coalition (SYC), the
youth-run arm of the Sierra Club of Canada, announces the 2003
Sustainable Campuses Conference. The Sustainable Campuses Conference
provides students, academics, faculty, administration, community groups,
professionals, and activists from across Canada with the opportunity to
expand their knowledge and develop skills on how to promote
sustainability on campus. 

This gathering is an innovative, creative and practical skills-building
event designed to enable participants to use the resources of their
community towards the improvement of the quality of life of the people
and of the ecosystems on campus.

:: WHERE AND WHEN ::
Montreal, Quebec from 2nd - 5th October 2003 at McGill University.

:: CONFERENCE FRAMEWORK ::
This year’s Sustainable Campuses conference will continue to inspire and
support participants through a variety of skill-building workshops, key
speakers’ presentations and student-run group presentations on campus
success stories. In addition, the conference will provide a truly
bilingual atmosphere that will allow participants to function in their
language of choice. 

::: Key Note Speakers
Various keynote speakers will be addressing the participants during the
evenings of the conference. They are well-renowned professors and
activists who have made themselves known in Canada and abroad by their
inspiring and ground breaking work in the filed of campus
sustainability. All presentations will be followed by discussion
sessions. 

::: Hands-on Workshops
The best way to learn something is by doing it. The hands-on workshops
will allow students to test the knowledge they already have and gain new
skills such as how to do a waste auditing, how to build your own compost
bin and much more.

::: Capacity Building Workshops
The capacity building workshops will deal with a variety of topics such
as fundraising, human rights, campaign development, influencing policy
making, starting a sustainability office, educating about
sustainability, lobbying the Campus administration, environmental racism
and much more. This year’s highlight workshop will train students on how
to use Canada’s first Campus Sustainability Assessment Framework (CSAF).


::: Campus Sustainability Successes
Learning from those who have already implemented successful projects can
help guide new project leaders in the right direction. These best
practices are inspirational sources of student activism and offer
valuable advice on how to start a successful project.

::: Field Trips
Some projects are too large to be brought to the conference; therefore
it is important to take the conference to these projects. Field trips
add a great dynamism to the flow of the conference and are a powerful
inspirational tool given that students witness the real life impact that
a project can have on a campus and often in the surrounding communities.

:: REGISTARTION ::
Registration forms are available from our website
http://www.sierrayouthcoalition.org/en_CA/SusCamp/Campus.htm If you
would like to receive updates about the conference, please submit your
name, school and e-mail address to sarah@sierrayouthcoalition.com.

:: TRANSPORTATION ::
Although the Sierra Youth Coalition cannot guarantee travel subsidies at
this point, we will continue exploring possibilities to alleviate the
cost of transportation for some participants. Please contact us for more
information.

:: ACCOMOMDATION ::
The Sierra Youth Coalition is currently negotiating especial fees with
hotels and hostels in Montreal to accommodate all participants’ budget.
We are offering the possibility of billeting participants with one of
our many volunteer in the city.

:: INFORMATION ::
For more information on this year’s Sustainable Campuses Conference
please visit our website at
http://www.sierrayouthcoalition.org/en_CA/SusCamp/Campus.htm or contact
Conference Coordinator Sarah Schiff at sarah@sierrayouthcoalition.com or
by phone at (514) 398-4947.
 
   

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