Today: 20th Annual DTES Womens Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Women in Vancouver
community
Rebuilding democracy, from the community up
As many writers and activists have declared for some time now, Canadians -- and citizens in all English-speaking developed countries -- are facing a crisis in democracy. Another way of putting it is that we face a democratic deficit. That term harkens back to a book written 35 years ago called the Crisis in Democracy, commissioned by the Trilateral Commission (TLC), an international neo-liberal forum of CEOs, former and current heads of state and free market academics. The crisis they were talking about was different. As Samuel Huntington, a prominent American neo-liberal wrote in the book, there was "an excess of democracy." Too many people were asking governments for too many things -- and, even more dangerous, beginning to believe they were entitled to them.
¡VIVA! Celebrating community, arts and education
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VIVA! Community Arts and Popular Education in the Americas
(Between The Lines,
2011;
$24.95)
If we're able to look at the river of blood that runs through the Americas, that runs through the world, and we're able to look at our own blood connection to that river, we will be able to wade into the river together.—Diane Roberts, Personal Legacy (paraphrased)
Words of Resistance: Centre for Women and Trans People's 25th Anniversary Celebration
Mar 29 2012 - 6:00pm
Location
Centre for Women and Trans People at the University of Toronto
563 Spadina Ave.
Toronto, ON M5S2J7Canada
Phone:
4169788201
43° 39' 35.8488" N, 79° 24' 1.0368" W
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Join us for an evening of performance, socialization, food, and fun! The centre is hosting an Open Mic night in celebration of our 25th anniversary and we want you to be a part of our celebration! You can perform through song, chants, drums, poetry, spoken word, slam poetry, monologue, dramatic re-enactment comedy, personal narrative, ritual, make-up, costume, multimedia such as video, a combination of these elements, or perform somebody else’s work. First timers welcome.
Contact name:
Kim
Contact email:
Radical consent for mad folks
This overview of radical consent for mad folks from radical sex education could easily be turned into a workshop.
A great outline to pair with this is the learning good consent zine, which also has an outline for basic consent workshops in it (page 14). For mad folks, consent is as much about defining what their madness can feel like as well as their level of comfort with a person.
Advanced facilitation techniques
This 22 page workshop facilitator's guide outlines everything you need to know to take a facilitator's workshop to the next level. With more techniques than basic training, it acts as a great follow-up to beginner trainer workshops. The rich interactive workshop outline includes:
Handouts
Active role plays
Facilitation frameworks
Practical facilitation tools
Belleville's DownTown DocFest
Mar 2 2012 - 12:00am
Mar 3 2012 - 12:00am
Location
The Core Centre and The Empire Theatre
Pinnacle and Front Streets
Belleville, ON Canada
Phone:
613 477 1264
44° 10' 17.076" N, 77° 23' 15.9612" W
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Belleville's first international documentary film festival, DownTown DocFest, will launch a day and half of films with a gala evening featuring the potent film “Music From the Big House” followed by a concert with blues singer and star of the film, Rita Chiarelli.
DocFest will feature original international, national and community films by highly acclaimed film makers and directors, More than 25 films will be screened starting on Friday afternoon at The Core Centre for the Arts and continuing at noon on Saturday the 3rd at both The Core Centre and the Belleville Public Library.
Contact name:
Gary Magwood
Contact email:
Film screening: Frantz Fanon: His life, his struggle, his work
Dec 9 2011 - 7:00pm
Dec 9 2011 - 10:00pm
Location
Room 5-150 OISE Building
252 Bloor Street West University of Toronto
Toronto, ON Canada
43° 40' 4.8072" N, 79° 23' 54.312" W
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December 6, 2011 is the 50th anniversary of the death of Frantz Fanon. His revolutionary ideas are still of relevance to this period in which we live and struggle. We will reflect on his work by screening the documentary "Frantz Fanon: His Life, His Struggle, His Work", which was produced by Cheik Djemaï in 2004.
We will also discuss the significance of the 50th anniversary of Fanon's death and the relevance of his work within Afrikan communities across the world. We will have an interactive Inter-generational Dialogue re: Fanon's work. The panel and group discussion will attempt to centre Fanon's ideas upon today's concrete, multifaceted social and economic realities.
Contact name:
Pan-African Solidarity Network
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