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| December 22, 2011Legal defence for activists
This sample workshop agenda created by Fitzroy Legal Services and the Victoria Law Foundation is created to teach Australian activists. However, the workshop focuses more on finding legal aid specific to what activists need, rather than laws themselves. For a brief introduction to Canadian law for activists, check out how to interact with police. This workshop goes over:
Role playing of being arrested
Pivot Legal Society
Pivot Legal Society is a non-profit legal advocacy organization located in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
Pivot's mandate is to take a strategic approach to social change, using the law to address the root causes that undermine the quality of life of those most on the margins.
We believe that everyone, regardless of income, benefits from a healthy and inclusive community where values such as opportunity, respect and equality are strongly rooted in the law.