#RayOfHope Toronto – Vigil for Grand Elder Raymond Robinson’s Hunger Strike
The Deets:
Monday April 8, 2013
7:00 pm
Nathan Phillips Square
Toronto, On
The Call Out:
Fwd: Grand Elder Raymond Robinson is on a full hunger strike and has not consumed any food or water since April 3rd, 2013 at 9:00am.
Raymond will remain on hunger strike until Prime Minister Stephen Harper agrees to meet with First Nations leaders on a Nation-to-Nation basis;
On Friday Raymond met with Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt only to have the Minister literally laugh in his face and refuse his request without any negotiation. Raymond offered to end his hunger strike in return for a meeting between First Nations Chiefs and the Prime Minister on a Nation to Nation basis.
Grand Elder Raymond Robinson is putting his LIFE on the line, his demands are not unreasonable, and Stephen Harper must ACT NOW to save his life.
Monday morning will mark Grand Elder Raymond’s 5th day without food or water. It is unbelievable, and unacceptable, that this country has come to a point where First Nations Peoples are literally starving themselves just to get a meeting from a Prime Minister who is enacting radical genocidal legislation taking aim at First Nations, the environment, and the Canadian people.
Join us Monday night for candle light vigils across the country to send a strong message to Harper that Canada needs to begin to heal the wounds of hundreds of years of colonial, assimilationist, and paternal legislation.
Let’s stay peaceful, raise awareness, and come together as one in these difficult times that will un undoubtedly mark Canadian history forever.
Host an event in your town. 1) Pick a spot, 2) Create an event using this text 3) Send us the link
Take ACTION NOW!
http://www.RaymondRobinson.org
For more information, please see Activist Communique: Elder Raymond Robinson is on a second fast to protest Harper’s lack of dialogue with First Nations
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