Hear from three of the women who helped initiate and sustain the Grassy Narrow blockade, the longest running blockade in Canada. Through their actions they are empowering the youth in their community, reclaiming control over their territory, reviving their culture and defending our earth.
March 21: Orangeville
St. Timothy Catholic Church, 42 Dawson Road at Centre Street
7 p.m.
March 22: Guelph
St. James the Apostle Anglican Church Hall, 86 Glasgow Street at Paisley
7 p.m.
March 23: Mississauga
Erin Mills Untited Church, 3010 College Way, corner of Winston Churcill Boulevard and Bloor
7:30 p.m.
March 24: Toronto
Friends Meeting House, 60 Lowther Avenue, (off Avenue Road, no left turn onto Lowther, parking lot and ramp to rear entrance on the west side of Bedford just north of Lowther )
7:30 p.m.
March 25: Paris
Five Oaks Conference Centre
Noon
March 25: Hamilton
McMaster First Nations Students Association/Indigenous Studies Program working group with OPIRG, McMaster University, Gilmour Hall Council Chamber
6 p.m.
March 26: Hamilton
Closing event at Hamilton Unitarian Church,
170 Dundurn Street South
Speakers: Judy da Silva , Grassy Narrows First Nation, and Katie Stiel, Environment Hamilton Good Neighbour Campaign
From 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
All events are free, but donations are welcome.
SPONSORED by Hamilton/Burlington KAIROS, IDEA Hamilton, with assistance from the Christian Peacemaker Aboriginal Justice Team.
For more information about the struggle, please click here: http://freegrassy.org/
My two cents: Western, Judeo-Christian society has a certain concept of what a ‘warrior’ is. I encourage everyone to attend this speaking series if for nothing else, to learn that being a warrior has nothing to do with gender but everything to do with having a strong heart. I say Miigwetch and pass some virtual tobacco to these three women and the countless others who are currently standing up for what they believe in. Story-telling (and thus story-listening) is a fundamental part of many First Nations cultures and holds much spirital power. Please honour yourself and them by attending.
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