OPIRG, the Peterborough Coalition Against Poverty (PCAP), and the KWIC Food Issues Working Group invite you to a free screening of the new documentary film:
LOS MEXICANOS: Le Combat de Patricia Pérez
Sometimes we ignore the exploitation of workers on our own doorstep. In 2006, nearly 4,000 Latin Americans and West Indians came to Quebec to work on farms. The men, most of them Mexican, fill Canada's labour needs under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP). Isolated by geography and language, they work in conditions that are hard to imagine. Patricia Pérez is founder of a support group for migrant workers that is funded by the Quebec chapter of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW). She helps as many as she can, informing them of their rights and organizing union drives. Her fight will not be easy.
A discussion with Lincoln Ellis from the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) will follow the film.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12 ~ 7:00 PM ~ SADLEIR HOUSE LECTURE HALL
751 George Street North at Parkhill
Everyone is welcome. The lecture hall is wheelchair accessible. Visit www.opirgpeterborough.ca or call 741-1208 for more information.
The Conference Was a Success!
Thank you so much for your participation in Why Green Isn't Enough: An Anti-Racist Anti-Colonial Environmentalism Conference. The conference was a major success in every way, with over 50 people attending each talk. In addition, two of the conference organizers, Muna and Yazmin, are planning to revive the Anti-Racist Environmental Coalition (AREC) at Trent in Fall 2008! If you would like to join them in mobilizing the ideas discussed at the conference, please send your contact information to whygreenisntenough@gmail.com and they will get back to you.
The conference schedule will remain posted at the bottom of this page for future reference. Please check back for periodic updates on local and global environmental justice struggles.
The conference schedule will remain posted at the bottom of this page for future reference. Please check back for periodic updates on local and global environmental justice struggles.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
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Conference Schedule ~ March 14 & 15, 2008
FRIDAY, MARCH 14
7:00-9:00 pm
Peterborough Public Library (345 Aylmer Street North)
Keynote Address: “Stories Less Told: Environmental Justice and Racism in Canada”
A panel discussion with:
*Andil Gosine (York University), author of Environmental Justice and Racism in Canada: An Introduction
*Karen Okamoto, Environmental Justice and Racism in Canada contributor
9:00 pm-1:00 am
The Red Dog (189 Hunter Street West)
Beats 4 Justice! Fundraiser for the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation
A night of spoken word, Afro-soul, down-tempo electronica, and beats ~ featuring:
*DJ Sheena
*The Unity Singers
*Dave Hudson
*Hesper Philip-Chamberlain
*LAL
$10 waged/$5 unwaged, or pay-as-much-as-you-can.
SATURDAY, MARCH 15
Peterborough Public Library (345 Aylmer Street North)
12:00-12:15
Welcoming remarks
12:15-2:15
“Environmental Racism and the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program”
A panel discussion with:
*Chris Ramsaroop (Justicia for Migrant Workers)
*Janet McLaughlin (PhD Candidate, Anthropology, University of Toronto)
*Allan, participant in the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program
2:15-2:30
Refreshment break
2:30-4:30
“Impacts of Energy Extraction and Climate Change on Indigenous Peoples”
A panel discussion with:
*Paula Sherman (Co-Chief, Ardoch Algonquin First Nation)
*Leanne Simpson (Past director of Trent University's Indigenous Environmental Studies Program)
*Clayton Thomas-Muller (Indigenous Environmental Network)
4:30-4:45
Refreshment break
4:45-6:00
“Where Do We Go From Here? Organizing for Structural Change”
A workshop with:
*Clayton Thomas-Muller (Indigenous Environmental Network)
*Chris Ramsaroop (Justicia for Migrant Workers)
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The conference is free and open to all members of the public. No registration is required. Resource booklets on anti-oppressive environmental activism will be available to conference participants (suggested donation: $5). Everyone is welcome to attend!
Sponsored and supported by:
Community and Race Relations Committee of Peterborough; Fair Trade Trent; CUPE Local 3908; Frost Centre for Canadian Studies and Native Studies; Kawartha World Issues Centre; New Canadians Centre Peterborough; OPIRG-Peterborough; Peterborough-Kawarthas Chapter of the Council of Canadians; Peterborough Coalition Against Poverty; Roy Brady; Sustainable Trent; T.E.W. Nind Fund; Theatre Trent; Trent Central Student Association; Trent Centre for Community-Based Education; Trent Environmental Students Society; Trent University Faculty Association; Trent University's Canadian Studies, Environmental and Resource Studies, Indigenous Studies, Politics, Sociology, and Women's Studies Departments; Trent University's Champlain, Gzowski, Lady Eaton, Otonabee, and Traill College Cabinets; Trent University Graduate Student Association; Trent University's Anti-Racism Issues, Environmental Issues, and Women's Issues Commissioners; Trent Women's Centre; and UFCW Canada.
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