March Actions

SUMMARY:

• March 15 - a global day of action to mark the 5th anniversary of the war on Iraq (Noon @ Art Gallery)
• March 19 – Picket @ U.S. Consulate for Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Gaza (11-1pm)
• March 21 – MARCH AGAINST RACISM! (1:00pm @ Commercial Drive and 14th)
• March 29 – ILAN PAPPE: ETHNIC CLEANSING of PALESTINE ( 7pm – Vancouver Public Library)
• Mar 25 – 29 - PALESTINE SOLIDARITY WEEK @ UBC
  

DETAILS:

Rally
Saturday, March 15
12 Noon
Vancouver Art Gallery
(Georgia side, at Hornby)

This March, people in Vancouver and across Canada are joining the World Against War, with a global day of action to mark the 5th anniversary of the war on Iraq. Mark your calendar today for the rally to kick-off a day of action: In Vancouver, the StopWar Coalition - with over 160 endorsing organizations and individuals - is joining with others including Canadians Against War to organize a day of activities to oppose an attack on Iran, and to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Also, on Wednesday, March 19, there will be a picket to mark the 5th anniversary of the war:

Picket
Wednesday, March 19
11am to 1pm, U.S. Consulate (1075 W. Pender, at Thurlow)
For now, spread the word, get your organization to sign on to endorse these events, and invite your friends to be part of this worldwide action against war.
Email contact[AT]stopwar.ca for more information.
Website with more information on March actions against war:
http://theworldagainstwar.org/
http://canadiansagainstwar.org/

MARCH AGAINST RACISM!
COMMUNITY MARCH
Friday March 21 at 1 pm
(Good Friday Holiday)
Meet at Clark Park on Commercial Drive and 14th
Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories

March 21 marks the anniversary of the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre in South Africa when police opened fire on hundreds of South Africans protesting against Apartheid's passbook laws, killing 67 and wounding 186...

Join us on March 21, International Day for the Elimination o Racism, to show our communities collective strength in challenging ongoing racism. Canadian multiculturalism is not enough!

Bring your children and family.

• There will be food, water and snacks during the march.

• Rest vehicles will accompany the march.

• All welcome!

For centuries, communities have led countless courageous struggles against racism and the many ways in which it manifests itself in our daily lives. Although many would like to believe that racism no longer exists, we are reclaiming the tradition of anti-racist marches to reveal the ugly truth about the worsening reality of racism both locally and globally.

Join us on March 21 to celebrate the dignity, strength, and resilience of our communities!

End individual and institutional racism, racial violence, and racial profiling!
Stop the theft of indigenous lands!
End all racist wars and occupations!
Stop the deportations now!
Living wages, healthcare, education, and housing for all!

(Events organized and supported by a community network including No One Is Illegal, Indigenous Action Movement, Komagata Maru Heritage Foundation, Canadian Arab Federation, John Graham Support, Siraat Collective, Association of Chinese Canadians for Equality and Solidarity Society, DTES Elders Council, SIKLAB - Overseas Filipino Workers Organization, Anniversaries of Change, International Indigenous Youth Conference Secretariat, Canadian Muslim Union, Asian Society for the Intervention of AIDS, Justicia for Migrant Workers, Al-Awda Vancouver, Salaam Vancouver, Iranian Federation of Refugees, Cafe Rebelde Coalition, VIRSA, Latin American Connexions, Hogans Alley Memorial Project, Filipino Nurses Support Group, La Surda Latin American Collective, Indigenous Free School, Communities for Laibar Singh-Vancouver, Canadian Network for Democratic Nepal, Canada Palestine Association, Group of Relatives and Friends of Political Prisoners in Mexico, South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy, Consejo Indigena Popular de Oaxaca Ricardo Flores Magon (CIPO-Vancouver), Chetna Dalit Association, Philippine Women Centre of BC, Coalition of South Asian Women Against Violence, Vancouver Status of Women, The North Shore Women's Centre, Battered Women Support Services, Friends of Women in the Middle East Society, Women Against Violence Against Women, Grassroots Women, Canadian Union of Postal Workers, Hospital Employees Union, Industrial Workers of the World, SFU Teaching Support Staff Union, Vancouver District Labour Council, Canadian Union of Public Employees - Local 1004, Gallery Gachet, Rhizome Cafe, New World Theatre, Colouring Book Project, UBC Realities of Race, SFU Public Interest Research Group, BC Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines, StopWar.ca, Anti Poverty Committee, Politics Re-Spun, Building Bridges to Chiapas, Alliance of People's Health, International Solidarity Movement Vancouver, SFU Interfaith Summer Institute Community Consultative Committee, Vancouver District Labour Council Young Workers Committee, Filipino-Canadian Youth Alliance, UBC Students for a Democratic Society, Solidarity Notes Labour Choir)

To add your name to the list of supporting organizations, please do get in touch! CONTACT noii-van[AT]resist.ca or call 778 885 0040.

In commemoration of the 60th year of the Palestinian Nakbah, NECEF and SPHR present
ILAN PAPPE
The ETHNIC CLEANSING of PALESTINE
Saturday, March 29th, 7pm
Lecture & Book-Signing
Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch, Alice Mackay room, lower level
350 W. Georgia St. (at Homer)
~ Admission by donation ~
Vancouver co-sponsors: CanPalNet, Jews for a Just Peace and Canadian
Friends of Sabeel
Info: 604-765-7074 · www.canpalnet.ca
support[AT]canpalnet.ca · sphr.ubc[AT]gmail.com

SPHR - UBC
Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (UBC Chapter)

PALESTINE SOLIDARITY WEEK @ UBC
March 25th-29th 2008!

More info & posters to come soon....
For more information, contact sphr.ubc[AT]gmail.com

Tuesday March 25th, and Thursday March 27th
TABLING @ the SUB, southside, outside!
10 am- 3pm

Join us for great resistance music, information, slide shows and more!

Wednesday March 26th 2008
MOVIE SHOWING: Arna's Children
SUB 205. 4pm-6pm

Arna Mer-Khamis, a Palestinian Jewish woman, was a legendary activist for the rights of the Palestinian people. During the First Intifada she helped establish a children's theatre group in Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, teaching children to express themselves through acting. Her son Juliano, a director for the group, filmed Arna working with the children over a 6-year period. Following Arna's death, he returns to the camp to find out what became of the young refugees.
Best Documentary Feature winner at the 2004 Tribeca Film Festival.
www.arna.info

Thursday March 27th, 2008
Lecture and Discussion with JON ELMER
Topic: Gaza, Gaza, Gaza.
SUB 207/209 12:30-2 pm

Jon Elmer is a Canadian freelance writer and photojournalist specializing in the Middle East. He has researched and reported from the West Bank and Gaza Strip - based in Jenin and Gaza City – during the al-Aqsa intifada (2003), following Israel's "disengagement" from the Gaza Strip (2005), and during the sanctions regime and factional strife (2007). He will have a short lecture in regards to developments since the disengagement from Gaza, and the recent siege from the past few weeks. He will also touch on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. We will also have the opportunity to see a slideshow of his photography. There will then be a discussion and Q & A.