[KWPeace-groups] 16 Upcoming Events for Peace, Earth and Justice in KW and beyond...

[Tamara Lorincz]

Dear Peace Friends,
I’m studying all summer for these exams that I have to write in September so I apologize for not being able to make many meetings and events.
-Tamara


16 Upcoming Events for Peace, Earth and Justice!

Please feel free to circulate – thank you.



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KW KINDER MORGAN TOWN-HALL and “Directly Affected” Film Screenings

Wednesday, July 11, 6:00 PM

Auditorium, Kitchener Public Library Central Branch

85 Queen St N, Kitchener

Join us for the KW premiere of Directly Affected: A Pipeline under Pressure, a film that details the known risks posed by the expansion of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline–risks to people and our planet. Following the film, Chief Myeengun Henry (Chippewas of the Thames) and Dr. Angela Carter (BSIA Fellow and Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at UW) will reflect on the film and lead a discussion about the Canadian government’s buyout of Kinder Morgan’s pipeline and tanker project. Members of Parliament from Kitchener and Waterloo will be invited to attend the town-hall and participate in the discussion. Join us for an engaging film, great food and an important conversation! Doors open at 5:45 p.m.

RSVP if you are ready to speak up on the Big Oil buy out.

More info and to Sign Up: http://act.350.org/event/screenings-town-halls-km-buyout/14413/signup/



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FILM SCREENINGS: Won't You Be My Neighbor? at the Princess Twin

Playing from Weds July 11 to Thursday July 19 at the Princess Twin Theatre in Waterloo

This is supposed to be an amazing documentary!

For over thirty years, Fred Rogers entertained, educated, and nurtured children and adults alike with his seminal public television show Mister Roger's Neighborhood. With a gentle mixture of discussion, song, and low-fi puppetry, Rogers taught love and kindness to generations, becoming a unique mainstay of American television. This new documentary from 20 Feet From Stardom director Morgan Neville explores and celebrates the life and legacy of Mister Rogers. Through archival footage and interviews, it chronicles Rogers' inauspicious origins, as well as his show's growth into a major cultural force that somehow managed to keep its humility. Fresh from the Sundance Film Festival, Won't You Be My Neighbor comes when Rogers’ lessons are needed more than ever. In a divided world, we could use someone who so deftly broke down barriers, teaching kids about death, divorce, civil rights, and more. Don your cardigan, put on your slippers, and re-experience the joy of Mister Rogers with Won't You Be My Neighbor.

More info: http://www.princesscinemas.com/movie/wont-you-be-my-neighbor



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ECO-SUMMIT 2018: BUILDING COMMITMENT

WHEN: 12 July 2018 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

WHERE: M3 Mathematics 3

Room 1006, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario
Join the UW Sustainability Office and Sustainable Campus Initiative for Waterloo’s fifth annual Eco-Summit! Each year we bring together students, staff, faculty, and community partners with an interest in sustainability to build relationships, inspire action, and celebrate progress. This year’s event will focus on building commitment among all campus members to improve sustainability at the University and beyond.  This year’s event will feature: Opening comments from James Rush, incoming Vice President, Academic and Provost and Keynote presentation from Tom Ewart, Senior Manager of Sustainability at The Co-operators. Case studies from students, staff, and faculty around campus. More info: https://uwaterloo.ca/sustainability/events/eco-summit-2018-building-commitment



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14TH NONVIOLENCE DAY IN THE PARK

Saturday, 21 July from 12-5pm

Organized by WR Nonviolence.

More information about the Day in the Park: https://www.facebook.com/events/209390796454380/

Note: WR Nonviolence has regular Tuesday evening meeting, 7:00pm at the Queen Street Commons Café: https://wrnonviolence.org/



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TREE IDENTIFICATION WORKSHOP AT THE ARBORETUM

July 17 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

University of Guelph, Arboretum

This program will refine your skills at identifying trees in Ontario. The focus will be on learning important identification characteristics. Difficult groups such as the cherry, oak and walnut families as well as the easier groups such as ash and maple will be explored. The afternoon will be spent outside, identifying trees in the forest as well as young cultivated trees with their Eurasian counterparts in the World of Trees collection. Bring your field guide and binoculars.

Presented by: Arboretum director Shelley Hunt.

Regular Fee: $85 per person.

https://news.uoguelph.ca/event/tree-identification-workshop-arboretum/



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KW PEACE MEETING AND POTLUCK

Thursday, 19 July 2018 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Peace and Justice Room, Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church

57 Stirling Avenue North, Kitchener

Every few months the organizers of many different peace, social justice, environmental, political, and spiritual organizations from Waterloo Region come together to share what they’re doing in the community, invite each other to participate, and possibly collaborate on new ventures. Everyone is invited! It’s a potluck meeting, so bring some food or a beverage to share, and enjoy all the different dishes others have brought. The food is mostly vegetarian, some vegan, some gluten-free.

KW Peace: https://kwpeace.ca/



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BLANKET EXERCISE

Wednesday, July 25 from 7:00 PM  10:00 PM

Seven Shores Community Cafe

What does it mean to be a treaty person today in Kitchener-Waterloo? What is the untold history in Canadian society about colonization and movements of resistance? How do you push yourself to unsettle the settler within? Join us for this immersive workshop co-hosted by Amy Smoke and Hannah Enns.

Tickets: $25/settler (non-indigenous) /$15/student/low-income/refugee/Free for Indigenous folks

More info: http://www.sevenshores.ca/events-1/



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PEACE CAMP

July 30-August 3 at the Conrad Grebel School, Waterloo

For kids in Grade 6-8 ages 11-14. Join us for a week of peacebuilding!

Camp programming begins at 9:00 am and ends at 4:00 pm

Peace Camp is a day camp and peace educational program for youth ages 11-14 in Waterloo Region. At Peace Camp, we:

Share stories and learn from people in our community

Meet people from various cultural backgrounds, faiths and orientations

*Christian Peacemaker Teams are presenting too!

Learn that peace is possible!

https://uwaterloo.ca/grebel/campers/peace-camp



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KULTRUN WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL

Jul 14 2018 - 12:00pm to Jul 15 2018 - 11:00pm

Victoria Park, Kitchener

Because music brings the world together!

http://www.nerudaarts.ca/events/kultrun-world-music-festival-2018

Line up of acts: https://www.kultrunwmf.com/



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GROUP 9, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REGULAR MEETING
August 7 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Community Ed Room 2202, Conrad Grebel College @ 140 Westmount Rd N, Waterloo
Group Nine is the local chapter of Amnesty International Canada in the Kitchener-Waterloo area. We normally meet at 7:30 pm on the first Tuesday of every month in Room 4224 (The Fretz Seminar Room) at Conrad Grebel College, University of Waterloo (140 Westmount Road North, Waterloo N2L 3G6). Please confirm by email or on our Facebook page. is the official Group Nine e-mail address.

More info: https://kwpeace.ca/event/group-9-amnesty-international-regular-meeting/


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ALLIANCE AGAINST POVERTY REGULAR MEETING
13 August 2018 @ 5:15 pm – 7:00 pm
The Working Centre, 58 Queen Street South
Kitchener
We are an alliance of individuals from a variety of economic and social situations who strive to end poverty within our society by:practicing solidarity between those who have enough and those who do not have enough
learning from one another through experience, reflection, and action
applying direct political pressure to all three levels of government
a personal commitment to group values and actions
https://www.allianceagainstpoverty.com/



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THE COLLAPSE OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE WITH CHRIS HEDGES

Wednesday, August 29, 2018 from 7:00 Pm - 9:00 Pm

Cigi Campus Auditorium, 67 Erb Street West, Waterloo, Canada

Public Event: Community Event, please RSVP

Speaker: Chris Hedges

Chris Hedges, a senior fellow at The Nation Institute, spent nearly 20 years as a foreign correspondent in Central America, the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. He is the author of the bestsellers Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt (with cartoonist Joe Sacco); Death of the Liberal Class; Empire of Illusion; and War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning, among others.

CIGI and Words Worth Books are proud to partner on this public event featuring celebrated author, Chris Hedges. The globally renowned Pulitzer Prize-winner gives us an entirely new view of a nation in crisis in his newest stunning book, America: The Farewell Tour, which holds both liberals and conservatives to account--as rousingly pertinent for Canada as for the disoriented US. Beautifully written, it clarifies vividly and unforgettably the forces at play in our times.

In astonishing, tough, first-hand reportage, Chris Hedges draws on stories from inside communities across America and reveals how the hurricanes of change have allowed an array of pathologies to arise: the opioid crisis, the retreat into gambling, the corporate coup d'état of government, the pornification of culture, the rise of magical thinking, the emboldening of violence and hate, the plagues of suicides, and the global upheaval caused by catastrophic climate change. These are just some of the physical manifestations of a society unravelling. Such ills presage a frightening reconfiguration of our lives--particularly in the face of our neighbour's degeneration as a world power. Donald Trump rode this disenchantment to power. Hedges – who was unsurprised by Trump's victory – shows how neither the left nor the right are addressing the systemic problems. Until the corporate coup d'état is reversed, these diseases will grow and ravage the country. A humane cry for a decent future, this remarkable book is our wake-up call to reality.
More info: https://www.cigionline.org/events/collapse-american-empire
*Get your tickets early, I expect that this will get full!

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WORLD BEYOND WAR INTERNATIONAL PEACE CONFERENCE
Toronto, September 21-22,
Lots of amazing speakers and workshops including by Medea Benjamin of Codepink. Don’t miss it!
Registration is now open: http://worldbeyondwar.org/nowar2018/

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PEACE WEEK
September 17-22 at the University of Waterloo
Mark your calendars!
More details to come: https://uwaterloo.ca/peace-week/

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PEACE SYMPOSIUM
Mark your calendars! Saturday, October 27
City Hall, Kitchener
Exhibits from local peace and justice groups.
Organized by KW Peace, more details to come: https://kwpeace.ca/

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IMAGINING PEACE:  A VISION FOR CANADA
November 10 @ 9:00 am - November 11 @ 4:30 pm
Peace Quest Kingston
Featuring:
Paul Rogers – Department of Peace Studies, Bradford University, UK
John McGarry – Department of Political Studies, Queen’s University
Mona Rahman – Islamic Society of Kingston
Shannon-Monk Payne – CEO, Sakatay Global
Stephanie Simpson – Director, Human Rights Office, Queen’s University
Lawrence Scanlan – Canadian Author, Editor and Journalist
http://peacequest.ca/event/gathering/

Enjoy!

In solidarity for peace, earth and justice,

Tamara