[KWPeace-groups] Potluck Meeting for Summer 2018: Thu 19

Wed Jul 18 18:19:24 EDT 2018

Aleksandra ... can you send me a link for that? Thanks, MO 

  On Wed, 18 Jul 2018 at 4:54 PM, Aleksandra Petrovic Graonic<aleksandra at waterlooregion.org> wrote:   If I am not there after 8pm, do include the falll meet the candidates
expressions of interest:)

Aleksandra

On Wed, Jul 18, 2018, 3:37 PM Bob Jonkman, <bobjonkman at kwpeace.ca> wrote:

> Hi everyone! A quick reminder and an agenda for tomorrow's KWPeace
> Potluck Meeting.  Everyone is welcome!
>
> *What*: KWPeace Potluck Meeting for Summer 2018
> *When*: Thursday, 19 July 2018 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm
> *Where*: Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church
> *Location*: 57 Stirling Avenue North, Kitchener, Ontario
>
>
> == Agenda ==
> Please send brief updates and upcoming events to Mo at
> mo.markham at kwpeace.ca so we can include them in the minutes of the
> meeting. Thanks!
>
> === Photography At This Meeting ===
> From Scott Cressman: Scott would like to take some photos at the
> meeting, if people are okay with this, but he will not photograph anyone
> who doesn’t want to be photographed. He is hoping to take some pictures
> to post on some of the social media sites, and he will explain more at
> the meeting.
>
> === Updates of Our Groups ===
> We’ll each give updates on our groups.
>
> === Upcoming Events ===
> We’ll each share upcoming events.
>
> === WR Nonviolence Day In The Park ===
> The Day In The Park is coming up this Saturday, July 21st, on Roos
> Island in Victoria Park, and many of us will be participating. Speak to
> Bob Jonkman or Matthew Albrecht if you have questions.
>
> === Grant Applicant Needed ===
> From Laura Hamilton (KW Peace): We need someone to apply to the city for
> an in-kind facilities grant for our October 27 Perspectives On Peace
> event. See below regarding the event, and contact Bob Jonkman or Mo
> Markham regarding applying for the grant. This is the application is at
> https://www.kitchener.ca/en/city-services/grants.aspx
>
> === KW Peace Blog ===
> From Bob (KW Peace): An invitation for all groups to post to the blog.
> http://kwpeace.ca/posts/
>
> === Civic Hub ===
> From Aleksandra Petrovic (Social Development Centre Waterloo Region): We
> have a chance to move ahead with the idea of a Civic Hub and I can ask
> how important is that civic space to the groups that come to the
> potluck. If yes, I would have specific questions for the groups such as:
> the need for the space (meetings, work, events, etc.)
> the times the space would be mostly used (evenings, weekends… )
> other logistics needed in the space for the first while (telephone,
> Internet, printing, scanning, storage, etc.)
>
> === Blanket Workshop ===
> from Hannah Enns: Blanket workshop taking place on July 25th at Seven
> Shores Community Cafe… Register at
> http://www.sevenshores.ca/events-1/2018/7/25/blanket-exercise. Tickets:
> $25/settler (non-indigenous); $15/student/low-income/refugee; Free for
> Indigenous folks. 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?
>
> === Perspectives On Peace ===
> Laura Hamilton has arranged for KWPeace to use the Rotunda at City Hall
> on Saturday, 27 October 2018 from noon to 2:00pm (setup at 11:00am).
> Tamara Lorincz will be the speaker, and I believe Food Not Bombs will
> provide snacks. All KWPeace groups are invited to have display or
> information tables around the rotunda. …we’re calling the event
> “Perspectives on Peace” or “KWPeace Connections”.
>
> === KW Peace co-sponsor film? ===
> From Tamara Lorincz: She’s wondering if KW Peace would “co-sponsor” a
> screening of the film A Bold Peace: Costa Rica’s Path to
> Demilitarization that she is hoping to screen at Conrad Grebel with
> Project Ploughshares this fall (likely early November) as this year is
> the 70th anniversary that Costa Rica abolished its army. The movie is a
> very powerful. It wouldn’t cost KW Peace anything to “co-sponsor” just
> to add “moral” support. (Tamara can’t be at the meeting on Thursday.)
> More info about the film is at http://aboldpeace.com/
>
>
>
> On 2018-07-06 12:21 AM, Bob Jonkman wrote:
> > Hi Everyone! It’s time we held another information sharing and planning
> > meeting, and had some wonderful potluck food.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Many thanks to our hosts at the Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church for
> > letting us use the Peace and Justice room again!
> >
> > *What*: KWPeace Potluck Meeting for Summer 2018
> > *When*: Thursday, 19 July 2018 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm
> > *Where*: Peace and Justice Room, Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church
> > *Location*: 57 Stirling Avenue North, Kitchener, Ontario
> > *Map*: https://osm.org/go/ZXnwZqzh--?m=
> >
> > See you all soon!
> >
> > --Bob.
> >
> > --
> > Bob Jonkman  bobjonkman at kwpeace.ca
> > https://kwpeace.ca/
> > KWPeace - Event Schedule for Peace and Social Justice Activists in KW
> >
> >
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