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

Thu Jul 19 10:58:06 EDT 2018

Sorry can't make it.  I have my 5. Year old grandson staying with me
Louise

On Wed, Jul 18, 2018, 6:19 PM Marion Markham via Groups, <groups at kwpeace.ca>
wrote:

> 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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