[KWPeace-groups] Alliance Against Poverty
Louise Walchuk
louisewalchuk at gmail.com
Wed Mar 28 21:11:58 EDT 2018
On Good Friday several people are meeting at Cultures coffee shop at the
Walper hotel at noon. We are going to, as a group, do the Station's of the
Cross for Social Justice. We will be walking and stopping by various
government and business structures to pray and acknowledge them. ie. A
Bank representing the money lenders. Begging Jesus at Weber and Queen.
Please join us.
Louise Murray
On Wed, Mar 28, 2018, 10:14 AM Ellen Papenburg, <sagittaep at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the notes though, Bob.
>
> I hope you saw my short report (with our regrets!) I emailed to the group
> on Monday about the Council of Canadians' very recent activities. But I
> understand Sharon did a great job of reporting on CoC's actions.
>
> See you tonight at the fair vote meeting.
>
> Ellen
>
> via my android phone
>
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2018, 20:06 Marion Markham via Groups <groups at kwpeace.ca>
> wrote:
>
> > As someone who wasn't there, Bob some of it is too cryptic for me to
> > understand. I didn't understand the Council of Canadians, or who the
> > English Catholic teachers were, or what they're doing, and I didn't
> > understand a lot of the Cross cultures one either. Sorry to be a Critic!
> > And this is the link to the petition I was talking about. Thanks! And
> > thanks for doing all this! Mo
> >
> > On Tue, 27 Mar 2018 at 6:29 PM, Bob Jonkman<bobjonkman at kwpeace.ca>
> > wrote: Hi: For those of you who weren't able to make it to the potluck
> > meeting
> > on Monday, here are the notes I took. For those of you who *were*
> > there, please let me know of any additions, deletions, changes, or other
> > errors. I'll have them posted on the KWPeace site later tonight if
> > there are no corrections (it'll look much prettier!); right now I have
> > to get to the WR Nonviolence meeting...
> >
> > = Spring 2018 KWPeace Organizational Meeting and Potluck =
> > Date
> > 26 March 2018 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm
> > Location
> > Peace and Justice Room, Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church, 57
> > Stirling Avenue North, Kitchener Map
> > Participants
> > Laura Hamilton: Divest Waterloo, Food Not Bombs, Faith and the
> > Common Good
> > Cathy Scott: Fair Vote Waterloo
> > Sharon Sommerville: KW Council of Canadians, Alliance Against Poverty
> > Dwyer Sullivan: Educators 4 Justice, Camp Micah, Conscience Canada
> > Sue Klassen: Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church, Peace and Justice
> > Working Group, Grand Valley Institute outreach, Alternatives to Violence
> > Victor Klassen:
> > Gehan Sabry: Cross Cultures Magazine
> > Lynn Schulze: Crossing Borders Program
> > Alejandra: Crossing Borders Program
> > Bob Jonkman: Green Party, WR Nonviolence, KWPeace
> >
> > Regrets
> > Mo Markham: KW Vegan Society, KW Animal Save, Kitchener Waterloo
> > Climate Save, Mother Earth Save
> >
> >
> >
> > Meeting Notes
> >
> > We should get Community Justice Initiatives (CJI) to come to KWPeace
> > meetings
> >
> > Groups Reports
> > Fair Vote Waterloo
> >
> > Electoral Reform is on hiatus, it is not active at the government
> level
> > FairvoteWRC is still doing education
> > No petition, but has a form to pledge to vote only for a party with
> > a commitment to Proportional Representation
> >
> >
> > KW Council of Canadians
> >
> > Primary campaign is water
> > Also health care as a local initiave
> > Bill 160, the overhaul of health care delivery
> > It's presented as an omnibus bill
> > Includes removal of ban on private hospitals
> > Increased use of private clinics for diagnostics
> > Concerns over patient privacy and info sharing
> > The cost of private care is greater
> > KWCoC has met with all local MPPs
> > This needs to be a campaign issue in the Provincial Election
> > (7 June 2018)
> > Waterloo MPP Catherine Fife is on board, will present
> > petitions in legislature
> > "Privatization by stealth"
> > Privatization requires profit -- fair wages and employment
> > equity? (private workers vs. unionized workers)
> > MPPs presented excuses of "aging infrastructure" and "aging
> > population"
> >
> >
> > Alliance Against Poverty
> >
> > Political Action Campaign to implement Free Transit for all
> > First steps: Get Free Transit for low income people
> >
> >
> > Educators For Justice
> >
> > Speaker Candice spoke on native justice at Conrad Grebel University
> > on Friday
> >
> >
> > Conscience Canada
> >
> > Promotes the divestment of 8.9% tax used to fund Canadian military
> > to be used for other purposes
> > Saturday, 7 April 2018 at 3:30pm is Conscience Canada AGM; Tamara
> > Lorincz will be speaking on Canadian military spending and the effects
> > on climate change.
> >
> >
> > English Catholic Teachers
> >
> > Social Justice for Human Rights
> >
> >
> > Crossing Borders
> >
> > A group of refugees and students, coming together to break down
> > barriers
> > Have done 100 presentations to schools, organizations!
> > Workshops with 16 kids, presented to City Hall, schools, &c.
> > Partnering with Mennonite Coalition for Refugee Support (MCRS)
> > Working on a partnership with CJI
> > Have received grants (maybe can provide some experience for the
> > Social Develop Centre's Community Hub initiative)
> > Jeremy Horne has been their fundraiser
> > 10 years of Crossing Borders
> > Started by kids, from program during Human Rights Week
> >
> >
> > Cross Cultures
> >
> > Plaque for Mutual Respect
> > After seven months of bureaucracy
> > Unveiled at the UN Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination
> > on 21 March 2018
> > Indigenous people want to mount this on a natural substrate
> > To be place in Victoria Park near the entrance at the Clock Tower
> > Amanda and Scott provided more information for the plaque
> > Gehan is attending AGMs for ethnic associations
> > Is now the president of the African Canadian Association for
> > Waterloo and Area (ACAWRA)
> > Reminder that Egypt is in Africa...
> >
> >
> > St. John's Co-op Kitchen
> >
> > There is a grant for a coach
> > Sean ---, a Union Co-op to pool funds, limited to $10,000
> > Commitment to fair labour practices and a living wage
> > The kitchen is a social incubator
> > ...but also a back-end for other programs, eg. marketing your
> > product
> > get more funding (?)
> > Community Dinners, eg. Syrian Ladies
> > Expected 100, cooked for 150, but 225 showed up
> > Extra costs cut into the honorarium to the cooks
> > Will invite ACAWRA
> > Start cooking classes to raise funds
> > get stories to tell at dinners
> > eg. from Crossing Borders
> > Jacky Terry, board member at ACAWRA may have stories
> >
> >
> > WR Nonviolence
> >
> > No response from City Hall about booking Roos Island in Victoria
> > Park for Saturday, 14 July 2018
> > Bob thinks the drop-dead date for confirming the booking is end of
> > April
> >
> >
> > from Mo Markham
> >
> > We have posted a petition on our page, and I think on the KW peace
> > page as well, to ask that the crown attorney request that Benjamin
> > Stein, the so-called farmer who left several thousand pigs to die
> > without food water heat Etc not have animals in his care again in his
> > lifetime. This is mostly a publicity stunt, to try to get some media
> > attention to this case, the largest case of animal cruelty in Canadian
> > history.
> > KW Animal Save AND London Pig Save will be attending the
> > sentencing in Simcoe on April 26th, and sometime before then we will
> > present the petition to the crown attorney.
> > Our latest Save group, Mother Earth Save, will be holding a free
> > mothers' brunch on Saturday May 26th at st. John the Evangelist downtown
> > to help young mothers understand what's happening to the planet, and how
> > they can get involved to make change. There will be childcare provided
> > And on Saturday June 23rd, the KW Vegan Society will hold a
> > fundraiser for KW Animal Save and Kitchener Waterloo Climate Save. This
> > will be a catered picnic and bonfire. I have posted this on the KW peace
> > site, and it is also on the KW animal save page.
> >
> >
> > Other Notes
> >
> > Alejandra is a refugee from Colombia
> > Got permanent residency through Humanitarian and Compassionate
> > grounds
> > The Refugee Board and Immigration Board don't communicate; she
> > was still receiving notices after getting permanent residency
> > How to get employment as a refugee? Kitchener Waterloo
> > Multicultural Centre and City of Kitchener provided a Healthy Lifestyles
> > Ambassador placement as a Lifeguard
> > This program is no longer funded
> >
> >
> > 22 April 2018 is Earth Day
> > There is a Climate Walk in Toronto
> >
> >
> > Access to politicians
> > Local politicians treat delegations from activist groups as
> > though they were "storming the Bastille"
> >
> >
> > Festival season!
> > Space at Kitchener City Hall
> > None available before summer
> > Difficult to get hold of _____ (organizer/venue reservation)
> > But space is still available
> >
> >
> > Joint All-Candidates Meetings
> > Topic: Social Justice for Health, Anti-Poverty, Electoral
> > Reform, Environment
> > To be put on by:
> > Social Development Centre Waterloo Region
> > Divest Waterloo
> > Alliance Against Poverty
> > Fair Vote Waterloo
> > TransitionKW
> > Disability and Human Rights Group
> > KW Council of Canadians
> > Basic Income Waterloo Region
> > By having multiple groups involved, candidates can no longer use
> > the excuse of not participating because this is a "single issue".
> > The Record and Rogers are no longer hosting a public All
> > Candidates Meeting
> > and the Chamber of Commerce doesn't allow questions (and
> > does not address social issues, anyway)
> >
> > John Milloy
> > Hosted a Faith and Politics (presentation? seminar? workshop?)
> > Follow up at Centre for Public Ethics
> > Get people active, teach them how to organize
> > Monday, 9 April, 5:30pm to 7:30pm
> >
> >
> > Indigenous Storytellers
> > 10,000 year old stories
> > Listening as well as telling
> > On the Doctrine of Discovery
> > There will be four performances
> >
> > --
> > Kitchener-Waterloo Peace and Social Justice Groups
> > bobjonkman at kwpeace.ca https://kwpeace.ca
> >
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