[KWPeace-groups] Alliance Against Poverty
Louise Walchuk
louisewalchuk at gmail.com
Wed Mar 28 22:41:34 EDT 2018
Thank you Sharon
Louise
On Wed, Mar 28, 2018, 10:27 PM Sharon Sommerville, <
sharonsommerville at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Louise,
>
> Thank you for the invitation, it is a great idea. Have it on my calendar &
> am planning on being there.
>
> Till then,
> Sharon
>
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 9:11 PM, Louise Walchuk <louisewalchuk at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > 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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