[KWPeace-groups] Current/Upcoming Peace & Justice Events

[Thomas W. Fraser]

*Jun 25, 2020 - World Social Forum (virtual)*
When: June 25th to July 1st

The World Social Forum on Transforming Economies continues to unfold, with
challenges more urgent than ever in a world in full reconfiguration. In the
framework of the new conditions, the registration of participants,
organizations, activities and initiatives has been reopened!

Between June 25 and July 1, 2020, a virtual meeting space will be
activated, with a program that will emphasize the experiences of change,
public debate and confluence to strengthen the transformative potential of
alternative economies that resist capitalism, neoliberalism, patriarchy,
racism, and the anthropocentrism of a system that right now shows its most
critical facets of attack on life.

transformadora.org <https://forum.transformadora.org/pages/participate>
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*Jun 25, 2020 - Does Peacebuilding Work?*
When: Thursday June 25th, 5pm

The Cases of Mali, Somalia, and Sudan.

Panelists:
* Dr. Lee Ann McKenna, 30 years' experience working in conflict zones,
including training workshops on nonviolent action in Sudan

* Dr. Vladimir Zhagora, former Senior Political Affairs Officer at the UN
engaged in peace negotiations

* Dr Khalid Ahmed, adjunct professor, African Studies Program, University
of Toronto

eventbrite.ca
<https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/does-peacebuilding-work-the-cases-of-mali-somalia-and-sudan-tickets-106224987798>
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*Jun 25, 2020 - Direct Action, Policing and Infiltration: 10 Years Since
the G20*
When: June 25th, 6pm

As you prepare for the event on June 25th - share your own story! Use
#myG20story on Twitter or Instagram or post in the event discussion here.

We will gather all the stories and share them after the event. Please post
by June 26th, 2020. When posting consider these questions: Where were you?
What happened? What should have happened? What's changed? What's your story?

zoom.us <https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lte4XRnXTESeuK3AEOU54w>
 | Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/events/262785514975675/>
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*Jun 25, 2020 - Defund Police and Prisons*
When: June 25th, 7pm

Promoting Accountability, Meeting Needs and Transforming Communities
Without Cops, Courts and Cages

The murder of George Floyd has sparked a national and global movement
calling on local jurisdictions to defund their police. This demand is not
new and is in response to a long history of deadly racist police uses of
force. In Canada, as in the U.S., police interactions with Black,
Indigenous and racialized community members, often end in death. The recent
deaths of Regis Korchinski-Paquet, D'Andre Campbell and Chantel Moore at
the hands of police called in for ‘wellness' checks have sparked similar
calls to defund police in Toronto.

Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/events/2695915327310982/> | zoom.us
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*Jun 27, 2020 - Policing, Prisons, Surveillance and Resistance*
When: Saturday, June 27th, 1pm EST

Join Labour4Palestine (Canada) for a webinar discussion with leaders from
Palestine on how the Israeli state, military and private sector are
developing, promoting and training in technologies and techniques of
control, surveillance and repression.

These security technologies, products and techniques have serious
implications for workers' rights, immigration and prison justice globally.
They are tested on Palestinians before being marketed to other governments,
police, military and security forces, including the US (i.e., Minneapolis
Police Department officers) and Canada.

zoom.us <https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hQ_FHAdZT025eLFyk-WPoQ>
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*Jun 27, 2020 - Rally Against Israeli Annexation*
When: Saturday, June 27th, 3pm
Where: 2 Bloor Street East (northeast corner of Bloor and Yonge)

Stop Israel's illegal annexation of the West Bank! Defend international
law. Defend Palestinian human rights.

Please join this urgent rally to oppose Israel's attempts to annex large
parts of the West Bank. Israel has announced plans to begin annexing the
West Bank in July, with the full backing of the Trump administration. Any
attempt at annexation would violate international law and numerous United
Nations resolutions. It would also further entrench Israel's illegal
occupation and undermine any possibility for a peaceful resolution.

Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/events/552485548966147/>
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*Jun 28, 2020 - Abolish Police in Canada: A Pride Rally & Teach-In*
When: June 28th, 2pm
Where: Nathan Phillips Square, 100 Queen St W.

Join us to demand an IMMEDIATE 50% CUT to the Toronto Police Services
budget as a first step towards abolishing the police! Pride is a protest.
We will not rest until all are free!

Speakers include Beverly Bain, Desmond Cole, and Zoë Dodd, with more to be
announced.

Solidarity: NPPC is sharing the space with Afro-Indigenous Rising (AIR) who
have been occupying Nathan Phillips Square since Juneteenth. The No Pride
in Policing Coalition supports AIR's demands. AIR needs support to continue
their occupation.

Facebook event <https://www.facebook.com/events/550708438931536/>
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*Jun 28, 2020 - Activism, Sexism and Resistance*
When: June 28th, 4pm

Panel Presentation, followed by Q and A. Moderated by Alex Fox, Dalhousie
University:
- Reflections on a Lifetime of Feminist Activism – Suzanne Berliner Weiss
- “Total System Failure” in a Development NGO? (Part II) – Chelsey Rhodes
and Aakhil Lakhani
- Sexism, Socialism and the Left: Three Case Studies – Abigail Bakan and
Paul Kellogg

To access the link RSVP to: Ideasleftout[at]gmail.com. In subject line:
IdeasLeftOnline June 28.

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*Jun 29, 2020 - Asian Solidarity with Black Lives: Dismantling Racial
Capitalism*
When: June 29th, 4:30pm

Anti-Asian and anti-Black racism and oppression are pieces of Canada's
concealed histories, which continue on today. At this pivotal time,
solidarity, particularly among racialized groups, is needed more than ever.
With Min Sook Lee as the moderator, Winnie Ng and Carol Wall will discuss
their perspectives on anti-Asian and anti-Black racism, solidarity between
Asian and Black communities, as well as share their insights on dismantling
racial capitalism.

- Min Sook Lee, an award-winning documentary film director/producer of such
documentaries as “Migrant Dreams”, an educator, and a political activist.
- Carol Wall, a labour and social justice activist who has had an extensive
and diverse career within labour from which she recently retired as the
Ontario Regional Director for the Federal Mediation and Conciliation
Service.
- Winnie Ng, a labour rights activist, educator, and community organizer
with a deep commitment to anti-racism, equity and worker empowerment.
Winnie is currently an Adjunct Professor with the School of Social Work,
Ryerson University.

www.eventbrite.ca
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*Jul 1, 2020 - Day of Rage: No to Annexation*
When: July 1st, 6pm
Where: TBD

Please come out to support this Palestinian and youth-led demonstration of
rage and rejection. We will rally together in Toronto on July 1st in a
location TBD. There is a broad call for a "Day of Rage" by Al-Awda, The
Palestine Right to Return Coalition and the Palestinian diaspora living in
Toronto are answering to the call.

On July 1st, Israel is set to begin the formal annexation of 30% of the
West Bank. The West Bank has been occupied since 1967 and the settlements
that exist there already are illegal by international law. These further
encroachments on Palestinian land are unacceptable. Annexation is nothing
new in Occupied Palestine; the entire Zionist project has depended on land
and resource theft, the displacement of indigenous Palestinians, military
occupation, imprisonment, and colonial violence. The continued expansions
of Jewish-only settlements on occupied land, the US embassy move to
Jerusalem, the so-called "Deal of the Century", and the formalization of
annexation are the latest manifestations of Zionist colonial rule.

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*Jul 1, 2020 - Begin Again: James Baldwin's America*
When: Wednesday, July 1st, 7pm

Glaude and Cornel West discuss the enduring legacy of James Baldwin and
lessons from his work for confronting racism today.

eventbrite.com
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