From tlorincz at dal.ca Fri Sep 12 10:04:14 2025 From: tlorincz at dal.ca (Tamara Lorincz) Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 14:04:14 +0000 Subject: [KWPeace-groups] 10 Upcoming events in KW for "Peace Week" & online events: Draw the Line, Canada & the Genocide in Gaza, Film the Encampments etc. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello KW friends! Please find below a list of 10 upcoming in-person and online events. I've also attached two posters. There is also a list of upcoming "Peace Week" events in KW lectures, peace walks, etc.: https://uwaterloo.ca/peace-week Note the Grief Walk for Gaza every Saturday at Kitchener Farmers' Market at 11am. Please help promote the list as you can! With thanks and solidarity for peace, earth and justice, Tamara FYI: Multi-family garage sale in Eastbridge this Saturday, September 13, 8:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m. 511, 522, 528, 565, 567 & 573 Chesapeake Crescent, Waterloo. Furniture, bikes, books, sports stuff, clothing, art, bedding, toys, dishware, games, winter gear & much more. Lots of great things to sell! Low prices! (1) Amnesty International KW Group of Nine Fundraiser Sept. 13 from 6-9pm Kitchener-Waterloo Little Theatre Celebrate human rights for LGBTQ2S+ Skits, music, drag show, silent auction, snacks and beverages! Tickets $25. Send an e-transfer to groupnine9 at gmail.com with the message "fundraiser ticket". We'll keep track of your name and welcome you at the door! https://www.facebook.com/events/980367933977321/?acontext=%7B%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D&ref_source=newsfeed&ref_mechanism=feed_attachment&_rdr (2) This Saturday is the online Global Network 33rd Annual Space Conference with Keynote Speaker K. J. Noh 'NATO-US prepare for war on China' on Sept. 13 at 8pm ET: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/LVbc2jy1TyCVE230vK3jtw#/registration *I highly recommend this talk! As the U.S. renames its "Department of Defense" to the "Department of War" and vilifies China, it's crucial we learn more about the US military plans against China because it will involve Canada. VOW is a member of GN, but we haven't paid our dues in a couple of years! (3) Proportional Representation Rally, Waterloo Town Square, 1:30pm on Sunday 14 September 2025 https://kwpeace.ca/proportional-representation-rally-waterloo-town-square-130pm-on-sunday-14-september-2025/ (4) Public Event: "What Rules-Based Order? Canada and the Genocide in Gaza" Friday, September 19, 7:00 PM to 8:50PM Room 106, Schlegel Building Wilfrid Laurier University 75 University Avenue W., Waterloo Join us for a free, public presentation about Canada's complicity in the ongoing Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people with Dr. Peter Eglin & Yves Engler. What global rules are Canada & the U.S. following arming Israel? What's happened to Canadian foreign policy? What's the role of our universities? What are the possibilities for peace and a Palestinian state? Speakers: Dr. Peter Eglin, Professor Emeritus of Wilfrid Laurier University and author of the new book "Analysing the Israel Effect in Canada: A Critical Auto-Ethnography," and Yves Engler, author of "Canada and Israel: Building Apartheid" and NDP leadership candidate. Moderated by Tamara Lorincz, PhD candidate, Balsillie School of International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University. Copies of the books will be available for sale. All welcome. Co-organized by the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute. (5) National Day of Action Draw the Line for People, Peace & the Planet DRAW THE LINE - Waterloo Saturday, September 20 2:00 - 3:00 PM Waterloo Public Square, 75 King Street. Cross-Canada Day of Action to call on the Carney government: Put people over profit. Build a green, sustainable future, not more pipelines. Fund our communities, not the war machine. Cut military spending. Uphold Indigenous sovereignty. Stop sending weapons to Ukraine, start negotiating. Stop sending weapons to Israel. End the genocide in Gaza. In recognition of Peace Week. The world needs peace, climate action, justice & cooperation. drawtheline.world More info: https://tinyurl.com/3h2rcyn7 (6) IN TORONTO: "Peace of the Pie": People's Hearings on Military Spending Sun, Sep 21, 2025 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT, Steel Workers Building, 25 Cecil Street Toronto, ON M5T 1N1 Military spending in Canada is poised to skyrocket - the pretext being NATO's arbitrary new commitment that member states commit a staggering 5 percent of GDP on military spending. That represents $150b/annually in Canada. Canada's projected increase will come at the expense of spending that working people urgently need: healthcare, education, childcare, environmental protection, housing, employment insurance and public pensions, social assistance, public transit and more. These considerations are left out of the political discourse, as politicians of all stripes rush to endorse NATO's demands. To amplify the voices of communities affected by this spending, TAPS is organizing a one-day, in-person "People's Hearing" on military spending. What could we do with a bigger "peace" of the budget pie, if government spending was prioritized differently? We are inviting labour, peace, housing, social justice, and other community organizations to share their perspectives. Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/peace-of-the-pie-peoples-hearings-on-military-spending-tickets-1595749492689?aff=oddtdtcreator (7) FILM SCREENING: THE ENCAMPMENTS Tuesday, Sept. 30 Princess Theatre Buy your online ticket for the Tuesday, Sep 30 screening of "The Encampments" a vital documentary on the encampments at universities last summer and the crisis of silencing free speech. https://princesscinemas.com/movieshowtime/showtime-for-the-encampments-playing-sep-30-2025-at-645-pm-princess-twin (6) Event: "Empty Plate Fundraising Dinner for Gaza" Saturday, October 4th at 7pm Register for the "Empty Plate Fundraising Dinner for Gaza" on Saturday, October 4th at 7pm the Church of St. John the Evangelist, 23 Water St at Duke) Kitchener. There will be no food at this event. Free admission, but registration necessary. See attached poster. https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/empty-plate-fundraising-dinner-tickets-1661322764109? (8) World Beyond War Annual Global Conference, #NoWar2025: Exploring Abolition Movements, this October 24-26 on Zoom. This year's conference theme is abolition. How do we move towards a world without wars, weapons, police, prisons, the death penalty, and borders? How can we work towards our collective liberation, recognizing that oppressions are interconnected? Come to #NoWar2025 to explore how we can join in solidarity across movements and borders to abolish these interwoven systems and build a world based on common security. More info: https://tinyurl.com/yah4d9hf Also see World Beyond War: https://worldbeyondwar.org/ (9) Webinar: "China's Actions for the Climate and the Environment" With Dr. Zhang Xian and Tamara Lorincz, The China Solidarity Committee is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Canada China Friendship Forum. Time: Oct 16, 2025 06:00 PM Mountain Time Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82881432793?pwd=zlB3oVh0LSRw7btLcvEL4BLzgS2JEc.1 Meeting ID: 828 8143 2793 Passcode: 271314 (10) The Balsillie School of International Affairs has a list of events too: https://balsillieschool.ca/events/