Punch Up Collective

Nonviolent Direct Action, Creative Protest and Planning Effective Campaigns Workshop
2024-02-17 12:00 - 18:00 (America/Toronto)
Space is limited, so register by sending an email to tasc@web.ca
We will send location details (we will be in an accessible space) after you have registered. Please let us know specific issues you would like to have covered in the workshop. We’ll send some video clips to help get you prepared for the day.
We request that participants be masked to protect yourselves amidst the high rates of respiratory viruses and in support of those immunocompromised members of the community who otherwise cannot attend such indoor gatherings. HEPA filters will be running throughout the day.
Presented by Homes not Bombs and the Peace and Social Concerns Committee of Ottawa Quakers
WHY THIS WORKSHOP?
Protests are common in Ottawa – Gaza, climate catastrophe, anti-racism, solidarity with LGBTQ2+, anti-poverty – and while many of us are comfortable showing up as long as someone else is organizing them, we tend to forget that there is an artistry and skills set to them, especially those that may involve some level of confrontation or that turn out unexpectedly. Having those skills to fall back on can ensure your safety and keeping the message focused.
Just as we wouldn’t send someone into surgery without training, having training for political protests and nonviolent direct actions is critical to protect you, your message, and your community. The workshop will include discussion, role plays to prepare you for real-life situations, video samples, laughter and, importantly, joy, because to come together to say “NO” to the injustices of the world is an opportunity for us to live in the best of ourselves.
This in-depth interactive workshop, facilitated by a Homes not Bombs trainer with decades of experience conducting trainings in schools, prisons, faith groups, anti-globalization convergences, and other venues, will provide you with the knowledge, skills, and legal/political/theatrical literacy you need to carry out successful, creative nonviolent direct actions that go beyond the “Demonstrations 101″ box.

DARC Night School: Being Masters of Our Stories
2024-02-15 18:00 - 20:00 | Digital Arts Resource Centre, 67 Nicholas St.
In the spirit of Black History Month, our speaker, Patrick Kabeya, will delve into the transformative power of storytelling and explore the unique perspective of being an African creator. From ancient oral traditions to modern mediums, we will celebrate the rich tapestry of African narratives and examine the role of creators in shaping and reclaiming these stories.

Bring Them Home: Free the Canadian Muslim Men, Women and Kids Illegally Detained in NE Syria
2024-02-14 11:30 - 12:30 | Foreign Affairs Canada, Ottawa
Join a Valentine’s Day Vigil at Global Affairs Canada (125 Sussex Ave.) to free two dozen Canadian Muslim men, women and children are illegally detained under conditions akin to torture in “Guantanamo in the Desert,” a vast sandscape of arbitrary detention camps and prisons holding over 50,000 detainees, over half of them children.
While Canada has brought home several dozen of the detainees only after public pressure and court action, it has refused to bring the remainder home. Canada has also tried to forcibly separate Canadian children from their non-Canadian born mothers.

The Autonomous Administration of Northeast Syria (AANES), which holds the detainees, has begged the international community to repatriate their citizens and empty these camps and prisons. While much smaller and less resourced countries than Canada have taken back their citizens (and Canada itself funds the repatriation of Iraqis) it has spent years in court trying to prevent the final return of the remaining two dozen Canadians.

One of the detainees is Jack Letts. As an idealistic and compassionate 18-year-old, Jack traveled to Syria to assist victims of the Assad regime’s brutal war against its own people, and was caught up in the chaos that followed. He condemned ISIS in messaging from within the IS ‘state’, was prosecuted for opposing their teachings, and after risking his life to escape, has been held almost 7 years in brutal conditions.

Jack has not been charged with any crime, and no evidence has been presented that he did anything wrong. In January 2023, the Federal Court of Canada concluded neither he nor the other men seeking repatriation had been involved in violence or illegal acts. If they were, then they would no doubt be happy to face a fair, transparent, open opportunity to face any allegations in court.

In fact he has been victimized by the wrongs of others: a victim of a libelous press, slanderous politicians and an Islamophobic political climate under which horrific yet baseless allegations have been thrown against him with no meaningful and safe opportunity to respond; a victim of a cowardly UK government that illegally stripped him of his citizenship, and of a Canadian government that promised to bring him home and has subsequently spent years refusing to do so; a victim of arbitrary detention and conditions tantamount to torture; a victim of extended periods of solitary confinement; a victim of a world that headlines hate and profits from dehumanization.
Arbitrary Detention is a crime. Complicity in torture is a crime. Canada must end its involvement in these crimes by bringing everyone home.

WHY VALENTINE’S DAY?
Before flower sellers and Hallmark Cards discovered it, St. Valentine’s Day was a time to remember all those unjustly persecuted and jailed. St. Valentine was a priest who was persecuted, tortured, jailed and decapitated by Roman Emperor Claudius because Valentine defied the prohibition on conducting marriages for young people. Claudius was concerned that married men would be less willing to give their lives in battle. Valentine’s last note from prison, “from your Valentine,” eventually became the basis for Valentine greetings.

Queer Death Salon - Loss by overdose or tainted supply
2024-02-13 19:00 - 20:30 | Online
Queer Death Salon is a virtual community space for all 2SLGBTQIA+ people to come together to discuss death, dying and grief. It is a facilitated drop-in discussion space, with the purpose of building connection, skill, and resources for 2SLGBTQIA+ people navigating end of life in our personal lives and in our communities.
February’s Queer Death Salon is for people who have lost someone or multiple people to overdose or tainted supply.
Some questions to consider:
How are the people around me showing up to this moment?
How is my grief (in)validated by the media and my communities?
What do I wish were better understood about my situation and the people I’ve lost?
Participants are invited to bring related questions and stories of their own.
Automatic closed captioning is enabled. Follow the link in bio for more information on format and accessibility, and to get the zoom link.

International Solidarity for Palestine: Lessons from Law and Labour
2024-02-13 12:00 - 13:30 | webinar
Join Labour for Palestine & ACEP-CAPE for Palestine for a webinar featuring South Africa’s High Commissioner to Canada Riaz Moe Shaik, former UN Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk, and Dr. Katherine Nastovski on international solidarity, labor activism, and civil society resistance for the Palestinian liberation movement.
Speakers will cover a range of topics to empower us in our activism. Professor Lynk will share what is going on in Gaza and Palestine right now, drawing on his decades of expertise in labour and Palestine as a lawyer, academic, and Special Rapporteur.
Dr. Nastovski will discuss labour activism for Palestine then and now, and what’s worked in the past, what’s changed, and how we can move forward in this moment in time.
The High Commissioner will speak on the ongoing ICJ case against Israel, providing an overview of what’s unfolded in the courts, and how we can apply it to our own labour activism.
The webinar will be moderated by ACEP-CAPE for Palestine member, Greer Brabazon.
Advance registration required. Space is limited.

#profitdoesntcare: Rally for public health care
2024-02-13 12:00 - 13:00 | Terry Fox Statue (Wellington and Metcalfe), 90 Wellington Street, Ottawa, K1P 5L1
Join us on Parliament Hill on February 13, 2024 to send a loud message to our leaders: our public health care system needs to be protected and expanded.
Join more than one hundred health care workers, labour and community activists, and patient advocates fighting to save Canada’s public health care system as part of the Canadian Health Coalition’s lobby days. With three weeks to go before the deadline to table pharmacare legislation, we must turn up the heat in MP offices, at their doorstep, and in the street.
Join us for a rally for pharmacare now and an end to health care privatization!

Labour Action and Palestine Solidarity
2024-02-07 16:00 - 18:00 | 214 Teraanga Commons (formerly Residence Commons), Carleton University, Ottawa
CUPE 4600 and Labour For Palestine – Ottawa will be hosting an educational event for union members. Come learn about the importance of union solidarity in the fight for Palestinian human rights.
Why is Palestine a labour issue? What can unionized workers do to support Palestinians? What has the role of unions been in the fight against apartheid? Find out on February 7th!

Online Book Launch Discussion for the 3rd Edition of The Regulation of Desire
2024-02-06 15:30 - 17:30
I invite you to attend this on-line launch event and discussion for the 3rd edition of The Regulation of Desire: Queer Histories, Queer Struggles organized by the Historical Materialism Sexuality and Political Economy Network.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hmspen-book-launch-gary-kinsman-s-the-regulation-of-desire-3rd-ed-tickets-806787030727?aff=oddtdtcreator
Tuesday 6th February 2024
20.30 GMT/ 15.30 EST/15.30 EDT 3:30pm in Ontario.
Historical Materialism Sexuality and Political Economy Network Presents….
A Book Launch Discussion of Gary Kinsman’s Third Revised Edition of
The Regulation of Desire: Queer Histories, Queer Struggles
https://www.concordia.ca/press/regulationofdesire.html
Save 20% by using the code “Kinsman20” at checkout!
Gary Kinsman will be in Conversation with OmiSoore H. Dryden and Alan Sears
Gary Kinsman is a queer liberation, anti-oppression, Palestine solidarity, and anti-capitalist activist and the co-author of The Canadian War on Queers: National Security as Sexual Regulation. He is a member of the No Pride in Policing Coalition, Scholar Strike Canada and Queers4Palestine – Toronto.
OmiSoore H. Dryden is the James R. Johnston Endowed Chair of Black Canadian Studies in the Faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and the co-editor of Disrupting Queer Inclusion: Canadian Homonationalisms and the Politics of Belonging.
Alan Sears is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at Toronto Metropolitan University. He is a long-time queer socialist activist. His books include The Next New Left: A History of the Future; The Democratic Imagination: Envisioning Popular Power in the Twenty-First Century (co-authored with James Cairns); and Retooling the Mind Factory: Education in a Lean State.
In solidarity,
Gary

Emergency Rally for Trans Youth
2024-02-05 16:45 - 19:00 | Sir John A MacDonald building, 144 Wellington St., Ottawa
All children and youth deserve access to life-saving, gender-affirming care and support. Unfortunately, Alberta premier Danielle Smith seems to disagree. Recently, she proposed the most restrictive anti-trans laws in Canada targeting trans youth.
Parents, youth, and caring community members are speaking up in opposition to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s egregious restrictions on the rights and freedoms of transgender youth and their families, her restrictive policies on sexual health education and interference in families’ healthcare.
Smith is coming to Ottawa on February 5th to speak at a right-wing event. Let’s show her that we won’t tolerate this assault on the rights and freedoms of transgender youth and their families.
Please join us and many other community advocates and organizations as we let Danielle Smith know how we feel about her egregious attacks on trans youth and families!
Please arrive early if you can, and please share this callout far and wide! The more people who are there earlier, the stronger our message will be!
If you are available to volunteer (we still need folks as marshals and to serve in care roles), please contact us at communitysolidarityottawa@gmail.com
As always, review the Safety Plan to see how to best keep yourself and your friends safe. In particular:

Do not give interviews to far right media outlets or “independent journalists”
Don’t debate far-right trolls. Drown them out with chants and noise! Especially if they are filming or livestreaming and looking for content.
Do not film supporters without their permission, and do not livestream. Do film the far right, fake journalists, and the police in order to protect yourself and your friends.
Protect your identity. Mask up, and use signs, flags, umbrellas, etc., to protect yourself from being photographed by far right activists or fake news outlets.
Do not talk to the police
Maintain situational awareness, and watch each others’ backs
Try to arrive and leave as a group
Check the weather, drive safely and dress appropriately! Give yourself plenty of time to arrive!

IJV Ottawa presents Israelism
2024-02-04 18:00 - 21:30 | Club SAW, 67 Nicholas St, Ottawa, K1N 7B9
Independent Jewish Voices Ottawa is pleased to present the 2023 documentary film Israelism.
Join us for a screening of the film, followed by a Q+A with the director!
When: Sunday, February 4, 2024. Doors open at 6pm, film begins at 6:30pm.
Where: Club SAW, 67 Nicholas St., Ottawa ON.
Tickets: Sliding scale by donation from $0-$18, with proceeds going towards event expenses. Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ijv-ottawa-israelism-screening-tickets-804953506607
Accessibility Information: The main entrance to Club SAW is wheelchair accessible and has an automatic door. The three public bathrooms in Club SAW are all-gender. There is a wheelchair accessible bathroom equipped with an automatic door. For community safety and to ensure inclusion, we ask that masks be worn at this event. Masks will be provided
About the film: When two young American Jews raised to unconditionally love Israel witness the brutal way Israel treats Palestinians, their lives take sharp left turns. They join a movement of young American Jews battling the old guard to redefine Judaism’s relationship with Israel, revealing a deepening generational divide over modern Jewish identity. ISRAELISM uniquely explores how Jewish attitudes towards Israel are changing dramatically, with massive consequences for the region and for Judaism itself. www.israelismfilm.com
We hope to see you there!
IJV Ottawa

Free training in non-violent direct action and upcoming climate protests
2024-02-03 09:00 - 17:00
Learn more about nonviolent direct action and Last Generation Canada’s next round of nonviolent climate protests which will take place in Ottawa between February 5 and 16. Join Last Generation Canada for a free, one-day nonviolent action training session on either Saturday February 3 (location TBA) or Saturday February 10 (Ottawa Quaker House, 91a Fourth Avenue) at 9 am – 5 pm. Visit lastgenerationcanada.ca or contact Michael Polanyi at michaelfdpolanyi@gmail.com for more information.

Queer Death Salon - Covid Grief
2024-01-23 19:30 - 21:00 | Online
Queer Death Salon is a community space for all 2SLGBTQIA+ people to come together to discuss death, dying and grief. It is a facilitated drop-in discussion space, with the purpose of building connection, skill, and resources for 2SLGBTQIA+ people navigating end of life in our personal lives and in our communities.
This month, Kirthan from That Good Night is accepting my handover and is facilitating the topic of Covid Grief from an anti-carceral, anti-capitalist, pro-liberation lens.

Potluck for Palestine
2024-01-19 18:30 | Happy Goat Coffee Company, 35 Laurel Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Please join us in enjoying some food and raising some money for Palestinian Youth Movement – Ottawa.
As you may be aware, in a clear attack on Freedom of Expression (Section 2, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms) Ottawa Bylaw has handed out almost $6000 in tickets for the use of small megaphones at recent demonstrations. We condemn this futile attempt to chill Palestinian solidarity in our city.
PWYC/Donation
All proceeds to Palestinean Youth Movement’s legal defense against Ottawa Bylaw
From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!

Moving from Despair to Community: Early Childhood Educators and Palestine
2024-01-18 19:30 - 20:30 | Online
Thursday, January 18th
7:30pm – 8:30pm EST
Register on Zoom
We, the Early Years Liberation Collective, are offering a safe space for the early years
community to be in solidarity for a Free Palestine.
We are a group of educators, advocates, activists, and creators who are all part of the early
years community. Our work is grounded in our values as early childhood educators, joining in
the struggle against inequity, powerlessness, and oppression. Our goal is to create life-affirming
conditions within our communities and our global world, through collective action and education.
Description:
In the face of the unyielding genocide of Palestinians, our commitment to a free Palestine
remains unwavering.
We have seen an entire climate emerge to silence pro-Palestine activism. This is not a new
occurrence, but has been getting stronger and increasingly visible. From the criminalization of
resistance and peaceful demonstration, the implementation of shadow bans on social media,
people being put on lists for speaking out, the strain on relationships, to the silence in
classrooms, playrooms, and at dinner tables. The suppression of solidarity and the risks we
encounter are undeniably real. Amidst these risks, we find ways to resist, care, gather in
community, learn and unlearn, take collective action, and speak the truth to reclaim power, while
holding an ethic of care, equity, and justice in our practice.
As witnesses to the genocide in Palestine, which has been visible on social media for many
months, it may be possible that feelings of hopelessness and despair contribute to a decrease
in motivation to advocate for positive change and the feeling that what we are doing might not
be making a difference.
Through this session, we want to convey the importance of ongoing engagement with advocacy
for a free Palestine, and emphasize that this must be a collective effort to stand against
oppression and injustice. We will offer some ideas for action to advocate for a free Palestine,
and encourage participants to imagine their own advocacy actions. Our intention is that
participants leave the session with a greater sense of community, a curiosity to seek further
knowledge, and the motivation to continue supporting Palestinian liberation.
This session will address ways that our ECE values, which regard all children as precious, can
serve as instruments of change, while providing a different narrative that challenges the
common messaging and misinformation about Palestine.
We invite you to join us to learn together and gather in community on January 18th from 7:30 –
8:30 pm. EST on Zoom. Register here!

RESOLUTION 2024
2024-01-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Arts Court Theatre, 10 daly ave, Ottawa, K1N 7B9, Canada
Resolution is a public screening featuring a selection of works created by DARC members during the previous year.
Join us in Arts Court Theatre on Thursday, January 26th at 7PM. Artists will be in attendance to participate in a brief Q&A with the audience followed by a reception at Arts Court Studio.
RESOLUTION 2024 features works by Sarah Blumel and Anisa Cameron, Alexander Cruz, Jason Dai, Conor Devries, Chantal Gervais, Rachel Gray, Tyler Nykilchyk, Conrad Osei-Bonsu, and Miles Rufelds.

The Leveller Story Meeting
2024-01-15 19:00 | Online
Do you want to be involved in power-challenging, community-based journalism?
Story Meetings are where you can pitch article ideas, help brainstorm content, or be assigned a story. They’re also a way to learn about the Leveller and introduce yourself.
Learn how to get involved and sign up to our newsletter as a contributor for updates in you inbox.
Our next story meeting is Monday, 15 January at 7pm on Jitsi!

Ottawa: 100 Days of Genocide
2024-01-15 15:30 | Human Rights Monument, 220 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Join us this Monday the 15th of January at 3:30pm at the Human Rights Monument to demand liberation and justice for the Palestinian people in a targeted march.
As we reach 100 days of the genocide against the Palestinians, we stand firm in our calls for an immediate ceasefire, the end of the siege on Gaza, and an end to Canadian complicity in the unfolding genocide.
Despite City of Ottawa Bylaw’s tactics of intimidation, we remain committed to the cause and will continue to fill the streets until our demands are met.

Worker to Worker solidarity: The role of unions in fighting Israeli apartheid
2024-01-13 14:00 - 16:00 | Online
Join us for this important webinar. It’ll be made up of panel presentations and discussion with labour activists and organizers from Palestine, Europe, US and Canada on building a worker-led movement against Israeli apartheid.
Speakers to be announced soon.
Register in advance here: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/WN_tT2e6F-VSM-mehCYtoEsaQ….

L'heure de conte drag/Drag Story Time avec La Dorris
2024-01-13 10:00 - 12:00 | Social Innovation Atelier, 95 Clegg St, Ottawa
*English below*
Samedi le 13 janvier à 10h00 à l’Atelier d’innovation sociale
Venez entendre des contes et des histoires pour enfants en compagnie de LaDorris! Il y aura des lectures de contes, de la musique et beaucoup de plaisir Cette activité est pour les enfants et leurs parents et se déroulera en français et en anglais.
Détails à propos de l’accessibilité:
– Para Transpo dépose les passagers.ères à l’entrée principale
– Près des arrêts d’autobus d’OC Transpo
– Toilettes non genrées et accessible aux fauteuils roulants
– Table à langer dans une des toilettes
– Espace sans odeur
Si vous avez des besoins d’accès spécifiques autres que ceux énumérés ci-dessus, veuillez nous en faire part et nous essayerons de trouver une solution afin de les satisfaire.
Lien pour y participer gratuitement: https://tinyurl.com/4958uwu9
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Saturday, January 13th at 10AM at the Atelier
Come and hear children’s tales and stories with LaDorris! There will be story readings, music and lots of fun This activity is for children and their parents and will take place in French and English.
Accessibility Details:
– Para Transpo drops off at the main entrance
– Close to OC Transpo bus stops.
– Gender-neutral/wheelchair-accessible washroom
– A changing table in one of the washrooms
– Scent-free space
If you have specific access needs beyond what is listed above, please let us know and we will work together to meet them.
Link to register for free: https://tinyurl.com/4958uwu9

OPIRG-Carleton Working Group Applications - Deadline extended
2024-01-08 08:00 - 2024-02-07 23:30 | Online
Working groups are collectives—groups of people working together towards a common goal while sharing responsibilities and decisions equally. They function autonomously with funding and programming support as needed from OPIRG – Carleton. Together with our volunteers, working groups are the heart of OPIRG-Carleton.
New and existing working groups can fill out applications on our website and in our office starting January 8 and ending February 7, 2024. For more questions and to submit applications, email admin@opirgcarleton.org

OPIRG-Carleton Bursary and Grant Period - Deadline Extended
2024-01-08 08:00 - 2024-02-07 23:30 | Online
OPIRG Carleton, your social justice resource center on campus offers student and community bursaries and grants to support student research and accessibility needs. This year we are offering the following grants and bursaries:
Terry Cottam Graduate Research Bursary
Undergraduate Student Bursary
Indigenous Student Bursary
International Student Bursary
First Generation Student Bursary
Caregiver Student Bursary
Accessibility Research Grant
Emergency & Legal Name Change Grants
Applications will be available on our website and in our office starting January 8 and due February 7th. For more questions and to submit applications, email admin@opirgcarleton.org

Ottawa Solidarity for Gaza New Year's Eve vigil
2023-12-31 23:00 - 2024-01-01 00:00 | Human Rights Monument, 220 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
While thousands of people are getting ready to celebrate the New Year, we will be at the Human Rights Monument on New Year’s Eve to remind ourselves that there is nothing to celebrate when a genocide unfolds before the eyes of the entire world. We will be here to tell the people of Gaza that we have not forgotten them and that we share their suffering. We will gather to commemorate the tens of thousands of innocents killed in Gaza, and the only countdown we will accept is the one towards achieving a permanent ceasefire and the end of their occupation. Bring your flags, koufeyyes and signs & stand with us in solidarity for the people of Palestine
#Countdown2Ceasefire

Weekly Climate Prayer Vigil on Parliament Hill
2023-12-21 12:00 - 12:30 | Parliament Hill, Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0A9, Canada
Join people from diverse faiths for a weekly climate prayer vigil on Parliament Hill at the Centennial Flame. Thursdays noon-1 pm. We will be praying for the Canadian federal government to stop all subsidies and other financial support for the fossil fuel industry. An initiative started by Reverend Jessica Hetherington.

Queer Death Salon – Grieving Genocide
2023-12-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Online
Queer Death Salon is a community space for all 2SLGBTQIA+ people to come together to discuss death, dying and grief. It is a facilitated drop-in virtual discussion space, with the purpose of building connection, skill, and resources for 2SLGBTQIA+ people navigating end of life in our personal lives and in our communities.
In December, our discussion topic is once again Grieving Genocide.
There are currently multiple active and ongoing genocides happining around the world, and many of us have been awoken to that reality by the heart-wrenching first-hand accounts being shared by Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, under ongoing “Israeli” occupation.
This session is for 2SLGBTQIA+ people who are impacted by all forms of grief for these mass deaths.
Some questions to consider:
How easy or difficult is it for me to connect to my grief?
How are the people around me showing up to this moment?
How is my grief (in)validated by the media and my communities?
What avenues are available for me to express my grief?
How am I supported in my grief?
Do I have strategies for catalizing grief into action?
Participants are invited to bring related questions and stories of their own.

Faith and Climate Action: Canada is Burning Talk
2023-12-19 16:30 - 17:45
Join Rev. Dr. Jessica Hetherington, United Church minister and ecotheologian, and Laura Sullivan, spokesperson for Last Generation Canada, for a talk entitled “Canada is Burning” on Tuesday, December 19, 2023, from 4:30 pm to 5:45 pm on zoom. Please register here. A great opportunity to discuss faith-based nonviolent direct action in response to the climate emergency and Last Generation Canada‘s next wave of action in early 2024.

Call to Action in support of Palestine - Pressure MP Greg Fergus
2023-12-18 15:15 - 17:00 | Greg Fergus MP Office, 179 Prom. du Portage Suite 301, Gatineau
🚨CALL TO ACTION🍉

Folks in Hull – Aylmer and the outaouais hills are answering the Palestinian Youth Movement’s call for action on Dec 18 by pressuring our member of parliament.

Join us for a rally outside of Hull-Aylmer MP and Speaker of the House Greg Fergus’ office in Hull on Monday December 18th at 3:15PM. Bring noise makers, banners & signs!

Join this whatsapp group for more details. https://chat.whatsapp.com/ICns6xvU0nNJANM6sukFgx

Ottawa for Gaza
2023-12-17 14:00 - 16:00 | Parliament Hill, Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0A9, Canada
OTTAWA – ALL OUT FOR GAZA: Join us this Sunday December 17th on Parliament Hill at 2pm to demand
1. An immediate ceasefire,
2. Lifting the siege on Gaza
3. An end to Canada’s funding of Israel’s war crimes, genocide, and colonization of Palestinian land.
Bring your family and friends and let’s show the world that we are not just people in solidarity with Palestine, we are a movement that will continue to rise until all our demands are met.

Ottawa ACORN's People Power Party
2023-12-15 18:30 - 20:30 | Knox Presbyterian Church Ottawa, 120 Lisgar, Ottawa, Canada
What a year it’s been for Ottawa ACORN! The organizing we’ve done this year has led to major victories standing up for low-income and working class people! Victories like:
Stopping a renoviction at Manor Village!
Passing a motion for a Tenant Defense Fund at city council!
Lowering the criminal rate of interest for predatory installment loans from 47% to 35%!
To celebrate, we’re throwing a People Power Party! On December 15th, you’re invited to celebrate YOUR accomplishments!
Join us Friday, December 15th at 6:30pm for a potluck, ACORN trivia, awards, prizes, and a whole lot more!
Call the ACORN office at (613) 746-5999 ext. 2 or stop by the office at 404 McArthur Ave to get your tickets today!
Tickets for members are $10 in advance or $15 at the door so we encourage people to get them beforehand to save their seat!

Emergency Protest Stop the Genocide: All Out for Gaza
2023-12-12 17:00 - 19:00 | Human Rights Monument, 220 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Join us Tuesday December 12 at 5:00pm at the Human Rights Monument for a *targeted* weekday march. Our government cannot continue business as usual while the Zionist regime massacres Palestinians every day!
Let us march together to demand an end of Canadian support for genocide and call for a permanent ceasefire, an end to the siege on Gaza, and an end to the occupation!

Write for Rights
2023-12-10 13:00 - 17:00 | 312 laurier Ave
Write a letter, change a life
Amnesty International’s Write for Rights campaign transforms the lives of people whose rights have been wronged.
Write for Rights supporters are united by their desire to make a difference. In recent years, we’ve seen real change to people’s lives because of your action. From Zimbabwe to Guatemala, activists have been released and justice delivered.
This year’s campaign features people from around the world, all connected because their human rights have been violated. Some by their governments, others by the police, or by big corporations. All because of who they are and what they do.
Together, we can fight for their rights.
Join Write for Rights today.
