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SUMMARY:Emancipation Day March/Marche de Jour de l’émancipation
DESCRIPTION:August 1 is Emancipation Day\, a time to reflect on the legacy of the enslavement of Black and Indigenous peoples in Canada\, celebrate the strength and perseverance of Black communities across the country\, and demand an end to ongoing anti-Black racism in Canadian society and in the federal public service.\nThe Canadian Association of Professional Employees (CAPE) and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) will join the Black Class Action Secretariat (BCAS) and the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) in a march from the Human Rights monument on Elgin Street in Ottawa to the offices of the Privy Council on the corner of Sparks and Wellington to demand accountability after recent reports detailing the persistent culture of anti-Black racism in the highest civil service office in the country. This is a critical moment in the fight against racism in our society.\nJoin us and bring your colleagues and friends!\nDate: August 1\nLocation: Meet at the Human Rights Monument by Ottawa City Hall on Elgin Street to march over to the Privy Council offices\nTime: 11:45 am\nOther union members and members of the public at large are also invited to join in to show their solidarity for Black federal public sector workers.\n***Le 1er août est le Jour de l’émancipation\, une occasion de réfléchir à l’héritage de l’esclavage des Noir·es et des Autochtones au Canada\, de célébrer la force et la persévérance des communautés noires partout au pays et d’exiger la fin du racisme anti-Noir·es dans la société canadienne et dans la fonction publique fédérale.\nL’Association canadienne des employés professionnels (ACEP) et l’Alliance de la Fonction publique du Canada (AFPC) se joindront au Secrétariat du recours collectif noir (SRCN) et à la Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (Coalition des syndicalistes noir·es) pour marcher du Monument des droits de la personne\, rue Elgin à Ottawa\, jusqu’aux bureaux du Conseil privé\, à l’angle des rues Sparks et Wellington\, afin de demander des comptes au gouvernement à la suite de la publication de récents rapports détaillant la culture persistante du racisme anti-Noir·es à la plus haute instance de la fonction publique du Canada. C’est un moment crucial pour la lutte contre le racisme dans notre société.\nJoignez-vous à nous et amenez vos collègues et vos ami·es!\nDate : 1er août\nEndroit : Rendez-vous au Monument des droits de la personne près de l’hôtel de ville d’Ottawa sur la rue Elgin pour marcher jusqu’aux bureaux du Conseil privé.\nHeure : 11 h 45\nD’autres membres de syndicats ainsi que le grand public sont également invité·es à se joindre à la marche pour manifester leur solidarité envers les travailleuses et travailleurs noirs du secteur public fédéral.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/emancipation-day-march-marche-de-jour-de-lemancipation/
LOCATION:Human Rights Monument\, 220 Elgin Street\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240806T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240811T213000
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SUMMARY:Asinabka Film & Media Arts Festival 2024
DESCRIPTION:Celebrating Indigenous Arts in Algonquin TerritoryOttawa\, Canada • August 6-11\, 2024@ Club SAW\, Arts Court Theatre & Studio\, Gallery 101\, DARC\, Axeneo7\nAsinabka Festival13th EditionAUGUST 6-11\, 2024\nHighlights:•.60+ Indigenous Films @ Arts Court Theatre• Opening Night Outdoor Concert & Film Screenings @ Club SAW• Art Gallery Crawl @ Gallery 101 / DARC / The Asinabka Office• Indigenous Music Showcase @ Art’s Court Theatre & Black Box Studio• Filmmaker Q&A’s\, Artist Talks\, Industry Events\, and Free Events\nThe 13th annual Asinabka Festival is excited to present the best contemporary Indigenous film\, music\, and arts from Canada and around the world. The Festival takes place in person over 6 days and with 17 separate film programs\, including 8 feature films\, and over 50 short films.\nThe FULL SCHEDULE available on our website now!:asinabkafestival.org\nSee the following sites for accessibility and visitor information:https://asinabkafestival.orghttps://artscourt.ca/visitor-info-enhttps://g101.ca/gallery101https://axeneo7.qc.ca/en\nChi-Miigwech / Thank You to The Canada Council for the Arts for their ongoing funding and support. We’d also like to thank all of our festival partners including the Arts Court\, ICCA\, SAW\, DARC\, Gallery 101\, AXENÉO7\, CHUO\, LiVE 88.5\, Carleton University\, Wairoa Festival\, Ottawa Festivals\, and the Embassy of Mexico.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/asinabka-film-media-arts-festival-2024/
LOCATION:DARC Microcinema\, 67 Nicholas St\, Ottawa\, K1N 7B9\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240810T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240810T130000
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SUMMARY:Prisoners’ Justice Day 2024
DESCRIPTION:Location: Room 215D\, Jock Turcotte University Centre\, 85 University Private (University of Ottawa)\, Ottawa \n\nThis year CPEP\, the Millhaven Lifers’ Liaison Group\, Mothers Offering Mutual Support\, and OPIRG/GRIPO have come together to commemorate Prisoners’ Justice Day (PJD) with a teach-in about its history\, how it has evolved\, and how the demands could be met today.\nWe invite all members of the Ottawa communities to come and talk\, share stories\, experiences\, and learn from each other.PJD has always been a day of mourning and somber reflection for some\, and a day of action and inspiration for others. It is in this spirit that we invite everyone to come together with us\, on this particular day.\nBackground:On August 10th\, 1974\, Eddie Nalon\, a prisoner and advocate\, died in the segregation unit at the Millhaven Institution (a maximum security prison built in 1971 just outside of Kingston\, Ontario). His death sparked outrage among the prisoners at the penitentiary\, as well as hunger strikes\, and prison reform initiatives. On the one year anniversary of his death\, the first Prisoners’ Justice Day was organized\, sparking what has become an international day of condemnation and commemoration of deaths in custody and segregation\, as well as national campaigns for prisoners’ rights across prisons. Many people around the world have been inspired by the political action of these prisoners and organized for a better world.\nOn August 10\, 2024\, we plan to commemorate and reinvigorate the struggle for prisoners’ rights inside and outside prisons\, by talking about the history of PJD and what it meant for people then\, how it has evolved over the years\, what it means for people now\, and what we want it to be moving forward. We also hope that this event can also serve as the first planning meeting for the 50th anniversary of PJD in 2025. If you are someone who thinks deeply about the carceral/police state\, or are interested in how to get involved and explore alternatives to caging humans\, we invite you to join us for a thoughtful discussion amongst community members.\nWe gratefully acknowledge that this event is happening on the unceded and unsurrendered land of the Anishinaabe and Algonquin people. We also acknowledge the overrepresentation of Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island in the criminal justice system. This system also disproprotionately affects many marginalized individuals and negatively impacts all communities.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/prisoners-justice-day-2024/
LOCATION:University of Ottawa\, 75 Laurier Ave East\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K1N6N5\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240811T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240811T170000
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SUMMARY:Solidarity Softball
DESCRIPTION:Softball game to raise fund for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund. This event includes the game and a social picnic after. Family and pet (well trained and leashed) friendly event! Bring your own picnic snacks\, drinks will be provided.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/solidarity-softball/
LOCATION:Brewer Park\, Brewer Park\, 210 Hopewell Ave\, Ottawa\, K1S 2Z5
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240812T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240812T180000
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SUMMARY:Pride is Political: Community Care and Outreach
DESCRIPTION:Community Care and Outreach Using Anti-Carceral Practices Within Anti-Violence Movements  \n12 PM – 2 PM \nThis workshop offers a collaborative space for participants to engage deeply with anti-carceral organizing and co-create effective strategies to counter systems that harm and oppress communities. It explores how institutional systems\, including those that claim to offer care\, can perpetuate harm and co-opt community-based initiatives and movements. By connecting these issues to broader social movements\, such as Pride\, the workshop fosters an interactive environment where participants can engage with the content\, share their experiences\, and collectively develop actionable strategies to advance anti-carceral and abolitionist goals\, focusing on mutual support and care. \n\nCo-create strategies to challenge harmful systems through anti-carceral organizing\nExamine how institutions\, including those offering care\, perpetuate harm and co-opt community initiatives.\nEmphasize mutual aid\, support\, care\, and most importantly\, joy in organizing\n\nAccess considerations: \n😷 Masks required – designated area for eating/ masks off \n♿️ Wheelchair accessible \n💧 🍫 Water/ snacks available \n👂 Peer support and space available \n\n\n\n\nRe-politicizing Queer Activism: Perspectives on Collective Action and Radical Inclusion \n4 PM – 6 PM \nSpeakers: \nMars and Caprice from Youth Services Bureau (YSB) Queer Youth Action Committee \nSinda Garziz from Centretown CHC/ LGBTQIA Newcomer Group \nMenasheh from Queers 4 Palestine \nCommunity Solidarity Ottawa \nJoin us for an engaging panel discussion: \n“Re-politicizing Queer Activism: Perspectives on Collective Action and Radical Inclusion.” \nThis event will delve into the current state of community activism\, advocacy work\, rights-based movements\, anti-fascism\, and their intersections with queer activism. \nTopics include: \n\nPersonal experiences of advocacy and the importance of global solidarity in local movements\n\n\nReflections\, thoughts\, and experiences from various activists\nThe current state of queer organizing and the challenges faced\n\n\nReflections on what works\, what doesn’t\, and how these movements intersect with other social justice causes\n\n\nStrategies for organizing with diverse groups\nThe meaning of collective action\, solidarity\, and what liberation entails\nInclusion of migrant justice perspectives and reflections on representation in activist spaces\nStrategies for engaging younger people in activism\, centring queer joy and advocacy\, and making activism more accessible\n\nJoin us to explore these critical issues and more in an inclusive environment.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/pride-is-political-community-care-and-outreach/
LOCATION:Kind Space\, 400 Cooper St.\, suite 9001\, Ottawa\, ON\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240814T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240814T230000
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SUMMARY:Pride is Political: Homecoming
DESCRIPTION:A space to celebrate and center the voices and existence of QTBIPOC folks. Ending the night with an outdoor screening of Paris is Burning. \n\n\nEvent Schedule \nWednesday\, August 14th\, 2024 \n3 – 4:30 pm Wellness Space \n\n3:00 – 3:45 – Aly\n3:45- 4:30 – Jacqui\n\n4:30 pm – 5 pm break/ chill time  \n\nIndividual activities/ compression time\nJulia\, Amira\, and Mars from YSB hosting\n Face painting\, button making\, art station\n\n5 pm – 9 pm Music provided by Parkdale Park concert series \n8:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Banner Making Workshop with Casper (Masks required)  \n9:05 pm – 10:35 pm: Outdoor Film Screening: Paris is Burning (Directed & Produced by Jennie Livingston)
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/pride-is-political-homecoming/
LOCATION:Parkdale Public Market\, 366 Parkdale Avenue\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1Y 1G8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Fierte dans la Capitale Pride 2024
DESCRIPTION:Listen. Learn. Act.  \nCapital Pride’s Four foundational pillars are to Educate\, Advocate\, Celebrate and Connect. For our 2024 festival\, we have decided to highlight our pillar of advocacy\, focusing on listening\, learning\, and taking action. \nListen – To listen is to recognize the importance of acknowledging the diverse experiences within the 2SLGBTQIA+ community\, thus fostering understanding and empathy. This inclusive approach acknowledges intersecting identities and unique challenges\, enhancing solidarity and effective advocacy. \nLearn – to learn is to acknowledge the invaluable contributions and sacrifices of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community\, whose resilience and activism have driven progress. Honoring this legacy preserves our history\, offers inspiration\, and highlights the ongoing struggle for equality and justice. \nAct – to act is to bring attention to the ongoing fight for equality\, justice\, and inclusion by amplifying marginalized voices and advocating for their rights. It encourages active participation in advocacy to create a more equitable society where everyone can live authentically and without fear of discrimination. \nUltimately\, “Listen. Learn. Act.” serves as a call to action for all individuals to actively engage with the past\, listen to the voices of those who have been marginalized\, and work together towards a brighter and more inclusive future. It embodies the spirit of resilience\, activism\, and hope that defines the 2SLGBTQIA+ community’s journey towards liberation and collective empowerment.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/fierte-dans-la-capitale-pride-2024/
LOCATION:Various
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240819T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240819T170000
DTSTAMP:20240810T203302Z
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SUMMARY:Pride is Political: Harm Reduction & Transforming Justice
DESCRIPTION:Final workshops: Engaging in Practices of Harm Reduction Using Liberation Frameworks AND/OR Transforming Justice As an Everyday Practice \nAccess considerations: \n😷 Masks required- designated area for eating/ masks off \nWheelchair accessible \nWater/ snacks available \nHybrid event/closed captioning for virtual attendees \n👥 Peer support
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/pride-is-political-harm-reduction-transforming-justice/
LOCATION:PSAC Building\, 233 Gilmour Street\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240820T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240820T203000
DTSTAMP:20240817T152107Z
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SUMMARY:Training Session - Speak out Against LRT Cuts!
DESCRIPTION:We need to pack the Transit Commission meeting in September with as many people as possible speaking out against the new LRT schedule cuts! \nLearn how to craft and deliver a public delegation and how to sign up to speak at our training session – R.S.V.P. today!
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/training-session-speak-out-against-lrt-cuts/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240823T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240823T180000
DTSTAMP:20240817T152825Z
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SUMMARY:Ottawa Trans March
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on August 23rd at 6pm for the 2024 Ottawa Trans March! \nMore details – including a community meeting to discuss our demands\, speaker announcements and other details will be announced in the coming days and weeks!
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/ottawa-trans-march/
LOCATION:Bank & Gladstone
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240824T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240824T150000
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SUMMARY:Justice for Workers Ottawa Summer Camp!
DESCRIPTION:Struggling to get your workplace organized? What makes a good organizer? What strategies have been proven to win time and time again? \nWant to learn how to make your efforts unstoppable? \nSkip the sunburn Saturday August 24th and join Justice for Workers Ottawa’s ‘Summer Camp’ at 233 Gilmour St. from 9:30am-3pm for a day full of workshops specific to worker organizing! Learn about building a fighting labour movement\, practical strategies\, writing resolutions\, effective outreach and follow-up\, and much more!! \nProgram: \n9:30am-10:00am:\nWelcome and registration \n10:00am-11:00am:\nHow do we build a fighting labour movement?\nIn order to win demands we need a strong multi-racial working class movement that unites union AND non-union workers. How do we get there? \n11:00am-12:00pm\nRise together!: Transnational labour solidarity\nWorkers’ lives don’t end when they leave the workplace. Sometimes workers deem it necessary to take collective action outside the workplace. What are practical steps workers can take towards this? \n12:00pm-1:00pm\nLUNCH \n1:00pm-2:00pm\nDotmocracy: Justice 4 Workers Demands\nLearn about the 10 demands that guide Justice4Workers in fighting for decent work for unionized and non-unionized workers. \n2:00pm-3:00pm\nBuilding capacity: Effective outreach & follow-up\nIf movements don’t grow they can’t successfully leverage collective power to win their demands. Outreach and follow-up are critical in bringing people into the movement. What are the practical steps we can take to bring people into the fight for decent work?
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/justice-for-workers-ottawa-summer-camp/
LOCATION:Ontario
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240825T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240825T200000
DTSTAMP:20240817T151120Z
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SUMMARY:Ottawa Run for Palestine 10th Annual Charity BBQ
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Sunday\, August 25 @ Vincent Massey Park (sections C & D) for our Annual charity BBQ in collaboration with the Association of Palestinian Arab Canadians (APAC)\, the Palestinian Student Associations’ at both Carleton University and Ottawa U and the Palestinian Student Coalition! \nHalal BBQ for sale: prepared and served by Sultan supermarket & meatshop.Join us on August 25\, 2024 (new date!)\, from 1-8 PM at Vincent Massey Park (Sections C and D) for our Annual Charity BBQ\, where all proceeds go towards helping Gaza through numerous Isalmic relief projects.\nEnjoy BBQ (Mashawi) by Sultan Supermarket and Meatshop\, Refreshments and coffee and tea station by Second Cup\,a knafeh station\, Cotton candy and Popcorn for salefacepainting and HennaSports games and activities for the kids\,And most importantly\, a registration station for the Ottawa Run For Palestine 9th Annual 2K\, 5K\, 10K walk/Run taking place on Sep 14th @ Hogs Back Park)\n\nBring your friends and family for a day of delicious food and community spirit.\n**Please note that due to the genocidal war on our people in Gaza\, we will not be holding our yearly dessert competition\, any Palestinian entertainment\, or bouncy castles for our kids We will provide sports activities and coloring stations with a mepeoplessage of hope to the people of Gaza\, in particular to children.It will be an opportunity for our community to spend some time in solidarity\, gather\, heal\, bond\, and reflect.**\nLet’s make a difference together!
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/ottawa-run-for-palestine-10th-annual-charity-bbq/
LOCATION:Vincent Massey Park\, Heron Road\, Ottawa
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240825T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240825T193000
DTSTAMP:20240804T172527Z
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SUMMARY:Anatomical Venus Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Perfect Books to launch Courtney Bates-Hardy’s new book\, Anatomical Venus. It’s a visceral collection of poems that invoke anatomical models\, feminine monsters\, and little-known historical figures. \nFeaturing readings by Christine McNair and Margo LaPierre. Hosted by Frances Boyle. \nCourtney Bates-Hardy is the author of Anatomical Venus (Radiant Press\, 2024)\, House of Mystery (ChiZine Publications\, 2016)\, and a chapbook\, Sea Foam (JackPine Press\, 2013). She has been shortlisted for the Elgin Award and nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She is queer\, disabled\, and one-third of a writing group called The Pain Poets. \nChristine McNair has published two collections of poetry –Conflict (Book*hug\, 2012) and Charm (Book*hug\, 2017). She is the winner of the Archibald Poetry Prize and was shortlisted for the City of Ottawa Book awards. Her hybrid literary non-fiction memoir Toxemia is forthcoming with Book*hug in fall 2024. She works as a book doctor in Ottawa. \nMargo LaPierre is a freelance literary editor and writer of poetry\, fiction\, and creative non-fiction. Her second poetry collection is forthcoming with Guernica in Fall 2025. She won the 2021 Room Poetry Award and the 2020 subTerrain Fiction Award and was shortlisted for Editors Canada’s 2024 Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence. She is Arc Poetry magazine’s newsletter editor and a member of the Ottawa-based poetry collective VII.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/anatomical-venus-book-launch/
LOCATION:Perfect Books\, 258 Elgin Street\, Ottawa\, K2P 1L9
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240830T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240830T130000
DTSTAMP:20240825T004953Z
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SUMMARY:International Overdose Awareness Day - End the Stigma
DESCRIPTION:Join us Friday – End the Stigma!
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/international-overdose-awareness-day-end-the-stigma/
LOCATION:Human Rights Monument\, 220 Elgin Street\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240831T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240831T180000
DTSTAMP:20240817T151403Z
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SUMMARY:International Day of Protest Against ABA 2024 - Ottawa
DESCRIPTION:August 31st will once again mark the 7th International Day of Protest Against ABA. An international day of action for Autistic self-advocates and allies to organize in their opposition to Applied Behaviour Analysis. \nApplied Behaviour Analysis was pioneered in the 1960s by Ole Ivar Løvaas\, who spoke at length about his dehumanizing perspective on Autistic people\, oftentimes physically assaulting\, electrically shocking\, and restraining Autistic children. ABA takes behaviours\, oftentimes harmless cultural differences such as eye contact avoidance and stimming\, and provides rewards and punishments accordingly. Even in its gentlest forms\, it is Skinnerian manipulation that teaches a child to place the approval of their peers and authority figures over their own well-being. Many Autistic people refer to ABA as “Autistic Conversion Therapy”\, and for good reasons. Ole Ivar Løvaas co-authored a study with George Rekers on gay conversion therapy\, and Autistic people are disproportionally LGBTQ2S+. \nFor these reasons and the lived experiences of Autistic people\, we will be hosting a protest on August 31st outside the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights at 5PM EST to make our voices heard\, and call upon Ottawa City Council to make the following actions: \n1. Prohibit businesses from providing Applied Behaviour Analysis to minors within city limits. \n2. Cease the Mayor and members of Ottawa City Council’s associations with organizations that will defend the use of Applied Behaviour Analysis. \n3. Implement further measures to work towards the abolition of ABA in the City of so-called Ottawa \nIn the event that Ottawa Police show up\, here is a document detailing your rights when interacting with police: https://ccla.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Know-Your-Rights-Booklet.pdf
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/international-day-of-protest-against-aba-2024-ottawa/
LOCATION:Human Rights Monument\, 220 Elgin Street\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Autistic and Neurodivergent Liberation Front of Ottawa (ANLFO)":MAILTO:anlfottawa@gmail.com
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