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SUMMARY:Month of May Day events call-out
DESCRIPTION:Punch Up Collective invites organizations to participate in the Month of May Day 2025 by organizing and hosting an event or action during the month of May. \nFor May Day 2025\, Ottawa groups and organizations are planning a month of events and activities. You’re invited to join us! \nFor those of us in the Punch Up Collective\, May Day is one of our favorite holidays\, since it honours the power of ordinary people\, working collectively\, to shape the conditions of our lives. We celebrate it every year. As things get harder and fascism more ascendant globally\, we feel inspired to double down on celebrating and remembering that collective struggle is a source of joy and the way that we win. \nIn previous years in Ottawa\, May Day hasn’t been just a single day but has included many different events\, marches\, celebrations\, and more. We’d like to return to this in 2025! \nThe month will start with a march on May 1st\, and conclude with protests of the yearly CANSEC arms fair\, the largest gathering of weapons dealers in Canada. \nSeveral local groups are already keen to organize things (more details soon) but we’d like to have even more abundance\, fun\, and power-building throughout the month of May. \nIf you’re interested in hosting something\, we’d love to hear from you! We’re especially interested in including events\, actions\, and collective work that: \n\nConnect radical and left history with the present\nExpand May Day beyond a focus on wage work and workers\nCelebrate working-class culture\, art\, and experience\nConnect with ongoing work in the Ottawa context\nInclude space for kids and families\nAre disability-accessible and address disability work\nHighlight migrant justice\nAddress connections between climate chaos/the extinction crisis and working-class struggles\n\nWe’re looking for parties\, educational events\, cultural events\, celebrations\, direct actions\, art builds\, trainings\, and more! \nWe look forward to sharing a month of hopefully very rad actions events across the City.To Host an Event or Action \nTo host an event or action as part of Month of May Day 2025\, please fill out this short questionnaire on the specifics of your event. We’ll ask you for details about what you’d be interested in anchoring\, make sure that you’re comfortable with the basis of unity for the month\, and collect the information we’ll need for publicizing your event on the May Day in Ottawa website. Deadline for submissions is April 11th\, 2025. \nLooking for resources and support for hosting something? Check out our handy Ottawa Organizing Guide\, which includes an event accessibility checklist\, a sample planning timeline\, and a list of spaces and places for holding actions and events. \nMonth of May Day Basis of Unity \nMonth of May Day is being organized on the following specific principles: \n\nWe affirm the collective power of all who labor – paid and unpaid\, formal and informal\, in care work and field work – and celebrate all of the activities that sustain us and our communities.\nWe take an international and anti-colonial solidarity approach\, and support communities and people’s struggles against borders and jingoism.\nWe affirm and support trans people and the broader ecosystem of gender and sexual liberation.\nThese events are in the spirit of the People’s Global Action Hallmarks:\n\nA very clear rejection of capitalism\, imperialism and feudalism; all trade agreements\, institutions and governments that promote destructive globalisation.\nWe reject all forms and systems of domination and discrimination including\, but not limited to\, patriarchy\, racism and religious fundamentalism of all creeds. We embrace the full dignity of all human beings.\nA confrontational attitude\, since we do not think that lobbying can have a major impact in such biased and undemocratic organisations\, in which transnational capital is the only real policy-maker.\nA call to direct action and civil disobedience\, support for social movements’ struggles\, advocating forms of resistance which maximize respect for life and oppressed peoples’ rights\, as well as the construction of local alternatives to global capitalism.\nAn organisational philosophy based on decentralisation and autonomy.\n\n\nAccessibility: Any event participating must allow face masks; be in a venue that does not require stairs to access; be in a place a person could reach via public transit; and (if there is a fee) include a Pay What You Can option of $0.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/month-of-may-day-events-call-out/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Cinema for Palestine: Where Olive Trees Weep
DESCRIPTION:What does the quest for justice look like in occupied Palestine? 🍉 \nDARC is proud to present a screening of Where Olive Trees Weep\, a powerful documentary about the strength and resilience of the Palestinian people in the face of settler-colonial violence. The film shows the struggles and strength of the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation. It explores themes of loss\, trauma\, and the quest for justice. \nThis screening is presented in collaboration with Cinema Politica and films4Falasteen and will be followed by a keynote address by human rights activist and co-organizer of films4Falasteen\, Monalisa Ghadban. \nLearn more about the event and keynote speaker at https://digitalartsresourcecentre.ca/cfp-where-olive-trees-weep/.\nWe look forward to seeing you there ✊🕊️
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/cinema-for-palestine-where-olive-trees-weep/
LOCATION:DARC Microcinema\, 67 Nicholas St\, Ottawa\, K1N 7B9\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250405T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250405T143000
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SUMMARY:CFMAs to Feature SULTANS OF STRING’s Cannes World Film Festival Winning “WALKING THROUGH THE FIRE”
DESCRIPTION:[Ottawa ON] As part of the 20th Anniversary Celebrations\, the Canadian Folk Music Awards will present Sultans of String’s film\, “WALKING THROUGH THE FIRE”\, at the Mayfair Theatre\, Sat April 5\, 12:30pm (doors at noon). \nWinning Best Musical Film and Best Soundtrack at the Cannes World Film Festival\, this powerful film production is unlike any other\, bringing the magic of collaboration to the screen with award-winning First Nations\, Métis and Inuit artists from across Turtle Island in performance with 6x CFMA winners Sultans of String. \n2 min. Official Film Trailer:\n \nThis Special Screening is open to the public and also includes a Q&A with Sultans of String bandleader/film producer Chris McKhool and artists from the project\, including elder Shannon Thunderbird\, Marc Meriläinen\, and Josée Bourgeois. \nFrom Métis fiddling to an East Coast Kitchen Party\, rumba to rock\, to the drumming of the Pacific Northwest\, experience the beauty and diversity of music from Elder and poet Dr. Duke Redbird\, the Métis Fiddler Quartet\, Ojibwe/Finnish Singer-Songwriter Marc Meriläinen (Nadjiwan)\, Coast Tsm’syen Singer Shannon Thunderbird\, The North Sound from the Prairies\, Blues singer Crystal Shawanda\, Heavy-Wood guitarist Don Ross\, Northern Cree pow wow group\, Dene singer-songwriter Leela Gilday\, Inuit Throat Singers and more! \nA central theme running through Walking Through The Fire is the need for the truth of Indigenous experience to be told before reconciliation can begin in earnest. Embedded in the title is the energy of rebirth: fire destroys\, but it also nourishes the soil to create new growth\, beauty\, and resiliency. Walking Through The Fire ensures that we emerge on the other side together\, stronger and more unified. Experience in full DOLBY ATMOS. 80 Minutes.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/cfmas-to-feature-sultans-of-strings-cannes-world-film-festival-winning-walking-through-the-fire/
LOCATION:The Mayfair Theatre\, 1074 Bank St\, Ottawa\, K1S 3X3\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Say No to the PRGT Pipeline
DESCRIPTION:Decolonial Solidarity invites you to stand up to Trump in support of Land Defenders opposing the PRGT pipeline. \nJoin us to Say NO! to LNG expansion and to tell RBC not to finance the PRGT pipeline.  \nThis project does not have consent of the Gitxsan and Gitanyow Nations. Developing more pipelines and LNG infrastructure would destroy precious ecosystems\, worsen the climate crisis and profit U.S. billionaires who are close to Trump. \nThis will be a peaceful demonstration. If you are inspired to make a sign\, please do. And if you can bring along friends or family\, so much the better. \n/// \nJoignez-vous à nous pour dire NON! au GNL et pour dire à RBC de pas financer le gazoduc PRGT.  \nLes nations Gitxsan et Gitanyow s’opposent à ce projet. Construire encore plus de pipelines détruirait de précieux écosystèmes\, aggraverait la crise climatique et profiterait à des milliardaires américains amis de Trump. \nCe sera une manifestation pacifique. Si vous aimeriez faire une pancarte\, faites-vous plaisir. Invitez votre famille et vos amis à vous accompagner.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/stand-up-to-trump-stop-lng-expansion/
LOCATION:sidewalks adjacent to RBC branch at 99 Bank St.\, 99 Bank St\, Ottawa\, K1P 6B9
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250405T150000
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SUMMARY:Hands Off! Ottawa CANADA Fights Back
DESCRIPTION:MEET at 1:30 at the steps next to the US Embassy on Sussex Street\, walk around the Embassy and join up with the Rally at Major’s Hill Park to say\n– No to the 51st State!\n– No to Trump and Musk\n– Yes to Democracy\nThis mass mobilization day is our message to the world that we do not consent to the destruction of democracy and longstanding alliance and friendships for the benefit of Trump and his billionaire allies. We are rallying and protesting along with many across the US and Europe to demand a stop the chaos and build an opposition movement against the global rise of fascism. This rally is in solidarity with 50501\, Indivisible Ottawa and Toqueoff.ca \nA core principle behind all Hands Off! events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values. \nBring signs\, flags and your voice.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/hands-off-ottawa-canada-fights-back/
LOCATION:Major’s Hill Park and US Embassy\, Sussex Drive\, Ottawa
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250405T170000
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SUMMARY:Collaborative zine making night at the Ottawa Trans Library
DESCRIPTION:Come work on zines with us as we work on the next issue of The Dragon Flyer\, the Ottawa Trans Library’s community zine. Write\, draw\, scan\, cut\, and paste with us on our community zine or your own project\, or just come hang out with us. We are collecting stories\, jokes\, poems\, art\, and more from the trans and non-binary community in Ottawa and our friends and families. \nThe zine workshop is a collaborative event to discuss\, share\, and work on zines together. \nCome tell your story.We will provide paper\, templates\, and whatever art supplies we have. No experience necessary. All ages welcome\, children under age 13 must be accompanied by an adult. \nMasking the day of the event is encouraged. Accessibility note: There are two stairs at the door entrance. We have a ramp we can bring out for the door on request. There’s a washroom but it’s not large enough for many mobility devices.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/collaborative-zine-making-night-at-the-ottawa-trans-library-4/
LOCATION:Ottawa Trans Library\, 1104 Somerset St. West\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K1Y 3C8\, Canada
ORGANIZER;CN="Ottawa Trans Library":MAILTO:info@ottawatranslibrary.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250407T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250407T200000
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SUMMARY:The Leveller April Story Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Do you want to be involved in power-challenging\, community-based journalism? \nCommunity members and students are welcome to our Story Meetings! We pay per story\, as well as photojournalist\, illustration and editing contributions. \nStory 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. \nLearn how to get involved and sign up to our newsletter as a contributor for updates in you inbox. \nOur next story meeting is Monday\, 7 April at 7pm on Google Meets. We are planning to hold in-person meetings in the near future. \nIf you can’t make it but want to pitch a story\, email us: operations@leveller.ca \nProduction Cycle is monthly\, with the story due date on 21 April and publishing on 28 April. \nVisit our site to read the Honourarium Policy\, Submission Guideline & Checklist\, and News & Analysis Writing Guide in order to be published. There are also many other ways to get involved with The Leveller\, sign up to our newsletters and read our latest articles.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/the-leveller-april-story-meeting/
LOCATION:Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Leveller":MAILTO:operations@leveller.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250410T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250410T183000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: The Poilievre Project\, by Martin Lukacs
DESCRIPTION:Join journalist Martin Lukacs and Press Progress publisher Romy Garrido in the Chaudiere Room at the Delta Hotel for a conversation about the 2025 federal election and Martin’s new book “The Poilievre Project: A radical blueprint for corporate rule.”\nThe book reveals the playbook behind the Conservative leader’s rise and exposes his radical vision for reshaping Canada. It’s published by Breach Books\, the new publishing arm of The Breach.\nFor more info about the book: breachbooks.ca\nThe event is hosted by the Broadbent Institute’s Progress Summit.\nBios:\nMartin Lukacs is an award-winning journalist and the managing editor of The Breach. He’s a former environmental writer for The Guardian\, and has written for The New York Review of Books\, Toronto Star\, Walrus\, CBC\, and other Canadian publications. He’s the author of The Trudeau Formula: Seduction and Betrayal in an Age of Discontent.\nRomy Garrido is the Publisher of PressProgress\, an award-winning non-profit news organization known for its in-depth\, investigative journalism. With a background in project management and strategic communications\, she has spent the last decade working across various sectors including local government\, private\, and non-profit.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/book-launch-the-poilievre-project-by-martin-lukacs/
LOCATION:Delta Hotels by Marriott Ottawa City Centre\, 101 Lyon St N\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250412T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250412T140000
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SUMMARY:STOP THE GENOCIDE! National March on Ottawa 2025
DESCRIPTION:For over 16 months\, Gaza has endured a relentless genocide carried out by the Zionist occupation\, fully backed by the U.S. and its allies\, including Canada. Even after a so-called ceasefire was announced\, the Zionist occupation continued its assault\, imposing a total blockade on March 1st\, cutting off all food and aid\, and launching a new wave of bombings and ground invasions in the following days. \nOn April 12th\, we are mobilizing on Parliament Hill to confront Canada’s role in this genocide. We refuse to let politicians get away with hollow statements while they continue arming and funding Israel’s massacres. As the election nears\, we are sending a clear message: Canada must end its complicity by demanding a ceasefire\, the lift of the siege on Gaza\, the flow of humanitarian aid and imposing a full two-way arms embargo. \n🇵🇸 Be part of this historic march\, join thousands traveling to Ottawa to hold those in power accountable.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/stop-the-genocide-national-march-on-ottawa-2025/
LOCATION:Parliament Hill\, Wellington Street\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K1A 0A9\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250414T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250414T163000
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SUMMARY:Barrhaven Mutual Aid Meet and Greet
DESCRIPTION:The inaugural meeting of the Barrhaven Mutual Aid organization\, dedicated towards interconnected reliance within the Barrhaven and South Nepean area. Join us to start rebuilding community and fostering real change from the ground up.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/barrhaven-mutual-aid-meet-and-greet/
LOCATION:Ontario
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250415T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250415T203000
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SUMMARY:Queer Death Salon - Loss by Suicide
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual gathering for people who have lost someone or multiple people to suicide and who are loooking to share space with people who have experienced similar circumstances.\nLoss by suicide brings particular griefs related to stigma\, invalidation of the loss\, failure to ‘save’ a loved one\, guilt\, confusion\, anger and more.\nThis 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.\nAttendees are welcome to come with questions\, stories\, or special objects to share with the group.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/queer-death-salon-loss-by-suicide/
LOCATION:Zoom
ORGANIZER;CN="Queer Community Deathcare":MAILTO:queercommunitydeathcare@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250422T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250422T200000
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SUMMARY:My Thievery of the People: Ottawa Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Ottawa launch of My Thievery of the People\, a short-story collection by former Ottawa resident Leila Marshy. \nMarshy’s distinctive style and untamed strength guides the reader in an electrifying high-wire act through the inner lives of refugees\, queers in love and grief\, wives\, workers\, and so many others fighting their way out from under. \nLeila Marshy is of Palestinian-Newfoundland parentage\, which might explain a lot. She has worked for the Palestine Hospital in Cairo\, the Palestinian Mental Health Association in Gaza\, and Medical Aid for Palestine in Montreal. Her first novel\, The Philistine\, was published in 2018. She lives in Montreal. \nRSVP via email: events@octopusbooks.ca
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/my-thievery-of-the-people-ottawa-launch/
LOCATION:Octopus Books\, 116 Third Ave\, Ottawa\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="Octopus Books":MAILTO:octopus@octopusbooks.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250423T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250423T150000
DTSTAMP:20250328T184335Z
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SUMMARY:Our Power Our Planet: Working Together for the Next Generations
DESCRIPTION:SCAN Earth Day event with the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg – Nagadjitòdjig Akì Land Guardians. Part of Canada wide Seniors for Climate events. \n\n\nAfter an opening by Claudette Commanda\, the Guardians will talk about their work and how it could inform urban Ottawa. The second speaker will be our newly elected MPP Catherine McKenney. There will also be musical performances. \nWe are inviting our many ally organizations to table at this event. Help support our efforts by donating via the Zeffy platform https://www.zeffy.com/donation-form/donate-to-make-a-difference-6104 or by etransfer to ottawa@seniorsforclimateactionnow.org \nSeating is limited so we recommend you reserve your place.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/our-power-our-planet-working-together-for-the-next-generations/
LOCATION:Knox Presbyterian\, 120 Lisgar Street\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K2P 2L7\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250424T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250424T190000
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SUMMARY:Author Meets Readers - Criminalized Lives: HIV and Legal Violence
DESCRIPTION:Register here: https://fpga.youarein.ca/author-meets-readers-apr24 \nCanada has been known as a hot spot for HIV criminalization where the act of not disclosing one’s HIV-positive status to sex partners has historically been regarded as a serious criminal offence. Criminalized Lives describes how this approach has disproportionately harmed the poor\, Black and Indigenous people\, gay men\, and women in Canada. In this book\, people who have been criminally accused of not disclosing their HIV-positive status\, detail the many complexities of disclosure\, and the violence that results from being criminalized. \nAccompanied by portraits from artist Eric Kostiuk Williams\, the profiles examine whether the criminal legal system is really prepared to handle the nuances and ethical dilemmas faced everyday by people living with HIV. By offering personal stories of people who have faced criminalization first-hand\, Alexander McClelland questions common assumptions about HIV\, the role of punishment\, and the violence that results from the criminal legal system’s legacy of categorizing people as either victims or perpetrators. \nAbout the Authors \nAlexander McClelland is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Criminology\, Carleton University. He is the author of Criminalized Lives: HIV and Legal Violence\, released in 2024\, from the Q+ Public Series at Rutgers University Press\, which includes illustrations from queer comic artist\, Eric Kostiuk Williams\, with a foreword from US-based HIV activist and movement leader\, Robert Suttle. The book examines the histories and experiences of people living with HIV in Canada who had been criminalized due to allegations of HIV non-disclosure\, and it also chronicles the vibrant and vocal social movement calling for justice\, and change\, under the slogan #HIVISNOTACRIME. \nEric Kostiuk Williams is a cartoonist and illustrator based in Toronto\, Canada. He has several comics publications\, including 2AM Eternal and Our Wretched Town Hall. \nAbout the Panelists \nLara Karaian is an Associate Professor in the Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Carleton University. Her research examines the intersections between sexuality\, technology\, representation\, affect\, and law. Her current SSHRC funded research\, titled “Sex/Crime in the Era of Immersive\, Interactive\, and Intelligent Technologies\,” examines the relationship between emerging sexual technologies and legal constructions of ‘sex crime’. Dr. Karaian serves on the editorial board of the journal Porn Studies. Her research has been published in an array of peer-reviewed legal\, sexuality\, and criminology journals and edited collections. Dr. Karaian is currently writing a sole-authored manuscript on deepfake pornography panics. \nRyan Conrad is an Adjunct Research Professor at the Feminist Institute of Social Transformation at Carleton University where he also teaches in the Human Rights & Social Justice program. Ryan is an artist\, and cultural studies scholar whose research\, teaching\, and cultural production interests in the study of sexuality include queer studies\, queer of colour critique\, affect theory\, archival practices\, film and media\, HIV/AIDS\, sex work\, migration\, and social movement history. Conrad’s current SSHRC funded research project titled Sex Worker Self-Authoring in the Canadian Women’s Movement Archive explores the holdings of the CWMA housed in the Archives and Special Collections at the University of Ottawa. The project will locate and animate written and visual materials produced by sex workers and the sex workers’ rights movement in Canada from 1977-1992.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/author-meets-readers-criminalized-lives-hiv-and-legal-violence/
LOCATION:Irene’s Pub\, 885 Bank St\, Ottawa\, ON
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250425T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250425T193000
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SUMMARY:Global Day of Action for Gaza
DESCRIPTION:OTTAWA GAZA IS CALLING WE MUST ANSWER\n\n\nFriday April 25\, 2025\nHuman Rights Monument\n5:30pm\n\n\nJoin us on Friday\, April 25\, at 5:30 at the Human Rights Monument to answer the global call to action from the journalists\, doctors\, and civil society of Gaza. For 18 months\, the people of Gaza have been subject to a horrific genocide carried out by israel\, in partnership and with the complete support of Canada\, the United States\, and its western allies.\n\n\nWe echo Gaza’s call for all people of conscience across the globe to mobilize and demand an immediate end to the genocidal onslaught and an arms embargo now!
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/global-day-of-action-for-gaza/
LOCATION:Human Rights Monument\, 220 Elgin Street\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250430T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250430T163000
DTSTAMP:20250419T011310Z
CREATED:20250419T011310Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250419T011310Z
UID:8703-1746028800-1746030600@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Barrhaven Mutual Aid Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Bi-weekly meeting for Barrhaven Mutual Aid. This meeting will be to discuss potential actions for us to take as a community and conduct basic feasibility tests
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/barrhaven-mutual-aid-meetup/
LOCATION:Online
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