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March for Peace 2010

March for Peace 2010

Please watch this space for our March for Peace event in January 2011.

This year for March for Peace 2010, the CPS hosted the following events:

  1. 2010 Calgary Peace Gala Dinner honouring Canadian human rights activist, documentary filmmaker and award-winning author, Ms. Sally Armstrong;
  2. PeaceTalk Series will include speaker Sally Armstrong;
  3. PeaceFilm will showcase non-violent resistance movements and speakers will be on hand to discuss the film and take questions and answers.  For other events, see poster below for dates and click here for details.

 

March for Peace 2010:

March 3rd- International Sex Worker's Day

How many hats do you Wear? March 3rd, 12-1:00 pm at the Glenbow Museum, ConocoPhilips Theatre, 130-9th Avenue SE. FREE EVENT In support of International Sex Worker's Day, Join us over lunch, hang up your hat, and view our stories of work in the sex trade. For more details contact www.shiftcalgary.org or 403-237-8171

March 8th - International Women's Day

Celebrate International Women's Day with the University of Calgary's Women's Resource Centre. Click here for more details.

March 8th - Victory over Violence Photo Exhibit

  1. Opening of the Victory over Violence and Seeds of Change Photo Exhibits on Monday March 8th from 6:30 to 7:30 pm in the Atrium -  Administration building at UofC. FREE OF CHARGE. The exhibits will be on display from March 9-12th from 9am to 9pm. For more information please email uofc.sgi@gmail.com.  This event is put on by the Soka Gakkai International Buddhist Student Club.

March 8th - WUSC Refugee Film and Discussion Night

WUSC Film & Discussion Night - from 5:00 - 7:30 pm in SS117 (UofC).  Generally we offer pizza to Members for a $2.00 donation to the Club to help cover the cost of the pizza. WUSC has also asked to co-sponsor this evening with the Club members. Film to be shown:  The Refugees of the Blue Planet  Duration:  90 minutes

The Refugees of the Blue Planet is a hard-hitting documentary that brings us to the heart of major issues confronting humanity.  Each year, millions of people the world over are driven to forced displacement.  Global warming and the unbridled exploitation of natural resources are degrading the life-supporting environments of rural populations  This film sheds light on the little-known plight of a category of individuals who are suffering the repercussions.  The numbers of environmental refugees is growing.  From the Maldives to Brazil, and even closer to home, here in Canada, the disturbing accounts of people who have been uprooted are amazingly similar.  Their story is one of rage, powerlessness, injustice and betrayal.

March 9th - Marda Loop Justice Film Festival Film Night

Join us for this FREE EVENT on March 9, 2009 at 7:00 pm at the River Park Church Auditorium located at 3818 -14A St. SW, Calgary. Films to be shown:

Disposable - Delhi generates about 8000 metric tonnes of solid waste every day. The work of more than 100,000 "Ragpikers" saves the Delhi Municipal District $6,000,000 Cdn annually. The workers and their creative industries deserve our gratitude. "Disposable" is the story of waste and the stories of those who live off it. Both get disposed in the process but they play a crucial role in the environmental and social cycle. 22min
Calcutta Hilton - Sonagacchi is the largest, most infamous sex district in Calcutta. Many women have been stolen from their homes, some tricked, others sold into prostitution by friends and family. In the class system of India, they languish at the bottom of the heap. A woman in Sonagacchi can live her entire life within a one-kilometer radius of where she sells her body. She could literally work, sleep and die all in the same bed. The Hiltons, a family from New Zealand, set about creating a viable business, Freeset, teaching the women to read and write as well as training them to become skilled workers and business women. Freeset is a Fair Trade certified business that manufactures jute bags in Calcutta, India. 23 min

Discussion will follow with Dr. Aradhana Parmar, Associate Professor of Development Studies, Faculty of Communication and Culture, University of Calgary. Dr. Parmar's expertise includes gender and development, development studies, South Asia, immigrant women in Canada and ancient Indian political thought. Dr. Parmar is a recognized scholar, with numerous publications-book, articles, reports to her credit. She is also the past-president of India-Canada Association of Calgary and Calgary Immigrant Women's Association and Canadian Association for the Study of International Development.

 

Volunteer- The Marda Loop Justice Film Festival is seeking an experienced marketing volunteer to audit our promotions and make recommendations. Email justicefilmfestival@gmail.com for more information.

 

March 9th - Splitting the Sky versus George W. Bush

Ms. Cynthia McKinney (currently the only juror from the United States on the Russell Tribunal  on Palestine) has been invited to Calgary to serve as a witness in a trial beginning on March 8. The trial emanates from the Crown's criminal charge against Mohawk activist, Splitting The Sky, for obstruction of justice in his attempt to conduct a citizen's arrest of the former US president, George W. Bush. Credibly-accused war criminal George Bush addressed a business audience at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary. Ms. McKinney will comment on the case some have dubbed:  Splitting The Sky versus George W. BushMs. McKinney will help introduce and contribute to a people's juridical process aimed at articulating a new legal protocol to be known as The Calgary Principles. In the tradition of the Nuremberg Principles, the Calgary Principles will address the rampant criminality that tends to immunize from criminal prosecutions those who commit the highest order of international crime. Among those who will also contribute to the proceedings will be Splitting The Sky and Anthony J. Hall, Professor of Globalization Studies at the University of Lethbridge.

Tuesday March 9, 7:30 pm at the University of Calgary, Professional Faculties Building, Room 4259.    Media Contact: Jason Divine, humanguerilla@hotmail.com

March 10th - CPS Tom Rippon PeaceTalk

Dr. Tom Rippon will be speaking about Military and Peacekeeping Ethics for a Culture of Peace on Wednesday, March 10th from 6 to 8:00 pm at the UofC Science Theatre 139. Click here for more details.

March 11th - Impact of War on Refugee Women

 

FREE WORKSHOP : In commemoration of International Women's Day: The Dual impact of War and Family Violence on Refugee Women.  War is inextricably linked to domestic violence. This workshop explores the experiences and resiliency of women who have survived this dual trauma. The workshop will also examine effective strategies to support survivors and their families. RSVP to robin.kearns@calgary.ca or call 403-974-1919.

Thursday, March 11, 2010:  4807-8 Ave SE, Forest Lawn Branch, Calgary Public Library 11:30-1:30 PM, Light refreshments will be served

March 12th and March 26th -  Silent Vigil for Peace

Join the Women in Black as they hold a silent vigil for peace in the Olympic Plaza downtown, among the statues of the Famous Five on Friday March 12 and Friday March 26 from 12 to 12:45

March 13th - Project Ploughshares Workshop

Join Project Ploushares as they hold a Saturday mini-workshop in March instead of our regular Wednesday public meeting.  Bev Delong will be presenting "Building Momentum toward Zero Nuclear Weapons" on Saturday March 13th from 8:45am to 1pm at Parkdale United Church.  Please contact the Ploughshares office to register (at 403-270-7366 or at office@ploughshares.ca)  Bev is Chairperson of the Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, a member of the Canadian Pugwash Group and one of the founders of Project Ploughshares Calgary.  She has a wealth of knowledge on nuclear weapon disarmament work - both nationally and internationally - and in addition to giving us an update on the status of nuclear weapons in the world and the efforts to reduce the number of them, Bev will also suggest steps that we can take in this important year for nuclear weapon disarmament work.

March 15th and March 18th - A Force More Powerful

Enjoy a free documentary screening and facilitated discussions of the award-winning documentary "A Force More Powerful". This film highlights non-violent actions for social change. Each evening features different non-violent movements around the world. Film will be shown on Monday March 15th from 6-8 pm in ST139 and on Thursday, March 18th from 6-8pm also in ST139.  For more information, click here. 

March 21st to 25th - Stop Racism

  1. Inter-congregational worship on March 21st to focus on a Christian response to White Supremacist activity in Calgary. See Joint Statement and worship resources by the Mennonite Churches of Calgary online here. For more information please call telephone 403-268-5157.
  2. Drums for Diversity/Voices for Change in the North Courtyard, MacEwan Student Centre,
    Monday, March 22nd from 11 am to 1 pm
  3. MOVIE showing of film CRASH in That Empty Space on Monday, March 22nd  from 3 to 5pm.
  4. Standing up to Racism: What Can a Community Do? Murray Fraser Hall (MFH) 2370 on Tuesday, March 23rd from 12 to 1:30 pm
  5. MOVIE showing of film TWO WORLDS COLLIDING in That Empty Space on Thursday, March 25th from 3:30 to 4:30 pm

March 23rd - Calgary Peace Prize Gala Dinner

The Consortium for Peace Studies at the University of Calgary is pleased to announce its fourth annual Peace Prize recipient - Ms. Sally Armstrong. The awards ceremony will take place at Hotel Arts, 119, 12th Avenue SW on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 5:30 pm. Tickets are now available for purchase. Click here for more information.

March 24th - Sally Armstrong PeaceTalk

Sally Armstrong will be speaking about women and girls in conflict zones and her writings on Wednesday, March 24th, 2010 from 12 to 2pm at the University of Calgary Legacy Suite of the Dining Centre (Main Floor). There is no cost to attend this event, but registration is required. Please fill out this form to RSVP.

March 29th - Solution to Poverty in Canada

 

Join Senator Hugh Segal in discussing, "Guaranteed Annual Income as a solution to poverty in Canada" with: Peter Howie, Policy Studies, MRU, & Lynn McIntyre, Community Health Services, U of C. Commentators on implementation issues and impacts on poverty experienced by women, children and aboriginal people. MONDAY, MARCH 29, 2010, 5:45-8:30 PM at the Sheraton Suites Eau Claire, 255 Barclay Parade S.W., Calgary. Dinner Provided; Dessert reception to follow. FREE EVENT; REGISTRATION REQUIRED: 403-244-6666 info@chumir.ca www.chumir.ca

 

 

 

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