Toronto: The Latin American & Caribbean Solidarity Month: February 2012
TheLatin American & Caribbean Solidarity Month: February 2012 contiues with the public forum with Chilean student Leader Camilo Ballesteros, Chilean Students’ Confederation (details below)
• Generate a dialogue amongst Canadians about issues faced by different communities in Latin America and the
Caribbean and strengthen collaboration amongst civil society organizations
• Share Latin American & Caribbean experiences on struggles around austerity, privatization and corporate dominance
and link them to local struggles.
• Demand that the Canadian government cease trade and investment practices that erode democratic rights, self-
determination and sovereignty of communities and nations in the region.
• Highlight and expose corporations that violate human rights and foster a climate of fear and militarization in
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 10th @ 1:00pm - FREE EDUCATION FOR EVERYONE:
Public Forum with Chilean student Leader Camilo Ballesteros, Chilean Students’ Confederation
Location: York University, Nat Taylor Cinema (102 Ross North)
Sponsors: Casa Salvador Allende & LACSN, Latinas, Barrio Nuevo, CAW Local 2002, Latin American Trade Unionists Coalition & CERLAC
More information: luchotap@gmail.com
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SATURDAY FEBRUARY 11th @ 7:00pm - Coffee House: Music, Poetry & Cuban Landscape art exhibit at Casa Maiz
Location: Casa Maiz, 1280 Finch Ave, West, 2nd Floor
Sponsors: International Festival of Poetry in Resistance, LACSN & Casa Maiz
More Information: pedro_cabezas@yahoo.ca
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SUNDAY FEBRUARY 12th @ 5:00pm - Chilean Film & Social
Screening the feature-length film by Director Andres Wood titled, “Violeta Se Fue A los Cielos” (2011), based on the life and music of renowned Chilean singer-songwriter Violeta Parra. The film is based on a book with the same name written by the singer’s son Angel Parra.
Location: CUPE 4400, 1482 Bathurst Street, Suite 200
Organized by: Victor Jara Cultural Group & LACSN
More information: luchotap@gmail.com
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 16th @ 7:00pm
Stop Canada’s Environmental Injustice– Building for the Future – A Conversation among movement activists
Challenges to Harper’s plans for more pipelines to export dirty Canadian tar-sands oil; opposition to mining injustice; protection of Ontario farmland from mega quarry destruction, safeguarding secure public water supplies, and more: environmentalists are active in many fields. Yet Canada’s government remains among the worst promoters of environmental injustice. As we approach the June 2012 Rio+20 world conference on sustainable development, how can we best advance our common struggle for environmental and climate justice in Canada and internationally
Sponsors: Common Frontiers, Toronto Bolivia Solidarity (action group of OPIRG Toronto), Latin American Caribbean Solidarity Network
Endorsements: Latin American Caribbean Solidarity Network, Toronto Greater Workers Assembly International Solidarity Committee
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FRIDAY FEBRUARY 17th @ 7:00pm - Haiti: Solidarity and Social Justice Public Forum
Featuring speakers: Nicole Phillips [staff attorney for the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, adjunct professor at University of San Francisco and assistant director for Haiti programs at the university] and Roger Annis [coordinator of the Canada Haiti Action Network in Vancouver and director of a ten-day fact-finding and solidarity mission to Haiti in June, 2011].
Location: Steelworkers’ Hall, 25 Cecil St.
Sponsors: Internal Education and Political Development Committee and the International Solidarity Committee of the Greater Toronto Workers Assembly; Toronto Haiti Action Committee; LACSN.
More information: niraj_joshi@sympatico.ca or jordycummings@gmail.com
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SATURDAY FEBRUARY 18th @ 5:00pm - Voces Politicas (Political Voices): Direct, Open Debate
The new constitutions of Ecuador and Bolivia entrench concepts for a different way of thinking about how humans should relate to each other, in a manner that should translate into a ¨good way of living or living well¨ (buen vivir o vivir bien). A discussion exploring these constitutional innovations and their significance for nation states, citizenry, Indigenous peoples and respect for the environment.
Sponsors: L@tinas and endorsed by LACSN
Location: Beit Zatoun House, 612 Markham St
More information: nchamah@me.com 3 | Latin American & Caribbean Solidarity Month
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SUNDAY FEBRUARY 19th @ 2:00pm - Colombia: Mining Injustice Chronicles & Social Conflict Video & Discussion
Sponsors: Colombia Action Solidarity Alliance, an action group of OPIRG-Toronto & endorsed by LACSN.
Location: OISE, 252 Bloor St. West, Room # 2211
More information: cca_toronto@hotmail.com
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 23rd @ 7:00pm - Sponsors: LACSN, Common Frontiers
Public Forum Eroding Democracy & Sovereignty: Corporate Trade, Investment, Free Trade Agreements & Resource Extraction in the Americas
Featuring Manuel Pérez Rocha, Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, Professor Anna Zallik, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University and Stuart Trew, Common Frontiers. Stuart is also the trade campaigner with the Council of Canadians
Location: Ryerson University, 78 Victoria, Room POD 250
For more information: pedro_cabezas@yahoo.ca
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SATURDAY FEBRUARY 25th @5:30pm - From Occupy to the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement - A Discussion on Organizing
A roundtable discussion featuring speakers from a variety of experiences talking about different forms of organizing and the lessons we can take and apply here in Toronto. Presenters: The Occupy Toronto movement (Magdalena Diaz), The Brazilian Landless Workers Movement (Lucho Granados Ceja), Popular Education Collective in Chile (Camila Uribe Rosales), Trade unionism in Colombia (Rangel Ramos), Trade unionism in Canada (TBD)
Sponsors: the Education Sub-Committee of LATUC-Ontario. Endorsed by LACSN.
Location: OPSEU Office, 31 Wellesley St. East (across from Wellesley subway)
More information: granados.ceja@gmail.com
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SATURDAY FEBRUARY 25th @9:30pm - Closing Party
Featuring live musical performances by Ruben Beny Esguerra and Luisito Orbegoso
from Esguerra’s upcoming new album “A New Tradition”. Djs eL man (Dos Mundos Radio) & no-capitalista.
Location: Vida Lounge, 1345 St. Clair Ave. West @ Lansdowne
Sponsors: LACSN
More information: pedro_cabezas@yahoo.ca
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WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 29th 5:30pm - Remembering Bishop Samuel Ruiz: Justice & Indigenous Rights in Mexico and Canada
Ecumenical Memorial Service: 5:30pm / Public Forum: 7pm
Keynote Speaker: Father José Avilés Arriola, Vicar for Justice and Peace for the Diocese of San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico Respondent: Bishop Mark Macdonald, National Indigenous Bishop, Anglican Church of Canada
Forum reflecting on the legacy of Mexico’s Bishop Samuel Ruiz and his work with indigenous and poor communities in Chiapas.
Location: Loretto College, Blue Room, 70 St. Mary Street (near Bay & Bloor) More information: srumsey@pwrdf.org
Sponsors: Canadian Jesuits International, Development and Peace, Jesuit Forum, KAIROS Canada, The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund – Anglican Church of Canada, The United Church of Canada.
