PSA: Halifax still stands with water protectors!
It’s auction time again! Due to Covid, this year’s auction will be online. We’re going to follow the lead of the 1492 Land Back Auction and use facebook as a platform.
Press release: Announcing our artist in residence for the 2020 Wellness Within conference
Press release: We are delighted to announce Omobolanle Adesiyan as our 2020 Artist in Residence. Art is critical to communicating resistance, joy, and an imagined future without policing and prisons.
A woman’s going to send the drones, a poem by El Jones
Muster the troops line up the ranks
A woman’s going to send the tanks
And all of us will give her thanks
Especially weapons manufacturers, banks
A poem written by El Jones on the occasion of this year’s rally and webinar in opposition to the 12th annual Halifax International Security Forum
PSA: No apology without reparations, Justice for Africville!
PSA: Come out and support the former residents of Africville as they demand justice in their lifetimes. The event will include speakers and music from Africville, as well as politicians and allies who support justice for Africville!
PSA: More Powerful Together: Book Launch and Panel Discussion
Fernwood Publishing in partnership with The ENRICH Project presents the launch of More Powerful Together: Conversations With Climate Activists and Indigenous Land Defenders. This event will feature a keynote by the author, Dr. Jen Gobby, followed by a panel discussion moderated by Dr. Alex Khasnabish. The panel discussion will focus on issues of Migrant Justice, Climate/Environmental Justice, Indigenous Sovereignty and Land Back, the Movement for Black Lives, and ways to build stronger links between these different movements and struggles.
News release: Workers shouldn’t be left out in the cold as the second wave of COVID 19 comes ashore
Press release: Nova Scotia Federation of Labour President Danny Cavanagh is calling on the McNeil Liberals to amend Nova Scotia’s Labour Standards Code to include at least ten paid sick days.
Press release: Black Point Beach Preservation Group pleased with ruling granting review of James Beach rock wall placement
Press release: A group of Pictou Country residents and cottage owners is heartened by a judicial decision granting them approval to proceed with legal action against the Department of Lands and Forestry in a dispute over the placement of an armour rock wall.
PSA: Mark this November 17 Equity Watch webinar in your calendars
PSA: Sick workplaces make sick workers. Another excellent Equity Watch webinar.
News release: By Any Other Name: a 15 Day Spotlight on Solitary Confinement
News release: On Monday, November 16th a coalition of groups invested in prisoner justice are launching a 15-day spotlight on the ongoing practice of solitary confinement in Canada.
PSA: Windsor Causeway Action – Monday, November 16, 10 AM at the Treaty Truckhouse 2
Water Protectors have been calling for an immediate halt in construction of the twinning Windsor Causeway and have been camped out at the Treaty Truckhouse 2 since late spring. While negotiations have been stagnant, it is reported that the RCMP are planning on breaking up the Treaty Truckhouse 2 encampment on Monday November 16th.