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SUMMARY:Bringing Down Barriers: Black and Indigenous Survivors
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/145396244124416/ \n\n\n\nOnline: us02web.zoom.us \n\n\n\nAdvance registration required. Register at the Zoom link provided in this event posting. April 2021 is the 20th anniversary of Sexual Assault Awareness Month\, a time to honour the voices and experiences of victims and survivors\, and to bring awareness to issues relating to sexualized violence. Everyone has a role to play in ending sexual assault\, harassment\, and abuse. This year\, Avalon has partnered with other community organizations working to support survivors of sexualized violence\, to bring people together for conversation\, learning and strategizing on bringing down barriers to service access. “Black & Indigenous Survivors” is the first of these conversations. \n\n\n\nThis panel discussion will highlight the experiences of Black and Indigenous survivors of sexualized and gender-based violence\, the barriers to accessing services and supports\, and ideas on how to offer inclusive and culturally responsive services. \n\n\n\nThe panel will feature:Debra Paris Perry\, who has been the senior peer outreach worker at the YWCA for almost 5 years\, servicing young people who have experienced sexual violence in workshops and circle groups. She is an active voice in the community with lived experience\, which makes her a strong leader. She spends her free time crafting\, enjoys spending time with puppies\, but most of all she loves being with all her family. \n\n\n\nDenise John\, who is Mi’kmaw from Conne River First Nation\, a Mi’kmaw community on the South coast of Newfoundland. She is a woman’s traditional dancer who enjoys traveling to many First Nations communities to attend the Mawiomi’ (gatherings). She takes pride in her Mi’kmaw culture and shares many of her teachings with others. Denise works at the Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre as a Victim Support Navigator. \n\n\n\nJustine Colley-Leger\, who is a wife\, mother\, community advocate\, and is the African Nova Scotia Sexual Violence Community Engagement Coordinator with the East Preston Daycare and Family Resource Centre. \n\n\n\nThe panel will be moderated by Shianne Gordon. For the last 5 years Shianne has been an outreach worker at the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Halifax and is currently the Community Navigator for Avalon. She works in targeted communities supporting women and young people in overcoming barriers to accessing services. She believes that everyone has the right to heal\, not just survive. Her hobbies are creating poetry & music\, watching scary movies\, and fishing in the summer. \n\n\n\nThe Avalon Sexual Assault Centre is a feminist organization working to eliminate sexual assault/abuse\, and to change the current socio-political culture that fosters sexism\, social injustice and other forms of oppression.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/bringing-down-barriers-black-and-indigenous-survivors/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210427T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210427T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T062152
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SUMMARY:Free webinar: Workplace accessibility and accommodations
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/3651486538297070 \n\n\n\nHuman rights law in Nova Scotia protects workers from discrimination at work\, including disability-based discrimination. \n\n\n\nAt this upcoming webinar\, law student and WAC volunteer\, Yazan\, will discuss how workers can have their disabilities accommodated at work and what to do if your boss fails to meet their legal obligations. \n\n\n\nOnline: us02web.zoom.us
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/free-webinar-workplace-accessibility-and-accommodations/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210427T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210427T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T062152
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SUMMARY:Anti-Black Racism in workplaces and Trade unions
DESCRIPTION:A discussion of how employers and unions perpetuate anti-Black racism and systemic discrimination\, and how people fight back. \n\n\n\nThe forum will examine the Black class action lawsuit recently filed against the federal public service for decades of systemic discrimination\, and will shed light on current research into the path-breaking 1990s case (documented in the Lynn Jones Heritage Collection) against intersecting grounds of discrimination in the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC)\, which are unresolved into the present. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat you can expect \n\n\n\nYou can participate with video and/or microphone on\, or sit back and watch. Stay for the Q&A. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to attend \n\n\n\nRegister 1 attendee per participant. You will be emailed an invitation link to Zoom and instructions on the day of the event.  \n\n\n\nhttps://halifax.bibliocommons.com/events/search/index/event/60788eee90c24e2400fb7967 \n\n\n\nTech Requirements: All devices are accepted. \n\n\n\nNew to Zoom? No problem. Instructions will be emailed to you\, and we’ll be there to guide you. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration ends at 4:00 PM on April 27.  The registration link will be sent shortly after 4:00 PM. Latecomers can also email anthony.gracey@gmail.com for the Zoom link.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/anti-black-racism-in-workplaces-and-trade-unions/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210427T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210427T180000
DTSTAMP:20260421T062152
CREATED:20210326T151208Z
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SUMMARY:Equity Watch webinar: Inequity by Design\, How Designers\, Architects and City Planners Exclude So Many of Us
DESCRIPTION:To register for this webinar\, go to:https://zoom.us/j/97159466203?pwd=M3IzQUk1aXdwVlAyb3ZxWWV5MzRKQT09
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/equity-watch-webinar-inequity-by-design-how-designers-architects-and-city-planners-exclude-so-many-of-us/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210426T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210426T200000
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SUMMARY:Panel One: The Bay of Fundy: Natural Wonder or Nuclear Industry Test Site?
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/189754902780724 \n\n\n\nPanel One: The Bay of Fundy: \n\n\n\nNatural Wonder or Nuclear Industry Test Site? \n\n\n\nFree • Registration is required.https://raven-research.org/April-webinars \n\n\n\nOrganized by the RAVEN project at the University of New Brunswick \n\n\n\nThis event date is the 35th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.The Bay of Fundy is one of the 7 Natural Wonders of North America\, one of the richest marine ecosystems on the planet and feeding ground for millions of migratory birds.The governments of Canada and New Brunswick have funded two start-up companies to develop experimental nuclear projects beside the Bay of Fundy on the site of the Point Lepreau CANDU nuclear reactor.Canadian regulatory agencies have no experience with these technologies and experts have raised many safety concerns. After nuclear industry lobbying\, the Canadian government exempted these projects from a federal environmental impact assessment. \n\n\n\nPoint Lepreau is located on the shared traditional and unceded territories of the Peskotomuhkati and Wolastoq Nations.The panel features Indigenous leaders and academic and medical experts as presenters followed by Q&A with registrants. \n\n\n\nPanel One:Dr. Susan O’Donnell\, University of New BrunswickIntroduction • moderatorChief Hugh Akagi\, Peskotomuhkati NationThe Bay of Fundy and Peskotomuhkati peoplesDr. Gordon Edwards\, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear ResponsibilityThe Point Lepreau reactor vs. the experimental reactors for the Bay of Fundy siteDr. Dale Dewar\, Former Executive Director\, Physicians for Global Survival \n\n\n\nChernobyl: What we learned about the health impacts from a nuclear disaster \n\n\n\nFree • Registration is required.https://raven-research.org/April-webinars \n\n\n\nOrganized by the RAVEN project at the University of New Brunswick
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/panel-one-the-bay-of-fundy-natural-wonder-or-nuclear-industry-test-site/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210424T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210424T180000
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SUMMARY:All Tongues: Online Gathering for 2SLGBTQ+ Immigrants
DESCRIPTION:The Halifax Pride Immigrant Committee will celebrate a new online gathering\, creating a space for 2SLGBTQ+ immigrants to connect before (and beyond) the festival in July. This is a closed and safer space for anyone identifying as an immigrant and a member of the 2SLGBTQ+ community\, in Halifax\, Nova Scotia.We’ll be meeting online over Zoom\, where those who wish to remain anonymous can be\, by deactivating their cameras and/or changing their username. Access to the event will be supervised\, and disruptive or abusive behaviour won’t be tolerated.We want to have an open discussion about our experiences as 2SLGBTQ+ immigrants living in Halifax. We want to share what made us leave our home country\, and create a safe space where we can share the struggles\, challenges\, successes and accomplishments around the settlement process\, not just as immigrants but also as 2SLGBTQ+ individuals.Registration via the FB event
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/all-tongues-online-gathering-for-2slgbtq-immigrants/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210423T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210423T110000
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CREATED:20210418T232339Z
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SUMMARY:Sentencing Decision SHawn Wade Hynes
DESCRIPTION:I am writing today to confirm that the sentencing decision for Shawn Wade Hynes scheduled for April 23rd at 9:30 will be broadcast by Webcast.You can access same by this link: The Courts of Nova Scotia – Live WebcastsThe website is publicly accessible\, thus can be shared with all of those who love and wish to support Nhlanhla.I have also included the copyright statement regarding webcasts as per The Courts of Nova Scotia Website (the statement in full can be accessed at the link above):“The webcasts of court proceedings may not be broadcast or re-broadcast by embedding them in another website or by any other means. However\, portions of the webcasts (audio and video) may be re-broadcast as part ofconventional news coverage. Hyperlinks to the live webcast page and the page of archived videos on the Courts of Nova Scotia website are permitted”
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/sentencing-decision-shawn-wade-hynes/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210422T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210422T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T062152
CREATED:20210418T162014Z
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SUMMARY:𝘼𝙡𝙚𝙭𝙖! Live Book Launch with author Stephen Kimber
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/195011795489098 \n\n\n\nJoin us for the digital launch of Stephen Kimber’s new book 𝘼𝙡𝙚𝙭𝙖!: 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨\, co-hosted by Goose Lane Editions and the Alexa McDonough Institute for Women\, Gender and Social Justice at Mount Saint Vincent University. All are welcome.The book tells the story of ground-breaking Canadian political leader\, champion of women\, and human rights advocate Alexa McDonough\, OC\, ONS\, DHumL. \n\n\n\nAn advocate for women in politics\, Alexa was the first woman to lead a recognized political party in Canada. In the 2006 federal election\, she became the first woman to win four consecutive terms representing Nova Scotia in Parliament and the second MP to represent Halifax for four consecutive federal terms. That year\, she was also the only woman elected among 32 Members of Parliament in Atlantic Canada. \n\n\n\n𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗯𝘆:– Stephen Kimber\, Author\, 𝘼𝙡𝙚𝙭𝙖!: 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨– and more special guests\, TBA \n\n\n\n𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗤&𝗔Questions for author Stephen Kimber should be submitted in advance by emailing digital [at] gooselane.com. Please use the subject line “Alexa Q&A.” \n\n\n\n𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻The event will be streaming on YouTube Live.https://youtu.be/MnHXT2h1Fao \n\n\n\nYou can register in advance through Eventbrite to receive a notification before the event goes live.https://www.eventbrite.ca/…/alexa-live-book-launch-with… \n\n\n\n𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸In this authorized biography\, veteran author Stephen Kimber chronicles Alexa’s life and political career and with it\, weaves a narrative of the changing attitudes towards women in politics\, from her early battles as the lone female MLA in a hostile Nova Scotian legislature to her leadership of the federal NDP to her role as senior stateswoman in Jack Layton’s shadow cabinet. Along the way\, Stephen delves into Alexa’s personal life to uncover the origins of her political career: her upbringing in a wealthy family committed to progressive politics\, her tightknit circles of female friends\, her personal metamorphosis from “wife-of” to “leader-of\,” and her emergence as a political leader whose importance goes beyond partisan politics. The result is an engrossing story of one of Canada’s most beloved politicians\, whose common touch and lifelong advocacy of progressive causes made her a significant player in Canadian public life. \n\n\n\nThe book is available for pre-order now online at gooselane.com. It will be available starting April 20\, 2021 at King’s Co-op Bookstore\, your local independent bookseller\, and wherever fine books are sold. \n\n\n\nAbout Stephen KimberStephen Kimber\, a Professor of Journalism at the University of King’s College in Halifax and co-founder of the university’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction program\, is an award-winning writer\, editor\, and broadcaster. He is the author of two novels and 10 non-fiction books\, including What Lies Across the Water: The Real Story of the Cuban Five. Stephen worked for Alexa McDonough as a freelance speechwriter in the early days of her NDP leadership in Nova Scotia. \n\n\n\n𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗮 𝗠𝗰𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻\, 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲The Alexa McDonough Institute for Women\, Gender\, and Social Justice aims to achieve equity and improve lives through feminist initiatives that extend knowledge and understanding of issues related to women\, girls\, gender\, and social justice for the Mount Saint Vincent University community and beyond.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/%f0%9d%98%bc%f0%9d%99%a1%f0%9d%99%9a%f0%9d%99%ad%f0%9d%99%96-live-book-launch-with-author-stephen-kimber/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210421T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210421T210000
DTSTAMP:20260421T062152
CREATED:20210421T122818Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry and conversation: Sue Goyette in conversation with El Jones\, Rebecca Thomas and Angela Bowden
DESCRIPTION:Join us on April 21\, 8pm\, as Halifax Poet Laureate Sue Goyette talks about poetry and the pandemic with past poets laureate El Jones and Rebecca Thomas as well as special guest Angela Bowden. \n\n\n\nPoetry and Conversation is a free event and will take place on Zoom webinar. Register below to receive your link to attend. \n\n\n\nREGISTER TO ATTEND
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/poetry-and-conversation-sue-goyette-in-conversation-with-el-jones-rebecca-thomas-and-angela-bowden/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210421T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210421T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T062152
CREATED:20210421T121622Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210421T122041Z
UID:20536-1619031600-1619037000@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Online information session for migrant workers on new temporary immigration pathway
DESCRIPTION:Online information session for migrant workers on new temporary immigration pathway \n\n\n\nWHEN: Wednesday\, April 21\, 7:00-8:30pm Halifax time \n\n\n\nWHERE: Tune in on Facebook Live here or YouTube Live here \n\n\n\nRecently\, Canada announced a temporary program that will enable thousands of essential workers\, including migrant workers in the seafood and agriculture sector\, to apply for permanent residence. Applications will open on May 6th\, 2021. \n\n\n\nNo one is illegal – Halifax/Kjipuktuk is hosting an information session with immigration lawyer Thiago Buchert. Join us to find out more\, like if you would be eligible\, answers to common questions and more! \n\n\n\nFor more information or to submit questions\, please get in touch by reaching out to us at outreach@migrantjusticens.ca or (902) 329-9595 (WhatsApp). 
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/online-information-session-for-migrant-workers-on-new-temporary-immigration-pathway/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210421T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210421T200000
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CREATED:20210418T204112Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry for the Cruelest Month: National Poetry Month Virtual Reading
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/885136432278669/ \n\n\n\nJoin Halifax poets Anna Quon\, Nolan Natasha\, and Annick MacAskill for a free online reading in celebration of poetry month. There will be a brief Q&A after the readings. \n\n\n\nEvent hosted by the Halifax Public Library and sponsored by the League of Canadian Poets. \n\n\n\nHow to participate \n\n\n\nTo watch\, please click the link below on the day of the event: \n\n\n\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82976374154
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/poetry-for-the-cruelest-month-national-poetry-month-virtual-reading/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210421T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210421T193000
DTSTAMP:20260421T062152
CREATED:20210413T180750Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210413T180752Z
UID:20402-1619028000-1619033400@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Shaping Change: Intergenerational Conversations on Activism
DESCRIPTION:What is the future of the environmental movement? \n\n\n\nWhat can different generations of activists learn from each other? \n\n\n\nHow can progressive social movements support each other and collaborate better? \n\n\n\nJoin us for an engaging and inspiring conversation on activism and making change! We are bringing together a diverse group of brilliant local activists from across generations and communities to connect\, share stories and lessons\, and explore how we can work together effectively to build a more just and sustainable world.  \n\n\n\nThis event kicks off EAC’s 50th birthday celebrations. We’ll be partying with a purpose throughout 2021\, and this conversation is the first of many ways we plan to celebrate\, inspire\, and mobilize for action.   \n\n\n\nAs we celebrate the past 50 years of action\, we’re also looking forward to the future we’re shaping now in these crucial times. We hope this will be a powerful conversation about connecting across generations of change-makers\, strengthening our movements\, and forging a path forward together.  \n\n\n\nDate: Wednesday\, April 21\, 2021Time: 6:00-7:30 p.m. ASTLocation: Online on Zoom – register here to receive the link\n\n\n\nFeatured Panelists:  \n\n\n\nLynn Jones Willa Fisher Cathy Martin Robin Tress Brian Gifford Shannon Arnold Moderated by Catherine Abreu\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis event will be an interactive webinar\, with opportunities for you to participate in the conversation!  \n\n\n\nRegister online here
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/shaping-change-intergenerational-conversations-on-activism/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210420T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210420T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T062152
CREATED:20210418T161027Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210418T161601Z
UID:20467-1618945200-1618950600@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Special event for CUPE members: Why the New Democratic Party?
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/202958007973725/  \n\n\n\nSpecial event for CUPE members in Nova Scotia and across the country. \n\n\n\nHave you ever wondered why CUPE is partisan? Do you find it hard to distinguish one party from the other?Please join us for a critical look at the relationship\, historic and current\, between labour and the New Democratic Party. We’ll consider the NDP’s growth\, popularity\, demise and re-birth as election time looms over us in Nova Scotia. \n\n\n\nHear from our panel of experts for a frank discussion and ask questions! \n\n\n\n– Stephen Kimber\, award-winning author and journalist– Barb Nederpal\, president of the Hospital Employees’ Union (the B.C. health services division of CUPE)– Cathy Remus\, former director of CUPE Union Education– Lynn Jones\, Nova Scotian labour and human rights activist\, who is also the first Black general vice-president of the Canadian Labour Congress and the first Canadian-born African woman to seek office in a federal election \n\n\n\nModerated by Archana Rampure\, CUPE’s national director of research and former NDP staffer. \n\n\n\nOnline via Zoom at https://zoom.us/j/96393527764 \n\n\n\n7 p.m. Atlantic time
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/special-event-for-cupe-members-why-the-new-democratic-party/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210420T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210420T203000
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SUMMARY:Black Environments Matter
DESCRIPTION:Join the South End Environmental Injustice Society (SEED) for an online forum exploring the impacts environmental racism holds upon our Black and Indigenous communities throughout Nova Scotia.  \n\n\n\nFor generations Black residents in the South End of Shelburne have been burdened by living nearby a toxic waste facility. Through education and awareness\, SEED aims to create an understanding of the significant effects of environmental racism beyond climate change. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn partnership with South End Environmental Injustice Society (SEED) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to attend \n\n\n\nTo register\, email SEED at seedshelbourne@gmail.com. SEED will email you the link before the time of the event.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/black-environments-matter/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210420T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210420T130000
DTSTAMP:20260421T062152
CREATED:20210411T134604Z
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SUMMARY:Bringing Down Barriers: 2SLGBTQIA+ Youth
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1153368338461917/ \n\n\n\nAdvance registration required. Register at the Zoom link provided in this event posting. April 2021 is the 20th anniversary of Sexual Assault Awareness Month\, a time to honour the voices and experiences of victims and survivors\, and to bring awareness to issues relating to sexualized violence. Everyone has a role to play in ending sexual assault\, harassment\, and abuse.  \n\n\n\nThis year\, Avalon has partnered with other community organizations working to support survivors of sexualized violence\, to bring people together for conversation\, learning and strategizing on bringing down barriers to service access. “2SLGBTQIA+ Youth” is the third of these conversations.Topics discussed will include ways to offer comprehensive care when youth may not have stable or supportive home/family spaces\, the importance of autonomous self-direction and informed consent modalities\, up-to-date language\, and best practices in supporting 2SLGBTQIA+ community members (Two Spirit\, Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual\, Transgender\, Queer/Questioning\, Intersex\, Asexual\, plus (+) other ways individuals express their gender and sexuality outside heteronormativity and the gender binary). \n\n\n\nThe Youth Project’s mission is to make Nova Scotia a safer\, healthier\, and happier place for 2SLGBTQIA+ youth through support\, education\, resource expansion and community development. The Youth Project is a multi-service organization hosting an education team\, programming team\, and support services worker with an aim to further the inclusion and wellness of 2SLGBTQIA+ under the age of 25\, foster 2SLGBTQIA+ knowledge exchange and training\, increase access to public services\, and provide social and cultural programs/services/celebrations for 2SLGBTQIA+ youth and their communities. \n\n\n\nThe webinar will feature Carmel Farahbakhsh\, (they/them) who is a community worker/ educator\, experimental violinist\, and artist. They have collaborated on The Khyber Centre For The Arts board for three years\, and are enjoying their new position as co-director of local music festival EVERYSEEKER. They also recently transitioned from a five-year term coordinating South House Sexual and Gender Resource Centre to working as the executive director at The Youth Project\, seeing a direct link between this community work and access to creative spaces/ arts community. Carmel also actively collaborates with local initiatives with the aim to create wider 2SQTBIPOC support systems locally. \n\n\n\nThe Avalon Sexual Assault Centre is a feminist organization working to eliminate sexual assault/abuse\, and to change the current socio-political culture that fosters sexism\, social injustice and other forms of oppression.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/bringing-down-barriers-2slgbtqia-youth/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210419T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210419T153000
DTSTAMP:20260421T062152
CREATED:20210413T200653Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210413T200654Z
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SUMMARY:Special Board of Police Commissioners
DESCRIPTION:Description: \n\n\n\nThe meeting will be held virtually.  \n\n\n\nCheck the upcoming agenda for more information. Meeting agendas are generally available by the Friday prior to the meetin
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/special-board-of-police-commissioners/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210416T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210416T133000
DTSTAMP:20260421T062152
CREATED:20210404T185713Z
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SUMMARY:Bringing Down Barriers: Not Without Us
DESCRIPTION:Advance registration required. Register at the Zoom link provided in this event posting.  \n\n\n\nOnline: us02web.zoom.us \n\n\n\nApril 2021 is the 20th anniversary of Sexual Assault Awareness Month\, a time to honour the voices and experiences of victims and survivors\, and to bring awareness to issues relating to sexualized violence. Everyone has a role to play in ending sexual assault\, harassment\, and abuse.  \n\n\n\nThis year\, Avalon has partnered with other community organizations working to support survivors of sexualized violence\, to bring people together for conversation\, learning and strategizing on bringing down barriers to service access. “Not Without Us” is the second of these conversations. \n\n\n\nThe Not Without Us Project gathered and shared the stories of women with disabilities in Nova Scotia who experienced violence\, as well as the staff at organizations that work with survivors. In the project’s final report\, there are recommendations we hope will remove barriers and help get these women out of situations of violence. \n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, project coordinator Suzanne Rent will discuss the findings of the report and the recommendations. Sherry Costa\, provincial coordinator of Nova Scotia League for Equal Opportunities\, and one of the founders of the Not Without Us project\, will talk about the background and impact of this work. \n\n\n\nThe Not Without Project is funded by a grant under the Standing Together initiative at the Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women. \n\n\n\nSuzanne Rent is a journalist and researcher in Halifax. She has worked in the media since 2001 and currently is a regular contributor to the Halifax Examiner. Sherry Costa is a proud Nova Scotian who has been a part of the disability community for more than 40 years and currently manages the Nova Scotia League for Equal Opportunities\, a position she accepted after stepping down from serving on the League’s board for 14 years. In addition to leading the implementation and development of VoicePrint\, now Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) in the Atlantic region\, Sherry chaired the Partnership for Access Awareness Nova Scotia (PAANS) committee for seven years to shape and deliver Nova Scotia’s Access Awareness Week. She continues with PAANS as well as more than half a dozen other cross-sectoral committees raising awareness while working collaboratively with communities and all levels of government to address issues of accessibility\, inclusion\, and equity for persons with disabilities. Sherry holds a certificate in Non-profit Leadership & Management from Dalhousie University. \n\n\n\nThe Avalon Sexual Assault Centre is a feminist organization working to eliminate sexual assault/abuse\, and to change the current socio-political culture that fosters sexism\, social injustice and other forms of oppression.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/bringing-down-barriers-not-without-us/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210415T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210415T190000
DTSTAMP:20260421T062152
CREATED:20210411T134205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210411T134206Z
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SUMMARY:Kate Macdonald Artist Talk
DESCRIPTION:oin us on April 15th from 5PM – 7PM for an artist talk with our current artist-in-residence\, Halifax-based artist and activist KATE MACDONALD.This event will include ASL interpretation and will take place over Zoom. Pre-register at https://bit.ly/2PzFpGE… \n\n\n\nAbout the Artist: \n\n\n\nKate Macdonald was born and raised in Halifax\, NS. Kate is proudly African Nova Scotian. She studied Performance Acting at Ryerson University in Toronto\, ON. At the end of 2016 with the political climate swiftly changing around her (en election of a new president)\, she knew her reaction had to be radical. Out of this desire to make a change\, she Founded and Created The Magic Project. Which focuses on bringing marginalized brilliance to the forefront of social media using the arts. Kate is also a Community Facilitator and Youth Programmer. She hopes to continue creating workshops\, holding space for community discussions and empowering youth through celebration. Her art practice has always included photography\, poetry and performance theatre. But she has been long fascinated with the many avenues that art presents for self-expression\, especially around the themes of justice\, healing\, joy\, magic and ancestral connection. Recently\, Kate\, Trayvone Clayton & DeRico Symonds created an African Nova Scotian community based\, youth-led initiative called The Game Changers. After a year of working together in advocacy\, activism\, and community they decided to collaborate officially. Kate is currently the Branch Manager at the North Branch Memorial Library – a branch that has long been a staple in the African Nova Scotian community…. \n\n\n\nAbout Eyelevel Artist Run Centre: \n\n\n\nEyelevel is an arts worker/artist-run organization mandated to present and support the development of socially-relevant and thought-provoking artistic practices locally\, regionally and nationally. Eyelevel supports artists through residencies\, mentorship\, publishing and presentation outside of a traditional gallery context that is accompanied by care-oriented and trauma-informed artistic\, professional and personal support. Eyelevel aims to raise public awareness and capacity of our local arts community; particularly artists and arts workers who have been historically underserved and misrepresented in the contemporary art dialogue. Eyelevel strives to be a connector between artists\, communities and the broader public\, to constantly question the balance of power and work against systemic oppression and discrimination by centring anti-violence and pro-survivor practices. Eyelevel works in treaty to build a more inclusive and caring world through art\, and to advance positive change within the arts through its operations\, policies and programming.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/kate-macdonald-artist-talk/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210410T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210410T120000
DTSTAMP:20260421T062152
CREATED:20210407T231449Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210407T231450Z
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SUMMARY:Raging Grannies say No to new Fighter Jets
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/362159068382998/ \n\n\n\nJoin NS Voice of Women for Peace and the Raging Grannies to say No to Canada’s proposed purchase of 88 new Fighter Jets. The purchase price is $19billion\, and the lifetime cost is $77billion. There are many better ways to create human security.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/raging-grannies-say-no-to-new-fighter-jets/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210410T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210410T130000
DTSTAMP:20260421T062152
CREATED:20210407T224633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210407T224635Z
UID:20313-1618050600-1618059600@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Inclusive education forum for immigrant  migrant mothers and guardians
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URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/inclusive-education-forum-for-immigrant-migrant-mothers-and-guardians/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210408T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210408T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T062152
CREATED:20210404T190340Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210404T195003Z
UID:20254-1617908400-1617913800@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:The Cost of Poverty in the Atlantic Provinces Release
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/512351456803863 \n\n\n\nJoin authors and community partners as they discuss the findings of the soon to be released\, The Cost of Poverty in the Atlantic Provinces.This report is being released in partnership with The New Brunswick Common Front for Social Justice\, the Human Development Council\, the Social Justice Cooperative of Newfoundland and Labrador\, the MacKillop Centre for Social Justice\, PEI Coalition for Poverty Eradication and the Nova Scotia Action Coalition for Community Well-Being. \n\n\n\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpcempqDMvHNV8_IyTUxy_LCDaXqfZmpfW
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/the-cost-of-poverty-in-the-atlantic-provinces-release/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210408T174500
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210408T190000
DTSTAMP:20260421T062152
CREATED:20210404T185329Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210404T185330Z
UID:20249-1617903900-1617908400@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Memorial for Eishia Hudson
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/189201386141175 \n\n\n\nPlease join us at the Halifax Police Headquarters\, at 1795 Gottingen St\, in remembering Eishia Hudson\, a 16 year old Indigenous girl\, who was murdered by Winnipeg police one year ago. We are joining her family and community in demands to the government for a public inquiry of the Winnipeg police and their responsibility in her murder.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/memorial-for-eishia-hudson/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210408T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210408T130000
DTSTAMP:20260421T062152
CREATED:20210407T134012Z
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UID:20302-1617883200-1617886800@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Equity Watch rally to tell Nova Scotia Human Rights commission\, do your job!
DESCRIPTION:When: Thursday\, April 8\, Noon to 1 pm \n\n\n\nWhere: Park Lane Mall\, 5657 Spring Garden Rd (MASKED AND SOCIAL-DISTANCED!) \n\n\n\nThree and a half years ago\, Christine Shupe of Halifax left her job at Beaver Enviro because of what she claims was sexual harassment by the boss. \n\n\n\nShe filed her complaint at the NS Human Rights Commission\, but the Commission dragged its feet – as usual — in pursuing the case.  Finally the case moved forward after Shupe contacted the NS Ombudsman’s office. \n\n\n\nThe Commission sent her case to a public Board of Inquiry. But last month the Board dismissed her complaint because the company had not been named correctly.  Though Beaver Enviro is the name on the building\, the company’s registered name is 2557617 Nova Scotia. In fact\, the problem with the name was identified just 3 months after Shupe approached the Commission. \n\n\n\nBecause of this technical mistake\, Shupe’s case of sex discrimination was tossed. The Commission is not allowed by law to alter its original complaint\, and because the harassment incidents had taken place more than 12 months before\, the Commission could not file a new complaint. \n\n\n\nSays Equity Watch spokesperson Judy Haiven\, “That would not have happened\, for example\, in New Brunswick whose Human Rights Act allows: ‘18(2) The Commission may extend the time for the filing of a complaint if\, in the opinion of the Commission\, the circumstances warrant it.’ \n\n\n\n“Equity Watch is not happy to hear of yet another case of the NS Human Rights Commission dragging its feet\, and losing the chance to pursue violators. This shows that Nova Scotia’s human rights regime is way past due for an overhaul.” \n\n\n\nEquity Watch’s report “Justice Impeded: A Critique of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Regime” details case after case of the NS Human Rights Commission not doing its job – and dismissing cases on a technicality\, or through sloppiness or ignoring timelines.   \n\n\n\nEquity Watch is asking the NS Human Rights Commission and the Nova Scotia government to simply do their job. That is the least they owe Nova Scotians. 
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/equity-watch-rally-to-tell-nova-scotia-human-rights-commission-do-your-job/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210408T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210408T130000
DTSTAMP:20260421T062152
CREATED:20210404T185143Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210404T185144Z
UID:20247-1617883200-1617886800@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Bringing Down Barriers: 2SLGBTQ+ In Prison
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/973407346730903 \n\n\n\nAdvance registration required. Register at the Zoom link provided in this event posting. April 2021 is the 20th anniversary of Sexual Assault Awareness Month\, a time to honour the voices and experiences of victims and survivors\, and to bring awareness to issues relating to sexualized violence. Everyone has a role to play in ending sexual assault\, harassment\, and abuse. This year\, Avalon has partnered with other community organizations working to support survivors of sexualized violence\, to bring people together for conversation\, learning and strategizing on bringing down barriers to service access.  \n\n\n\n“2SLGBTQ+ In Prison” is the first of these conversations.2SLGBTQ+ people (Two Spirit\, Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual\, Transgender\, Queer/Questioning\, plus (+) other ways individuals express their gender and sexuality outside heteronormativity and the gender binary) experience high levels of policing and criminalization\, arrest and incarceration. Once inside prison\, 2SLGBTQ+ people are subjected to violence by both prison staff and other prisoners.  \n\n\n\nIn Nova Scotia\, very little is known about the experiences of 2SLGBTQ+ within the Nova Scotia criminal justice system\, which is why Coverdale launched a research project exploring just that. The key findings will be discussed and presented\, as well as recommendations on how our communities can advocate for justice and transformation within our justice system. Project participant\, advocate and survivor Sara Tessier will share her first-hand knowledge of violence inside prison and shed light on the ways in which sexualized violence permeates carceral settings. \n\n\n\nAsh Avery (she/her) is a queer feminist writer\, advocate and mother. She has been working with and for criminalized and incarcerated women and gender diverse folks in Nova Scotia since 2015. She is the Executive Director of Coverdale Courtwork Society\, a Halifax based non-profit organization that provides supports and services to women and gender diverse people involved in the criminal justice system. For the past two years she has been researching the experiences of 2SLGBTQ+ individuals in the criminal justice system\, with the guidance of Dr. Rachel Zellers and El Jones. Her work to support the exodus of provincial prisoners from jail during the COVID-19 pandemic won the Michael McDonald access to justice award. Recently\, Ash founded “Caitlan’s Place” –a 6 bed bail house for women and gender diverse individuals in Halifax. \n\n\n\nSara A. Tessier (she/her) is a social justice advocate with lived experience who has spent the last 5 years working with and on behalf of some of the most marginalized\, victimized\, criminalized\, and institutionalized men\, women and youth in Canada. She has worked on the JEC Housing project with John Howard\, Elizabeth Fry Mainland Nova Scotia\, and Coverdale Courtwork Society in supporting people exiting provincial jail during the Covid-19 pandemic. She is an advisor for African Nova Scotian Affairs Mobilizing Partnership Program\, a committee member for YWCA’s Trafficking & Exploitation Services System LGBTQ+ cultural group and sits on the CAEFS Lived Experience Committee. She is currently a Peer Mentor with Coverdale Courtwork Society and also works with the G.A.T.E team with the Elizabeth Fry Society of Mainland Nova Scotia. \n\n\n\nThe Avalon Sexual Assault Centre is a feminist organization working to eliminate sexual assault/abuse\, and to change the current socio-political culture that fosters sexism\, social injustice and other forms of oppression. \n\n\n\nOnline: us02web.zoom.us
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/bringing-down-barriers-2slgbtq-in-prison/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210407T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210407T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T062152
CREATED:20210404T184625Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210404T184703Z
UID:20245-1617822000-1617827400@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Teacher Unions and Social Justice: Book Discussion with Editor Michael Charney
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/184871366476527 \n\n\n\nEducators for Social Justice Nova Scotia recently coordinated a bulk order of the book “Teacher Unions and Social Justice: Organizing for the Schools and Communities Our Students Deserve.” \n\n\n\nOne of the book’s editors\, Michael Charney\, was active in the Social Justice Caucus in his union for around 20 years and is excited to meet with educators and others passionate about Teacher Unions and Social Justice to discuss some of the ideas covered in the book. \n\n\n\nWe will meet with Michael online through Zoom on Wednesday April 7th from 7 – 8pm AST.  \n\n\n\nPlease pre-register by clicking on the event link.Discussion will centre around the contents of the brief introduction to the book and avid readers are encouraged to choose one or more from any of the 60 articles that piques their interest and bring their thoughts on it to the group! We particularly recommend something from sections 2 or 4. \n\n\n\n(This event is also open to anyone\, even if you do not have the book!) \n\n\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. \n\n\n\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYsd-uqrTMrG9AfOQabGyk72hMzcliEmL30
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/teacher-unions-and-social-justice-book-discussion-with-editor-michael-charney/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210406T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210406T210000
DTSTAMP:20260421T062152
CREATED:20210406T135347Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210406T135442Z
UID:20285-1617735600-1617742800@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Want to know your rights as a migrant worker in Nova Scotia?
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a presentation in English / Patois on Youtube Live. Hosted by the Migrant Worker Rights Working Group. Message us on WhatsApp at 902-329-9595 if you have any questions during the presentation or for more info! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHere is the link to the Youtube event.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/want-to-know-your-rights-as-a-migrant-worker-in-nova-scotia/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210406T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210406T193000
DTSTAMP:20260421T062152
CREATED:20210404T184107Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210404T184110Z
UID:20243-1617732000-1617737400@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:ACORN Nova Scotia: Halifax-Mainland Chapter Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/3811926698889585 \n\n\n\nJoin us for our Halifax-Mainland chapter meeting! \n\n\n\nWe’re getting organized for the next steps in our rent control and landlord licensing campaigns\, as well as the minimum wage and raising assistance rates! \n\n\n\nJoin at https://bit.ly/NSACORNQuestions? Email halifax@acorncanada.org
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/acorn-nova-scotia-halifax-mainland-chapter-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210403T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210403T120000
DTSTAMP:20260421T062152
CREATED:20210328T224923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210328T224924Z
UID:20125-1617447600-1617451200@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:Dartmouth ACORN Chapter Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our Dartmouth chapter meeting! We’re getting organized for the next steps in our rent control and landlord licensing campaigns\, as well as the minimum wage and raising assistance rates! \n\n\n\nJoin at https://bit.ly/NSACORN \n\n\n\nQuestions? Email halifax@acorncanada.org
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/dartmouth-acorn-chapter-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210402T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210402T180000
DTSTAMP:20260421T062152
CREATED:20210328T224713Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210328T224741Z
UID:20123-1617381000-1617386400@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:BIPOC Youth Cafe — Poetry Night with Deirdre Lee
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event; https://www.facebook.com/events/170343048255178/ \n\n\n\nBIPOCSS youth cafe is a drop in for Black\, Indigenous\, People of Colour & Queer/2SLGBTQ+ youth 14 and up on the South Shore every Friday at The Biscuit Eater Cafe & Books in Mahone Bay! \n\n\n\nThis Friday\, March 26 we have a special guest Deirdre Lee joining us to share some of her poetry\, talk about poeming & writing poems of our own. Space is limited to 15 and Deirdre’s performance will be filmed so please let us know if you will be coming at bipocss@gmail.com  \n\n\n\nDeirdre Lee is a poet\, performer & maker of art\, medicines & magic. \n\n\n\nHer work is intertwined with her complicated & sometimes confusing reality as a racialized\, neurodivergent woman\, & explores her perspectives on identity & healing. \n\n\n\nDeirdre has performed her poetry across Turtle Island\, including numerous appearances at both the Verses Festival of Words & the Canadian Festival Of Spoken Word. She was the co-creator of the 2018 Nocturne Beacon project “Mi’kma’ki Nights” & a finalist at the 2019 Canadian Individual Poetry Slam. Deirdre has appeared at Word On the Street as well as performing with Zuppa Theatre. Her most recent poem can be found in the Indigenous Sovereignty issue of Canadian Art Magazine. \n\n\n\nWhen she is not writing or performing\, Deirdre beads\, sings to her cats & bakes the best granola you’ve never had. \n\n\n\nDeirdre lives in Kjipuktuk\, Mi’kma’ki\, the traditional & unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq & the home of Black arrivants for over three centuries.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/bipoc-youth-cafe-poetry-night-with-deirdre-lee/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210401T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Glace_Bay:20210401T150000
DTSTAMP:20260421T062152
CREATED:20210329T230946Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210329T231711Z
UID:20148-1617285600-1617289200@nsadvocate.org
SUMMARY:EMERGENCY RALLY in front of HPD Headquarters
DESCRIPTION:KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) – Many African Nova Scotians continue to have their rights violated by those said to “Serve and Protect” \n\n\n\nRecently a video surfaced showing a HPD Police Officer apparently threatening to shot an unarmed African Nova Scotian male with hands held high above his head. This apparent abuse of power seems to have become commonplace with a number of HPD Police Officer without any meaning discipline or deterrence.    \n\n\n\nYet\, Halifax Regional Police Chief Dan Kinsella apologized on Nov 29\, 2019\, to the African Nova Scotian community for illegal street checks based on racism and yet there has been no meaningful action or retraining taken to change the negative mindset of that seems to be prevalent among a number of officers. \n\n\n\nMany African Nova Scotians have been and continue to be traumatized by the racism and hate they continue to endure on a daily basis.  \n\n\n\nPolice like all citizens must be held accountable for their actions\, and should not be putting community members at risk in any way shape or form. \n\n\n\nMany African Nova Scotians do not even make it to first base in the complaint process and “asking Colonel Sanders to feel or have compassion for chickens “ does not seem to be working. \n\n\n\nBased on the most recent display of excessive force and outward gross disrespect\, a number of African Nova Scotians will hold an EMERGENCY RALLY in front of HPD Headquarters on Gottingen Street in Halifax this Thursday April 01\, 2021\, at 2pm. \n\n\n\nFor more information\, please contact Raymond Sheppard raymondsheppard@eastlink.ca
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/emergency-rally-in-front-of-hpd-headquarters/
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