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SUMMARY:Panel to examine impacts of Trumpism and U.S. Capitol riots on the future of politics - Dalhousie University
DESCRIPTION:Gerald Neal\, a Democratic Party member of the Kentucky State Senate\, joins experts from Dalhousie\, Acadia and Mount Saint Vincent universities next week to reflect on the tumultuous events that have roiled politics south of the border in recent weeks. \nPanelists will explore the violent events of January 6 in Washington\, D.C.\, when legions of Trump supporters overran the U.S. Capitol Building — temporarily delaying certification of U.S. presidential results by the country’s top legislators and creating chaos that led to several deaths. \nAt the heart of the discussion will be a look into the continued influence of outgoing President Donald Trump and how Trumpism could bring further destabilization into politics in the U.S. and beyond\, even as President-Elect Joe Biden is set to take office on Jan. 20. \n“The assault on the Capitol inspired by President Donald Trump was a traumatic and unprecedented event. Not only was this act of insurrection a travesty\, it was incited\, at least in part\, by the most powerful person in the world\,” Senator Neal\, pictured above right\, wrote to citizens and supporters in his legislative update last week. \n“The fascist outfits that were on display\, were juxtaposed to the symbols and ideals of the greatest democracy in the world\,” he continued in his note. “This was a comfort to those\, foreign and domestic\, that seek to undermine and divide us — and an embarrassment to those that look to the United States for leadership.” \nAttendees at next Tuesday’s (Jan. 19\, 7pm Atlantic/6pm Eastern) virtual event\, Trump\, Trumpism and the Struggle for the Future\, will have the chance to hear more from Senator Neal\, as well as the individuals below. Register now for the Zoom panel.\n\nDr. Rachel Brickner (Department of Politics\, Acadia University) \nDr. Lissa Skitolsky (Simon and Riva Spatz Visiting Chair of Jewish Studies\, Dalhousie University) \nDr. Alex Khasnabish  (Department of Sociology and Anthropology\, Mount Saint Vincent University) \nDr. Isaac Saney (Director\, Transition Year Program and Historian\, Dalhousie University) \nModerator: Dr. Theresa Rajack-Talley (Vice-Provost Equity and Inclusion\, Dalhousie University)
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/panel-to-examine-impacts-of-trumpism-and-u-s-capitol-riots-on-the-future-of-politics-dalhousie-university/
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SUMMARY:Jim Crow Also Lived Here\, an author reading with Leonard Albert Paris (online)
DESCRIPTION:When Wed\, January 20\, 7pm – 8pm \n\n\n\nWhere Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library Headquarters\, 182 Dalhousie St\, New Glasgow\, NS B2H 4M3\, Canada (map) \n\n\n\nDescription All are welcome to join us this evening (online via ZOOM or by phone)\, for an author presentation  with Leonard Albert Paris.   \n\n\n\nPlease click the link below to join the ZOOM webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85932482350?pwd=dGlXalh3d0VJV1lWWnBKdmtIdmRwdz09Passcode: 570650or by phone – please dial\, 1(800) 974-5902\, and then enter the Conference ID\, 6217271.\n\n\n\nAbout the Book:Many people believe that racism and discrimination against those of African descent was primarily an American experience. However\, this book dispels that myth by recounting Leonard Albert Paris’s first eighteen years (1948–1966)\, growing up as a Black youth in rural Nova Scotia\, Canada\, a province that was at the time\, home to about 36 percent of Canada’s Black population.  \n\n\n\nStructural racism\, community isolation\, and generational poverty affected every aspect of his life\, creating challenges and misery for him\, his family\, and the entire Black community—an experience that continues to affect him emotionally many decades later. While not as extreme as it was during the author’s formative years\, racism and its effects continue into the present. Leonard wrote Jim Crow Also Lived Here in part to create awareness of this problem and also to inspire change.    \n\n\n\nAbout the Author:After growing up in rural Nova Scotia\, Leonard Albert Paris spent forty-seven years in law enforcement\, during which he often had to help people who were victimized\, harassed\, and treated unfairly because of their race\, ethnicity\, gender\, or sexual orientation. This experience led him to take several courses at the University of Toronto on equity issues\, diversity\, inclusion\, and race relations. Now retired\, Leonard lives in Mississauga\, Ontario\, where he enjoys photography and being out in nature. This is his first book.    \n\n\n\nTo learn more\, please visit: www.jimcrowalsolivedhere.com. 
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/jim-crow-also-lived-here-an-author-reading-with-leonard-albert-paris-online/
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SUMMARY:The History of the African Nova Scotian Press Tradition and its Relationship to Black Activism in Nova Scotia\, 1946-1990
DESCRIPTION:Sawyer Carnegie MA Candidate\, Atlantic Canada Studies Program\, Saint Mary’s University \nAbstract: Nova Scotia has a Black Press tradition that dates back to 1915. Sawyer Carnegie will provide an overview of this tradition\, while exploring connections between the Black Press and Black activism throughout the 20th century. She highlights The Clarion and publications by the Black United Front. \nClick here for a bio of Sawyer Carnegie \nvia Zoom
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/the-history-of-the-african-nova-scotian-press-tradition-and-its-relationship-to-black-activism-in-nova-scotia-1946-1990/
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SUMMARY:Re-viewing a 1960s Mi'kmaq Ribbon Skirt: Reclamation\, Resilience\, Resistance
DESCRIPTION:We are very pleased to invite you to the first Feminist Seminar Series of 2021.  \n\n\n\nRe-viewing a 1960s Mi’kmaq Ribbon Skirt: Reclamation\, Resilience\, Resistance \n\n\n\nDr. Lisa Binkley\, Dalhousie (Department of History) \n\n\n\nFriday\, 22 January 202112-1pm \n\n\n\nThis event will be captioned. All are welcome. Please find attached a high-contrast PDF of the poster.  \n\n\n\nRegister at: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/reviewing-a-1960s-mikmaq-ribbon-skirt-reclamation-resilience-resistance-tickets-129384838535
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/re-viewing-a-1960s-mikmaq-ribbon-skirt-reclamation-resilience-resistance/
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SUMMARY:protest walk @ Peggy's Cove
DESCRIPTION:Join us @ Peggy’s Cove for a friendly protest walk Jan 23 12-3. Walk through the village to the lighthouse. See some of the work that has already taken place and some that has yet to be started.The best way to see how large and destructive this deck will be is to put your feet on the ground.We ask that everyone wear a mask and maintain 6 foot distancing. Dress warmWe are expecting several NEWS crews on site\, to share how much we love the unspoiled beauty of the cove. \n\n\n\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/410622393598238
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/protest-walk-peggys-cove/
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SUMMARY:Educators for Social Justice NS Monthly meeting
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/266927861727413 \n\n\n\nThis will be an online zoom event. The link will be sent out via our list serve. If you are not on that list\, please message us and we will send you the link.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/educators-for-social-justice-ns-monthly-meeting/
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SUMMARY:UPDATED: Demonstration Today in Support of Crisis Shelter Residents and to Demand Permanent Solutions to the Housing Crisis
DESCRIPTION:Halifax City Council stands down on removal after public outcry – ACORN\, Halifax Mutual Aid\, and Allies rallying to support residents and demand the city find permanent solutions. \n\n\n\nFor Immediate Release\, January 25th\, 2021. \n\n\n\nFor more details and to speak with spokespeople contact ACORN organizer Sydnee Blum at halifax@acorncanada.org. \n\n\n\n(Halifax\, NS)  After public outcry last night\, Halifax City Council has backed down on the removal of the crisis shelters built by Halifax Mutual Aid. The city seemed to assume the shelters were unoccupied\, and have since clarified the shelters won’t be removed as long as people are living there. ACORN and Halifax Mutual Aid are still rallying to support the tenants and demand the city take permanent action to keep people off the streets. \n\n\n\nWHAT: Stop Encampment Evictions & Demand Housing for All \n\n\n\nWHEN: TODAY – Monday\, January 25th at 9am WHERE: Leighton Dillman Park (near Dartmouth Common) \n\n\n\nHalifax Mutual Aid writes\, “To clarify some of the rash assumptions the City has about the emergency shelters: The second shelter is Currently Occupied. So DO NOT COME DEMOLISH SOMEONE’S MEANS OF SURVIVAL. It should be clear to everyone that the HRM did not do their due diligence.”
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/updated-demonstration-today-in-support-of-crisis-shelter-residents-and-to-demand-permanent-solutions-to-the-housing-crisis/
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SUMMARY:CANADA: Stop Arming Saudi: Yemen Can't Wait
DESCRIPTION:Main Rd and Avenger Place\, Shearwater (HRM)\n \nAnti-war\, Yemeni and humanitarian activists from all over the world are coming together for an international day of action on January 25th 2021. In Halifax\, we are targeting arms manufacturer Raytheon\, which has been singled out as the main supplier of missiles to Saudi Arabia\, which leads a coalition that is bombing and enforcing a blockade against Yemen.\n \nSince the Yemen war began\, Raytheon has booked at least a dozen major sales to Saudi and its partners worth more than $5 billion\, including $3 billion in bombs and bomb parts. While these contracts are officially with Raytheon in the US\, Raytheon in Canada supplies Raytheon in the US through subcontracts\, including $63 million* in missiles and components with Raytheon Missile Systems\, which supplies Saudi Arabia.\n \nCanada is also supplying Saudi Arabia directly with light armoured vehicles manufactured in London Ontario and more than 30 large-calibre artillery systems and 152 heavy machine guns. This deal\, valued at $15 billion\, made Saudi Arabia the largest non-U.S. export destination for Canadian arms in 2019.\n \nFor a period of 19 months after the killing of Jamal Khashoggi\, Canada put in place a moratorium on arms exports to Saudi Arabia\, a ban that conveniently did not apply to existing contracts such as the $15 billion General Dynamics contract for light armoured vehicles. But then Canada lifted even this limited moratorium in April 2020\, based on a flawed report from Global Affairs Canada\, which ignored the documented evidence of Canadian weapons being used in human rights abuses\, including the war in Yemen.\n \nYemen is home to the world’s worst humanitarian disaster\, and we must challenge Canadian complicity in this crisis.\n \n#YemenCantWait #CanStopArmingSaudi\n* data gathered by Operation Plowshares\n \nCOVID SAFETY MEASURESThis will be an outdoor event with social distancing and masks (we’ll have masks on hand if you forget yours!).
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/canada-stop-arming-saudi-yemen-cant-wait/
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SUMMARY:Forest Protectors in Court - Support outside
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/425005202159057 \n\n\n\nK’JIPUKTUK/HALIFAX: \n\n\n\nConservation groups and concerned citizens will appear before the Nova Scotia Supreme Court on Tuesday Jan 26 to defend their right to peacefully protect endangered Mainland moose habitat in Nova Scotia. \n\n\n\n**COME SHOW SUPPORT BY PEACEFULLY GATHERING OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE (masked and in socially distanced Covid -safe groups of no more than 10) FROM NOON to 1PM ON TUESDAY \n\n\n\nFor eight weeks this fall\, citizens blocked logging roads on Crown land in Digby County in order to halt the clearcutting of Mainland moose habitat. In December\, WestFor\, a consortium of 13 sawmills\, obtained a temporary injunction and nine people were arrested for refusing to obey that injunction. \n\n\n\nThis Tuesday\, January 26th\, the Nova Scotia Supreme Court will hear WestFor’s application to keep their injunction in place. The injunction bars anyone from blocking any logging roads anywhere WestFor has been licensed to harvest on crown land. It also bars anyone from encouraging anyone who might encourage anyone to blockade any of these roads. \n\n\n\nThis injunction represents an extraordinary overreach on the part of a consortium of 13 mills. \n\n\n\nEcojustice will oppose the application. Jamie Simpson of Juniper Law is also working on the case. \n\n\n\nWhile this case is about the injunction obtained by WestFor vs XRNS Association\, Forest Protectors want everyone to understand that they ended up camping out on remote logging roads because of the Provincial Government’s failure to do its job. \n\n\n\nIt is the government that should be in court — again — for neglecting its legal duties to protect Species at Risk. \n\n\n\nThere are under 500 Mainland moose left in all of Nova Scotia. Instead of identifying and protecting their core habitat\, this government licenses its destruction. When government breaks its promises and ignores the urgent concerns of numerous citizens\, citizens have little choice but to engage in peaceful civil disobedience. \n\n\n\nDue to COVID restrictions and safety\, the Supreme Court no longer allows spectators in the court room. This is unfortunate because of the resulting lack of visible support during a difficult time. \n\n\n\nPlease wear masks even while outside\, to show you are taking covid precautions\, because we want everyone to be safe and so that no one is threatened with covid by-law tickets. (Stay in groups of under 10 people\, spatially distanced) \n\n\n\nJACOB FILLMORE will be there with Endangered Mainland Moose POSTCARDS for you to sign\, that will be mailed to DLF Minister Derek Mombourquette. \n\n\n\nPlease always remember that Kjipuktuk (aka Halifax) is the \n\n\n\nUNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE MI’KMAQ PEOPLE – Settlers signed Peace and Friendship Treaties that we must be sure to understand and respect.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/forest-protectors-in-court-support-outside/
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SUMMARY:Lois Miller Tulip Award Virtual Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:Join us via Zoom or Facebook Live on Wednesday\, January 27\, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. as we present our Lois Miller Tulip Award recipient\, Kendall Worth\, with a framed certificate recognizing him for exemplifying the spirit of independent living and enabling people living with disabilities to have control and informed choice over their lives.  \n\n\n\nTo join us on Zoom\, please click on the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81504111346. \n\n\n\nTo attend on Facebook Live\, please click on the following link: https://www.facebook.com/ILNS2016/live. \n\n\n\nIf you have questions or if you require disability-related accommodations for the ceremony please contact us at 902-453-0004 or at ilnsadmin@ilns.ca.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/lois-miller-tulip-award-virtual-ceremony/
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SUMMARY:Safe spaces for white questions
DESCRIPTION:The event will be moderated by Alex Khasnabish (Mount Saint Vincent University) and Ajay Parasram (Dalhousie University). This event will be live-streamed via Fernwood Publishing’s YouTube channel:https://youtu.be/UBniai0u1I4 \n\n\n\nCan’t make it but still have questions you’d like answered? Please leave your questions here: https://forms.gle/6VuZzWrWkumauBma9
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/safe-spaces-for-white-questions/
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SUMMARY:VIOLA DESMOND LEGACY LECTURE WITH MICHÈLE AUDETTE
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the virtual Viola Desmond Legacy Lecture featuring Indigenous rights advocate\, Michèle Audette. Making outstanding contributions to Indigenous women’s rights in Canada\, including serving as Commissioner for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls\, she continues to advocate for change in provincial and federal policies to address discrimination\, violence against Indigenous women\, and social inequalities.​ \n\n\n\nBookmark the following link to watch the event live on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Y0tFGBS3HvY \n\n\n\nCategory\n\n\n\nSpecial Events \n\n\n\nTime\n\n\n\nStarts: Wednesday January 27\, 2021 – 03:00 PMEnds: Wednesday January 27\, 2021 – 05:00 PM
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/viola-desmond-legacy-lecture-with-michele-audette/
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SUMMARY:Recognizing the Rights of Nature in Nova Scotia: A Q&A with CELDF
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/857336021477759/ \n\n\n\nJoin us for a Q&A with Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund organizers. CELDF has helped dozens of communities in the US and around the world in recognizing the Rights of Nature and asserting their right to local self-government. \n\n\n\nHow can we do this here in Nova Scotia? Can we join the Rights of Nature movement and build the local power necessary to stop the corporate assault on our forests and watersheds? What are the barriers stopping our local communities from protecting our ecosystems and saying no to clear cuts and aerial herbicide spraying? We’ll continue our conversation on the rights of nature and try to answer some of these big questions among others. \n\n\n\nWe’ll also look into a local case study from Inverness County that passed a bylaw banning fracking within it’s jurisdiction to see what we can learn to help our communities stop the spraying and cuts at the local level. Check out the discussion section to have a look at the case study and bylaw. \n\n\n\nFor more info on CELDF and some recommended reading prior to the Q&A check out the discussion section. Also let us know if there are any related topics or questions and we’ll try our best to include them. \n\n\n\n***Please RSVP for the Zoom link at colin.rotsaert@gmail.com \n\n\n\nJoining us for the Q&A: \n\n\n\nTish O’Dell is the Ohio Community Organizer for CELDF assisting Ohio communities since 2013 to organize rights-based initiatives in their communities\, including the Lake Erie Bill of Rights. Tish also co-founded the grass-roots organization in Broadview Heights\, OH\, that successfully campaigned to adopt a Home Rule Charter amendment creating a Community Bill of Rights banning shale gas drilling and fracking. \n\n\n\nBen Price is the National Organizing Director for CELDF. Before moving into the national director position\, he led work across Pennsylvania\, where over 100 communities have enacted CELDF-drafted laws. Ben is a Democracy School lecturer. \n\n\n\nTerry Lodge has nearly 50 years’ experience as an activist\, civil and environmental rights litigator. Terry has filled much of his past six years with CELDF filing countless briefs in support of direct democracy\, Community Rights\, and the Rights of Nature in Ohio.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/recognizing-the-rights-of-nature-in-nova-scotia-a-qa-with-celdf/
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SUMMARY:WELLNESS WITHIN PRESENTS: BELLY OF THE BEAST FILM SCREENING AND PANEL DISCUSSION.
DESCRIPTION:JOIN US!\nWe are screening Belly of the Beast\, an exposé of human rights abuses in women’s prisons\, highlighting modern-day eugenics and reproductive injustice\, virtually. Free! \n\n\nREGISTER HERE. On January 22\, the links will be emailed to you. \n\n\nWatch the film at your convenience between January 23rd and 27th. \n\n\nJoin the virtual discussion panel discussion on January 27th at 7 pm. \n\n\nABOUT THE PANEL\nOn January 27th\, 2021 at 7 pm join Alisa Lombard and Emilie Coyle for a panel discussion of the film. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmilie Coyle is the Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies. She previously worked as Director of the Refugee Sponsorship Support Program at the University of Ottawa\, Emilie has practiced family\, criminal and immigration law. In addition to her professional accomplishments as a bilingual legal professional and not-for-profit advocate\, Emilie is a co-founder of Parents 4 Diversity\, a citizen’s group working with parents and teachers to address discrimination with the goal of making schools safer for all children and youth. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlisa Lombard is a fluently multi-lingual and bi-jural lawyer with experience in complex legal and policy issues relating to Indigenous-Crown relations and reconciliation in national and international fora. Alisa has been involved in and acted for many First Nations in a variety of complex specific claims. Alisa is lead counsel on a proposed class action pertaining to the forced sterilization of Indigenous women in Saskatchewan. For her advocacy in this matter\, she was recognized in “Chatelaine’s Women of the Year 2018”. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT BELLY OF THE BEAST\nWhen an unlikely duo discovers a pattern of illegal sterilization in women’s prisons\, they wage a near-impossible battle against the Department of Corrections. Filmed over seven years with extraordinary access and intimate accounts from current and formerly incarcerated people\, Belly of the Beast exposes modern-day eugenics and reproductive injustice in California prisons. \nwww.bellyofthebeastfilm.com
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/wellness-within-presents-belly-of-the-beast-film-screening-and-panel-discussion/
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SUMMARY:Halifax board of police commissioners
DESCRIPTION:Budget meeting! \nhttps://www.halifax.ca/city-hall/agendas-meetings-reports \n 
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/halifax-board-of-police-commissioners/
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SUMMARY:Join Pam Palmater\, Doreen Manuel\, Kanahus Manuel\, and Peter McFarlane for the launch of the books Brotherhood to Nationhood and Warrior Life
DESCRIPTION:Register on Eventbrite
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/join-pam-palmater-doreen-manuel-kanahus-manuel-and-peter-mcfarlane-for-the-launch-of-the-books-brotherhood-to-nationhood-and-warrior-life/
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SUMMARY:The Matters of Black Health - Resilience and Determination\, by Sharon Davis-Murdoch
DESCRIPTION:Health Law Institute Seminar Series \n\n\n\nFriday\, January 29\, 2021 at 12:10 PM – 1:20 PM AST \n\n\n\nThe Matters of Black Health – Resilience and Determination\, presented by Sharon Davis-Murdoch \n\n\n\nVia Zoom Webinars\, Webinar will be recorded. Closed captioning available. No registration required. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82166581143 \n\n\n\nFor more information hli@dal.ca or 902-494-6881 \n\n\n\nFree Public Lecture – Series hosted by the Dalhousie Health Law Institute with support from the Schulich School of Law \n\n\n\nAbout the speaker: Sharon Davis-Murdoch is the founding member & co-president of the Health Association of African Canadians. \n\n\n\nSharon Davis-Murdoch is a committed public servant who has been employed with the Nova Scotia Department of Health for 18 years. Sharon has a MA in Political Science from Dalhousie University and has demonstrated her passion for social justice throughout her policy career. Sharon led the Department of Health’s Diversity and Social Inclusion in Primary Health Care Initiative. The Initiative\, now completed\, was the Primary Health Care Section’s effort to effectively\, address the needs of Nova Scotia’s culturally diverse populations. This work attempted to facilitate an effective response from the broader primary health care system. The first Guidelines for Culturally Competent\, Primary Health Care in Canada are an outcome of the Initiative. In June\, 2007 Sharon received the Premier’s Award of Excellence for this work. It is the highest honour of the Nova Scotia civil service. Sharon now holds the position of Diversity and Social Inclusion Health Policy Advisor for the Department of Health. This supports the expansion of work begun in primary health care to the broader health care system and across the breadth of diversity. It also incorporates key aspects of health human resource planning. It is the first position of its kind in Canada. Sharon lives in Dartmouth with her talented and supportive family.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/the-matters-of-black-health-resilience-and-determination-by-sharon-davis-murdoch/
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SUMMARY:ACORN Holding Press Conference and Demonstration Ahead of Liberal Leadership Convention
DESCRIPTION:Tenants and low-income community members are gathering in front of the Premier’s office to lay out demands for the new Premier and demand action on the housing crisis and others. \n\n\n\nFor Immediate Release\, January 29th\, 2021. \n\n\n\nFor more details and to speak with spokespeople contact ACORN organizer Sydnee Blum at halifax@acorncanada.org \n\n\n\n(Halifax\, NS)  To low- and moderate-income people\, Stephen McNeil’s departure represents an opportunity to change course after a government that they feel has left them behind. ACORN members who have been directly affected by these policies will be speaking about their experiences and their demands on the new Premier. \n\n\n\nWHAT: Demonstration and Press Conference \n\n\n\nWHEN: Saturday\, January 30th at 12:15pm \n\n\n\nWHERE: One Government Place – 1713 Barrington St. Halifax \n\n\n\nJanice Pace\, Co-Chair of the Halifax-Peninsula Chapter and a single mother on Income Assistance explains: “ACORN’s Provincial platform has long included housing recommendations like Rent Control with Vacancy Control\, Inclusionary Zoning\, and Banning Fixed-Term Leases. As well as our COVID-19 demands to ban evictions and put those who are sleeping on the streets or in shelters into vacant hotels. But we also understand these issues do not exist in a vacuum. Our members will be renewing calls to immediately raise the rates of Income Assistance and Disability to a living standard\, and raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour.” \n\n\n\nJanice\, among others\, will be speaking on Saturday and demonstrating along with ACORN members from across the city. 
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/acorn-holding-press-conference-and-demonstration-ahead-of-liberal-leadership-convention/
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