Upcoming events and opportunities

Here are some upcoming opportunities you may be interested in:

*Forum on Public Education
Wednesday March 4th
12:30-1:20 pm
AQ 3005 (SFU)

The SFU Community Coalition is hosting a public forum to discuss information
 about the Province's plans for the post-secondary budget for 2009-2010, and
would like to invite you to attend. You are invited to hear presentations and participate in the discussions
 arising from the Coalitions' analysis of the impact on education due to
Provincial budget inadequacies. For students, you may expect larger class
sizes; faculty, TAs and support staff cuts, and further infrastructure 
deterioration. Staff and faculty might want to address the impact of job
cuts on teaching and support services. These are some of the far-reaching 
consequences of changes necessitated by inadequate government funding



Speakers:



ROBERT CLIFT

CUFA BC Representative

What the BC Budget Means to You


KEVIN HARDING

SFU Student Senator and member of the SFU Board of Governors

Impacts of the Budget on SFU


CRIS COSTA

Graduate Student Society

Activism Going forward



Questions can be addressed to the Coalition at gss-event-organize@sfu.ca .

*Celebrating Women's Achievements Past and Present
Wednesday March 4th
5:00-9:00 pm
Alice Mackay Room
VPL Central Branch
350 W Georgia
Vancouver BC

Members of various organizations in Vancouver, including Women's
 Organizations, NGOs, community groups, students and individuals, have
 collaborated to put together this special event in commemoration of this 
year's International Women's Day.
 From 5:00 to 6:00 you will have the opportunity to enjoy coffee, tea and 
refreshments, and to mingle , network, and visit the booths from many local
 and international women's and human rights organizations.

The program will begin at 6:00 and will feature:


Poets Marni Norwich, Magnolia Villalobos, and Shauna Paull


A speakers panel:

Shelagh Day of FAFIA (Feminist Alliance For International Action)
Kasari Govander of West Coast LEAF(Legal Education and Action Fund)

Asia Czapska of Justice For Girls

The Solidarity Sisters Choir


Following the program, you will have further opportunity to eat, mingle, and
visit the booths.

For more information,please contact codyorke@gmail.com

*BC Civil Liberties Association First Annual Membership Conference
Wednesday March 25th
6:00 pm
Vancouver International Film Centre
1181 Seymour st.

The BC Civil Liberties Association is presenting its first annual membership
 conference on Wednesday, March 25, 2009. The conference is being held at the
 Vancouver International Film Centre theatre and is free to members, but also
 open to non-members. The Association's Annual General Meeting has been 
incorporated into the conference and will be held at 7:30 pm.

Taxi To The Dark Side, winner of the 2007 Academy Award for documentary 
feature will be shown at the conference (no admission fee for members).
 Using the torture and death in 2002 of an innocent Afghan taxi driver as the
 touchstone, this film examines changes after 9/11 in U.S. policy toward
 suspect in the war on terror. It tells the story of abuse at Bagram Air 
Base, Abu Ghraib, and Guantanamo Bay. From Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and 
Gonzalez came 
unwritten orders to use any means necessary. The CIA and soldiers with
 little
 training used sleep deprivation, sexual assault, stress positions,
water boarding, dogs and other terror tactics to seek information from
 detainees. Many speakers lament the loss of American ideals in pursuit of
 security.


Admission: $10 (free for members)

Meet others at the wine and beer reception (cash bar), hear the latest updates on important issues and see an academy award winning documentary!

For more information, check out the BC Civil Liberties Association Website.

*Grants for grassroots projects from Freedonia

Freedonia is a Canadian organization that provides small grants to support 
grassroots organizing that promotes radical and democratic social change.


Freedonia was founded in 1997 by Gary Moffatt as an expression of his 
lifetime commitment to anarchism and to building social and economic 
alternatives to capitalism. In keeping with this anti-authoritarian 
vision, Freedonia is a catalyst for the development of movements promoting 
radical democratic and systemic change. 

In their 2009 Granting Period, Freedonia invites applications for projects 
which are focused on expanding grassroots, face to face participation in 
social, economic and political activism through organizing, training 
and community-building. 

Applications for the 2009 Granting Period must be submitted by March 20,
2009


Freedonia generally makes grants up to $5,000. Freedonia funding is limited 
to projects located within Ontario and British Columbia, Canada.


Freedonia recognizes and values the diversity of our communities and our
 movements. Freedonia is committed to ending all forms of discrimination and
 to the realization of full social and economic equality. In this spirit,
 Freedonia takes proactive measures regarding funding applicants from equity 
seeking groups. Favourable consideration will be given to projects that 
expressly and actively promote social and economic equality.



For more information, have a gander at the Freedonia website.

Thanks folks, and if you have any questions, please contact Codymike at outreach@ams.ubc.ca