>> October 17: Anti-colonial Thanksgiving!
Friday, October 10, 2008 - 05:45 AM
Anti-colonial Thanksgiving
Celebrating our cultures of resistance to colonialism
FEAST, FILMS AND SPEAKERS
Friday, OCTOBER 17, 2008
Native Friendship Center of Montreal
2001 boulevard St-Laurent (métro St-Laurent)
Free! Welcome to all!
6pm:
Free Dinner (an "anti-colonial Thanksgiving Feast")
Excerpts from Wapikoni Mobile
(short films by youth from aboriginal communities all over Quebec)
7pm:
Multi-media Presentations
- Michel Thusky & Norman Matchewan, members of the Lac Barriere Algonquin Community
Other presentations:
- presentation about land struggles at Kahnawake
- testimony from a farm worker in the seasonal agricultural worker program, including excepts from the film Los Mexicanos: The Struggle for Justice of Patricia Perez
- information about campaigns and protests against the CP Spirit Train (October 18) and CN Rail (October 31)
Free childcare on-site; bring your kids!
Traduction/Translation/Traduccion: français, English & español
Unfortunately, our venue is not wheelchair accessible.
presented by Frigo Vert & QPIRG-Concordia;
with the support of: the Barrière Lake Solidarity Committee-Montreal, Tyedinaga Support Committee-Montreal, the Shame Train Welcoming Committee, the Indigenous Solidarity Committee of the People’s Global Action (PGA) Bloc in Montréal, the Migrant Workers Support Center, Solidarity Across Borders, and others.
INFO:
514-848-7586 – info@qpirgconcordia.org
www.qpirgconcordia.org
