September Events Summary
Over a dozen people are taking part in a two-day-a-week fast this September
in solidarity with those forced to go hungry two days a week every month of
the year by Harris government cutbacks. All those fasting-and their
supporters-are invited to take part in vigils, educational events, and a
final procession and act of non-violent resistance October 1.
Wednesday, September 9, 10 am-12 noon. Vigil at Queen's Park
Thursday, September 10: 6 pm-6:45 pm, Vigil at Loblaws, St. Clair West
Subway (just east of Bathurst/St.Clair)
Wednesday, September 16, 10 am-12 noon. Vigil at Queen's Park
Monday, September 21, 12 Noon-1 pm, Rally to Drop Charges Against Santa,
Elves, Easter Bunny, Bunny Helpers, and Robin Hood and Honest Shawn,
Loblaws/Weston Headquarters, Weston Centre (St. Clair Ave. East, half block
east of Yonge)
Tuesday, September 22, 7:30 pm, When Macaroni Is Not Enough: An Evening on
Food Charity Versus Food Justice, Friends Meeting House, 60 Lowther (north
of St. George subway, off Bedford)
Wednesday, September 23, 9 am,. Courtroom L, Old City Hall, Trial of Easter
Bunny and Bunny Helpers, for handing out anti-hunger flyers at Loblaws
Thursday, September 24: 6 pm-6:45 pm, Vigil at Loblaws, St. Clair West
Subway (just east of Bathurst/St.Clair)
Wednesday, September 30, 10 am-12 noon. Vigil at Queen's Park
Thursday, October 1, 11 am, Procession of Remembrance...and Resistance.
Mark the third anniversary of the devastating 21.6% cut to social
assistance. Meet 11 am, Friends Meeting House, 60 Lowther, Walk to Queen's
Park for 12 Noon, Non-Violent Witness and Blood Pouring on the steps of the
legislature to remind legislators and all residents of Ontario that people
continue to die because of these cuts.
* Despite the best efforts of food banks, why are thousands of people in
Toronto suffering from "severe food deprivation"?
* Why are corporations like Loblaws profiting off of poverty and arresting
anti-hunger demonstrators in the middle of food drives?
* How can we end the cycle of charity-driven band-aid "solutions" and
achieve true food justice where no one is hungry or homeless?
When Macaroni
Is Not Enough
An Evening on Food Charity Versus Food Justice
Join us for a discussion on ending the root causes of hunger in Ontario,
the uses (and abuses) of corporate charity, and why Loblaws arrested Santa
and the Elves, the Easter Bunny and Robin Hood
Tuesday, September 22, 7:30 pm
Friends Meeting House, 60 Lowther
(2 blocks north of St. George subway, off Bedford Ave.)
TOPICS INCLUDE:
* Recent research on severe food deprivation among Toronto's food bank users
* Corporate Hypocrite Pickets: The Myth of the Good Corporate Citizens
* The Food Not Bombs Experience: Challenging the violence of poverty and
militarism by distributing free food (one U.S. FNB member was jailed for
28 days for serving free bagels )
* Community-based solutions which defy corporate control of food production
and distribution
* The fate of the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus and Robin Hood...
This event is part of a series of educational and pro-active events taking
place this September aimed at raising awareness of and promoting positive
action around ending the causes of hunger and homelessness in Ontario.
Other events include a two-day-a-week fast for the whole month and a
Procession of Remembrance October 1, the third anniversary of the 21.6%
welfare cuts in Ontario.
For more information call Toronto Action for Social Change at (416) 651-5800.
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
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* Despite the best efforts of food banks, why are thousands of people in
Toronto suffering from "severe food deprivation"?
* Why are corporations like Loblaws profiting off of poverty and arresting
anti-hunger demonstrators in the middle of food drives?
* How can we end the cycle of charity-driven band-aid "solutions" and
achieve true food justice where no one is hungry or homeless?
When Macaroni
Is Not Enough
An Evening on Food Charity Versus Food Justice
Join us for a discussion on ending the root causes of hunger in Ontario,
the uses (and abuses) of corporate charity, and why Loblaws arrested Santa
and the Elves, the Easter Bunny and Robin Hood
Tuesday, September 22, 7:30 pm
Friends Meeting House, 60 Lowther
(2 blocks north of St. George subway, off Bedford Ave.)
TOPICS INCLUDE:
* Recent research on severe food deprivation among Toronto's food bank users
* Corporate Hypocrite Pickets: The Myth of the Good Corporate Citizens
* The Food Not Bombs Experience: Challenging the violence of poverty and
militarism by distributing free food (one U.S. FNB member was jailed for
28 days for serving free bagels )
* Community-based solutions which defy corporate control of food production
and distribution
* The fate of the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus and Robin Hood...
This event is part of a series of educational and pro-active events taking
place this September aimed at raising awareness of and promoting positive
action around ending the causes of hunger and homelessness in Ontario.
Other events include a two-day-a-week fast for the whole month and a
Procession of Remembrance October 1, the third anniversary of the 21.6%
welfare cuts in Ontario.
For more information call Toronto Action for Social Change at (416) 651-5800.
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
Visit our Web Site! http://www.utoronto.ca/qol
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The artist must elect to fight for freedom or for slavery.
I have made my choice.
I had no alternative.
-Paul Robeson
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Dennis Raphael, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Acting Director,
Masters of Health Science Program in Health Promotion
Department of Public Health Sciences
Graduate Department of Community Health
University of Toronto
McMurrich Building, Room 101
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M5S 1A8
voice: (416) 978-7567
fax: (416) 978-2087
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