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Anti-colonial Thanksgiving! Celebrating our cultures of resistance to colonialism
October 17, 2008
Schedule:
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 presentation by 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 excerpts from the film Los Mexicanos: The Struggle for Justice of Patricia Perez - information about campaigns andprotests against the CP Spirit Train (October 18) and CN Rail (October 31)
Venue: Native Friendship Center of Montreal (unfortunately, our venue is not wheelchair accessible)
Location: 2001 boulevard St-Laurent (metro St-Laurent) Montreal, QC
Website: http://www.qpirgconcordia.org or info@qpirgconcordia.org
Phone: 514-848-7586
Categories: Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives
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