Sat Dec 6, 6-10pm. Rhizome Café, 317 East Broadway.
$2 suggested donation at the door, but no one turned away for lack of funds. Phone 6048723166 or Email: rhizome@rhizome.ca

Come shop for holiday gifts while supporting migrant rights, youth empowerment, Indigenous autonomy and more!  Peruse socially conscious crafts by local artists and items created by local organizations to support their social justice work.

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Saturday, December 13  from 4-7pm. An evening of discussion — hearty dinner provided. 706 Clarke Drive )between Venebles and Hastings)

Along with many other important struggles, December 10th, 2008 – International Human Rights Day – marks the one year anniversary of the historic airport action to prevent the deportation of Mr. Laibar Singh. Over 1500 supporters – primarily elderly, women, and working class South Asians – converged at the Vancouver International Airport and surrounded the vehicle holding Mr. Singh. This physical prevention of a deportation by a grassroots community mobilization has served as a powerful inspiration to movements across North America. 

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Environmental Justice: Race, Displacement, and Land

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 29TH from 1-5 pm. SFU HABROUR CENTRE, 515 WEST HASTINGS

Please join us for a half day conference with inspiring speakers, powerful films, and thought-provoking discussion on environmental justice. The aim of this gathering will be to expose the root causes of environmental injustice as stemming from institutionalized racism, sexism, and classism; the commodification of land, water, energy, food, and air in a capitalist economy; and the plunder of the Earth and displacement of all its inhabitants due to a colonial legacy of pillage and militarization. Join us in exploring how environmental movements are inextricably connected to these broader struggles and in deeply acknowledging that there exists an inequitable distribution across the planet of those who bear the greatest brunt of environmental degradation.

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100 years of Reflection, Resistance, Celebration: A Surrey Community Program Marking our History since Komagatamaru

Saturday, November 22, 2008. Doors open at 1:30 p.m, Program begins at 2:00 p.m. sharp. Conference Rooms G 1205A and G 1205B. Kwantlen Polytechnic University, 12666 72nd Ave., Surrey [ From Scott Road Skytrain station a short bus ride on #319. ] Snacks provided!

NOII is happy to support this event and we are arranging rides from Vancouver. If you have an extra vehicle or would like a ride from Vancouver at 1:00 pm from Safeway Parking Lot (Broadway and Commercial), please be in touch at maripayet@hotmail.com or call 778 862 8895.

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A benefit show for No One Is Illegal. $5 – $20 Sliding Scale. ALL AGES SHOW. Hosted by Gabriel Teodros

Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 8:00pm @ The Wise Hall. 1882 Adanac St. (off Commercial)

* Nefasha Ayer (San Francisco, CA – featuring Meklit Hadero on vocals)
* Gabriel Teodros (last Vancouver show as a resident)
* Canary Sing (Seattle, WA)
* Kia Kadiri + Ndidi Cascade
* Quest Poetics

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