As part of a colloboration between No One Is Illegal and neworldtheatre, ‘Storytelling Our Lives: Stories of Displacement and Migration’ is an exciting new theatre production that involves 5 young people of colour sharing their personal stories of immigration and displacement. Join us for one of the three free community performances:

Sunday, September 14, 2008. 2:30pm – 3:30pm sharp @ Chapel Arts 304 Dunlevy Avenue (corner East Cordova, 2 blocks East of Main)

Sunday, September 21, 2008. 2:30pm – 3:30pm sharp @ Chapel Arts 304 Dunlevy Avenue (corner East Cordova, 2 blocks East of Main)

Monday, September 29, 2008. 8 – 9 pm sharp. Room 1800, SFU Harbour Centre. 515 W Hastings

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A free public forum & discussion on Thursday, July 31st @ 6:30 pm. McGill Branch – Burnaby Public Library. 4595 Albert St., Burnaby. (1 Block north of Hastings, near Willingdon). Program Room

Join us for a presentation and discussion about how existing and proposed Burnaby infrastructure  is supporting current and future tar-sands production.  While many people in British Columbia are becoming aware of the tar-sands (or “Oil Sands”) development in Alberta, few people are aware of how projects in BC support this environmentally devastating industrial project. 

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CONFRONT THEIR ECONOMIC REGION: Demonstration Opposing the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region (PNWER)

Sunday July 20th 5 pm. Westin Bayshore Hotel. 1601 Bayshore Drive (two blocks east of Denman and one block north of West Georgia)

From Sunday July 20th to Friday July 25th, the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region (PNWER) Summit will be meeting in Vancouver. (check out www.pnwer.org) The PNWER is a northwest US-Canada forum to  encourage global economic competitiveness” and like other current regional and national free trade frameworks like NAFTA, SPP, and TILMA, it is all about furthering an agenda of corporate free trade, border militarization, privatization and theft of indigenous land and resources, ecological destruction, repression in the name of national security, impoverishment and displacement, and cooperation in war and occupation.

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Local launch of 3rd highly acclaimed independent album DEPORTATION !
With guest performers- Zenobia Salik + others

Thursday, July 24th. Doors at 8 pm. Show at 8:30 pm. All-ages venue.  Cellar Jazz Club. 3611 W. Broadway (right on #99 B-line) [it’s way west, but it’s gonna be worth it!] $6-12 (sliding scale). Donation of partial proceeds to No One Is Illegal. For info email info@ptrmusic.com or info@lalforest.com

“Sound-wise, Deportation is as compelling as its subject matter.”- Toronto Star.

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Sunday July 13. Gathering at Abbottsford Gurudwara. Meet at 11 am for rides from Vancouver. Safeway Parking Lot (Commercial and Broadway). Return by 2 pm. To confirm a spot in car (or if you have a vehicle- we need a few more- we’ll cover gas) please email andr_e_a at hotmail.com or call 778 999 9219 or 604 568 7430.

Over the past year in sanctuary, Laibar Singh has been through conditions that few of us can imagine, let alone bear. Despite an outpouring of support and incredible actions to defend him, he remains in sanctuary- unable to leave for fear of being arrested and deported. In the past few weeks, Canadian Border Services Agency officials have been ‘visiting’ Laibar Singh in sanctuary in Abbottsford without any prior notice or consent. While they are not overtly threatening removal and their visits might seem ‘harmless’, the entering of sanctuary for any such purpose is a clear and dangerous violation of the integrity of the sanctuary of the gurudwara.

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