MIGRATION & POVERTY
PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION
Thurs June 21st, 2007 @ 6:00pm
Room 2270, SFU Harbour Centre 515 West Hastings

Migration and Poverty is a project that No One Is Illegal – Vancouver has undertaken in order to better understand the how poverty impacts migrant communities in Canada.

There is a vital need to initiate a dialogue about the poverty of migrants and refugees within Canada, as well as recognize the struggles against poverty- and its roots in colonization and neoliberal economic policies- that force the migration of individuals from the Global South.

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PICKET CHAPTERS/INDIGO! CUT THE TIES WITH ISRAELI APARTHEID!
JUNE 9 NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION

Saturday June 9 from 1-5 pm @ multiple locations:
Chapters – Robson & Howe 788 Robson Street
Chapters – Broadway and Granville 2505 Granville Street

We are also confirming pickets in Surrey, Burnaby, Richmond, Coquitlam, Langley, and North Vancouver. Please contact us for more details if you can join us in these locations. Email boycottapartheid at gmail.com or call 604-220-0451

This June, Palestinians will mark the 40-year anniversary of Israel’s military occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, Gaza Strip and the Syrian Golan heights. This anniversary comes 59 years after the Palestinian Nakba (“catastrophe” in Arabic) that saw the displacement of over 750,000 Palestinians and the creation of the colonial state of Israel
in historic Palestine. In response to a call from the Active Steering Committee of the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign, cities across Canada and around the world are holding actions against Israeli occupation and apartheid.

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FRIDAY JUNE 8 AT 2 PM STARTS @ DTES WOMEN’S CENTRE (302 Columbia, corner Cordova)

JOIN WOMEN IN THE DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE TO DEMAND HOUSING NOW!

In response to the growing violence of poverty and homelessness, women in the Downtown Eastside and the Power of Women to Women Group are joining together to organize for and demand safe and long-term affordable housing.

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==> 24 HOUR CONTINUOUS CAMPOUT IN FRONT OF CIC OFFICES STARTS
==> RALLY AT CIC (300 WEST GEORGIA) SATURDAY MAY 26 FROM 2-4 PM

Supporters of Iraj Ghahremani have decided to maintain a 24-hour continuous presence and campout outside Citizenship and Immigration offices indefinetely to place pressure on the government to stop the unjust deportation of Mr. Ghahremani.

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93 rd. Anniversary of Komagata Maru Remembrance

You are invited to attend this historic event. Your presence will be appreciated.

Date: Wednesday, May 23rd. Time: 1:00 PM. Bear Creak Park Pavilion; 88th Ave. and King George Hwy. Surrey B.C.

Attending: *All South Asian Humanitarian Societies *

*More Information: *
Dr. Hari Sharma: 604-420-2972
Jaswinder Toor: 604-617-3227
Pr. Gurvinder Singh Dhaliwal: 604-825-1550
Harbhajan Gill: 604-763-1736

www.komagatamaru.ca