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From: ROOTS Community [mailto:roots_community (at) hotmail.com]
Sent: May 11, 2006 11:44 PM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: ROOTS weekly email--> May 11 2006
hey all!
I hope summer is treating you well! There will be a general meeting on
Wednesday May 17 in order to discuss the upcoming projects we will be
working on in the summer. It will be held at 4pm - Location is TBA. ROOTS
will be facilitating a workshop held by the Canadian Alliance of Black
Educators about the practices of anti-racism education that will take place
on Sat.May 13, 2006 from 9:30-11:00 a.m. If anyone has any ideas or
suggestions for the workshop and/ or would like to be a part of it, please
email Amanda/ the roots email account. The venue is Elia Middle School (215
Sentinel Road). Also, warm wishes to the members of the ROOTS community that
are leaving (or have already left) to Haiti, Brazil, Cuba and other places
in the world to do some extremely positive things- keep up the good work!
The following are this week's announcements:
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS:
From ForTheLove:
The 2nd Annual "For the love of Haiti's Children" Benefit Concert
Day: Friday May 12th 2006
Location: Revival Lounge (783 College St.)
Time: Doors 8pm, show 9pm
Performances by: Korexion, Sankofa, The Carps, Voyce, Aniyah and more!
Admission: $10
Guest DJ: DJ Gruff
From Law Union of Ontario and the Toronto Robert 'Seth' Hayes support
committee, and is sponsored by Upping the Anti, OCAP, 81 Reasons Campaign,
Prisoners Justice Action Committee, Common Front Legal Collective,
Prisoners' HIV/AIDS Support Action Network (PASAN) and the Sumoud
Palestinian Political Prisoners Group:
"From COINTELPRO to the PATRIOT Act: Liberation Movements & the Fight
Against State Repression"
Saturday, May 13th, 2006 at 6:30pm
Toronto Reference Library Auditorium
789 Yonge St. (Just north of Bloor on the east side of Yonge)
Susan Tipograph has been a criminal defence lawyer in New York City for 30
years. A long-time member of the National Lawyers Guild, she has been a
staunch defender of activists, organizers and others made the target of
state repression. Some of Susan's notable trials include the Ohio 7
prosecution, the state and federal cases arising from the 1981 Brinks
incident in Rockland County, New York (defending Judith Clark, Silvia
Baraldini and David Gilbert) and the 1998 rebellion in New York City's
Tompkins Square Park. Among her clients have been Raise the Fist webmaster
Sherman Austin, Lynne Stewart, former Black Panthers including Robert 'Seth'
Hayes and Herman Bell, members of the FALN, Macheteros and other Puerto
Rican independistas, as well as countless civil disobedience and
demonstration arrestees from the anti-globalization, HIV/AIDS, anti-war and
other movements.
In addition to Susan's talk, US Political Prisoner (and former member of the
Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army) Robert 'Seth' Hayes will
address the audience and local organizers will give an update about Seth's
parole campaign.
From Beatz to da Streetz :
Latest sounds from the Underground: Rap, R&B, Reggae,
Spoken Word, Poetry and Dance brought to you by some
of the hottest young artists from the streets of the
T-dot.
Saturday May 13th, 2006
The Hooch
817 Queen Street West (West of Bathurst/above Gypsy
Coop)
7:30-10:30 - Live Performance
10:30 onward - Afterparty with DJ Cali & Friends
$5 General Admission
All Ages
Proceeds go to Beatz to da Streetz, a non-profit
program that aims to empower youth through urban music
For more information call (416) 831-8255 or write to
beatztodastreetz (at) yahoo.ca
Have a great couple of weeks everyone-
Thelma
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