Summer of Scheming! Trainings, Workshops, Films and Discussion about direct action and solidarity

 

OPIRG Guelph is excited to announce our Summer of Scheming Series – a summer of trainings, workshops, films and discussions about Direct Action and Solidarity!

For more information and to share the events, follow our Summer of Scheming Facebook page at  and find OPIRG Guelph on Instagram.

Do you have Direct Action topics you would like to learn more about? Have a film suggestion? Have a skill you’d like to teach or learn, or an experience you’d like to share?  Please get in touch with mandy at organizational@opirgguelph.org and/or Omorowa at vpce@opirgguelph.org.

 

Rad Pals Picnic

May 31st

Royal City Park (south side)

Join us for samosas, popsicles and conversation.  What interests you about direct action?  What would you like to learn more about?

 

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Rally Etiquette

June 17th, 3-5pm

Royal City Park (north side)

A workshop on what to expect when attending and participating in rallies.  We’ll talk about how to prepare, what to bring and not bring, accessibility and safety, and so on.  This will be an interactive discussion.

Boathouse ice cream is on us!

 

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Stories of Resistance

June 28th, 6-7:30pm

Royal City Park (north side by the gazebo)

Natali Euale Montilla is an herbalist and long term organizer primarily involved in Indigenous-led land defense movements across Turtle Island. She will be sharing stories of her own experiences in local grassroots direct action specific to movements in defense of water, land and building autonomous communities.

Bring some water, a blanket or chair, and a friend or two! There will be snacks available.

 

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Film Screening:  PRIDE

July 3rd, 6:30-10:00pm (film will screen 7:00-9:00)

Royal City Brewery, 199 Victoria Road South

Based on a true story, Pride depicts a group of lesbian and gay activists who raised money to help families affected by the British miners’ strike, which would become the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners campaign.
Come hang out with us at the end of the long weekend! Eat some FREE food and grab a drink or two while we watch this fabulous and feel-good film about solidarity!
Bring some friends along – doors open at 6:30pm, and the movie starts at 7. We have the space until 10pm so after the film everyone’s invited to stick around for hangouts, discussion and scheming!
On your way out, grab some cans of Community Collab and support the BIPOC Outdoor Gear Library.

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Film Screening of Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance 

July 24th, 7-10pm

Bookshelf Cinema

This 1993 National Film Board film was directed by Alanis Obomsawin.

Synopsis:

In July 1990, a dispute over a proposed golf course to be built on Kanien’kéhaka (Mohawk) lands in Oka, Quebec, set the stage for a historic confrontation that would grab international headlines and sear itself into the Canadian consciousness. Director Alanis Obomsawin—at times with a small crew, at times alone—spent 78 days behind Kanien’kéhaka lines filming the armed standoff between protestors, the Quebec police and the Canadian army. Released in 1993, this landmark documentary has been seen around the world, winning over a dozen international awards and making history at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it became the first documentary ever to win the Best Canadian Feature award. Jesse Wente, Director of Canada’s Indigenous Screen Office, has called it a “watershed film in the history of First Peoples cinema.”

After the film people are invited to stick around for a discussion of Indigenous sovereignty, solidarity, and land defense movements.

The concession stand will be open, serving popcorn, candy, pop, beer cider and wine.