[Ste-Em] Screenprinting 101 - Monday Sept 20 - part of QPIRG Concordia's disORIENTATION week

[ste. emilie skillshare]

Hey buddies,

We're doing a 2 hour crash-course on screen printing at QPIRG Concordia
Monday at 3pm as part of our momma-organization's (QPIRG Concordia)
Alternative Orientation program, which is open to EVERYONE and is almost
entirely free 'cept for the fundraiser party on Friday, which raises funds
for our friends at the Prisoner Correspondence Project.   All the info is
below.

Hope to see you there!

<3,
ste. em


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[facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=152025584821402]

*The Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG) at Concordia, your
campus-community link for social change, presents:*
*DISORIENTATION: An alternative side of student life
Monday-Friday, September 20-24, 2010
INFO: www.qpirgconcordia.org/disorientation*

*Free. Come to one event, or come to all!
Welcome to all new and returning students, as well as community members.*

[Accessibility: All event venues below are wheelchair accessible; please get
in touch at info at qpirgconcordia.org concerning accessibility requests for
the Radical Walking Tour and the Community Bike Tour.]
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*HIGHLIGHTS of DISORIENTATION 2010*
*Detailed information about all DisOrientation events below, or consult our
website for updates: *
*http://qpirgconcordia.org/disorientation/?page_id=2*<http://qpirgconcordia.org/disorientation/?page_id=2>

** The Politics of Sports*
with Dave Zirin (author of “A People’s History of Sports”,
www.EdgeofSports.com)
& Meg Hewings (editor at Hour Montreal, www.HockeyDykeInCanada.ca)
facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=157041537640254

** *Indigenous Youth Speak Out:  Conversations with Grassroots Activists
with Jessica Yee (Akwesasne, founder of the Native Youth Sexual Health
Network)
& Melissa Elliott (Six Nations, co-founder of Young Onkwehonwe United)
presented with the 2110 Centre for Gender Advocacy
facebook event:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=125482464170846<http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=125482464170846&ref=ts>

** Campus-Community Tabling Fair & BBQ with the People’s Potato*
with more than 25 campus and community groups; includes a live joint-radio
broadcast by CJLO & CKUT

** Launch events for the "School Schmool" Alternative Agenda, "Convergence"*
 *Undergraduate Research Journal & the QPIRG Concordia Poster Archive*

** “Dance Schmance” Fundraiser and Dance Party*
with free food, activist speed dating and more!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=124506627599499

** Radical Walking Tour of the Concordia campus*
come learn more about social and environmental struggles at Concordia
University and beyond.

** Community Bike Tour*
learn more about popular, queer, and working class struggles in our
community, as well as current campaigns against gentrification, car culture
and poverty.

** Activism for Students 101 workshop*
for anyone curious or interested in getting more involved in their
community, and engaging in social and environmental justice issues.

** Workshops on screenprinting, prisons and water*
presented by QPIRG Concordia working groups Ste-Emilie Skillshare, Open Door
Books, and TAPThirst

** Communty-based research "5 à 7"*
a evening of free food and drinks, as well as information about the
Community-University Research Exchange, with presentations by Concordia
profs Viviane Namaste & Julie Norman
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=154425791252711

** Cinema Politica Film Screening*
CPs first screening of the year: BAS: Beyond the Red Light
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=147315291973895

*Detailed information about all DisOrientation events below, or consult our
website for updates: *
***http://qpirgconcordia.org/disorientation/?page_id=2*<http://qpirgconcordia.org/disorientation/?page_id=2>

*To stay up-to-date about QPIRG Concordia activities:*
-> Follow us on twitter!: http://www.twitter.com/QPIRG_Concordia
-> Join our facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=51128113822
-> Join our low-volume, moderated, e-mail announcements list:
https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/qpirgsprouts

*The Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG) at Concordia:
community – research – resistance
www.qpirgconcordia.org/disorientation*
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*DISORIENTATION: An alternative side of student life
Monday-Friday, September 20-24, 2010
INFO: www.qpirgconcordia.org/disorientation*

*Free. Come to one event, or come to all!
Welcome to all new and returning students, as well as community members.*

[Accessibility: All event venues below are wheelchair accessible; please get
in touch at info at qpirgconcordia.org concerning accessibility requests for
the Radical Walking Tour and the Community Bike Tour.]

*MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2010*

*1pm – Activism for Students 101 workshop
@ QPIRG Concordia – 1500 de Maisonneuve West, #204*

This workshop is the first in this year’s monthly sessions about activism
and community involvement for students. These sessions are meant for anyone
who is curious or interested in getting more involved in their community,
and engaging in social and environmental justice issues. “Activism for
Students 101” will include an overview of collectives, groups,
organizations, campaigns and projects that people can join or volunteer, as
well as answer any questions participants might have about social justice
organizing in the Montreal context. We will also discuss QPIRG’s
anti-oppression, grassroots organizing framework. Activism for Students 101
is part of QPIRG Concordia’s mandate to make meaningful links between the
campus and the community. Join us and learn more about how to get involved.
No need to register, just show up!


*3pm – “Silkscreen Printing 101” workshop w/ the Ste-Émilie Skillshare
@ QPIRG Concordia – 1500 de Maisonneuve West, #204*
*http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=155027314515106
*
Ste. Emilie Skillshare presents a 2 hour workshop/skillshare on
screen-printing – what it is, how to do it and how to use it for social and
environmental justice activism. We’ll talk about Ste. Emilie, our political
mandate and how we work with students and community members as a
“alternative” volunteer run art space. We’ll talk about all the ways you can
use screen-printing as a tool for activism – fundraiser t-shirts, campaign
posters, outreach tools and as a community building/empowering group
activity. We will also highlight how students can get involved and volunteer
with us. The Ste-Emilie Skillshare is a working group of QPIRG Concordia.


*7pm – Cinema Politica Film screening of BAS: Beyond the Red Light (with
director in attendance)
@ H110 Auditorium – 1455 de Maisonneuve West*

In BAS! Beyond the Red Light 13 young girls sold into Mumbai’s infamous
network of gated brothels confront the inner and outer perils of life after
rescue and reveal the very human story inside the big business of child
trafficking. The film explores this lesser known issue of rehabilitation and
reintegration of child victims from these girls point of view.


*TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2010*

*3pm – “Creating a Bottled Water Free Campus” workshop with TAPthirst
@ QPIRG Concordia – 1500 de Maisonneuve West, #204*
*http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=152932124727672
*
Come out and find out about the campaign to create a Bottled Water Free
Concordia and ensure the negotiation of a better beverage contract.
TAPthirst will take you on a tour of the impacts of the bottled water
industry – from environmental degradation to human rights issues – and bring
you up to speed on one of this year’s major campaigns to create a more
sustainable campus. TAPthirst is a working group of QPIRG Concordia.


*7pm – “The Politics of Sports” panel discussion featuring: DAVE ZIRIN,
author of “A People’s History of Sports” & MEG HEWINGS,
www.HockeyDykeInCanada.ca
@ H110 Auditorium – 1455 de Maisonneuve West*
*http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=157041537640254
*
*QPIRG Concordia and the Concordia Community Solidarity Co-op Bookstore will
also be hosting DAVE ZIRIN from 5-6pm on September 21 to meet with people
and sign copies of his new book: “Bad Sports: How Owners are Ruining the
Sports We Love”. Join us at QPIRG Concordia at 1500 de Maisonneuve West,
#204.*

About DAVE ZIRIN: Dave Zirin writes about the politics of sports for the
Nation Magazine, SLAM Magazine, the Progressive and many other publications.
He is the host of Sirius XM Radio's popular weekly show, Edge of Sports
Radio and he’s also a weekly commentator for Canada's Hard Core Sports
Radio. He has been called "the best sportswriter in the United States.” Dave
Zirin’s books include: "A People's History of Sports in the United States,"
part of Howard Zinn's People's History series for the New Press; "Welcome to
the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics, and Promise of Sports" (with a foreword
by Chuck D.); and “"What's My Name, Fool?" Sports and Resistance in the
United States".

About MEG HEWINGS: Meg Hewings played hockey at McGill University and for
the Montreal Wingstar, an elite club team in the Canadian Women’s Hockey
League. She is a freelance writer, a video artist and an editor at Hour,
Montreal's alternative weekly. She also blogs at www.HockeyDykeInCanada.ca

Background Video:
* “Are Sports Boring: Arun Gupta debates Dave Zirin”
http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2010/7/6/are_sports_boring_arun_gupta_debates_dave_zirin


*WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2010*

*11-2pm – Campus / Community Tabling Fair, + People’s Potato BBQ lunch
@ the Terrace, 1455 de Maisonneuve West, 2nd floor behind Java U*

Come see what resources and volunteer opportunities exist on campus and in
the Montreal community with more than 25 local groups present. A free BBQ
lunch will be served by the People’s Potato. In addition, the tabling fair
will include the first-ever joint live broadcast by CKUT and CJLO radio
stations and a stenciling workshop by the Ste-Emilie Skillshare.


*2pm – Radical Walking Tour of Concordia
meet @ the Terrace, 1455 de Maisonneuve West, 2nd floor behind Java U*

Come learn more about social justice struggles at Concordia University and
beyond. Topics include: The 1969 Sir George Williams Computer Center Riot;
The 1970 Santhanam Affair; The 1987 Day of Action Against Tuition Hikes; The
2002 Netanyahu Riot/Uprising on Campus; and more. As well, learn about food
politics, feminism, gender liberation, corporatization and campus space,
environmental justice & sustainability, and labour politics The walking tour
will begin in the QPIRG space at 2pm, and move to other areas of campus
shortly afterwards. The tour will last approximately 90 minutes.


*5pm – Community University Research Exchange 5 à 7 + “Convergence”
Undergraduate Journal Launch
@ QPIRG Concordia – 1500 de Maisonneuve West, #204*
*http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=154425791252711
*
Stop by for free food and drinks and a chance to learn more about the
Community-University Research Exchange (CURE) and how to make your class
work meaningful beyond campus. Concordia professors Viviane Namaste (Simone
de Beauvoir Institute) and Julie Norman (Political Science) will also talk
about the importance of CURE and how to incorporate it into your semester.
This will also be a launch of the first-ever “Convergence” Undergraduate
Journal featuring CURE and Study in Action papers from previous years.
Welcome to students from all campuses.


*THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2010*

*3pm – “Demystifying Prisons 101” workshop w/ Open Door Books
@ QPIRG Concordia – 1500 de Maisonneuve West, #204*

This workshop will provide a foundation for a basic critical analysis of
prison systems. Discussion will touch on dispelling myths surrounding the
purpose of prisons; exploring the effects of criminalization and racial
profiling; examining pop cultural representations of crime and criminals;
providing information on North American prison conditions and the Prison
Industrial Complex; discussing penal abolition and alternatives to
incarceration; and offering opportunities for new students to become
involved in prison justice organizing in Montreal. Open Door Books is a
working group of QPIRG Concordia.


*7pm – Indigenous Youth Speak Out:  Conversations with Grassroots Activists
@ EV Amphitheater – 1515 Ste. Catherine West, Room, 1.605.*
*http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=125482464170846<http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=125482464170846&ref=ts>
*
Panelists:

Jessica Yee is a self-described Indigenous feminist reproductive justice
freedom fighter. 24 years old and Two-Spirited from the Mohawk Nation,
Jessica is the founder and Executive Director of the Native Youth Sexual
Health Network, a CanAmerica wide organization by youth and for youth. She
has spent more than half her life mobilizing individuals, families, and
communities alike to reclaim their ancestral rights to self-determine
decisions over their own bodies and spaces.

Melissa Elliott is co-founder of Young Onkwehonwe United (YOU), a rising
youth group at Six Nations that has been campaigning for a youth centre and
a stronger youth voice in their community. She has also sat as the youth
delegate on the Six Nations land claims negotiations team. Melissa is a
strong advocate for Six Nations sovereignty and a nation-to-nation
relationship between Six Nations and the Canadian State and its
municipalities based on the Two Row Wampum Treaty.


*FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2010*

*1pm – Concordia Community Bike Tour – bring your own bike!
meet @ Norman Bethune statue – corner of Guy/de Maisonneuve W.*

Rain or shine! Bring your bike, borrow a bike! An interactive tour of the
neighborhoods near Concordia, including Little Burgundy, Shaughnessy
Village, St-Henri, Griffintown and Point-St-Charles. Come learn more about
popular, queer, and working class struggles in our community, as well as
current campaigns against gentrification, car culture and poverty. This tour
will last approximately 2 hours. If you can, please reserve in advance at:
514 848 7585 or info at qpirgconcordia.org


*8:30pm – “Dance Schmance” – QPIRG Concordia’s disORIENTATION Closing Party!
+ a fundraiser dance party for the Prisoner Correspondence Project
@ Il Motore – 179 rue Jean-Talon West (Parc metro)*
*http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=124506627599499
*
With: Delicious Free Food; School Schmool Agenda Launch; QPIRG Poster
Archive Exhibit; Activist Speed-dating; Skillshare Auction; and KILLER DANCE
BEATS ALL NIGHT LONG!!! Il Motore is wheelchair accessible. $5-10 sliding
scale donation at the door, no one turned away. The Prisoner Correspondence
Project is one of QPIRG’s working groups. It coordinates a direct
correspondence program of support and friendship between LGBTQ folks inside
prisons and those from the same communities on the outside. Visit
www.prisonercorrespondenceproject.com for more info.
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*CONTEST: Enter the QPIRG Concordia contest to win a free copy of a Dave
Zirin book of your choice: either “Bad Sports: How Owners are Ruining the
Sports We Love” or “A People’s History of Sports in the United States.”** *

In promotion of our upcoming “The Politics of Sports” event, we have
produced a poster with 16 political sports photos. Those photos can be
viewed here: http://www.qpirgconcordia.org/zirincontest.jpg

*How to enter:* You can enter by e-mailing info at qpirgconcordia.org and
identify the individuals and/or context of each photo. In your e-mail,
please use the numbers we have provided on the image here:
http://www.qpirgconcordia.org/zirincontest.jpg . ALSO, please indicate
clearly your first and last name.

At the beginning of “The Politics of Sports” event next Tuesday, we will
announce the winner of the contest (ie. the person who has the most number
of correct answers). In case of a tie, we will hold a draw to determine the
winner. You must be present at the event to win.
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*DISORIENTATION: An alternative side of student life
Presented by QPIRG Concordia: Your campus-community link for social change.
INFO: www.qpirgconcordia.org - 514-848-7585 – info at qpirgconcordia.org*

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