Hey buddies, <div><br></div><div>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.<br></div>
<div><br></div><div>Hope to see you there!</div><div><br></div><div><3, </div><div>ste.
em</div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote">++++++++++++++++++<br>[please post and forward widely.]<br>[facebook event: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=152025584821402" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=152025584821402</a>]<br>
<br>
<i><b>The Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG) at Concordia, your campus-community link for social change, presents:</b></i><br><b><span style="font-size: large;"><font color="#993300">DISORIENTATION:</font> An alternative side of student life<br>
Monday-Friday, September 20-24, 2010<br>INFO: <a href="http://www.qpirgconcordia.org/disorientation" target="_blank">www.qpirgconcordia.org/disorientation</a></span></b><br>
<br><b><i>Free. Come to one event, or come to all!<br>Welcome to all new and returning students, as well as community members.</i></b><br><br>[Accessibility: All event venues below are wheelchair accessible; please get in touch at <a href="mailto:info@qpirgconcordia.org" target="_blank">info@qpirgconcordia.org</a> concerning accessibility requests for the Radical Walking Tour and the Community Bike Tour.]<br>
-----</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><b><span style="font-size: large;">HIGHLIGHTS of DISORIENTATION 2010</span></b><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><b>Detailed information about all DisOrientation events below, or consult our website for updates: </b></div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><a href="http://qpirgconcordia.org/disorientation/?page_id=2" target="_blank"><b>http://qpirgconcordia.org/disorientation/?page_id=2</b></a></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">
<b>* The Politics of Sports</b><br>
with Dave Zirin (author of “A People’s History of Sports”, <a href="http://www.EdgeofSports.com" target="_blank">www.EdgeofSports.com</a>)<br>
& Meg Hewings (editor at Hour Montreal, <a href="http://www.HockeyDykeInCanada.ca" target="_blank">www.HockeyDykeInCanada.ca</a>)</div><div class="gmail_quote">facebook event: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=157041537640254" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=157041537640254</a><br>
<br><b>* </b><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse; font-weight: bold;">Indigenous Youth Speak Out: Conversations with Grassroots Activists</span><br>with Jessica Yee (Akwesasne, founder of the Native Youth Sexual Health Network)<br>
& Melissa Elliott (Six Nations, co-founder of Young Onkwehonwe United)<br>presented with the 2110 Centre for Gender Advocacy</div><div class="gmail_quote">facebook event: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=125482464170846&ref=ts" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=125482464170846</a><br>
<br><b>* Campus-Community Tabling Fair & BBQ with the People’s Potato</b><br>with more than 25 campus and community groups; includes a live joint-radio broadcast by CJLO & CKUT<br>
<br><b>* Launch events for the "School Schmool" Alternative Agenda, "Convergence"</b> <b>Undergraduate Research Journal & the QPIRG Concordia Poster Archive</b><br><br><b>* “Dance Schmance” Fundraiser and Dance Party</b><br>
with free food, activist speed dating and more!</div><div class="gmail_quote"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=124506627599499" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=124506627599499</a><br><br>
<b>* Radical Walking Tour of the Concordia campus</b><br>
come learn more about social and environmental struggles at Concordia University and beyond.<br><br><b>* Community Bike Tour</b><br>
learn more about popular, queer, and working class struggles in our community, as well as current campaigns against gentrification, car culture and poverty.<br><br><b>* Activism for Students 101 workshop</b><br>for anyone curious or interested in getting more involved in their community, and engaging in social and environmental justice issues.<br>
<br><b>* Workshops on screenprinting, prisons and water</b><br>presented by QPIRG Concordia working groups Ste-Emilie Skillshare, Open Door Books, and TAPThirst<br><br><b>* Communty-based research "5 à 7"</b><br>
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</div><div class="gmail_quote"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=154425791252711" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=154425791252711</a></div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><br><b>* Cinema Politica Film Screening</b><br>
CPs first screening of the year: BAS: Beyond the Red Light</div><div class="gmail_quote"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=147315291973895" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=147315291973895</a><br>
<br><b>Detailed information about all DisOrientation events below, or consult our website for updates: </b></div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><b></b><a href="http://qpirgconcordia.org/disorientation/?page_id=2" target="_blank"><b>http://qpirgconcordia.org/disorientation/?page_id=2</b></a><br>
<br><b>To stay up-to-date about QPIRG Concordia activities:</b><br>-> Follow us on twitter!: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/QPIRG_Concordia" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/QPIRG_Concordia</a><br>-> Join our facebook group: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=51128113822" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=51128113822</a><br>
-> Join our low-volume, moderated, e-mail announcements list: <a href="https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/qpirgsprouts" target="_blank">https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/qpirgsprouts</a><br><br><b>The Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG) at Concordia:<br>
<i>community – research – resistance</i><br><a href="http://www.qpirgconcordia.org/disorientation" target="_blank">www.qpirgconcordia.org/disorientation</a></b><br>----------<br><br><br><b><span style="font-size: large;"><font color="#993300">DISORIENTATION:</font> An alternative side of student life<br>
Monday-Friday, September 20-24, 2010<br>INFO: <a href="http://www.qpirgconcordia.org/disorientation" target="_blank">www.qpirgconcordia.org/disorientation</a></span></b><br><br><b><i>Free. Come to one event, or come to all!<br>
Welcome to all new and returning students, as well as community members.</i></b><br>
<br>[Accessibility: All event venues below are wheelchair accessible; please get in touch at <a href="mailto:info@qpirgconcordia.org" target="_blank">info@qpirgconcordia.org</a> concerning accessibility requests for the Radical Walking Tour and the Community Bike Tour.]<br>
<br><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2010</span></b><br><br><b>1pm – Activism for Students 101 workshop <br>@ QPIRG Concordia – 1500 de Maisonneuve West, #204</b><br>
<br>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!<br>
<br><br><b>3pm – “Silkscreen Printing 101” workshop w/ the Ste-Émilie Skillshare<br>@ QPIRG Concordia – 1500 de Maisonneuve West, #204</b></div><div class="gmail_quote"><b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=155027314515106" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: normal;">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=155027314515106</span></a><br>
</b><br>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.<br>
<br><br><b>7pm – Cinema Politica Film screening of BAS: Beyond the Red Light (with director in attendance) <br>@ H110 Auditorium – 1455 de Maisonneuve West</b><br><br>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.<br>
<br><br><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2010</span></b><br><br><b>3pm – “Creating a Bottled Water Free Campus” workshop with TAPthirst <br>@ QPIRG Concordia – 1500 de Maisonneuve West, #204</b></div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=152932124727672" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=152932124727672</a><br></b>
<br>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.<br>
<br><br><b>7pm – “The Politics of Sports” panel discussion featuring: DAVE ZIRIN, author of “A People’s History of Sports” & MEG HEWINGS, <a href="http://www.HockeyDykeInCanada.ca" target="_blank">www.HockeyDykeInCanada.ca</a> <br>
@ H110 Auditorium – 1455 de Maisonneuve West</b></div><div class="gmail_quote"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=157041537640254" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=157041537640254</a></span><br>
</b>
<br><i>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.</i><br>
<br>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".<br>
<br>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 <a href="http://www.HockeyDykeInCanada.ca" target="_blank">www.HockeyDykeInCanada.ca</a><br>
<br>Background Video:<br>* “Are Sports Boring: Arun Gupta debates Dave Zirin” <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2010/7/6/are_sports_boring_arun_gupta_debates_dave_zirin" target="_blank">http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2010/7/6/are_sports_boring_arun_gupta_debates_dave_zirin</a><br>
<br><br><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2010</span></b><br>
<br><b>11-2pm – Campus / Community Tabling Fair, + People’s Potato BBQ lunch<br>@ the Terrace, 1455 de Maisonneuve West, 2nd floor behind Java U</b><br><br>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.<br>
<br><br><b>2pm – Radical Walking Tour of Concordia<br>meet @ the Terrace, 1455 de Maisonneuve West, 2nd floor behind Java U</b><br><br>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.<br>
<br><br><b>5pm – Community University Research Exchange 5 à 7 + “Convergence” Undergraduate Journal Launch <br>@ QPIRG Concordia – 1500 de Maisonneuve West, #204</b></div><div class="gmail_quote"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=154425791252711" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=154425791252711</a></span><br>
</b><br>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.<br>
<br><br><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2010</span></b><br><br><b>3pm – “Demystifying Prisons 101” workshop w/ Open Door Books <br>@ QPIRG Concordia – 1500 de Maisonneuve West, #204</b><br>
<br>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.<br>
<br><br><b>7pm – <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse;">Indigenous Youth Speak Out: Conversations with Grassroots Activists</span><br>@ EV Amphitheater – 1515 Ste. Catherine West, Room, 1.605.</b></div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=125482464170846&ref=ts" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: normal;">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=125482464170846</span></a><br>
</b>
<br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Panelists:</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br>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.<br>
<br>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.<br>
<br><br><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2010</span></b><br><br><b>1pm – Concordia Community Bike Tour – bring your own bike! <br>meet @ Norman Bethune statue – corner of Guy/de Maisonneuve W.</b><br>
<br>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 <a href="mailto:info@qpirgconcordia.org" target="_blank">info@qpirgconcordia.org</a><br>
<br><br><b>8:30pm – “Dance Schmance” – QPIRG Concordia’s disORIENTATION Closing Party! + a fundraiser dance party for the Prisoner Correspondence Project <br>@ Il Motore – 179 rue Jean-Talon West (Parc metro)</b></div><div class="gmail_quote">
<b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=124506627599499" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: normal;">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=124506627599499</span></a><br></b><br>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 <a href="http://www.prisonercorrespondenceproject.com" target="_blank">www.prisonercorrespondenceproject.com</a> for more info.<div>
-----<br><br></div><div><b>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.”</b><b> </b></div>
<br>
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: <a href="http://www.qpirgconcordia.org/zirincontest.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.qpirgconcordia.org/zirincontest.jpg</a><br>
<br><b>How to enter:</b> You can enter by e-mailing <a href="mailto:info@qpirgconcordia.org" target="_blank">info@qpirgconcordia.org</a> 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: <a href="http://www.qpirgconcordia.org/zirincontest.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.qpirgconcordia.org/zirincontest.jpg</a> . ALSO,
please indicate clearly your first and last name.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
-----<div><br><br><b>DISORIENTATION: An alternative side of student life<br>Presented by QPIRG Concordia: <i>Your campus-community link for social change.</i><br>INFO: <a href="http://www.qpirgconcordia.org" target="_blank">www.qpirgconcordia.org</a> - 514-848-7585 – <a href="mailto:info@qpirgconcordia.org" target="_blank">info@qpirgconcordia.org</a></b><br>
<br></div><div>-- </div></div><b style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Le Groupe de recherche
d'intérêt publique du Québec à Concordia (GRIP Concordia)<br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">The Quebec Public Interest
Research Group at Concordia University (QPIRG Concordia)</span></b><br><i><b>Your
campus-community link for social change!</b></i><br>
<br>Nous sommes situés à / We are located at:<br>1500 de Maisonneuve
Ouest, # 204<br>tél: 514-848-7585 - fax: 514-848-7584<br>Heures
d'ouvertures : lundi à jeudi, 12h-18h<br>Office Hours: M-Th, 12-6pm<br><a href="http://qpirgconcordia.org/" target="_blank">http://qpirgconcordia.org</a><br>
<br>
<b>To stay up-to-date about QPIRG Concordia activities:</b><br>
->
Follow us on twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/QPIRG_Concordia" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/QPIRG_Concordia</a><br>
->
Join our facebook group: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=51128113822" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=51128113822</a><br>
-> Join our low-volume, moderated, e-mail announcements list: <a href="https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/qpirgsprouts" target="_blank">https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/qpirgsprouts</a><br>
</div><br><br></div>-- <br><div>Ste-Émilie Skillshare & Zine Distro<br><a href="http://steemilieskillshare.com/" target="_blank">http://steemilieskillshare.com/</a><br>mtlskillshareATgmailDOTcom<br>3942, rue Ste-Émilie (corner/coin St. Augustin)<br>
Montréal, QC, H4C 2A1<br>*Metro Place-St-Henri*</div>
<div> </div>
<div><a href="https://lists.aktivix.org/mailman/listinfo/steemilieskillshare" target="_blank"><font color="#993399">JOIN OUR LOW-TRAFIK MAILING LIST</font></a><br><a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7665979452" target="_blank">JOIN OUR FACEBOOK CULT</a><br>
</div>
<div><br>(Ste-Émilie Skillshare is a working group of QPIRG Concordia/<br>Ste-Émilie est un groupe de travail de GRIP Concordia<br><a href="http://www.qpirgconcordia.org/" target="_blank">http://www.qpirgconcordia.org</a>)</div>
<br>