AKA

March 6th, 1-4pm, RSVP

Are you looking for a non-judgmental space to confront apprehensions about anti-racist activism, or to start a dialogue about discrimination in your life and work? Do you want to help fight racism, but aren’t sure where exactly to start?

This mini ‘How to be an Ally” workshop, hosted by the Queen’s Committee Against Racial and Ethnic Discrimination seeks to provide participants with the knowledge and understanding of tools and strategies that can be used to prevent discrimination and create schools and communities that welcome and value diversity.

We aim to provide a safe space for engagement with anti-oppression and offer suggestions for practical action to combat racism in your social networks.

Please join us to learn how we can all work together to build a more inclusive community!

Free admittance; all welcome! Snacks will be provided

You can also check out our facebook event page

We have space for about 25 people. Please confirm by email if you’re attending!

cared@ams.queensu.ca

747 Presents Prison World
February 28th @ 7:47pm, AKA
A short documentary about the Prison Revolts in Greece in 2007
(DIY, 35 minutes, subtitles, 2008)

In the morning of Monday, April 23, 2007, prisoners at the prison of Malandrino in Fokida, mainland Greece, revolted. The spark igniting the revolt was the beating of anarchist prisoner Yiannis Dimitrakis as well as the vicious, violent response of the guards to the protests staged by his co-prisoners. The revolt spread to at least 11 other prisons and lasted for 4 days.

Prisons in Greece are not unfamiliar with revolts and protests, due in large part to the political use of prisons as a means of repression by the Greek state, and the inhumane conditions within them. November 2008 saw a month of prison revolt involving some 90% of Greece’s 11,700 prisoners.

The film will be followed by a banner and sign-making party hosted by End the Prison Industrial Complex (EPIC) for the picket called for by the Save Our Farms Coalition at Corrections Canada Regional Headquarters on Monday morning at 7:30am. More info: http://www.saveourfarms.ca or email epic (at) riseup.net

Join the Canadian Unified Students Environmental Network (CUSEN) for workshops we are hosting in Kingston with amazing folks from the Rainforest Action Network and RAN Toronto (RANT). The evening of workshopping is free and there will be free food provided.

On February 10th at AKA Autonomous Social Centre, 75 Queen St.
6-9:30pm, members from RAN will facilitate workshops on the following topics:
-tar sands 101 [HOW TO STOP THE EVIL]
-campaign strategies [get people to be interested!]
-direct action training
-intro to campus organizing [the ins and outs of student minds]

The workshops are open to everyone, you don’t need to go to Queen’s or be a student.