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OCAP - Ontario Coalition Against Poverty 		July 25, 2002


 


The Events Calendar (so far) for the Pope Squat

Check the OCAP website at www.OCAP.ca for the location of the Pope Squat after we take it on today. All events after the Thursday march will be at the Pope Squat.

Thursday, July 25
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The Pope Squat March!
7:00 pm - Masaryk Cowan Park

In Parkdale - Queen St.West at Cowan Ave. (West of Dufferin, East of Lansdowne, beside the Masaryk Cowan Community Centre) !! Come and join the march to take housing !!

!! PLEASE NOTE !! - These events may be subject to change without notice depending on the actions of Chief Fantino and the Toronto Police Service. In the event of police interference, we may be forced to reassert our political demands and right of protest. For the most up-to-date information, please check the OCAP website or call the office at 416-925-6939

 

Friday, July 26
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Summer Clean-up Day! All day long!

Come out and help turn an abandoned building into a home. Bring cleaning supplies and renovation materials!


Pope Squat Film Night 9:00 pm (when it gets dark)

We'll be showing movies outside well into the night:
Murder of Fred Hampton and The Battle of Algiers

 

Saturday, July 27
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Pope Squat Summer Street Festival

12:00 noon - until the music runs out

At the Pope Squat! (check the OCAP website www.OCAP.ca for the location)

In order to celebrate the opening of the Pope Squat, OCAP is inviting neighborhood residents, social activists and squat supporters to a Summer Street Festival!

DJs all day - performances by DJ Complex, DJ Pilot Boy, DJ KLC, and DJs Stress and Maxxed Out -plus special guests!

Delicious food provided by Mobilization for Social Justice (Mob4Glob) and Latin American Coalition Against Racism (LACAR)

Live performances starting at 4:00 pm: Arte e Liberdade (Art and Liberty), Blackeyes, Shut-In, Fearless Vampire Killers

Plus: street performers and fire spinners! spoken word performances!
Graf. Art competition (on can-vases) - bring your spraypaint!

If you're not at the Summer Street Festival, YOU'RE NOT HAVING FUN!


Sunday, July 28
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Solidarity Sunday All day long!

A day of exciting events organised by local unions, including CUPE locals 3903, 3906, 3907, 2191, 79, 1281, 4308.

Games Night - from Midnight until 8 am
Alternative Service - 8 am to noon - with a late breakfast/brunch
Labour/Squatting Forum - noon to 4 pm
Culture - 4 pm to midnight - supper from 4 pm - 6 pm



Monday, July 29
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Radical Garage Sale 12 noon - 6 pm

 

Tuesday, July 30
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Performance by Ron Hawkins 7:00 pm

A live acoustic perfromance from the singer/songwriter from The Lowest of
the Low!

Video by Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis 9:00 pm (when it gets dark)

The premiere of a short video entitled "Gustavo Benedetto Presente!" about police violence in Argentina, made and introduced by Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein.


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List of Pope Squat endorsements as of today, July 25th:

Activist Magazine
AFSME Local 3306 (Chicago)
Anti-capitalist Community Action (ACA Ottawa)
Anti-Racist Action (Toronto)
Anti-Poverty Committee (Vancouver)
APOV (Victoria, B.C.)
Brain Injury Association of Nipissing (BIAN)
CARMA (Citizens Against Racism & Military Aggression)
Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) local 3903
Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 3906
Catholic Network for Womens' Equality
Central Students Association - University of Guelph
Coalition Against War & Racism
Committee to Stop Targeted Policing
Convergence des luttes anti-capitalistes (CLAC) (Montreal)
Creative Response
DAWN Ontario: DisAbled Women's Network Ontario
Dollars and Sense Magazine - Boston
Elementary Teachers of Toronto
Front d'action populaire en ramnagement urbain (FRAPRU)(Quebec)
Gregory Baum, renowned catholic theologian
Guelph Action Network
Haymarket Octet
International Socialists
Kingston Low Income Needs Coalition (LINC)
Latin American Coalition Against Racism
Metro Network For Social Justice
Mobilization for Global Justice - Toronto
Mob4Glob (York)
New Socialists
North Bay Network for Social Action (NNSA)
Ottawa Coalition Against the Tories (Ottawa)
Ontario Common Front (Toronto)
Ontario Common Front (Kingston)
Ontario Common Front (Sudbury)
Ontarians with Disabilities Act (ODA) Committee North Bay
Ontario Socialist Secondary Teacher Front
OPIRG Peterborough
OPSEU Local 540 (Representing workers at the Supportive Housing Coalition
and Homes First)
People Against Coercive Treatment
Peterborough Coalition Against Poverty
Peterborough IWW
Peterborough Mad Housers
Planning Action
RyeACT!: Ryerson Activist Coalition
Social Justice Committee St. James Catholic Highschool (Guelph)
Student Christian Movement of Canada (SCM Canada)
Ted Schmidt, editor, Catholic New Times
Tenant Action Group (Belleville)
Toronto Catholic Worker (Zacchaeus House, Room for Hope, Magdelene House)
Toronto Network of Engaged Buddhists
Toronto Mobilization for Global Justice
Toronto Video Activist Collective
West Cape Anti Eviction Campaign
Womens' Counselling, Referral and Education Centre
York University Graduate Student Association
Young Left
Youth Anarchist Resistance



NEW ADDRESS!
Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
517 College Street, Suite 234
Toronto, Ontario M5G 4A2
Tel: 416-925-6939
Email: ocap@tao.ca
URL: www.ocap.ca

 

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