PITCHES DUE JUNE 21: Possible Futures Conference
OPIRG Carleton is hosting a conference August 19-22 and we want you to be involved! Reimagine our futures and tell us your dreams for radical change.
We're looking for workshop proposals, policy papers, essays, articles, poetry, talks, panels and any other form of knowledge sharing you can think up!
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Send us your pitches by Monday, June 21 by 11:59 p.m. EST.
All selected participants will be compensated for their involvement.
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Indigenous Student Bursary
Are you an Indigenous student studying at Carleton University? Does your academic or campus/community research project fall within our mandate of working on environmental, economic, or social justice issues? Apply to the annual $500 Indigenous student bursary!
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For Indigenous community members requiring support or assistance in this time
For residential school survivors, their families and to those dealing with intergenerational traumas, you can reach The Indian Residential School Survivors Society at 1-800-721-0066 or call the 24-Hour National Crisis Line at 1-866-925-4419.
You can also call the Hope for Wellness toll-free help line at 1-855-242-3310, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, or connect with a counsellor online. Telephone counselling services are also available in Cree, Ojibway, Inuktitut.
Children and youth can call the Native Youth Crisis Line at 1-877-209-1266.
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For Non-Indigenous folks:
In Kamloops, B.C. the remains of 215 Indigenous children, some as young as three years old, were found at the site of a former residential school -- at a school designed to systematically tear them away from their heritage, communities and way of life. Now, this number has risen to 572 children as more unmarked graves have been found at former residential schools since.
This is not a "dark chapter of our history". The effects of residential schools inform severe personal and intergenerational trauma still felt by many of our Indigenous community members to this day, while Canada continues to separate Indigenous children from their families under the guise of the foster and child welfare system.
Please read this non-exhaustive list of resources and actions you can take, this list of books and films according to age group, and continue to donate to the Indian Residential School Survivors Society.
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Virtual Panel: Still in a Prison Pandemic
Tune in tonight on Wednesday, June 16 from 7-9 p.m., on Facebook live as this panel draws on the insights of currently and formerly incarcerated people, their loved ones, and abolitionist organizers engaged in prisoner solidarity and mutual aid work to explore multiple facets of the on-going prison pandemic.
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Turtle Island to Palestine: Anti-Colonial Demonstration
On Thursday, June 17 at 2 p.m., please join the day of action and anti-colonial demonstration in solidarity against the ongoing settler colonialism of Palestine and Turtle Island. Location to be determined.
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Summer Workshop Series: Transformative Justice
Register now for the first two sessions of our summer workshop series on transformative justice: TJ 101 tomorrow, on Thursday, June 17 at 6 p.m. and Organizational Transformative Justice on Thursday, July 8 at 6 p.m.
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Press Conference: For Black and Indigenous Families Affected by Police Violence
Show up this Saturday, June 19 at 9 a.m. as Black and Indigenous families affected by police violence gather for a family-led press conference. Share widely, attend this press conference either in person at 80 Wellington Street or through the livestream.
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Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival
The Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival (SSIF) is a multi-disciplinary arts festival that brings together Indigenous artists, performers, educators, students, and community members to share knowledge and celebrate Canada’s diverse Indigenous cultures. This year’s virtual programming taking place from June 1 to June 21 will include streamed performances, interactive family activities, arts and crafts, culinary and cultural workshops, and a socially distanced Pow Wow.
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DEADLINE TONIGHT: Apply to Youth Climate Lab: RAD Cohort
Youth Climate Lab's RAD Cohort – Research, Activate, Deepen – is a youth-centred & youth-led climate justice program that will support 15 participants in exploring the intersections between the 2030 SDG Agenda and climate-related interests in their communities.
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Are you between the ages 18-30? Are you passionate about building and organizing around climate solutions & justice in your communities and beyond?
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Pandemic Child Care Survey: June 2021
If you are a parent/guardian of someone in child care and/or someone working in child care in Ottawa, Child Care Now (Ottawa) and Horizon Ottawa want to hear from you! Survey closes today.
Please take five minutes to fill out one or both of these surveys developed by ECEs and parents, depending on how you identify. Surveys are available in English, French, and Arabic.
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Youth Action Now Grants
Are you a young person who wants to make change in the National Capital region? Youth-led (14-24) collectives and initiatives can apply for a Start up Now grant of up to $1,000 to get your idea off the ground, or a Momentum grant of up to $2,000 to take existing projects further. Apply by July 7.
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Job & Volunteer Opportunities
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Got something to say? Contribute to the Leveller!
The Leveller is a left-leaning newspaper covering Carleton University, University of Ottawa, the city of Ottawa, and the wider world. They work to provide news and analysis in support of people everywhere who are fighting against all forms of oppression – among them, racism, sexism, homophobia, and capitalism. They are a volunteer project that pays in small honorariums.
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Millhaven Lifers' Liaison Group: Call for Volunteers
The Millhaven Lifers Liaison Group (MLLG) works to be a bridge between the community and prisoners serving life sentences at the Millhaven maximum security institution in Bath, Ontario, while supporting their eventual release and re-integration.
The MLLG has moved their collective efforts online through prison justice activism, developing information pamphlets, research, weekly correspondence to the incarcerated community, and planning prisoners justice day activities. Meetings take place once a month.
Interested in volunteering? Email mllgottawa@gmail.com for more information.
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Books 2 Prisoners: Moving Online
Books 2 Prisoners Ottawa sends free books to prisoners across Canada and the US, and responds to letters from prisoners. As an abolitionist group, they believe that education and human contact are important supports to the educational, vocational and personal development of those incarcerated.
Due to current conditions our meeting space has moved online.
If interested in getting involved email us at b2pottawa@gmail.com
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Looking for resources?
On the hunt for resources during COVID-19? Not sure where to look? From food/care packages and community care groups to supports for specific communities and relief funds, this list has you covered!
Check out this consolidated list of emergency resources and support services, and share widely!
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Check out our 'Community' and 'Financial' Instagram story highlights to be connected with COVID-19 resources in the broader Ottawa community and beyond.
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Mutual Aid Mondays
Every Monday on Instagram, we'll be making a post to boost community mutual aid requests. Check out this Google doc for links to where you can donate.
We encourage you to participate in the ongoing act of community re-distribution and reflect on ways you can sustainably budget for reparations and wealth redistribution.
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If you do not have money to give to these funds please still engage with these posts. Share widely, comment and pass it along to people who want to donate.
If you have a mutual aid request you'd like us to boost online, please message us on our social media or send us an email.
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Our Own Table: New programming series by and for Black folks
Interested in helping us create a lineup of learning, organizing and creative spaces, workshops and events by and for Black community members? More information to come on our social media and website.
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If you are a Black community member interested in planning or facilitating an event, or would like to help us set community guidelines ahead of this programming, please reach out to harar@opirgcarleton.org. We're excited to hear from you!
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Have an idea but need the funds to make it happen?
We're happy to help! If you need some money to help with organizing a community event, action, collective or initiative, send a funding request to admin@opirgcarleton.org to have it reviewed by our board.
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Restructuring OPIRG Carleton
Our organization is currently going through a restructuring and accountability process. If you have any suggestions, concerns, experiences or insight you would like to share with us as we undergo this process, please send an email to feedback@opirgcarleton.org. This email will be monitored by someone external to the OPIRG Carleton board and staff, and is currently overseen by Pascale Diverlus -- our current lead on organizational restructuring.
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We're making actionable plans to ensure our accountability is sustainable.
We are committed to being transparent and accountable to community through our restructuring process. For more information on our short-term and long-term commitments, check out our website.
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Check out our new website!
We're so excited to share our new website with you! We have been working on making our online presence easier to navigate.
Thank you for your patience as we got it up and running. Feel free to let us know what you think.
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Sorry, we're closed! But we're still here for you.
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A reminder that the OPIRG Carleton office as well as the Carleton campus remain closed. If you're looking for information on resources or programming, or have any other questions, you can reach us via email at gowlene@opirgcarleton.org and harar@opirgcarleton.org.
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Did we miss something?
OPIRG Carleton is happy to advertise your virtual community event, webinars, workshops or campaigns related to environmental, economic and social justice.
Please send events to gowlene@opirgcarleton.org by Monday @ 6 PM to get your events and news in, but late submissions will be squeezed in if there's time. |
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