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Join us at DisOrientation!

Building Cultures of Care/ SEPTEMBER 26-30, 2022/ DisOrienation Week is an alternative to/ Frosh Week promoting campus-based activism and political action./ Join OPIRG York and our community partners for a series of in-person and online events. A pink background with bold flowers in three of the corners. There is a heading in bold black font that states: Disorientation Week 2022/ with OPIRG York. To the right of that is the text: Building Cultures of Care/ This SEPTEMBER, join OPIRG York and other campus organizations to learn how to build cultures of care!/ DisOrienation Week is an alternative to Frosh Week promoting campus-based activism and political action. In white blocks there are five sections: Monday 26/ 3:30 - 5pm Orienting yourself to Allyship with the Centre for Human Rights, Equity and Inclusion (REDI) Location: First Student Centre (room 313; and on Zoom) Monday 26, 5:30 - 7pm Abolition of the Death penalty with Amnesty International at York Location: First Student Centre (room 313; and on Zoom) Tuesday 27, 3:30 - 5pm The Ecology of allyship with the Centre for Human Rights, Equity and Inclusion (REDI) Location: First Student Centre (room 313; and on Zoom). Tuesday 27, 5:30 - 7pm Panel Discussion "On the Housing Crisis, Disparieties, and Beyond" with OPIRG York, moderated by John Clarke Location: First Student Centre, Grad Lounge, rm. 430. Wednesday 28, 1 - 2pm Dismantling ableism with the YFS Access Centre Location: First Student Centre, YFS Access Centre, Room 321; Wednesday 28, 7pm - 9:30pm Film screening of Sgaawaay K’uuna [Edge of the Knife] with Nat Taylor Films (Cinema Politica) Location: Nat Taylor Cinema, N102 Ross Building. Thursday 29, 3pm - 4:30pm Accessible Digital Design with Victoria Barnett of the Design Justice Collective Location: First Student Centre (room 307; and on Zoom). Thurs 29/ 6pm - 9:30pm Velcro Hearts Chapbook Launch & Social with the Centre for Women and Trans People (CWTP) and OPIRG York Location: the Ross Building Podium/ Rain plan: First Student Centre, Rm 430) Friday 30 3pm - 5:30pm /Transforming Masculinity & Moving Towards Collective Healing/ (on Zoom)/ with Ikake Rising/ **an online workshop space for men and masculine people; register for Zoom link


DisOrienation Week at a glance!

Volunteer for DisO We are looking for volunteers to help out with DisOrientation week!  ❤ put up posters (Mon/ Tues) ❤ tell a class about the events ❤ hand out flyers to students ❤ welcome people to an event ❤ help set-up snacks and water ❤ set-up the Zoom room/ monitor the chat (remote task!) Interested? Have questions?  email Emily: Volunteer.Opirgyork@gmail.com  Image: yellow background with black text. The central text is framed by a green archway. In the top left is a white and orange daisey; in the top left is a pink flower.

DisOrientaiton Highlights

Thurs 29/ 6pm - 9:30pm  Velcro Hearts Chapbook Launch & Social  with the Centre for Women and Trans People (CWTP) and OPIRG York   Location: the Ross Building Podium/ Rain plan: First Student Centre, Rm 402); maroon background with white torn paper text box. On the left is the book cover for Velcro Hearts by Jaimie Quinn Mader.

Free refreshments, live music, and chapbook launch!

Click here for more information and to register.

Friday 30 3pm - 5:30pm /Transforming Masculinity & Moving Towards Collective Healing/ (on Zoom)/ with Ikake Rising/ **an online workshop space for men and masculine people;  On the left there are green palm branches on a beige background. In the top right corner are the logos for Ikake Rising and OPIRG at York. / FREE ONLINE WORKSHOP/ FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 30th/ 3-5pm EST/ With Ben Reid Howells and Natali Euale Montilla. At the bottom right is a photo of Ben—a white man smiling, arms crossed, red hair and beard. On the bottom right is a photo of Natali—a brown woman with long brown hair, a blue shirt.

Call to Action

Yellow circle with black text/ A megaphone in the top left corner/ Bold letters, white on black and red backgrounds, APPLY by Oct 11/ OPIRG-York Action groups   are collectives that mobilize around social and environmental justice.  We provide: $400 per school year, trainings,a webpage, and support with outreach and promotion!


Submit your Action Group proposal HERE!

Questions? Ideas? Email: program.opirgyork@gmail.com
A Calls to Action Conversation on Truth and Reconciliation with the Yellowhead Institute Sept 29, 1-3:30pm, Zoom.

A Calls to Action Conversation
on Truth and Reconciliation

with the Yellowhead Institute
Sept 29, 1-3:30pm, Zoom
Register for the waitlist to access the livestream!


An esteemed panel of Indigenous leaders - Cindy Blackstock, Kisha Supernant, Sheila Cote-Meek, Ginger Gosnell-Myers, Kunuk Inutiq, Janet Smylie, and Scott Franks - will discuss the importance of the ‘Legacy’ Calls to Action (1-42), the injustice of their incompletion, and the barriers to their completion. The discussion will be hosted by Dr. Eva Jewell and Dr. Ian Mosby, who lead the research for Yellowhead’s annual Calls To Action Accountability: A Status Update on Reconciliation analysis.

 
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