Indigenous Food Systems Network

* February 15th, noon at Pigeon Park (Carrall and Hastings, Downtown
Eastside of Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories). Rally with all our
neighbours and supporters. Food will be served. For information, email project@dewc.ca or call 778 885 0040.

Organized by DTES Women Centre Power of Women Group. Endorsed by over 90 groups and organizations:
http://olympictentvillage.wordpress.com/rally-endorsers/

The theme of this conference is: Weaving together food policy and community action : an agenda for change. Most of the sessions will be interpreted in English and French. Events include a food sovereignty trade fair, activist speakers, feasting, local tours, AGM, workshops, seminars and panels.

Early Bird registration is available until October 15th! Scholarships are available for people with low incomes, if you apply online before October 22nd.

The first Indigenous Assembly against Mining and Pipelines was held in Neskonlith, Secwepemc Territories. The second Indigenous Assembly is being planned in Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories to coincide with the pro-mining “Meeting Minds, Making Mines” Conference being held at the Pan Pacific Hotel from November 6-8th. The conference is sponsored by mining corporations and the Canadian Aboriginal Mineral Association who want to want to “sell” and push mining further into Indigenous communities. Brochure: http://www.aboriginalminerals.com/pdfs/CAMA-2011_W.pdf

A crisis in capitalism is stalking the world. Greed, ecological plunder, famine and displacement off the land increasingly mark the battle lines between the rich and everyone else. Enforced homelessness, social service cuts, and environmental disasters have become regular occurrences. But today we also see people in every corner of the world rising up against these injustices. We are inspired by this “indignant” moment, but we want to understand what lies beyond our collective “no!” to a future foreclosed by dispossession, debt and ecocide.