Today is our last day of serving! Have a good summer vacation and see you in September!
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Our Annual General Meeting will be held at the People's Potato on Tuesday, February 10th, from 4pm to 6pm. We will be reflecting on the events and accomplishments of last year, electing a new board of directors, proposing constitutional changes, and of course having dinner! Hope to see you there!
Go HERE to view and to download the constitutional changes that are being proposed. Description on the poster:
This discussion, led by members of the Tadamon! Collective, will explore the effects of Israel's occupation on Palestinians living in Gaza. The Gaza Strip, one of the most densely populated places on earth, has been occupied by Israel since 1967. In 2007, Israel declared the Gaza Strip a "hostile entity" and proceeded to impose an economic blockade on a territory smaller than the size of the island of Montreal. The blockade, followed by a series of invasions (including Israel's most recent war on Gaza), has destroyed Gaza's fragile economy, compromised its food security, and ensured its continual "de-development". In this discussion, we will explore the current situation in Gaza and highlight the effects of the blockade on Palestinians' food security, one facet of the devastating reality of life under occupation. FALL FEAST: An anti-colonial evening of food, film and resistance
with Denise Jourdain, Kanahus Manuel & Clifton Arihwakehte Nicholas Thursday, November 6, 2014 Native Friendship Center of Montreal 2001 boulevard St-Laurent (métro St-Laurent) - doors at 6pm - meal & film start at 6:30pm (sharp) - evening events to continue until 9pm Free – Welcome to all! — Wheelchair accessible Childcare on-site — Whisper translation (EN-FR) Please get in touch about any accessibility needs. This event takes place on the traditional territory of the Kanien’kehá:ka. The Kanien’kehá:ka are the keepers of the Eastern Door of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. The island called “Montreal” is known as Tiotia:ke in the language of the Kanien’kehá:ka, and it has historically been a meeting place for other Indigenous nations, including the Algonquin peoples. —– Presentations & speakers: * Denise Jourdain (Innu) Denise is an elder of the Innu community of Uashat mak Mani-Utenam on the “Côte Nord” in Nitassinan. She teaches the Innu language to children in her community and has been active in Idle No More, opposition to Hydro Quebec expansion plans, and raising awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Denise was jailed in 2012 as part of a blockade of highway 138 in defence of Innu land rights. She is also very active in raising awareness about, and opposition to, the proposed Plan Nord. * Kanahus Manuel (Secwpemc) Kanahus is a mother and warrior from the Secwpemc Nation in the Shuswap region of “British Columbia”. She has been active in fighting against development projects and corporations such as the Sun Peaks Ski Resort and Imperial Metals. Recently, she has been involved in organizing to raise awareness about the Mount Polley gold-copper mine tailings spill, possibly the worst mining pollution disaster in Canadian history. For her efforts, she has been named as a defendant by Imperial Metals in a court injunction to stop blockades of the mining company’s operations. * Clifton Arihwakehte Nicholas (Kanien’kehá:ka) Clifton is a member of the Kanien’kehá:ka community of Kanehsatake. He was part of the resistance at Kanehsatake in his role as a young warrior in 1990. He is active in resisting the proposed Niocan mine and the Energy East pipeline on his territory. As an activist-filmmaker, Clifton operates his own film production company called Devil Dog Productions. His films include Karistatsi Onienre: The Iron Snake, a feature about resistance to pipelines, which will be screened at this event. Continuing an annual tradition, several Montreal-area social justice organizations committed to anti-colonial organizing and action, are presenting this evening of food, film and resistance. This year we have decided to cease using the term “Thanksgiving”. We are making this change as a way of distancing ourselves from colonial settler myths, and rather position our gathering in a tradition of anti-colonial education and resistance. Organizing groups: Concordia Student Union (CSU), Frigo Vert, Kanata, Midnight Kitchen, People’s Potato, GRIP UQÀM, QPIRG Concordia & QPIRG McGill. Who caught your chicken today?
"They must still be out back catching the chicken" is a common cliché when waiting longer than usual for your food in a restaurant. The food industry is wracked with the contradictions between the "socialized" nature of food production for a mass market on the one hand and private appropriation on the other. The result, such as in the poultry industry, is an unbelievable and surreal quota that impacts everything from the ethical handling of animals to the workers who handle them. The conditions of workers who catch thousands of chickens per day in Quebec farms are a mystery to most. Even more shocking to some are that many of them are temporary foreign workers. Members of the Temporary Foreign Workers Association (TFWA) and organizers from the Montreal Immigrant Worker's Center (IWC) will be shedding light on the daily experience the workers of this industry face. Workers will be describing their duties as chicken catchers and the steps they are taking to protect themselves and their co-workers from exploitation. The TFWA will also be addressing the inherent problems in Canada's Temporary Foreign Workers Program and what the TFWA is doing to address this in Quebec. Put Your Politics Where Your Mouth Is is an annual week of talks, teach-ins, and skill sharing around food justice on campus and beyond. This series of events is coordinated by The Midnight Kitchen and The People’s Potato - two campus-based collective soup kitchens that serve by-donation vegan meals to McGill and Concordia students as well as the general Montreal community. Our goal is to provide spaces to skillshare, discuss and learn about the politics of food. This year workshops and events will focus specifically on the ways food politics intersect with race, racism and white supremacy. Workshops and events will highlight the ways in which Indigenous Peoples and People of Colour are impacted by a variety issues related to food politics, as well as resilience and resistance in the face of dominant food systems which inflict violence upon the lives, bodies and lands of racialized people. We have prioritized the voices of self-identified People of Colour and Indigenous Peoples in the selection of workshops and workshop presenters. --- █ MON MARCH 10 @ 15h30: Structural Racism in Montreal Food Systems Through sharing their experiences and engaging in group thinking, the participants will critically examine their food system with an anti-racism lens. Part teaching and part experiential, the participants will be presented with key anti-racism concepts and will also have to respond to scenarios. Depending on the amount of participants, the group can be divided by level of familiarity with anti-racism activism. The end goal is to sensitize the participant to the importance of anti-racism in meaningful activism. This workshop will not to provide all the answers. There is no quick solution to structural racism. It’s a process, lifelong for some. This workshop should serve as an initiation of much needed dialogues and research. “If racism was constructed, it can be undone. It can be undone if people understand when it was constructed , why it was constructed, how it functions, and how it is maintained” Some concepts that will be explored: positionality, whiteness, colorblindness, structural racism. Lev Bukhman Room (2nd Floor), SSMU building (3600 McTavish) https://www.facebook.com/events/373127186160765/?notif_t=plan_user_joined - – - █ TUE MARCH 11 @ 13h: Fat Embodiment, Race, and Class If we are not working to break down the systemic and racialized oppressions which are inherently connected to food consumption, contemporary food politics can risk bolstering and maintaining racialized, fat-phobic, and capitalist oppression. Food politics can become another way of exercising modes of control over systemically marginalized peoples and promote fat phobia and fat shaming. Food based movements often participate in advertising a hierarchy of foods and, thereby, a hierarchy of peoples with racialized and classed peoples being targeted unfavorably by these hierarchical eating practices. People of Colour and Indigenous peoples are specifically targeted by these capitalist driven food hierarchies as they are less likely to have access to “elevated” kinds of food. Food and weight loss movements often attempt to limit agency through fat shaming, and promote the neoliberal construction that the “consumer” is fat due to personal choices. This reinforces not only negative stereotypes about fatness but also about race. If food politics movements don’t take into account the systemic issues framing consumption, their movements risk spreading a highly racialized capitalist agenda through modes of bodily control. Room B-30 (Basement), SSMU building (3600 McTavish) https://www.facebook.com/events/1428511190725674/?ref_newsfeed_story_/ - – - █ WED MARCH 12 @ 18h30: Closed Dinner for People of Colour and Indigenous-identified Folks The Midnight Kitchen and the People’s Potato would like to invite all self-identified people of colour, Indigenous, mixed-race, or non-white people to join us for an evening of free food and discussion. We would like to create a space where we can hangout, meet other POC, network, talk about issues of race and racism, how politics fits with our identities as POC, community building, healing, creating spaces for ourselves, representation etc. Though there will be a strong discussion aspect to this hangout, this can also be a low-key time to get to know each other, enjoy food and plan other events for the future if we’d like. So, please do not feel intimidated by the discussion aspect, we encourage people who are new to race/radical politics to come as well. Food will be provided by the Midnight Kitchen and the People’s Potato, but everyone is welcome to bring a vegan dish or snack to share if they’d like. We’ll also bring zines to share. People’s Potato Kitchen, Hall Building 7th floor, 1455 De Maisonneuve W. - – - █ THU MARCH 13 @ 18h30: Solidarity Across Borders’ Winter Feast! A Community Dinner The Food for All committee of Solidarity Across Borders fights for healthy food for all, especially for those with precarious immigration status. We work with a variety of food organizations around the city to make food services accessible for migrants without status. We also provide direct food support rooted in relationships of solidarity and mutual aid to people living in Montreal who are struggling with the immigration system. We are part of a larger campaign called Solidarity City that aims to strengthen our networks of community resistance to the violence of the immigration system. In building a Solidarity City we are demanding access without fear to all city services for residents of Montreal regardless of immigration status, and we are working to make border controls unenforceable in our communities. This event is co-organized with Put Your Politics Where Your Mouth Is, an annual week of talks, teach- ins, and skill sharing around food justice on university campus’ and beyond, organized by the People’s Potato and Midnight Kitchen. This year workshops and events will focus specifically on the ways food politics intersect with race, racism and white supremacy. Centre William Hingston, 419 rue Saint-Roch (metro Parc) https://www.facebook.com/events/1453847108178702/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming - – - █ FRI MARCH 14 @ 16h00: Red Urban Project Cooking on First Nation Meal Red Urban Project Cooking on First Nation Meal: a free cooking workshop by Alan Harrington. Come learn how to make Three Sister’s Soup and Fry-Bread or Baked Bannock! This workshop has a limited number of spaces, so please RSVP to peoplespotato[at]gmail.com as soon as possible. People’s Potato Kitchen, Hall Building 7th floor, 1455 De Maisonneuve W. https://www.facebook.com/events/550788098362729/?context=create&ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming Thanks to CCSL for funding this event! This Friday, April 12th will be our last lunch service
for the Winter 2013 semester. Come join us for a special service prepared in collaboration with Burrito Project Montreal! We would also take this time to send a special thanks to all our volunteers who make every serving possible. All your hard work is much appreciated! https://www.facebook.com/events/142773752549034/ On Tuesday February 26th, The People's Potato will serving outside. Meet us on the corner Mackay and de Maisonneuve for our regular serving. In support of free education. Indexation or another tuition hike continues to hold us within the commercialization of education.
Free education is not at the Summit. The Summit is not the place to have the debates that we want. We didn't strike for 6 months for this. In order for our vision of university to prevail, we must mobilize. We must continue to struggle and fight with a new sense of strength. On February 26, at the indexation summit, demonstrate for free and accessible education! |
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