The 14th Annual

Under the Volcano

Festival of Art and Social change

 

events
artists
workshops
volunteer
contact

 

WORKSHOPS

 

1:30 - 2:45

RESISTING THE STATE: FIGHTING OPPRESSION AT THE BORDER, IN PRISONS AND ON OUR STREETS.

  • Coalition Opposed to Police Brutality (COPB-VAN)
  • Joint Effort
  • QUAK
  • No-One is Illegal

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3:00 - 4:30

CULTURES OF RESISTANCE: FROM THE PANTHERS TO THE DINE’ NATION AND MORE

  • David Hilliard
  • Jeneda Benally
  • Ugnayan ng Kabataang Pilipino sa Canada/
    Filipino-Canadian Youth Alliance (UKPC)
  • Splitting the Sky

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4:45 - 6:00

ILLEGAL OCCUPATIONS: THE STRUGGLE FOR LAND & SOVEREIGNTY

  • Hanna Kawas
  • The Indigenous People's Movement
  • Building Bridges Vancouver
  • Hemsa Nosh

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6:15 - 7:30

JUSTICE NOT BOMBS: THE BATTLE AGAINST THE IMPERIALIST WAR MACHINE

  • B.C. Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines (BCCHRP)
  • Jaggi Singh
  • Fire this Time
  • The Committee for Solidarity with Colombia

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RESISTING THE STATE:

FIGHTING OPPRESSION AT THE BORDER, IN PRISONS AND ON OUR STREETS.

1:30 pm - 2:45

 

Coalition Opposed to Police Brutality

Coalition Opposed to Police Brutality (COPB-VAN) is a collective of concerned folk based in Vancouver. They focus on fighting the increasing levels of police brutality and police immunity, particularly after 9-11, and the illegitimate uses of policing to harass, beat, arrest, and kill marginalised people all over the world. They gather and share information and knowledge, report and publish police brutality cases, help people file complaints and give affidavits, and are very visible in the streets, at rallies, demos, etc. They also organize Vancouver's participation in the International Day Against Police Brutality (annually on March 15).

http://resist.ca/~copb-van/

 

Joint Effort

Joint Effort is a women in prison support group who operates from an abolitionist perspective. We volunteer with prisoners at the Burnaby Correctional Centre for Women where we organize workshops of mutual interest to women inside and outside of prison. Joint Effort is currently involved in the national campaign to investigate human rights violations of federally sentenced women by the Government of Canada. In conjunction with Strength In SISterhood we wrote a submission to the Canadian Human Rights Commission regarding the Systemic Discrimination Against Women in Prison Based on Gender, Race and Disability.

P.O. Box 78005, 1755 East Broadway Vancouver, BC V5N 5W1
(604)682-3269, ex. 3019
j_effort@hotmail.com
http://www.vcn.bc.ca/august10/jointeffort.html

 

QUAK

Queers United Against Kapitalism is a direct action group of queer people working to end sexism, racism, classism, homophobia and transphobia in the queer community and the province. We oppose any form of false community forced on us by those wishing to exploit us as a hip consumer niche and we challenge sell-out queers who actively work to oppress other queers or marginalized people in general.

 

No-One is Illegal

No-One Is Illegal Vancouver is a coalition of groups and individuals committed to fighting for the rights of immigrants and refugees.

Demands:

  • Stop the racist war on immigrants
  • Stop the policy of deportations now!
  • General amnesty for all detained immigrants in Canadian prisons!
  • Open the borders for detained immigrants in US prisons!

The group struggles for a world in which everyone can move freely, live and flourish in justice and dignity.

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CULTURES OF RESISTANCE:

FROM THE PANTHERS TO THE DINE’ NATION AND MORE

3:00 pm - 4:30

 

David Hilliard

David Hilliard was co-founder and chief of staff of the Black Panther Party in the 60’s and 70’s. He is now President of Black Panther Records and operates Black Panther Tours (which he created), which visits historical landmarks of the Panthers in and around Oakland. Mr. Hilliard also started the Newton Foundation (named after Panther member Huey P. Newton) in 1993 (with Newton’s widow Fredrika), whose goal is to promote the legacy of the Panthers through publishing, tours, lectures and other educational initiatives . He is also the author (with Lewis Cole) of This Side Of Glory: The Autobiography of David Hilliard and The Story Of The Black Panther Party.

DAVID HILLIARD WILL BE DOING A BOOK SIGNING AT THE MERCHANDISE TENT AT 6:30PM.

 

Jeneda Benally

Jeneda Benally is a member of the group Blackfire, and she has been speaking for the earth and indigenous cultures for the majority of her life. She will present ideas about sustaining cultural identity in the wake of Colonialism, and will also focus on the Navajo Hopi Land dispute and 28 years of forced relocation.

 

Ugnayan ng Kabataang Pilipino sa Canada
/Filipino-Canadian Youth Alliance (UKPC)

As a group of Filipino youth and students, we met through the assistance of the Philippine Women Centre in 1995. By sharing our experiences, we were able to identify common issues we faced. We realized there was a need to organize into an activist-oriented group to tackle these issues. UKPC is a result of the dynamism of Filipino youth and our desire to build a community where marginalized people are no longer exploited and oppressed. We educate, organize and mobilize around issues such as understanding our roots of migration, Philippine history, systemic racism, class exploitation and oppression, gender oppression, identity crisis, and anti-globalization. This August 15-17th, UKPC is hosting an upcoming B.C.-wide conference entitled, "Confronting the Critical Moment: Equality and the Right to Development Now!", where Filipino youth will gather, discuss, and create an action plan to address these issues.

For more information or to register for the conference:
(604-215-1103)
ukpc_fcya@telus.net
www.kalayaancentre.org

We are part of the Filipino people's continuing struggle for national democracy. We also struggle for our community's legitimate interests in Canadian society!

 

Splitting The Sky

John Hill AKA Dacajaweiah – (Mohawk for Splitting the Sky), is a former political prisoner, former American Indian Movement activist, survivor of the Attica massacre, author of the 650 page autobiography From Attica to Gustafsen Lake, and longtime revolutionary. From a background of Residential schools and foster homes, at 19, Splitting the Sky emerged as a principal leader of the Attica rebellion, and later became a major figure in the Native sovereignty movement. While on parole from New York State penal system, Splitting the Sky became a national figure in the Native Rights Movement and founded the League of Indigenous Sovereign Nations (LISN). He participated in the reclamation of stolen Mohawk land at Ganyankieh near Eagle Bay, New York as well as supported the 1990 standoff at Oka. Splitting the Sky was also the Sundance Chief at Gustafson Lake, during the 1995 siege there. Although he has endured decades of poverty, imprisonment and repression, he continues to agitate for Native sovereignty and prisoner’s rights.

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ILLEGAL OCCUPATIONS:

THE STRUGGLE FOR LAND & SOVEREIGNTY

4:45 pm - 6:00

Hanna Kawas

Hanna Kawas is the chairperson of Canada Palestine Association and the host of Voice of Palestine on Coop Radio 102.7FM.

 

Indigenous Peoples Movement

The Indigenous People's Movement are members of the Indigenous community dedicated to strengthening the Indigenous voice of resistance. We believe that knowledge is a powerful weapon and work to raise the political consciousness of our people, while providing an opportunity for people to act and engage. A community-based organization, we strive to empower our people at a grassroots level, encouraging unity and inclusiveness in the Indigenous struggle for freedom.

http://www.geocities.com/anti_fnga2003

 

Building Bridges

Building Bridges Vancouver is a group of volunteers who are interested in justice for communities in Mexico. We are working to support the activities of the Fray Bartolome Human Rights Centre and Enlace Civil in Chiapas. Building Bridges recruits, trains and support volunteer human rights observers who work with Mexican human rights groups. We also work to defend human rights in Canada, and make links between the situation in Mexico and Canada.

 

Hemsa Nosh

Hemsa Nosh is an Iraqi-Canadian Peace Activist with an abiding belief in the power of the human spirit to fuel compassion and create positive change in the world.

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JUSTICE NOT BOMBS:

THE BATTLE AGAINST THE IMPERIALIST WAR MACHINE

6:15 pm - 7:30

B.C. Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines (BCCHRP)

Founded by Canadian church people in 1982, the B.C. Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines serve as a mechanism to express support and solidarity with the Filipino people’s struggle for human rights, social justice and national freedom. BCCHRP works to expose and oppose the human rights violations perpetrated by successive regimes, demand freedom for political prisoners and call for the building of a just and lasting peace. This is becoming ever more critical because of disturbing events in the country.

 

Jaggi Singh

Jaggi Singh is a writer and political activist based in Montreal. He is a member of No One is Illegal (an immigrant and refugee rights campaign), and the Anti-Capitalist Convergence (CLAC). He has been very active in a variety of anti-imperialist and antiauthoritarian projects for a decade, and has organized against capitalist globalization, at the APEC Summit in Vancouver (1997), the Quebec City Summit of the Americas (2001) and several other mobilizations. He was also recently a volunteer in Palestine with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM). Jaggi's writing has appeared in a variety of alternative, indepedent and mainstream publications all over North America.

 

Fire this Time

Fire This Time is committed to building the social and political power of poor, working, and oppressed people in BC. Fire This Time is involved in the anti-war movement, and also does work around immigrant and refugee rights, the $6 training wage, legal defense against police abuse and brutality, and support work for the Skwelkwek'welt Protection Centre Defenders.

 

Committee for Solidarity with Colombia

The Committee for Solidarity with Colombia was formed to bring public awareness of the Colombian struggle for social justice against a regime of bloody state violence. The Committee brings attention to the alternatives for peace developed by the people's movement, while exposing the real reasons for U.S. intervention into the country's internal conflict, the disinformation campaign surrounding the so-called "drug war" and "terrorism" in Colombia, the role of multinational corporations in their exploitation of workers and the environment, and the horrific human rights crisis faced today by the people of Colombia.

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