{UVic Poverty Law Club} Minutes from Todays Meeting

Minutes January 17th, 2012

Finances
-Yianni has created a financial statement
-we have around $1200 to spend this term

Community Conference
-changing in capacity from previous years: classes will not be cancelled, looking for a more interactive format
-theme is Charter and the role of lawyers in upholding rights
-room for reps for clubs to set up tables or to run an activity, to find a speaker
-keynote: Joel Bakan, director of the Corporation, UBC Law Professor
-we can potentially use some of our funds to support this- action: Yianni will look into if it fits Block Grant funding guidelines
-action: all members should brainstorm potential speakers
-date: first week of March

Events this Term
-idea to a speaker series on careers in social justice and poverty law
-we can use the $1000 from our block grant to fly out speakers from Vancouver
-proposed date: Wed Feb 29th
-Lyndsey will ask Donald Galloway for speaker ideas and will email LCO for potential funding and support
-Amber will ask Tim Richards, especially for local speaker ideas
-Emily: will email David Eby, Cameron Ward and Katrina Pacey
-student moderator
-criticisms of other alternative career panels: too tangential- we can brainstorm questions to guide speakers
-food will be served
-open to other suggestions from club members, please email Emily em.j.dixon@gmail.com

Guidelines for Speaker Statements
-statement being developed from equity and diversity committee regarding speakers use of inclusive language
-we are being asked to give feedback
-may need to be appproved by faculty council

Next meeting: Tuesday, January 31st, to check in about event planning and strategic planning for next year- Lyndsey will book a room

{UVic Poverty Law Club} Get involved with planning the Womens Memorial March

The organizing committee for the Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women is meeting once a week leading up to the day of the March (february 12th). Meetings will take place Thursday nights at 4:00 pm at Aids Vancouver Island (3rd Floor - Access Health Centre 713 Johnson St). 

The memorial march will take place on Sunday, February 12th meeting at 11:00 am at Our Place and Marching at 12 pm down pandora, left on government and onwards to the Mungo Martin House at Thunderbird Park. There will be food and refreshments at the Mungo Martin House. 

Anyone is welcome to volunteer with the organizing of this event. Everyone is welcome to march in remembrance and to honor the women who aren't with us on the day of the march. 

{UVic Poverty Law Club} first PLC meeting of term 2!

Please join us for the first PLC meeting of this term.  We will be having elections and discussing our plan for the semester.

When: Tues Jan 17th, 2012 at 12:30 pm
Where: rm 152

Hope to see you there!

{UVic Poverty Law Club} Fwd: Dec 8th, 7pm = War on Drugs is War on the Poor (info session & campaign launch)

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Thursday December 8th  /  7-11pm  /  Cabin 12 (Pandora@Govt)
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On December 8th, Beddow Centre, S.O.L.I.D & Allies of Drug War Survivors will launch a campaign to challenge the War on Drugs as a critical component of the current War on the Poor.

 

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The "War on Drugs is a War on the Poor" campaign will demand:

> SUPERVISED CONSUMPTION SITES NOW! An end to denying essential services to people who use drugs (including the immediate implementation of peer-driven Supervised Consumption Services in Victoria)

> HOMES NOT PRISONS! No new money for the criminalization of people who use drugs (no new prisons; no increases to policing budgets for policing poverty) and spending where it should be --providing housing, income, health services and supports for all!

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The launch features presentations about upcoming projects including:

> plans for a 2012 convergence by and for people who use drugs, aimed at building and sharing organizing skills as the first step in creating a powerful, accessible and broad-based local campaign against the War on Drugs/War on the Poor.

Please join us to share knowledge about existing projects and allied organizations (Society of Living Illicit Drug Users, Beddow Centre), and to pool our resources to build a strong, focused anti-poverty movement in Victoria.

 

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See 'Allies of Drug War Survivors' F-book Page for further info

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Mark Willson
Research Coordinator
Vancouver Island Public Interest Research Group (VIPIRG)

Phone: (250) 472-4386
Email: research@vipirg.ca
Web: www.vipirg.ca
Office: UVic student union building room B122
Mail: PO Box 3035 Stn CSC, Victoria, BC, Lekwungen & WSANEC Territories, V8W 3P3

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{UVic Poverty Law Club} Hope in Shadows Calendars for Sale next week!

Hi PLC,

Please stop by the table outside the lounge at lunchtime next week if you would like to be a Hope in Shadows calendar.    The calendar makes a great holiday gift.  They are selling at a discount rate for students for $15.

Hope in Shadows is a charitable organization that aims to create positive social change for people and communities impacted by poverty and marginalization. Our projects empower, educate, and provide employment training to low income people in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and beyond.

The annual Hope in Shadows photography contest - coordinated by the Pivot Legal Society - which gives Downtown Eastside residents the opportunity to portray their community through their own eyes. A selection of the contest's best images is featured in the annual Hope in Shadows calendar which is sold on the streets of Vancouver by homeless and low-income vendors. Free training and support are provided to those interested in managing their own micro-business.

Thanks and please spread the word!

{UVic Poverty Law Club} Fwd: [Nov 10] Out of Sight: Policing Poverty in Victoria, Coast & Straits Salish Territories

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From: Harm Reduction Victoria <victoria.harmreduction@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 5:40 PM
Subject: Fwd: [Nov 10] Out of Sight: Policing Poverty in Victoria, Coast & Straits Salish Territories
To: Harm Reduction Victoria <victoria.harmreduction@gmail.com>

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The Vancouver Island Public Interest Research Group invites you to:

Out of Sight

Policing Poverty in Victoria, Coast & Straits Salish Territories

Community Forum & Research Publication Launch 

A publication launch, panel and discussion featuring community members, street interviewers, researchers & students

Thursday, November 10th, 2011

Victoria Public Library Meeting Room, 735 Broughton Street

6:30 - 8:30

Everyone welcome - Wheelchair accessible - Light supper 

How do policing and the criminal justice system touch the lives of people who are street-involved? Are there reports of racial and social profiling in Victoria? How is public space policed? What role do policing and the courts play in addressing poverty? What needs to change? And how can we do something about? Come bring your questions and ideas to an evening discussion with street interviewers, organizers and researchers from the "Out of Sight: Policing Poverty in Victoria" project. 

About the research project

"Out of Sight: Policing Poverty" is a community research project that takes a close look at how policing and the criminal justice system intersect with the lives of street-involved people in Victoria, Coast and Straits Salish Territories. Through over 100 peer interviews, the project opens a space for the experiences and perspectives of street-involved people to take center-stage in our communities' efforts to build a better understanding of policing, criminal justice and poverty.

Bus tickets available for those who need them - Please contact us in advance if you have childcare needs (research@vipirg.ca or 250-472-4386-250-472-5170)

For more information: www.vipirg.ca

{UVic Poverty Law Club} Meeting this week!

Oh, hello there!

I'd like to formally invite you all to a PLC meeting, Monday, October 24th
at high noon in room 205. You hear it right: A room UPSTAIRS. Ballin'?

Anyways, please come, it will, as always, be AWESOME.

-Maddy