Yapping Out Loud: Contagious Thoughts from an Unrepentant Whore
Tuesday, September 30, 7:30 p.m.
Lev Bukhman Room, Shatner building, 3480 McTavish
A screening will show transsexual sex worker and performance artist Mirha-Soleil Ross deliver a monologue detailing the way anti-prostitution discourses and actions often tragically impact sex workers’ conditions and lives. Admission is free, although a $5 donation is suggested.
Rolling back the Coup d’Etat: Barriere Lake Algonquins Panel
Wednesday, October 1, 6 p.m.
New Chancellor Day Hall, 3644 Peel
Spokespeople from the Barriere Lake Algonquin community will talk about the federal government’s unwillingness to honour agreements they signed with the community. They will also discuss their first meeting with Federal Transport Minister Lawrence Cannon, whose assistant made what the band called racist remarks. Donations of dried food or money will be accepted.
Rwandan musician speaks and performs
Wednesday, October 1, 7 p.m.
Dix Mille Villages, 5674 Monkland
Jean Paul Samputu, a renowned musician and ambassador for peace whose parents and four siblings were killed during the Rwandan genocide, will speak and perform some of his music at the fair-trade store in NDG. Admission is free.
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