*AW@L New Member Meeting*

November 12th 7pm @ KW Community Centre for Social Justice (KWCCSJ)
63 Courtland Ave. Kitchener (5 mins east of Charles St. bus terminal, just south of benton)

AW@L is a community-based radical direct action group committed to solidarity and anti-oppressive organizing. We welcome all those who may be interested in getting involved in the KW community. This meeting will give you a chance to understand how we work as a group, what our core values are, as well as opportunities to become further involved.

The new members meeting will be immediately followed by a film screening of "Flow" a documentary about the growing privatization of fresh water, followed by a discussion.

Hope to see you and your friends there!!

Flow: How did a handful of Corporations Steal our Water?

KW Community Centre for Social Justice
63 Curtland Ave E
Thurs, Nov. 12
8pm

"Irena Salina's award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century - The World Water Crisis.

Submedia.tv & Pepper Spray Productions

Ground Noise & Static

Thursday 19 November,
9pm

KW Community Centre for Social Justice (kwccsj),
63 Courtland Ave East

No One Is Illegal (NOII) Toronto:
Join SHELTER SANCTUARY STATUS for

AN EVENING OF RESISTANCE
Because DEPORTATION IS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

WED, NOV 25, 2009
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
6pm Registration, 6:30-8:30pm
Innis Town Hall (2 Sussex Avenue, Corner of Sussex and St. George, South of Bloor in Toronto)
Speakers, Theatre, Poetry, Music and more...

Thursday November 26, 11am – 2pm

Rally against the Hanlon Creek Business Park
Xterra Construction office, 934 Guelph St., Kitchener

Xterra Construction is the company who has successfully bid on the latest construction for the Hanlon Creek Business Park. For $1.7 million of taxpayers money, they hope to tunnel pipes below the Hanlon expressway at Clair rd., to connect the HCBP to the city’s water, electrical, and telecommunications infrastructure.

Too often people defend construction companies as ‘innocent bystanders’ who are just doing their job. But if one’s job is to facilitate the destruction of the earth and our landbase, then one must at least become aware of, and accept responsibility for, the results of these actions.

Movie Night
November 26
KWCCSJ
63 Courtland
7pm

"Stop the Re-Route: taking a stand on sacred land"

http://www.oakfolkfilms.net/

Ten years in the making, "Stop the Re-Route: Taking A Stand On Sacred Land" is a story of resistance and reverence. It shows the power of a dedicated group of people as they guard one small but precious part of the earth from being paved.

In August of 1998, three decades of community resistance to the reroute of Highway 55 coalesced into an inspiring alliance of:

• environmental activists committed to living lightly on the Earth;
• neighborhood champions who wanted to keep their homes and park from being destroyed; and

WTO, Seattle '99

10 year anniversary
It has been ten years since riots and protests rocked the WTO meetings in Seattle in 1999. We’re going to talk about a couple movies with two different perspectives on the actions of Nov 29-Dec 2, 1999.

Movie Night, December 3, KWCCSJ, 63 Courtland, 7-11pm

What: Community Potlach and Strategy Session

When: Tuesday December 8, 7pm

Where: KW Community Centre for Social Justice, 63 Courtland East

Why: Because the fight to save Hanlon Creek in Guelph not only continues, but has come to KW. Kitchener's Xterra Construction has receved the most recent contract to develope the Business Park at Hanlon Creek.

Movie Night The Age of Stupid

KWCCSJ - 63 Courtland Ave. Kitchener

The Age of Stupid is the new movie from Director Franny Armstrong (McLibel) and producer John Battsek (One Day In September).

Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated future world of 2055, looking at old footage from 2008 and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance?

This film is being shown as representatives from around the world meet in Copenhagen to discuss post Kyoto action on the climate change and environmental destruction issues. A discussion will follow the movie.

ageofstupid.net

Protest against RBC on the Global Day of Action against Climate Change

What: Protest against RBC—Olympic sponsor, tar sands financier

Where: Public Square in Uptown Waterloo

When: Noon, Saturday December 12