Festival of Solidarity 2012
From Indignation To Mobilization
“AFTER THE QUEBEC SPRING: MERGING THE STRUGGLES”
Festival of Solidarity 2012
Saturday June 9, 2012 from 11am to 11pm
École Le Plateau, 3710 Calixa-Lavallée, Parc Lafontaine, Montreal
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June 9th 2012, Alternatives will hold a one-day Festival of Solidarity featuring conferences, entertainment and family activities. Its purpose is to bring together leaders of this spring's various social movements around the idea of uniting in a common battle against the right-wing agenda of austerity and regression. An international conference will feature the renowned environmental author Hervé Kempf. Well-known activists including Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, Québec's main student spokesperson, will also be speaking.
PROGRAM
11AM, Stage in the schoolyard - Opening Panel: After the Quebec Spring: Merging the Struggles
With:
- Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, Quebec student spokesperson,
- Louis Roy, President of the CSN
- Patrick Bonin from the organizing committee “April 22”,
- Brigitte DePape member of “Power Shift” movement in Ottawa,
- Raul Burbano from “Common Frontiers” in Toronto;
- Chair: Michel Lambert, Director of Alternatives
1 PM: Open air in the Schoolyard: Egyptian Music Group “January 25”
1-2 PM, Alternatives booth: Workshop- Rooftop gardens/building garden containers. Coordinator: Sara Brunelle
2 PM, Auditorium: Great conference- How the Rich are destroying the Earth and how can social movements save it?
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With:
- Hervé Kempf, Author of How the rich are destroying the earth
- Chair: Louise Vandelac, Head of the Science and Environment Institute at UQAM
2-4 PM, Schoolyard: Workshop- Creative Resistance: Making Art for the revolution
- Coordinator: Sheena Swirlz
4 PM, Auditorium: Interactive Workshop- Discussion with the Quebec delegation to Rio + 20
With:
- Roger Rashi and Thérèse Guay from the organizing committee of the Quebec delegation
4-6 PM
Room under the auditorium: Workshop- Welcome Palestine.
- Coordinators: Séverine Défouni and Tadamon
Alternatives booth: Workshop- Urban agriculture: how to share your thoughts and present a memoir in a public consultation.
- Coordinator: Gaëlle Janvier
2 PM to 6 PM
Open Air in the Schoolyard: Games, songs and music with the Peoples’ Choir of Occupy Montreal
6 PM to 8 PM
Open air in the Schoolyard: Music with "Mr Parker Québec" and “ Acalanto”
8 PM to 11 PM
Open air in the Schoolyard: World Music Concert with Bombalessé and Syncop