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“Are we ready, many millions of us, to rally, not just on the streets, but at work and in schools and in our homes, in every decision we take, and every choice we make? Or not just yet … ?”
— Arundhati Roy, War Talk.
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OPIRG Guelph’s Social and Environmental Justice Symposium is a two day convergence of academic and community research, activism, and art focused on social and environmental justice issues.
This year, we are critically considering the ways that the election of a Trump regime, and the resurgence of other hard-right movements in the West and elsewhere affects our continued resistance to injustice and oppression.
By creating a space for the exchange of diverse knowledges between academics and community activists, our goal is to support the development of research that is useful to community-based campaigns and projects working for social change, and to make such research more accessible to all.
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Some speakers so far:
KEYNOTE:
Akio Maroon (Toronto Sex Workers Action Project, BLM, and more)
PLENARY PANEL:
– Syed Hussan (No One is Illegal Toronto)
– Ena͞emaehkiw Kesīqnaeh (Menominee Nation of Wisconsin, Ph.D student in Indigenous Critical Theory & Settler Colonial Studies)
– Adrian Perez (MA student in European Studies, Crossways in Cultural Narratives program)
Check out the schedule and other information at symposium.opirgguelph.org
– LUNCH PROVIDED
– FREE ADMISSION
– ON-SITE CHILDCARE
– CHILLOUT ROOM (with Active Listeners)
– REBEL KNOWLEDGE FAIR – Books, Zines, Community Organization Booths
– WORKSHOPS & PANELS
Pre-registration has opened.
Visit http://symposium.opirgguelph.org/pre-reg/ or e-mail symposium@opirgguelph.org to reserve a spot. If you’re on the pre-registration list you’ll get a ticket to guarantee your lunch, but registrations on the day will need to take your chances 🙂