Welcome to OPIRG Kingston

Positive Space Luncheon

· Free lunch! (Catering by Windmills)
· “Positive” remarks by Gender Studies Professor Scott Morgensen

· OPIRG Positive Space Award

When: Thursday, March 11, 11:30 to 2:00 (food from 11:30 on; “ceremonies” between 12:00 and 1:00)

Where: …

A workshop to begin engaging with issues of oppression, privilege and being an ally in the context of anti-racism

Saturday, March 6, 2010
1:00pm - 4:00pm
AKA Autonomous Social Centre
75 Queen Street

Are you looking for a non-judgmental space to confront apprehensions about anti-racism, or to start a dialogue about discrimination in your life and work?

Do you want to help fight racism, but …

Tuesday June 16th, 7pm
Dunning Hall Room 12 (Corner of University Ave and Union St)

Adil Charkaoui was arrested under a so-called security certificate in 2003; he spent almost two years in jail before being released under draconian conditions pending the outcome of the process against him. Now, for the first time in six years, Adil is able to …

Update: Click here to find archived materials from this project online.

The Ontario Public Interest Research Interest Group, the Education on Queer Issues Project, the Women’s Centre, and the People’s History Project are hoping over the summer to gather the stories of folks who have used this house over the past many decades. …

The Kingston May Day Festival is a celebration of worker resistance and radical community organizing, and of efforts to build alternative economic and social spaces!

Come join us for a two-day celebration featuring workshops, skill shares, a really free market and lots of fun activities!

Check out the website at www.mayday.akakingston.org for more information and agenda details.

**Agenda**:

Friday May 1st

3:00-7:00pm Skeleton Park–> …

Did you know that the Queens Positive Space Program (Support and Resources for
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans and Queer Individuals) is celebrating its Tenth
Anniversary this year? And as part of the celebration, were excited to call for
nominations for the first annual *OPIRG Positive Space Award*.

The OPIRG Positive Space Award will recognize a full-time Queens University
undergraduate or graduate …

Hosted by: Alternative Jewish Voices

Tues. Jan. 27th 2009

7pm-9:30pm

Dunning 12

About the film:

A celebration of diversity, Young Jewish and Left weaves queer culture, Jewish Arab history, secular Yiddishkeit, anti-racist analysis, and religious/spiritual traditions into a multi-layered tapestry of Leftist politics. Personal experiences from many of today’s leading Jewish activists reframe the possibilities of Jewish identity. It presents a fresh and constructive take …

Event for Youth Age 11-18
Tuesday, February 10th, 5:30pm-7:30pm: Ban Righ Centre, 32 Bader Lane
A workshop for black, racialized and/or immigrant youth who wish to learn more about Black History Month through questions of leadership and understanding ways in
which people are valorized or devalued in society.
Using film clips and short readings, we will discuss the contributions of prominent people from …

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4TH, 5:30PM
WATSON ROOM 217 ON QUEEN’S CAMPUS

Marylynn Poucachiche, Barriere Lake community spokesperson, and Suzanne Decoursay, a volunteer teacher from Barriere Lake, will be screening: Blockade on the 117 (12 mins, 2008) [http://blip.tv/file/1391794] and speaking in Kingston in both Algonquin and English.
* Donations encouraged. Food and drinks available
After exhausting all political avenues, on October 6th and …

The OPIRG Office will be open from 9-5 the week of June 2-7. The Alternative Resource Library will also be open. Come and meet the new coordinator.

You can email announcements to events[at]opirgkingston.org.

JOB POSTING: FESTIVAL DIRECTOR

reelout, Kingston’s annual not for profit queer film + video festival, is
seeking a Festival Director to oversee the coordination of our 10th annual
festival and the general administration of the organization.

THE POSITION

The Festival Director is responsible for ensuring the continued success of
the reelout queer film + video festival, which is currently entering its
10th year of operation. The Director’s …

Yellow Bike Action now has a website at: http://yellowbikeaction.googlepages.com/

You can also reach them at: yellowbikeaction[at]gmail.com or visit at 23 Carlisle Street!

Location Watson Hall Room 217

Breanne Oryschak presents the final Free Queen’s class of the semester on “Making Sense of Cinema: Looking beyond Plot and Character for Meaning in Film”

This lecture will survey basic film theories that push the moviegoer to consider aspects of film production and composition, which inform and inflect a movie’s meaning beyond issues of storyline and characterisation. …

Friday April 11th, 7pm, Wilson Room at the Downtown Public Library (130 Johnson St)

In September 2000, Toronto police raided the women and trans positive bathhouse, the Pussy Palace, and laid charges against two of the volunteers. The organizers fought back, won, and sparked a whole lot of controversy. 2008 marks the 10th anniversary of the Pussy Palace, an …