Events
March 2017
The Art of Working While Black: An Art Exhibit of the Black Experience
Please join us in celebration of African Liberation Month for an art exhibit of six local Black Nova Scotian artists. We will journey through these experiences through narrative performances of the local theater group iMOVe, and be reminded of the resilience through instrumentalists, and vocal performers. The event is free and everyone is welcome! Locally catered refreshments and free childcare will be provided on site. Cash bar will be open. **** This event is a collaboration between CUPE NS and…
Find out more »Alton Gas 101 + Poster Making Session with SWAGR
This event is presented as part of the Spring Break From Capitalism series. What is Alton Gas? Why are land defenders and allies trying to stop the project? How can you help? Find out! Join Standing With the Alton Gas Resistance (SWAGR) for a short presentation about the project and why it is such a catastrophically bad idea for the land, water, people, and climate, and stay for snacks, informal conversation and strategizing, and print-making. You’ll leave with new knowledge…
Find out more »April 2017
*UPDATE* Action brainstorming and planning against Alton Gas
*Please note the change of location* Please join Solidarity with Alton Gas Resistance (SWAGR) for an afternoon of brainstorming and planning! We hope to work with interested and motivated people in the Halifax area to decide what the next steps for our resistance to Alton Gas will be. We hope that you will attend this event, and come prepared with ideas for what you would like to do next, skills or ideas you can contribute, and the energy to…
Find out more »Mayworks Halifax Festival
Solidarity Halifax is a proud sponsor of the 8th annual Mayworks Halifax Festival! Join us in celebrations of workers, social justice and solidarity! 9 events running April 28 - May 10 Event details and tickets available at www.mayworkshalifax.ca All venues are wheelchair accessible. KAMP SONGSPIEL: AN ORCHESTRAL PREVIEW Musical by Jamie Bradley and Garry Williams April 28-30, 7:30PM Halifax Music Coop $25 - includes access to readings at STAGES Festival With support from Eastern Front Theatre THE DECELEBRATION OF CANADA…
Find out more »June 2017
UPDATE: Expose 150
Please note that our morning action to expose the colonial truth behind Canada 150 celebrations has been rescheduled to Wednesday, June 28th. ---- Join Solidarity Halifax and supporters in solidarity against the colonialist celebration of Canada 150. We will be demonstrating in support of the Indigenous peoples for whom the 150th anniversary of Canadian Confederation is not a day of patriotic celebration, but a day of mourning and resistance. We will be demonstrating to expose the truth of the Canadian…
Find out more »August 2017
Street Checks Action – Contact the Halifax Regional Police
It has been 6 months since CBC released statistics about police/street checks* in Halifax. Since that time, many members of the Black community in Halifax have been unequivocal in their demand for an immediate moratorium on street checks. Instead, the police released an interim report in mid June committing to empty actions, such as continued analysis of street check data, and refusing to admit that street checks are a problem. In the meantime, African Nova Scotians continue to be three times…
Find out more »Street Checks Action – Contact Your Councillor
It has been 6 months since CBC released statistics about police/street checks* in Halifax. Since that time, many members of the Black community in Halifax have been unequivocal in their demand for an immediate moratorium on street checks. Instead, the police released an interim report in mid June committing to empty actions, such as continued analysis of street check data, and refusing to admit that street checks are a problem. In the meantime, African Nova Scotians continue to be three times…
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