Hosted by GALLERY 101 & ICMI
51B Young St., Ottawa April 8th, 2014 / 7PM-11:30PM
7pm: potluck, mingle, short speeches, registrations for the forum
8:30pm-11:30pm: musical performances, performance art, poetry, DJ, dancing
The theme of this first social event is ARTS & CULTURE. In that spirit we encourage you to invite the artists in your lives to come participate and get involved as Art is a crucial component of the forum. The night's festivities will feature poetry, music, performances, DJ, and more.
Featuring: Carmel Whittle and Elizabeth Riley Band, Eric Mandala, Slim Moore and the NewSoulProject, Laura Margita, Ottawa Slam Poets, Rebel Hip-hop stylings of "Testament (Test Their Logik)" and more!
Please donate to the artists lending their time to the cause. This summer, Ottawa will host a historic convergence of social movements and progressive minds, the scale and scope of which has never been seen in Canada. Activists, Students, Indigenous peoples, Unions, Youth, Environmentalists, and thousands of ordinary fed-up individuals from across this land will gather to oppose the current political and economic order and propose a plurality of alternative paths towards a better world. As Ottawa organizers and activists we are working to bring our talents, struggles, campaigns, and movements to the forefront of this event and to welcome the thousands of people who will come to participate with us in launching the first-ever: “People's Social Forum”. Join us, here in the host community, to celebrate the ongoing efforts to build this historic event, hear from local activists and movement leaders, connect with people active in the organizing process, register for the forum, share your visions and ideas for forum activities, get plugged into the local organizing groups, eat, drink and be merry. Bring food, ideas, and talents to share. This is a potluck-style event. -Ottawa Arts & Culture Working Group
Social Forums are spaces for activists, grassroots groups, scholars, and civil society organizations to come together to share knowledge and experience on social justice issues and organizing. The first Social Forum was held in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 2001 and has since spread around the world as a means for progressive movements and people to connect, develop relationships, build solidarity, and strengthen campaigns and struggles for social, political, and economic change. www.peoplessocialforum.org
Please donate to the artists lending their time to the cause. This summer, Ottawa will host a historic convergence of social movements and progressive minds, the scale and scope of which has never been seen in Canada. Activists, Students, Indigenous peoples, Unions, Youth, Environmentalists, and thousands of ordinary fed-up individuals from across this land will gather to oppose the current political and economic order and propose a plurality of alternative paths towards a better world. As Ottawa organizers and activists we are working to bring our talents, struggles, campaigns, and movements to the forefront of this event and to welcome the thousands of people who will come to participate with us in launching the first-ever: “People's Social Forum”. Join us, here in the host community, to celebrate the ongoing efforts to build this historic event, hear from local activists and movement leaders, connect with people active in the organizing process, register for the forum, share your visions and ideas for forum activities, get plugged into the local organizing groups, eat, drink and be merry. Bring food, ideas, and talents to share. This is a potluck-style event. -Ottawa Arts & Culture Working Group
Social Forums are spaces for activists, grassroots groups, scholars, and civil society organizations to come together to share knowledge and experience on social justice issues and organizing. The first Social Forum was held in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 2001 and has since spread around the world as a means for progressive movements and people to connect, develop relationships, build solidarity, and strengthen campaigns and struggles for social, political, and economic change. www.peoplessocialforum.org