Join us for a moving evening of powerful stories of youth shaping their lives through the arts. Content suggested 14 years+.
January 27-29: Peterborough ReFrame International Film Festival
Passes are now available for purchase at the KWIC office now and Titles Bookstore.
For details on film times and venues see www.reframefilmfestival.ca. 3 days of breath-taking film and activities - right in downtown Peterborough. You won't want to miss it!
Voice Mob
KWIC Seeds for Justice group have been visiting local highschool classes with a project called VOICE MOB that aims to capture youth voices on issues that matter to them- through video! Check out our teaser clip on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOgHAVpKXJQ
Contact yo...@kwic.info if you would like VOICE MOB to come to your classroom or if you would like to get involved with the after-school community-based VOICE MOB working group!
Global Youth Day
Global Youth Day is fast approaching! We are excited to announce the theme of the 2012 Global Youth Day:
Unbottled Resistance: Youth Voices on Sustainability!
The conference will be held at Market Hall in early April. Stay tuned for more information about keynote speakers and workshops!
In the meantime...check out what Camina and Leah, the MC's from last years Global Youth Day, have to say about the conference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtsDMa1DbPY&context=C392b0b0ADOEgsToPDskIHxIM9frrTsouzFvnH7FoR
Jan. 11th: Convergence KWIC Radio Show: "Water – Sacred to all and a Human Right" (92.7 FM) from 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The Trent radio show for KWIC that seeks to inspire, to engage and motivate to actions for changes needed in our world. Tune in the first and third Wednesday of every month from 3-4, 92.7 on your FM dial. We bring local and global issues into clearer focus with lots of community participation in radio drama, interviews, round-table discussions, music and humour. Our first show of the new year will be on water – Sacred to all and a Human Right, Wednesday January 11. The Sacred Water Circle will be our guests informing us about an upcoming Water Conference to be held at Trent University in early May, 2012.
Jan 11th: Food, Climate and Gender Working Group: Food, Climate and Gender - Making Connections: Group meets January 11 at 11:00 am at KWIC. Everyone welcome!
Jan 19: KWIC Open House with Sustainable Trent: Interested in World Issues? Want to get involved? Drop in for hot cider & conversation 11:00 am -1 pm
Potluck and film screening starting at 5 pm!
Feb 4th: Peterborough Annual One World Dinner - Doors open at 5:30/Potluck dinner 6pm at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church Hall. Tickets at the door. Details will come or visit
http://www.kwic.info.
Community Events:
Our Space Community Centre needs support for the holidays. Donations of money and food and small gift items for stockings can be dropped off at the location at 574 George Street North.
Dec 30th: Peterborough Multicultural Festival 5:30 pm - 10:00 pm @ Showplace
The Peterborough Multicultural Festival at Showplace Performance Centre Lounge will be a family-friendly evening of international cuisine, music, and dance from around the world and interactive fun! Performers will include the Resolutionaries Marimba Band, African Inspirations, Sri Lanka dancer, Irish Fiddlers, Phoenix Belly dancers, guitarist Giovanni Matamoros-folkoric traditional Mexican music and lots more.
Pay what you can, suggested price of $7 each and if possible bring an appetizer or a side dish from an ethnic background.
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Oxfam: Call to Action 'The 2011 UN Climate Change Conference'
Over the past few weeks, over 3,000 of people took action and told the federal government to show leadership on climate financing and adaptation at this year’s UN climate conference.
Overall, the outcome of negotiations fell far short of the dramatic action needed to avoid catastrophic climate change. The failure to seal an ambitious deal that would make greenhouse gas emissions peak within five years will have painful consequences for poor people around the world.
However, some progress was made. The Kyoto protocol will continue as the foundation of global efforts to fight climate change, albeit without Japan, Russia or Canada. And new negotiations will be launched to conclude a wider legal agreement for all countries by 2015, to enter into force from 2020.
On the crucial question of assistance for communities reeling from climate change, here’s what you and thousands of others helped achieve:
Canada reaffirmed its $1.2 billion commitment to “fast-start” financing over three years, announcing $600 million in new projects;
With Canada’s support, the Green Climate Fund was launched, including key provisions on gender, national ownership and civil society participation, so that it serves the needs of the majority of the world’s food producers – women.
We still need your help to keep the pressure on:
The federal government has yet to say how much of its climate financing will help poor communities adapt to climate change. At least half should be spent on adaptation.
World leaders did not agree on sources of revenue for the Green Climate Fund. Canada needs to throw its support behind the international shipping tax which gained many adherents and could be approved over the coming months.
World leaders did not agree on ambitious targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Canada has yet to announce measures to meet its voluntary reduction target, and has indicated it will withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol. Your Member of Parliament needs to hear from you if we are to avoid falling from climate crisis to climate catastrophe.
The rural women who marched outside the conference centre in Durban won’t be satisfied with empty promises. And neither should you.
With your help, our collective voice can be heard. Together and with our allies, we can move decision-makers towards meaningfully addressing climate change and help to ensure everyone has enough to eat always.
Thank you for taking action with us.
Oxfam Canada
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Are you (or do you know) an Ontario high school student? Want to create social change in your community? Take the Change Inc. e-course in January 2012!
Change Inc.: Cultivating Young Social Entrepreneurs, led by TakingITGlobal (TIG) and the Public Policy Forum (PPF), aims to develop the entrepreneurship skills of Ontario youth to imagine and create their own social change projects by facilitating learning, skill building and mentoring opportunities between outstanding youth and established social entrepreneurs.
Through an interactive, self-directed e-course, students take part in a unique opportunity to develop essential social entrepreneurship skills, including team building, project management, communications and leveraging technology to design social change projects. To participate, all you need is an idea, $20.00 and an internet connection! Register now by December 19th at: www.tigurl.org/changeinc
