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The Link: Open Door Books makes the case for prison literacy  [From the Literary Arts section of the November 4, 2008 edition of The Link]Reading a book, any book, can be a good way to pass seven hours on a plane, or seven minutes on the way to the next metro stop. It can also be a good way to keep sane during a seven-year prison sentence. But what if the prison library is closed for six months of the year? That’s three and a half years in solitary confinement with only your thoughts. Open Door Books, an organization partnered with the Quebec Public Interest Research Group of Concordia, has made it their mission to put books in the hands of prisoners. Because if their wardens won’t, who will? Read the full article HERE How NGOs contribute to imperialism: The Case of Haiti part of the QPIRG-Concordia Educational series
 Monday, November 10, 7pm 1500 de Maisonneuve West, #204 metro Guy-Concordia wheelchair accessible; free childcare available on request (please phone 514-848-7585 to request by November 7); présentation en anglais, avec traduction chuchotée disponible vers le français Join Haiti Action Montréal and QPIRG-Concordia for a workshop and audiovisual presentation on the role of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Haiti. Let Freedom Ring!: calendar launch / book launch / vernissage  In celebration of the struggle to free political prisonersJoin us for an evening of art & literature in celebration of the struggle to free political prisoners November 10th 2008 7-10pm Le Cagibi 5490 St Laurent (corner St Viateur) NEW! QPIRG's 2008-2009 Working Groups This year, QPIRG-Concordia has 19 working groups, as well as 5 affiliate and solidarity groups!
Our new Working Groups: Centre Social Autogéré de Pointe-Saint-Charles; Committee to Support Abdelkader Belaouni; Common Front; Independent Media Center-Montreal; Indigenous Solidarity Committee of the People's Global Action (PGA) Bloc; Prisoner Correspondence Project; Project X; Tadamon! Montreal Our returning Working Groups: Block the Empire-Montreal; Certain Days Political Prisoner Calendar Committee; Childcare Collective; Haiti Action Montreal; Montreal Sound Team; Open Door Books; Q-Team; Re-Con; Solidarity Across Borders; Ste-Emilie Skillshare; TAPthirst Our Solidarity & Affiliate Groups: Right to Move; Montreal Anarchist Bookfair Collective, LCP Focus Group; Kanehsatake Garden Project; Ethnoculture For more details, or to get involved, visit our Working Groups page October 17: Anti-colonial Thanksgiving!  Anti-colonial Thanksgiving Celebrating our cultures of resistance to colonialism FEAST, FILMS AND SPEAKERS Friday, OCTOBER 17, 2008 Native Friendship Center of Montreal 2001 boulevard St-Laurent (métro St-Laurent) Free! Welcome to all! |
