The annual Take Back the Night , is happening on Friday, November 24th. The march starts at the Prosvita Hall located on 610 Simpson Street at 6:00 P.M. Organized by the Lakehead University Gender Issues Centre, Take Back the Night is an international event and direct action, occuring in various cities around the world since 1976, intended to raise awareness about violence against women.

From the Newswire:The GIC invites you to Take Back the Night
Friday November 24 At 6:00pm at the Prosvita Hall on Simpson Street. Transportation provided from the Agora to Prosvita and back. The March is for women to reclaim their right to walk safely at night. Men are welcome to take part in the White Ribbon Campaign which will be holding a discussion group in the Prosvita during the march. The White Ribbon Campaign is Men for the prevention of violence against women. The March will be followed by an Ember Swift concert in the Outpost. All particapants of the march or the White Ribbon Campaign can attend the concert for half price. Contact the GIC for more information 343-8879 gic (at) lakeheadu.ca

History of Take Back the Night

Outspoken Native professor Ward Churchill spoke at Sudbury's Laurentian University His essay Reserach Misconduct Inquiry http://www.colorado.edu/news/reports/churchill/ Churchill's membership in the United Keetowah Band is revoked indianz.com/News/2005/008234.asp

See six of the areas most energy-wise homes, including straw bale, solar and wind-powered, underground, and even an off-grid commercial bakery!

Passports are just $10 for the you-drive tour. For an additional $10, you can include a gourmet lunch at Rose Valley Lodge! Or, let us do the driving--take the tour by bus!

Call EcoSuperior for details at 624-2140. Passports available at EcoSuperior, 212 Miles St. Maier Hardware, 183 Algoma Both Hands Bread at the CLE Country Market on Saturdays

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The Bay Street Film Festival is entering its second year as the grassroots outlet for independent local, Canadian and International films. The objective of the festival is to bring people and filmmakers together. Through this and other festivals, plus a growing number of local productions, Thunder Bay is fast becoming a film town.

This year's festival features 48 "films for the people" from as far away as Finland, Ireland, Australia, India, Poland, and Spain. 24 festival selections hail from Canada, many of them uniquely northern in flavour. Documentaries, short films and animation that have social justice, environmental, community activism, or human rights themes are the mainstay of the festival, but other genres and subjects will also hit the big screen.

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The Bay Street Film Festival begins Thursday September 14 and runs until Sunday the 17th on Bay Street in Thunder Bay, Ontario. 314 Bay Street, the famous Finnish Labour Temple (above the Hoito) is the venue. Proceeds from the festival go to preserving this historic building that once housed the One Big Union and later the Industrial Workers of the World (2). Click here for video of local celebrity Ivanka, as she tours the Finnish Labour Temple.

Tickets are $5 per show. Festival passes ($20 for the entire weekend) are availble Saturday September 9th at the CALICO COFFEE HOUSE (316 Bay St., beside the Hoito).

On June 1 and 2 at the Da Vinci Centre, the Lakehead Social Planning Council's Homelessness Initiative and the Thunder Bay Economic Justice Committee is hosting a Community Forum to highlight the issues of income and housing insecurity in Thunder Bay. This Community Forum is designed to increase the community's capacity to advocate and stop the cycle of homelessness and poverty.

Thursday evening features keynote speaker Cathy Crowe a street nurse in Toronto and internationally recognized homelessness advocate. Friday features include advocacy workshops and a panel discussion on income housing security.

This event, including meals, is free to everyone that registers. Space is limited so book now by calling Aaron Park at 624-2341. [Read More]