June 24 Media Advisory: Environmental and Climate Justce Themed Day of Resistance
Environmental and Climate Justce Themed Day of Resistance hosts Toxic Tour, a creatve march through downtown Toronto followed by the People’s Assembly, a public forum on climate justce
Toronto—On June 23rd, in response to the Toronto Community Mobilizaton Network’s call for a day of acton on climate and environmental justce, organizers have organized the Toxic Tour—a creatve and colourful tour to expose Canadian insttutons involved in the extractve industries—and the People’s Assembly, a partcipatory forum to discuss how to work towards climate justce from the grassroots.
What: Toronto Community Mobilizaton Network (TCMN) daily press conference (Environmental Justce/Climate Justce Themed day of resistance) and Toxic Tour of Toronto.
When: Wednesday, June 23rd 11:00am
Where: Alexandra Park (Bathurst and Dundas Street)
Who: Speakers from the TCMN, the Toxic Tour, and the People’s Assembly; and Jasmine Thomas, Carrier Sekani First Naton; Mel Bazil, Wet'suwet'en and Gitxsan natons; Riannon Ball, Carrier Sekani First Naton; Bodia Bavuidi, Dominican Republic of Congo; Naty Atz Sunc, Guatemala; Isaiah Kipyegon
Toroitch, Kenya
Photo Opportunity: Banners, foats, and people in costume representng the extractve industry.
For more informaton or to arrange interviews contact:
Toronto Community Mobilizaton Network:
Maryam Adrangi 416.996.3478 tcmn.media@gmail.com
Toxic Tour:
Kimia Ghomeshi 416.294.1602 toxictourTO@gmail.com
People’s Assembly:
Bret Rhyno 647.869.6469 peoplesassemblytoronto@gmail.com
For more informaton please visit www.g20.torontomobilize.org
Twiter: @G20Mobilize
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The G8/G20 meetings took place in Ontario from June 25-27, 2010. Toronto-based organizations of women, people of colour, indigenous peoples, the poor, the working class, queer and trans people and disabled people organized a peoples convergence with 40,000 people taking to the streets, standing up for justice in collaboration and solidarity!
Activists, community members, inspired and outraged individuals came together as a movement to demand justice for people and the planet. Over a week of mobilizations, events, workshops and direct actions took place in the face of state and police repression, violence and infringements on rights and freedoms.
We must continue to mobilize and build greater solidarity among our communities- an important part of this is supporting all those arrested during the G20 summit, including our allies still in detention, and those released on bail.