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Vancouver, Unceded Coast Salish Territories

Toxic Tour

Voices of Resistance vs. Extractive Industries


12:00pm
- 3:00pm
Saturday March 28 2015

Venue: Vancouver Art Gallery - North Side
Address: Georgia and Howe
Cost: Free!

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Soon, Indigenous leaders, academics, scientists, activists and public intellectuals will converge in Vancouver, on unceded Coast Salish Territories, to explore global resistance to the new face of resource capitalism in Canada as a State of Extraction.

On March 28th, in conjunction with the State of Extraction conference-convergence, please join us for:

Extractive Industries and Voices of Resistance:

A Toxic Tour of Vancouver

MARCH through the streets! in a lively procession to stand up for community self-determination.

SEE the sites! of fancy offices where corporate decisions lead to social and environmental injustices.

HEAR from indigenous and global communities! affected by Vancouver’s extractive companies.

Music! Snacks! Dance! Street Theatre! Testimonies! Family-friendly! Bring your drums and regalia!

Saturday March 28

12pm – 3pm

Starts at Vancouver Art Gallery (North side, Georgia and Howe)

Unceded Coast Salish Territories

Organized by: Mining Justice Alliance, Café Rebelde, Canada-Philippines Solidarity for Human Rights, Council of Canadians, No One Is Illegal-Coast Salish Territories, Rising Tide-Coast Salish Territories

Endorsed by: Alliance for People’s Health; Beyond Boarding Collective; Canada Tibet Committee; Critical Criminology Working Group at KPU; In Solidarity With All Land Defenders; INDIGENOUS ACTION MOVEMENT-Coast Salish Territories; International Allies Against Mining in Latin America; International League of People’s Struggle (ILPS); Migrante BC; Red Sparks Union; Rights Action; South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD); Stop Enbridge, Stop Kinder Morgan-Call to Action; Streams of Justice; Teaching Support Staff Union at SFU, The Purple Thistle, Vancouver Solidarity with Ayotzinapa, We Love This Coast, Wirikuta Vancouver Alliance

Thanks to: CUPE BC

Want more information? Is your group willing to endorse this event? Please get in touch!

https://www.facebook.com/MiningJusticeAlliance

Organizer:miningjustice@gmail.com

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