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Annual Events

KWIC is involved in several annual activities organized to highlight local, national and international issues and events, including:

October - Persons Day Breakfast

November World Issues Discussion Series

Jan/Feb - Global Education Week

Global Education Week which kicks off with the Peterborough ReFrame International Film Festival, and closes with the One World Dinner:The World's Largest Vegetarian Potluck/

International Women's Day

April - Global Youth Day

Global Youth Day in conjunction with Global Youth Service Days, the world's largest international celebration of youth volunteerism!

Community Workshop on Organizing for Change Using An Anti Oppression Framework

March 26th: Community Workshop on Organizing for Change Using An Anti Oppression
Framework with anti-racist artist/educator Chet Singh

This participatory workshop is designed for individuals working in
organizations as change agents and/or community activists.The workshop will
identify common approaches to social justice and human rights organizational
change and collectively explore change strategies activists/change agents
can use in their work.

When: Friday, March 26th from 11 am to 1 pm

KWIC World Issues Cafe World Food Day Event: Eating at the Casino: Hunger and the World Food Economy

KWIC World Issues Cafe: World Food Day Event
KWIC AGM begins 5:30pm followed by a Community Feast & Food Networking event, presentation & discussion. Free. Donations accepted for feast. www.kwic.info or 748-1680 for more info.
 
Evening itinerary for the evening is as follows:
5:30pm KWIC AGM
6pm Mohawk Blessing
& Community Feast with music and
networking with local food groups
6:50pm Dr. Rosana Pellizari speaks to local food movement
7pm Dr.

Canada in Colombia: Staking out Claims on Gold

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Staking Out Claims on Gold Presentation & Discussion with CPT Volunteer and Trent Alumnus Stewart Vriesinga. Stewart will illustrate the campesino farmer and artisanal miners' struggles with mining companies and the Colombian and Canadian Governments. Despite death threats, displacement, massacres, extrajudicial killings, military and paramilitary armed intimidation, Free Trade Agreements, and new legislation, the local population is resisting every step of the way! Free event with donations accepted for Christian Peace Makers.