MAKING PEACE VIGIL
Bearing witness to our society’s involvement in violence and injustice
Committing ourselves to creative action for change
EVERY THURSDAY
until peace breaks out
FROM 12:00 noon to 12:30 pm
ON SCARTH STREET AT 11TH AVENUE
EVERYONE IS WELCOME
The vigil protests a range of issues on the national, provincial, and local levels, including:
· The deployment of Canada’s military in Afghanistan
· Canadian Pension Plan investments in corporations making weapons
· Saskatchewan’s involvement in the uranium industry
· The suspension of human and civil rights in the name of national security
· The failure of the Canadian government to settle First Nations land claims
· Social inequity in housing and employment in Regina
· Violence against women in Canada and world wide
· The lack of a national early learning and child care program
· The unequal distribution of wealth both in Canada and world wide
· War against the earth systems that give us life
For further information please contact
Catherine Verrall at 569-7699 or cfverrall@yahoo.ca
Florence Stratton at 522-2310 or florence.stratton@uregina.ca
On the web: https://makingpeace.wordpress.com