SEA Members Meeting
June 14th, 5:30 pm
#1 - 103 Wilson St
Tyee Housing Co-op - Detailed Directions Further Down
SEA Meeting Agenda after Event Details further down
Greetings friends!
If you haven't checked out the SEA website lately, have a look...
Visit our Calendar of Events
Updated with lots of free Art & Music events to choose from in your community.\Need to get in touch with SEA? Use our Online Contact Form
Join us for the next RADICAL RANTS!
WHAT DO YOU STAND FOR?
STAND UP! SPEAK UP! SPEAK OUT!
Saturday June 18th - 6pm
1900 Douglas Street, Copper Owl Lounge
A brand new activist gathering and people's forum, dedicated to social, environmental and economic justice.
JOIN & INVITE
Sponsored by:
Social Environmental Alliance, Socialist Fightback BC, Cascadia Now,
and the free radical bulletin board
Admission is $5 or pay what you can (no one turned away due to lack of funds) & all proceeds will go to worthy causes.
Focused on social, environmental and economic justice, the series aims to foster a space where we can speak truth to power, celebrating our solidarity and having fun at the same time while offering a voice to the voiceless.
The evening will include featured ranters, a soap box open mic to get you up there, audience participation activities to get you involved and a flyer table to keep you informed, spreading the word, being heard!
This is your forum! All power to the people!
Hosted by J Ocean Dennie,
Communications Director, SEA
We acknowledge this event is taking place on traditional Lekwungen territory.
JOIN THE EVENT AND LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR FEATURED RANTERS AT:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1781675875387667/
Coalition of Artists for the Walbran
Save the HeART of the Walbran Valley:
An Artistic Multi-Media Celebration of an Endangered Ancient Forest, June 24-26
Visual, sound and performing artists of all media- dance, paint, print, carving, photography, sculpture, poetry, spoken word, theatre, video, music etc. are invited to participate in an art show to celebrate the natural beauty of one of Canada's most spectacular remaining and still unprotected ancient temperate rainforests- in the Central Walbran Valley, a small pocket of wilderness adjacent to Carmanah/Walbran Provincial Park, Pacheedaht/Qwa-ba-diwa territory.
Starting on June 24, an affinity group calling itself Coalition of Artists for the Walbran! (CAW!) in conjunction with the Friends of Carmanah/Walbran will host a camping trip for artists of all media to the heart of this ancient forest watershed, to witness first-hand the natural beauty of the forest and to begin artistic compositions and creations inspired by this world-class ecological treasure.
These will be shared will be shared publicly at a multi-media fundraiser show, in Victoria in September, 2016 and touring the south and Gulf islands thereafter, to support the campaign.
Those who are committed to join the gathering of artists in the magnificent and threatened ancient temperate rainforest of Central Walbran valley on the June 24-26th weekend, please confirm by emailing:
For more information visit the facebook group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/CoalitionofArtistsfortheWalbran/
Farmland Protection Coalition Update
From Cheryl McLachlan:
"Sadly, I note on the ALC (Agricultural Land Commission) webpage that the
ALC Vancouver Island Panel has approved one Langford property owners'
exclusive application that was done under the new formula of paying
$13.45/meter squared on the excluded land to the City of Langford's
Agricultural Reserve Fund. The rationale, as insane as it sounds. being
money can be a net benefit to agriculture..."
"Happily I note this parcel was excluded on the rationale outlined in the
decision with the Panel discounting this money formula was in anyway
part of their decision. The reason given for granting the exclusion was
that lots smaller than 2 acres are not necessarily governed by the ALC
and this lot, due to previous subdivisions is .5 of an acre so the ALC
Vancouver Island Panel granted the exclusion. So, while granting this exclusion, the Panel is not supporting the insane idea that is the backbone of the City of Langford's block exclusion of half of all the ALR lands within the City of Langford. So for now, that is good news!"
Agenda - June 14th - 5:30pm
Our Members Meetings are open to all interested participants
- Announcements: Bring a list of upcoming events to share.
- Site C Strategy - Discussion of proposals and possible action plans
- Ongoing Campaign Updates:
- Shawnigan Toxic Opposition
- Walbran Valley Strategy
- Turning the Tide
- Farmland Protection Coalition
- Indigenous Solidarity Working Group
Regular Meeting Dates
The space at the Tyee Co-op has been secured for regular member meetings through July 2016 so the second tuesday of each month is confirmed. We may still hold other events at different venues that can accommodate larger audiences as needed.
MARK YOUR CALENDARSJune 14th -- July 12th
Directions to the meeting location
The common room can be difficult to find so here is a map.
Best parking is on Tyee Rd. Bus Routes
To get within 2 blocks of Tyee Rd you can take these bus routes:
10, 14, 15, 24, 25
Carpooling
We are trying a forum to assist members with sharing rides to events or meetings, registration is required and we'll be seeing how popular it is before deciding whether to continue moderating.