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- From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
- Subject: Ontario Regional East Timor Conference
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- /** reg.easttimor: 353.0 **/
- ** Topic: Ontario (Canada( ET conference **
- ** Written 5:55 pm Jul 23, 1992 by web:etan in cdp:reg.easttimor **
- Ontario Regional East Timor Conference
-
- Saturday, August 1, 12 Noon-5 p.m.
- 519 Church Street Community Centre, Toronto
-
- All supporters of East Timor are invited to attend an afternoon
- meeting of East Timor Alert Network members and supporters in
- Toronto on Saturday, August 1 at the 519 Church Street Community
- Centre. The conference will be a forum to plan future activities, let
- East Timor activists know the latest news from East Timor and whatUs
- happening internationally, nationally, and locally, and to meet others
- working in support of East Timor from across the province.
-
- The 519 is located in downtown Toronto, on Church just north of
- Wellesley. If coming by car, drive downtown via the QEW highway,
- take the Jarvis Street exit, turn left at Wellesley, then take the first
- right on to Church. The 519 is the big building with a rainbow
- painted on the side. By public transit, go to Wellesley subway station,
- then walk east a couple of blocks to Church, turn left and walk
- another half block to the 519.
-
- If you need a place to stay on Friday or Saturday night, let us
- know and we can arrange a few billets.
-
- If you need more information on anything, call David Webster at
- (416) 539-9589, or Maggie Helwig or Mary Hutchinson at (416) 531-
- 6154. Hope to see you at the conference!
-
-
- Proposed Agenda
-
- 12:00-12:30 Introductions, Go-around
-
- 12:30-1:00 Update on the current situation in East Timor
- (Ab Barreto Soares, CNRM representative to Canada)
-
- 1:00-1:30 Update on international actions
- (Li-lien Gibbons, ETAN/Vancouver)
-
- 1:30-2:00 Update on national lobbying etc.
- (Peter Monet, ETAN/Ottawa)
-
- 2:00-2:30 Updates on local activities (please come prepared to
- inform others about what youUve been doing in your community)
-
- 2:30-3:00 BREAK
-
- 3:00-4:45 Campaigns discussion
- (Proposed activities include a fall speaker/film tour
- of southern Ontario universities; a civil disobedience action in Ottawa
- on Nov. 12; university divestment campaigns; Bata Shoes boycott;
- petition campaign for 200,000 signatures; open letter; media
- focus....)
-
- We will also be arranging a group dinner/social for those able to stay
- later.
- ** End of text from cdp:reg.easttimor **
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