The Interfaith Summer Institute for Justice, Peace, and Social Movements
announces a two day public forum. It's goals are to improve and build relationships between those who are opposed to the sexual
exploitation of women during and after the Olympics; provide an analysis of
trafficking and sex tourism that considers migration , displacement, labour

Wild Earth Rendezvous
August 25-31 2008, Bella Coola, BC

BC's 10th annual forest
defense gathering

Camp out in the wilderness
Sharing skills & networking
Non-violence training
Civil disobedience
Action strategies
Land and Rights
Deep survival
Indigenous sovereignty
Newcomers welcome!

For one week a year, Wild Earth creates an activist

Everyone's Downstream will be a conference designed to explore the links between oppression and self-determination on many levels: indigenous land rights, gender, ecological rights, workers democracy, anti-racism and anti-border perspectives as they relate directly to the tar sands of Northern Alberta. Speakers from a multitude of indigenous nations, social justice groups, and environmental organizations will discuss the social impacts of the tar sands on workers, women, indigenous nations, ecology, migrant populations, homelessness, and the anti-war movement.