2010 Social Justice Summer Retreat
“After the Crash: Creating Responses to
Growing Inequalities”
THURSDAY – August 26th
5:30pm Earliest arrival time/Registration
6:00-7:30pm Dinner
7:30-9:00pm Welcome to Camp Arowhon
9:00pm Campfire
10:00pm Hot snack
FRIDAY – August 27th
7:00am Sunrise Ceremony with Allan Loft
8:00-9:00am Breakfast
9:00- 10:00am Plenary Session:
“The Neo-liberal Agenda: How Does It Affect the Public Sector? What Can We Do?"
Speaker: Greg Albo (York University)
10:30-12:30pm Children’s Programming (2-12 Years Old)
10:30-12:30 Workshops:
1. Communication Skills for Activists - Lyn Adamson (Peaceworks)
2. Surviving the Cuts: An Interactive Workshop - Anne Kewley (North House Transitional Housing)
3. Teaching “The Medicine Wheel” - Allan Loft
12:30-1:30pmLunch
1:30-3:00 pmFree time / Open Space/ Telling Our Stories. Camp activities supervised by camp staff (archery, canoeing, rock climbing wall, etc.)
3:00-5:00pm Children’s Programming (2-12 Years Old)
3:00-5:00 pm Workshops:
1. Are Persons with Disabilities Welcome on the Social Justice Boat? - John Rae (Vice President of the Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians
2. Direct-Action Anti-Poverty: OCAP, a case study - Phoenix Katt and Lindsay Hart (Ontario Coalition Against Poverty)
3. Home Safe Toronto - Rene Adams (Skyworks Foundation)
6:00-7:00pm Dinner
7:00-8:30pm Meet the Author with Greg Albo
8:30– 10:30pm Documentaries (A Force More Powerful)
SATURDAY – August 28th
7:00am Sunrise Ceremony with Allan Loft
8:00-9:00am Breakfast
9:30– 11:00 Plenary Session:
"Reflections on the G8/G20 Organizing Process"
Speakers:
Lyn Adamson (Peaceworks)
Sharmeen Khan (Toronto Community Mobilization
Network)
Mehdi Kouhestanineejad (Canadian Labour Congress)
11:00 -12:30pm Children’s Programming (2-12 years old)
11:00-12:30pm Workshops
1. Ontario’s Energy Future - Angela Bischoff (Outreach Director of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance.
2. Strategies for Nonviolent Social Transformation - Lyn Adamson (Peaceworks)
3. Eco-Sustainability and Human Rights -
Chalo Barrueta and Josephine grey (Youth for Change)
12:30pmLunch
2:00 –4:00 Children’s Programming (2-12 years old)
2:00– 4:00pm Workshops:
1. The 10 Activists Commandments - Lyn Adamson (Peaceworks) and Angela Bischoff (Outreach Director of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance)
2. The Dream Team: Challenging Discriminatory Bylaws “Got a Mental Illness? Sorry, You Can’t Live Here. It’s a Municipal Bylaw” - The Dream Team
3:30-6:00pm Free Time/Open Space
6:00-7:00pmDinner
7:00– 9:00pm Documentary (Fierce Light)
9:00-12:00pm Talent Show
SUNDAY - August 29th
7:00am Sunrise Ceremony with Allan Loft
8:30-9:30am Breakfast
10:00-11:30pm Children’s programming
10:00-11:00am Reflections by the Lake/People’s Assembly
Reflection on the content of the weekend/ Evaluation of the Process:
Personal Action for Social Change:
A) Your plans coming out of the weekend -- how you propose to contribute to the development of your community, movement and/or party
B) Closure
12:00-1:00pm Lunch
1:30pm Bus leaves
2:00pm Departure deadline
(CHILDREN PROGRAMMING WOULD BE ONLY DURING WORSHOP HOURS)