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An archive of some social justice work in the SJC & broader community. Email us your submissions! Social Justice Spotlight Apr 10, 2024 Activist Film Collective to host Online Screening of Three Promises Available to anyone located in NL at the time of screening. Date to be announced. Film Synopsis: "While the Israeli army retaliates against the Second Intifada in the West Bank in the early 2000s, a mother films her family's daily life, punctuated by time spent shielding her family from harm in the basement. Now, her son revisits this past, delivering a heart-breaking portrait of the anguish of parents who are forced to choose between their children’s physical safety and the emotional upheaval of leaving home." Read More Apr 10, 2024 Black Mutual Aid Gala Raises $5300! Sending Heartfelt Thanks to All! This remarkable achievement underscores the power of collective support and solidarity in driving positive change. Your generosity will enable us to implement vital service and project-based initiatives that uplift and empower our community. Mutual aid is more than just charity; it's a powerful expression of solidarity and collective care. Studies show that mutual aid initiatives strengthen communities, foster resilience, and promote equity. With your support, we are building a brighter future rooted in solidarity and compassion. Read More Apr 9, 2024 Tent City for Change Demands Housing for All Tent City for Change sends out our heartfelt gratitude to the greater community who has continued to support Resident Protestors. As we continue to push our elected representatives to do better, TC4C will remain a steadfast site of protest and resistance to privatized shelters, exploitative slum lords, and the denial of housing as a human right. Read More Jan 25, 2024 Statement in Solidarity with Palestine The SJCNL Free Palestine Action Team recognizes that Canada and Israel are both settler colonial states built on stolen land. The struggle for social justice is not bounded by national borders; as we fight to dismantle colonialism in so-called Canada, we must also stand against colonialism abroad. In alignment with our principles of revolutionary care, we are committed to uplifting the voices of those most marginalized and we recognize that there is no justice or liberation without collective liberation. We organize in solidarity with the Palestinian people, whose struggle under a settler colonial system of domination has been ignored for too long. Read More Jan 11, 2024 Free Palestine Rallies Every Saturday at 2pm NT at Harbourside Park in St. John's until a Ceasefire! Condemn the genocide of the Palestinian people by the Israeli state and send a message loud and clear to local politicians that we demand they call for a ceasefire now! You can sign up for the Palestine Solidarity NL Listserv here: https://palestineactionyyt.beehiiv.com/subscribe Read More Dec 17, 2023 Three Promises: Palestinian Film Screening Presenting, Three Promises by Yousef Srouji, in St. John's. Synopsis: While the Israeli army retaliates against the Second Intifada in the West Bank in the early 2000s, a mother films her family's daily life, punctuated by time spent shielding her family from harm in the basement. Now, her son revisits this past, delivering a heart-breaking portrait of the anguish of parents who are forced to choose between their children’s physical safety and the emotional upheaval of leaving home." Read More Oct 15, 2023 Running Down the Walls Fundraiser Thank you to everyone who came out to support Prison Justice and Abolition and to all who donated! We sent $298 to the Anarchist Black Cross Federation (ABCF) Warchest Program that supports political prisoners and prisoners of war in the US. You can find more about their work here: https://www.abcf.net/warchest-program/ We also raised $50 for our own NL-Based Prison Pen Pal Project to provide stamps and letters to volunteers and incarcerated people. You can learn more about that work here: https://www.sjcnl.ca/pen-pals Read More Sep 24, 2023 Migrant Justice: Status for All Email Campaign The SJC supports the Status for All campaign whole-heartedly. We believe in a world without borders and are imagining and working toward a Revolution of Care, a future that puts care at the core of social organization, instead of profit. We dream of a future where the destruction of thriving ecosystems for profit is brought to an end, where everyone's needs are met, and everyone's dignity is respected, everyone's value is celebrated. Where colonial, capitalist governments no longer decide who is worthy of rights, services, or protections. We know this future is possible and is coming because people, particularly Indigenous, Black, Brown, Queer, Trans, Poor, Disabled, and Migrant feminists & abolitionist dreamers, organizers, and activists have been fighting and working for generations to bring it into being. Read More Sep 22, 2023 Project Nujio'qonik It's Muskrat Falls All Over Again. Members of the SJC and Council of Canadians Avalon Chapter gather at Impact Assessment Office in St. John's in solidarity with the Environmental Transparency Committees Demand for A Federal Impact Assessment. Protestors chant, "We're here to fight for the future we need, the elites won't save us from their own greed" Read More Jul 1, 2022 Land Back Fest with the Indigenous Activist Collective A different way to spend July 1 in St. John's. Land Back Fest is a community gathering and feast with the Indigenous Activist Collective in Bannerman Park on July 1 to celebrate Land Back Movements and Indigenous Peoples. Why celebrate colonial genocide when we can come together to celebrate and demand the return of Indigenous lands to Indigenous hands!? Read More May 1, 2022 Marking May Day with the Worker Action Network "The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too" - Rose Schneiderman (1882 - 1972) Workers deserve fair and equitable working conditions, but they also deserve joy, art, and beauty. On May Day, 2022 we gathered with the Worker Action Network at Bannerman Park for a celebration of workers rights. Read More Mar 8, 2021 A Feminist Recovery Means Full & Permanent Immigration Status for All SJC Supports Migrant Rights Network's Call for Full & Permanent Immigration #StatusForAll as Part of a #FeministRecovery from Covid 19. Sign the call here: https://migrantrights.ca/take-action/permanent-resident-status/ Read More Mar 6, 2021 Sex Worker Solidarity Expressing solidarity with sex workers & sex worker rights on #InternationalSexWorkerRightsDay Sex work is work and needs to be decriminalized! Thank you to SHOP for inviting us to participate in #StoriesOfSexWorkerSolidarity Read More Dec 1, 2020 End Mega-Damage The SJC signed the North American Mega Dam Resistance Alliance's Call to Protect Mistashipu, the Grand River. Add your voice to STOP GULL ISLAND by signing the petition: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1JgHBcjkEtvwVH_x8lPsZQBg-jgoeX-EttOghs5rLGqI Read More Aug 1, 2020 Build Safer Communities SJC supports Abolition Coalition and allies call to Divest from Prisons and Policing. Show your support, and join us in signing the declaration! https://www.choosingrealsafety.com/ Read More Feb 27, 2020 In Solidarity with the Sovereign Wet'suwet'en Nation The Social Justice Cooperative declares our complete and unconditional solidarity with the people of the sovereign Wet’suwet’en nation in their ongoing resistance to Canadian colonialism, as well as with all those who have taken action in support of the Wet’suwet’en nation following invasion by the RCMP. Activists build a pipeline through O'Regan's office! Read More

Event details for Peace Love 'n Pride's 2023 Festival + 9th Annual Trans March Peace Love 'n Pride: Festival Schedule July 14 - 23 Below is the schedule for this year's Peace Love 'n Pride Festival, plus all of the Pride on Campus events hosted by MUNSU too. Check it out and plan the pride of your dreams! 🌈 📅 Friday July 14th 6 PM - 8 PM: Open Art Healing Space 📍Eastern Edge Gallery (72 Harbour Drive, St. John's) 8:30 PM - 11 PM: Fae Stories & Dance 📍Bannerman Park (Military Road, St. J ohn's) 🌧️ In case of bad weather will be held at 📍MUN Landing (1 Arct ic Ave, St. John's, UC 30 15) 📅 Saturday July 15th 12 - 2 PM: Bi Meetup 📍Ban nerman Park 🌧️ In case of bad weather will be held at 📍MUN Council Chambers (1 Arctic Ave. UC 2001) 🧃Snacks and refreshments will b e provided 2 - 4 PM: Polyam Meetup 📍Bannerman Park 🌧️ In case of bad weather will be held at 📍MUN Council Chambers (1 Arctic Ave. UC 2001) 🧃Snacks and refreshments will be provided 4 - 6 PM: Ace/Aro Meetup 📍Bannerman Park 🌧️ In case of bad weather will be held at 📍MUN Council Chambers (1 Arctic Ave. UC 2001) 🧃Snacks and refreshments will be provided 7 PM: Pride on Camp us Comedy Night 📍The B reezeway 📅 Sunday July 16th 1:30 PM - 3PM: Trans Community Feast & Clothing Swap 📍Eastern Edge Gallery (72 Harbour Drive, St. John's) 6 PM - 9 PM: Queer Dungeons & Dragons 📍 MUN Council Chambers (1 Arctic Ave, St. John's, UC 2001) Two Games Limited to 6 People per table. Register: tinyurl.com/w9xyc279 📅 Monday July 17th 1 PM - 3 PM: Pride on Campus Game s 📍The Loft a t MUN 6 PM: Community Event: BI POC Pride Panel 📍The Breezeway 📅 Tuesday July 1 8 1 PM - 3 PM: Pride on Campus Cl othing Swap 📍The Loft at MUN 6 PM - 9 PM: Healthy Relationships with Alice 📍 MUN Council Chambers (1 Arctic Ave, St. John's, UC 2001) 7 PM: Pride on Campus Movie Screening 📍The Breezeway 📅 Wednesday July 19th 9PM: Pride on Campus Karaoke 📍The Bre ezeway 📅 Thursday July 20th 8 PM Pride on Campus Pride Trivia and Drag 📍The Breezeway 📅 Friday July 21st 4 PM - 6 PM: Clean Air Workshop and 2SLGBTQIA+ Disability Community Conver sation 📍 MUN Landing (1 Arctic Ave, St. John's, UC 3015) All are welcome to attend 8 PM: Pride on Campus Concert Evelyn Jess, Swimming, Clare Follett 19+, $5 📍The Breezeway 📅 Saturday July 22nd 2 - 3 PM: Two Spirit & Indigiqueer Meetu p 📍 Virtual Zoom Room Email: indigenousactivistcollective@gmail.com for the invite 7 PM: Pride on Campus Queer Gala With Cabot Power Pay What You Can 📍The Breezeway 📅 Sunday July 23rd 2 - 4 PM: Forest Lesson s: Feeling Our Feelings With Fairy Frien ds Child Focused Meditation & Yoga Fairy Story-time with Sugars Arlowe Snacks and Refreshments Included Sensory Friendly Scavenger Hunt 📍 Bowring Park Amphitheater Area Park is Wheelchair Accessible! Visit facebook @peacelovenpride for full details and updates. Click on underlined events to visit the event page where you can RSVP and invite friends. Visit munsu.ca for full details and updates about Pride on Campus events. Peace Love n' Pride acknowledges the generous partnerships with Pride on Campus, MUNSU, CFS-NL, Eastern Edge Gallery, and Social Justice Co-op NL in creation of this festival. 9th An nua l Tra ns M arch Sunday July 16 Begins at Harbourside Park at Noon Visit Event Page Join Peace, Love, n Pride on Saturday to support community for the ninth annual March for Trans Rights, beginning at Harbourside park at noon. Since 2014, community members have come together yearly to march unsanctioned thru downtown St. John's in support of Trans Rights and access to gender affirming Health Care. You're invited to join community again as they take to the streets amid rising hatred in a show of love and resistance, demanding respect, equity, and care for Trans and Queer people. Trans Rights are under attack: What do we do? Stand up fight back! Want to volunteer to help with this year's Trans March? We'd love to have you! Just email socialjusticecoopnl@gmail.com to join the team. The SJC is a long time supporter of the Trans March and has donated some staff hours to help with coordination of this grassroots community effort <3

Our Vision: Text Save Our Oxfam Centre Letter by Phyllis Artis At the first meeting of Save the Oxfam Centre (SOS) April 3, 2012, we were invited to speak about our involvement in the St. John’s Oxfam Centre and what it means to us. Since that meeting someone asked on our website: How did it begin? I said a few words at the meeting on both: where we started and what Oxfam means to me. Here I will repeat and add to what I said at that time. I hope it and all other letters sent to this site will be read carefully by Robert Fox, who we hope to see tonight, and to the National Board of Oxfam Canada. This is my Oxfam story as I remember it today. Phyllis ------------- I’ve been involved with Oxfam since 1970. I was living in England at the time, where my husband and I were on leave from Memorial. He was doing a graduate degree and I was caring for our two young children. Television pictures of starving babies in Biafra moved me to take part in my first Oxfam initiative, an appeal to collect ‘Blankets for Biafra.' In 1973, back home in St. John’s, I joined a small Oxfam Committee, which up till then had focused mainly on fundraising for famines and other disasters overseas. Around the world Oxfam continues to raise money for overseas relief, but in St. John’s and elsewhere in Canada, Oxfam was becoming more interested in the root causes of poverty, and in particular its links with oppression. We wanted to work to promote long-term changes and not stop at charity. We, the St. John’s Oxfam Committee, decided we needed a permanent base in the city for our meetings, staff, resources and expansion of our activities. We found a shabby downtown building used to store furnace parts, persuaded a sympathetic businessman to buy it for us, signed a mortgage (using our own homes as collateral), and proceeded on weekends and holidays to dig out the filthy, oily cellar space, tear down walls, clean, paint, install shelves, scrounge, and spend endless hours writing grant applications, and developing linkages with schools, churches, unions, university, arts organizations, and other Oxfam groups in Atlantic Canada, and more. Upstairs at the Oxfam Centre we created offices and a comfortable meeting room. I remember many gatherings there. I especially remember Friday afternoon study sessions on Paulo Freire’s, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, maybe other texts too, but the discussions on Freire provided a frame of reference for many of our discussions of education, development and political activism. According to Freire ‘If [leaders] are truly committed to liberation, their action and reflection cannot proceed without the action and reflection of [the people].’ Leaders must be followers, and followers must be leaders; similarly with teachers and learners, thinkers and doers, those who donate funds and those who receive the funds. We must act together through dialogue, and avoid the dichotomies in language and living that reflect the prescriptive methods of the dominant elites. These ideas helped shape our projects, and my thinking ever after. Downstairs we opened a store for fair-trade crafts (though we called them something else then), a lending library, free books and pamphlets on development (vital resources before the internet) and some books and magazines for sale. Our idea was to educate the public; find outlets and fair prices for crafts produced in co-ops around the world; encourage the public to drop in and learn about us and our work; attract volunteers, and bring in some income to help sustain our Oxfam Centre at 382 Duckworth St. Financially I don’t think the Oxfam shop was ever very successful, but it made us visible in the city: a welcoming space where people could drop in to learn more about Oxfam and 'third-world' countries, and where any activist groups without a home could meet. Throughout my years on various St. John's Oxfam Committee boards and committees we had amazing, inspirational, well-informed, dedicated staff. First we hired Rich Fuchs and Anne Manuel, recent graduates of Memorial, to do administration, outreach and education, and shortly after that Sean McCutcheon to research the illnesses of miners in St. Lawrence. And then we brought in (after much letter-writing and red tape) Juan Ruz, a refugee from Chile who fled for his life after Allende’s assassination. We provided room and board for Juan and very modest salaries for Juan and the other three staff members. We were a mixed group: students, professors, retirees, artists, unemployed, some from this province and some from elsewhere, old and young, a few with a lifelong record of social activism and others with little or no experience of this kind. We came from differing cultural, religious, political, economic and ethnic backgrounds. Of the active members from my earliest days, the movers, shakers and visionaries who made things happen, the first to come to mind are Rosemary and John Williams and David Thompson, and shortly after that Frances Ennis, Lorraine Michael, Dorothy Inglis, Lois Saunders, Tony Berger, Rod Singaraya and Keith Storey. We partnered with schools, university, community groups, unions and more; we invited guest lectures, organized workshops, and protested with placards in front of banks with investments in South Africa; we boycotted South African wine and we invited a South African friend living in St. John’s to report on his impressions of life under Apartheid when he returned from a family visit to South Africa. We elected representatives from the St. John’s Oxfam Committee to sit on Oxfam Canada’s Regional and National boards, and to travel to the UK for training in building emergency shelters for disaster relief. We had heated debates on funding priorities, ways of increasing awareness of injustice in the world, and ways of addressing these injustices, of contradictions between the principles we believed in and the ways we raised our children and conducted our lives. We were always short of money but we had enough determined, hardworking, optimistic volunteers and staff to keep the centre alive as a vibrant force in the community. And we debated everything. Was it ethical for Oxfam Canada to use the funds it raised, in part from impecunious Newfoundlanders, to pay what seemed to us exorbitant consulting fees to Mel Watkins to help negotiate land claims for the Dene Nation? Should we accept the offer of a local author of bestselling booklets of Newfoundland humour to organize a fundraising drive for us? (We liked him but had mixed reactions to his sense of humour). How could those of us who taught in schools and universities engage students in a Freirian dialogue about inequities around us without engaging in ‘the prescriptive methods of the dominant elites'? I believe the debates and dialogue did much to keep the organization alive and growing over the decades. We also plotted, planned, lobbied, and did whatever had to be done, from meetings at the Centre that extended late into the night, to the hard physical labour of operating the Centre and programs. We learned to think globally as we as tried to act locally. And we had fun. We cooked and ate together, played soccer, took care of each other's kids, worked on a quilt one winter (though I’m not sure we ever finished it). In short we developed a community that is still strong. . . and growing. Of course individuals have come and gone. I am less active in Oxfam now than I used to be. But many of my close friendships date from that Oxfam group of the 70s. Although all my biological family live elsewhere, I decided to retire here in part because of the Oxfam community that provides opportunities to live and work and dialogue with people who share so much of my history and so many of my values. I continue to participate in many of Oxfam's public meetings, celebrations, and fundraising events, and am always made to feel welcome, a part of this extraordinary community. I have been a substantial monthly donor to Oxfam Shareplan (or its predecessor) for over thirty years, I contribute to special fundraising events conducted by Oxfam at other times, and most of my Christmas gifts are now from Oxfam's Gifts Unwrapped. I have willed a portion of my estate to Oxfam. For decades the extraordinarily dedicated, brilliant team of Linda Ross and Bill Hynd led the way at the St. John's Oxfam Centre, keeping oldtimers informed and involved, while opening doors to new volunteers and new projects here and overseas, providing opportunities for the community to get together to raise funds, celebrate, mourn, demonstrate, and act in a thousand ways to promote social justice at home and abroad. Then Linda moved on and Bill seemed to take on the double load without missing a step. I will never know where he finds the energy, efficiency, compassion, intelligence, insight and unflappable good humour to accomplish all he does. But I will be forever grateful to him for carrying on, in spite of what seems to me callous and most undialogic, undemocratic treatment from the National Board and staff at Oxfam Canada. He is an inspiration to all of us. It is unthinkable that the St. John's Oxfam Centre, which we bought and developed, with our own bucks and blood, should be sold summarily, and Bill Hynd fired, without consultation with local staff, board or community. It is also unthinkable that anyone in this province who has supported Oxfam in the past will ever do so again if this threat is carried out. Our Vision: Text

SJCNL Supports Environmental Transparency Committee (ETC) in efforts to secure Federal Impact Assessment for Project Nujio'qonik by World Energy GH2 The SJCNL sent a letter to Minister Stephen Guilbeault and the Impact Assessment Agency for the Atlantic region in support of the Port-Au-Port peninsula based Environmental Transparency Committee's (ETC) request for designation of Project Nujio'qonik under the Impact Assessment Act (IAA). We encourage anyone concerned that Project Nujio'qonik is being rushed through the environmental impact assessment stage at the provincial level to consider reaching out to minister Stephen Guilbeault and the federal Impact Assessment Agency (IAA) for intervention. Minister Guilbeault has until October 3rd to decide. You are welcome to use any or all of our letter in your correspondence. You can read our letter and learn more about Project Nujio'qonik by clicking on the 'learn more button below. We will be discussing the project and concerns about its impact at the October Monthly General Meeting of the Social Justice Co-op, which will take place on Thursday, October 12, 2023, between 7-9pm NT, 6:30-8:30 AT. All welcome! Email SocialJu sticeCoopNL@gmail.com for the zoom invite. Check out our accessibility details here: bit.ly/sjc-access Learn More about Project Nujio'qonik

Acerca de Prison Pen Pal Project We are a group of volunteers building friendships through letter writing with community members experiencing incarceration in provincial penitentiaries in NL. Want to volunteer? Get in touch using the form at the bottom of the webpage or write to the address below. If you know someone experiencing incarceration who might like a pen pal, please let them know they can write to the address below to be matched with a pen pal. the pen pals c/o SJCNL PO box 7283 St. John's, NL A1E 3Y5 FAQ join the pen pals Send us a message, answering the questions above, to be matched with a pen pal. First Name Last Name Email Thanks for submitting! Message Send

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Activists Call on NL Gov to End No Fault Evictions, in wake of city's cruel treatment of Shirley Cox Join the Call First Name Last Name Email Write a message Submit Thanks! We'll add your name :) The City of St. John's issued a misleading statement regarding Shirley's eviction. Click the button below to read our response (and the city's original statement)... Read SJC Response In Oct 2022, we wrote an open letter to the City of St. John's urging them to reconsider evicting Shirley into homelessness. Click the button below to read it... Read Open Letter TikTok - @sjcnl709 Did the city of St. John's avail of its legal right to evict without cause because evicting Shirley for smoking outside the entrance of the building would have revealed their duty to ensure the smoking area for the building was wheelchair accessible? 🧐 #EndNoCauseEvictionsNL "It's reprehensible on the part of the city (of St. John's)" - MHA Jim Dinn on the eviction of Shirley Cox. In this interview Dinn also wonders if the city evicted Shirley without cause to avoid having to make the designated smoking area at her building wheelchair accessible. We think he's onto something there! 🧐 This is a punch in the gut to disability justice activists, who saw many current St John's city councillors co-opt the language of disability justice in their 2021 platforms, only to fail to speak up when it matters most. Shame on the City of St. John's. NL is 1 of only 2 provinces in Canada where this type of eviction is legal! Join the call to #EndNoCauseEvictionsNL #YYT #NLpoli despite calls to #KeepShirleyHome the City of St John's proceeded with her eviction yesterday as scheduled. Shirley is now in the shelter system. This is a time of great stress and fear for her. join us in calling for an END to no cause evictions in government run housing! NL is one of only 2 provinces in the country where an eviction like this is legal. let's change that so an unconscionable eviction like this can never happen in our province again! please share Shirley's story and join the call to end no cause evictions in gov run housing by using the hashtag #EndNoCauseEvictionsNL if you share the hashtag we will follow up when the petition is ready 💖📣 join us in our call to PUT AN END to NO CAUSE EVICTIONS in Non Profit Housing. email council@stjohns.ca to join us in asking for an END TO NO CAUSE EVICTIONS and cc Lea@SJCNL.org so we can see that you support this effort. ❤️ #KeepShirleyHome Don't be a Slumlord, City of St John's Non-Profit Housing. Stop the eviction of Shirley Cox! please share #KeepShirleyHome #YYT STOP 🛑 the EVICTION of Shirley Cox by her landlord...the city of St John's Non-Profit Housing! Please RT your support for Shirley with #KeepShirleyHome or email council@stjohns.ca to say STOP 🛑 the eviction of Ms Cox! Human chain anyone? Comment if you'd join a human chain around Shirley tomorrow Jan 31st! ⛓️🏡💖 We'll keep you posted! STOP 🛑 the EVICTION of Shirley Cox by her landlord...the city of St John's Non-Profit Housing! She hasn't been given a reason for her eviction. City housing is availing of a law that allows landlords to evict without cause. She is the ONLY person in at least the last 4 years (we found out thru an ATIP) to be evicted by City of St John's Non-Profit Housing with NO CAUSE! They're forcing a senior woman who uses a wheelchair into the shelter system during a housing crisis in the winter. This is MORALLY BANKRUPT. If you agree share this! Shirley is being evicted tomorrow. Help #KeepShirleyHome Who wants to make a human chain? Comment if you'd join a human chain around Shirley!

Climate Action The Social Justice Co-operative is building a grassroots movement centred on creating caring communities and fostering friendships between activists based on caring for each other. We believe in the dignity and value of every human being. We call this movement a “Revolution of Care” because revolutionary care is the antidote to capitalism, and it is capitalism that has made our society sick. Where capitalism relies on greed to function, the antidote must be generosity. Where capitalism relies on individualism, the antidote must be community. Want to get involved in Climate Action? Check out some of the projects we're working on below, and send us an email to get connected. Connect Project Nujio'qonik by World Energy GH2 Coalition for a Green New Deal: Who We Are Learn More What is Project Nujio'qonik? Project Nujio'qonik is also known as the Port-au-Port & Stephenville Wind Power & Hydrogen Generation Project. It's a wind-to-hydrogen mega-project being proposed by World Energy GH2 for construction on the Port-au-Port peninsula and in the area around Stephenville. The project, if approved, would see 164 wind turbines built on the Port-au-Port peninsula and a Hydrogen Generation Plant built in Stephenville. Who is World Energ y GH2? World Energy GH2, founded in 2022, is a NL based subsidiary of a US company called World Energy LLC, one of the USA's biggest suppliers of biodiesel. The CEO of World Energy GH2 is Sean Leet, whose previous appointments include Director and CEO of two Maritime Transportation companies, KOTUG and Horizon Maritime. The chairman of Project Nujio'qonik is Nova Scotian billionaire John Risley, founder of Clearwater Seafoods. (Notice that no one here has any previous experience in wind energy or hydrogen generation) Protect NL Petition We recently the great pleasure of meeting with Brenda from the South Coast Alliance this week. They are petitioning for a "six-month pause, with time extension possibilities, on approving industry projects on the Southwest Coast until proper Cumulative Effects Assessment studies and meaningful consultations are concluded". Download Petition Brenda came all the way to St. John’s to bring flyers, petitions and protest signs to raise awareness. Send us a message to get some flyers and petitions! You can reach us by replying to this email. You can print your own petition package by clicking the "download petition" button above. You can sign yourself, collect some signatures from family, friends, or coworkers, and return them by contacting the South Coast Alliance at ProtectNL@outlook.com Email South Coast Alliance The Social Justice Cooperative of NL strongly condemns the federal government’s approval of the Bay Du Nord project. The Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, recently warned us: “Investing in new fossil fuel infrastructure is moral and economic madness.” He was speaking of a United Nations climate report—issued just two days before the federal government approved the Bay du Nord project. Pushing this project forward demonstrates a blatant disregard toward principles of free, informed, prior, ongoing consent of Indigenous peoples and is inconsistent with UNDRIP, CANDRIP, and rights of people and the planet. Our province, Canada, and the planet cannot afford another pollution-producing, oil-seeking money pit. Contrary to what our provincial and federal governments say, there are no responsible reasons to proceed with this project, unless you represent Big Oil. There are many compelling reasons to reject the Bay du Nord Project that fall under two major categories: Environmental Impact Economic Shortsightedness, including Misleading Job Possibilities. Read Full Condemnation Join Fridays for Future Call to Stop Bay Du Nord Join call to STOP Bay Du Nord Condemning Bay Du Nord Out and About Climate Strikes Join us as we march with Fridays For Future for climate action and demand #NoMoreEmptyPromises Socials 4 Justice This event series is an opportunity to bring the community together and hear from local organizers and people with lived experience to talk about social and environmental justice issues. Planting Seeds Community dialogue is key for consensus building. Check out our YouTube page to see some of the discussions we've hosted. Climate Emergency Declaration Petition Succeeds Working Together Towards A Sustainable Future Pictured to the left, are members of Fridays For Future St. John's, the Social Justice Co-op NL, the Council of Canadians Avalon Chapter, and the Coalition For a Green New Deal NL, celebrating after working together to successfully petition the City of St. John's to Declare a Climate Emergency in 2019. Climate Emergency Declaration: Petition to the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador Demand the Provincial Government Declare a Climate Emergency! Sign Now Taking the Climate Emergency Petition Provincial Coalition for a Green New Deal Town Hall Our Vision A Green New Deal isn't just about meeting environmental goals; it shapes every aspect of our society. This living document describes how these intersections are addressed and the shifts that will lead to a sustainable and fulfilling future for our province. Download Our Vision Document Coalition for a Green New Deal Projects Take A Look At What We've Done Green New Deal Town Hall In June 2019, 60 people came together to discuss the future of a Green New Deal in Newfoundland and Labrador. This report outlines the outcomes from that meeting. CBS Transit Town Hall SJC, in partnership with Happy City St. John's, explored how public transit could serve the communities of Conception Bay South (CBS). In The Media St. John's City Council Declares Climate Emergency November 4, 2019 While there is still work to do, St. John's City Council declaring a climate emergency was a step in the right direction. Read Here Letter: Premier Furey, We Need a Green New Deal September 18, 2020 CGNDNL wrote to Premier Furey's new government, demanding that the province begin to move away from oil and gas and toward a greener, more sustainable future. Read Here Can Laid Off Oil Workers Here Transition into Greener Jobs? October 14, 2020 More sustainable employment and transferable skills, Heather Elliott discusses what a fair transition could look like for oil and gas workers on CBC CrossTalk. Listen Here Statement: City Takes Action on Climate Change November 4, 2019 The official declaration by St. John's City Council on Climate Change. Read Here Thumbs Down on Climate Change for Newfoundland and Labrador Budget September 30, 2020 With money still going towards incentivizing offshore exploration, CGNDNL was disappointed with the 2020 budget. Read Here Letter: Oil and Gas Myth-Busting November 26, 2020 We've all heard "Newfoundland and Labrador's oil is greener than other places." Mark Nichols tackles this and other "greenwashed" topics from the oil and gas sector. Read Here Letter: It Shouldn't Be So Hard To Use Active Transportation December 10, 2020 Elizabeth Yeoman discusses the challenges of using active transportation in the St. John's Metro area. Read Here Coalition for a Green New Deal Members Council of Canadians - Avalon The Council of Canadians brings people together through collective action and grassroots organizing to challenge corporate power and advocate for people, the planet and our democracy. Read More Fishing For Success Our music and our art, our craft and our food celebrate our connection to the Sea that has sustained our families for generations. Read More Social Justice Co-op NL The Social Justice Co-operative of Newfoundland and Labrador works to address issues of social, economic, and political inequality at home and abroad. Read More

News & Views Accessibility has come a long way in St. John’s, but it still has far to go - Saltwire September 23, 2021 Learn More L'avis de l'activiste Kerri Claire Neil - Le Gaboteur September 20, 2021 Learn More This zero-waste team wants your help revealing the biggest plastic polluters in N.L. - CBC News August 20, 2021 Learn More News: News Newfoundland and Labrador government says risk too great to take on equity stake in remaining years of Terra Nova project - Saltwire June 10, 2021 The Premier’s Economic Recovery Team (PERT) report is fundamentally flawed and risks leading the province down a dangerous path, critics are warning. Unless the report’s nature and its immediate failures are understood and challenged, Newfoundlanders and Labradorians could be corralled into a conversation about their own future that marginalizes certain perspectives, limits civic engagement, and compounds underlying issues at the root of the province’s devastated economy. Learn More Greene Report Must be Resisted: Observers - The Independent May 11, 2021 The Premier’s Economic Recovery Team (PERT) report is fundamentally flawed and risks leading the province down a dangerous path, critics are warning. Unless the report’s nature and its immediate failures are understood and challenged, Newfoundlanders and Labradorians could be corralled into a conversation about their own future that marginalizes certain perspectives, limits civic engagement, and compounds underlying issues at the root of the province’s devastated economy. Learn More MUN will hike tuition in 2022, says university president - CBC News June 1, 2021 CLEAR is partnering with the Social Justice Co-operative N.L. and the Nunatsiavut Government on the citizen science survey, collecting data on key food prices. “The goal of the N.L. Food Pricing Project is to better understand the cost of key food items across our province,” said Ms. Neilsen, who is from North West River, Labrador, and is completing a bachelor of science degree. She and Ms. Davidson, who is originally from Clarenville and is working towards a bachelor of science degree, are eager to expand the study. Learn More Price Watchers - The Gazette June 7, 2021 CLEAR is partnering with the Social Justice Co-operative N.L. and the Nunatsiavut Government on the citizen science survey, collecting data on key food prices. “The goal of the N.L. Food Pricing Project is to better understand the cost of key food items across our province,” said Ms. Neilsen, who is from North West River, Labrador, and is completing a bachelor of science degree. She and Ms. Davidson, who is originally from Clarenville and is working towards a bachelor of science degree, are eager to expand the study. Learn More Learn More May Day, or International Workers’ Day (IWD), presents an opportunity not only to remember our struggle, but to continue and expand it—to develop working-class power capable of challenging both the power of the merchant class at home, and the wider capitalist class abroad. This year, and every year, we ought to fight for May Day. We have nothing to lose but our chains. How We’re Leading a Climate Justice Movement in NL - The Independent May 1, 2020 As Premier Andrew Furey settles in at Newfoundland and Labrador’s helm, one group is using the change in provincial leadership to push for more action on climate change. “We're keeping an eye on the kind of moves he's making, especially early in office,” said Heather Elliott, a member of the Coalition for a Green New Deal NL, a group formed August of last year, and which is also affiliated with the Social Justice Cooperative NL. Elliott spearheaded writing a letter from the group to the premier. The letter was also shared with The Telegram. September 20, 2020 'Move away from fossil fuels immediately, Coalition for a Green New Deal NL tells Furey' - The Telegram Why May Day Matters for Newfoundland and Labrador - The Independent May 1, 2021 Learn More Over the past year, the Social Justice Co-operative has been leading a campaign to address the climate crisis in Newfoundland and Labrador by connecting with activists and organizing a wide range of actions with a vision of anti-racism, anti-colonialism, and international worker solidarity. As we strike and organize for the climate through social and environmental justice, we wanted to take today—May 1st, International Workers’ Day—to reflect on the past year, share with you our successes, and our next steps. May Day, or International Workers’ Day (IWD), presents an opportunity not only to remember our struggle, but to continue and expand it—to develop working-class power capable of challenging both the power of the merchant class at home, and the wider capitalist class abroad. This year, and every year, we ought to fight for May Day. We have nothing to lose but our chains. Progressive Dreams Deferred in 2021 St. John’s City Election September 29, 2021 Learn More Learn More "The most significant factor affecting the health and well-being of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians is Climate Change. We understand that this province has seen a lot of economic success since oil was first discovered off our coasts, especially when the collapse of the cod fishery left an economic vacuum that needed to be filled. However, as science has conclusively shown, the need to move away from fossil fuels is immediate. Our youth continue taking to the streets and social media, demanding that our generation be accountable for their future." - excerpt of letter submitted to Premier Andrew Furey from the Coalition for a Green New Deal in Newfoundland and Labrador. 'Move away from fossil fuels immediately, Coalition for a Green New Deal NL tells Furey' - The Telegram September 20, 2020 The Coalition for a Green New Deal recently welcomed Premier Furey into office and encouraged him to take courageous action to transition NL away from fossil fuels and care for our communities. The Premier did not respond to the letter, but thankfully The Telegram reached out and this is the statement from his office “Creating a strong and vibrant offshore oil and gas industry to ensure some of the lowest emission production can continue to be part of the global energy mix is a way that we can help achieve our commitment to net zero emissions by 2050 ,” reads the email. Minister Trimper had a more nuanced approach “I think climate change is definitely the number one threat facing not just this province, but the world ,” he said. "So, we've got to get off carbon-based fuel sources. That said, it isn't going to happen overnight. " We are disappointed in this response from government. Climate change is an urgent threat to our jobs, to our families, to our communities, and we need courageous leadership at the helm that is willing to take this public health emergency seriously. Learn more September 18, 2020 Learn More Minimalism - Cross Talk with Ramona Dearing January 13, 2021 "Are you someone who takes great pleasure in having lots of stuff around, from books to collectibles to clothing to gadgets and tools. Or do you prefer having plenty of space in your closets and cupboards, and having the bare minimum of stuff to keep you going? Guests: Viviana Ramirez Luna and Sophie Wells are both on the Zero Waste Action Team." Listen Now LETTER: A New Year, A Greener World - SaltWire What a youth panel wants to hear more about on the election trail - CBC News January 29, 2021 When will our political parties acknowledge and commit to addressing the climate crisis?! "I don't see it getting as much attention as it deserves. I know last year St. John's did declare a climate emergency, but I haven't heard much on a provincial level, so I would like to see each of the parties commit to either at least acknowledging that this is an issue that we need to face and say that they will work on a plan," said Feltham. Learn More Kerri-Claire Neil: using her voice for all the right reasons - Tint of Ink February 3, 2020 "Some of Neil’s concerns for the future of the province are addressed through her efforts with the Social Justice Cooperative Newfoundland and Labrador (SJC). SJC “aims, as its core commitment, to advance the cause of social, economic and political equality at home and abroad.” The Cooperative is involved with a variety of campaigns focused on the giving the people of the province a voice and insure social justice, including a focus on climate change." - by Gina Gill Learn More Rally Held at Bannerman Park in Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en Nation in B.C. - VOCM February 15, 2020 "The group was demonstrating to show their solidarity with protests happening in British Colombia against the northern B.C. Pipeline project, which crosses traditional Wet’suwet’en land. Those at the rally carried signs that read “water is life” , “reconcilliation is dead”, and “solidarity with Wet’suwet’en and Labrador Land Protectors”. Dr. Rachel Jekanowski is one of the organizers of the event. She says they all came out from both indigenous and non-indigenous walks of life to stand up to protect indigenous sovereignty and their right to their own lands and waters and their right to make their own political decisions about them." Learn More Some residents hope to make a case to bring Metrobus service to C.B.S - CBC News February 15, 2020 "Jen Crowe is co-chair of Happy City St. John's, a non-profit group that helps to create public dialogue in the city. The group organized the forum. According to Happy City St. John's, 77 per cent of people living in Conception Bay South work outside of the community. Crowe says the numbers make a good case for public transit in the area. 'You're really really limited if you're a student or if you're a senior, or you're someone who just can't afford a vehicle," Crowe said. "You're really limited in how you get around that place and also get to St. John's and Mount Pearl." Crowe said one of the big issues that came up during the forum was the cost of bringing Metrobus to Conception Bay South." - by Alex Kennedy and The St. John's Morning Show Learn More Activist group holds St. John's rally in solidarity with Wet'suwet'en nation protesters - CBC News February 15, 2020 "Cold temperatures in downtown St. John's Saturday did not deter Solidarity with Labrador Land Protectors from rallying in support of the Wet'suwet'en nation protests. Rachel Jekanowski, a member of the St. John's-based community activist group, helped organize the rally. The group was formed to support the Labrador Land Protectors group in opposition to the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project, but also supports other causes. 'We're trying to bring community members, Indigenous and non-Indigenous alike, from across the city and across the province together to stand up and say that we defend and support Indigenous sovereignty,' Jekanowski said." - by Stephen Miller Learn More Dozens gather at MUN during Muskrat Falls announcement to protest B.C. pipeline - CBC News February 10, 2020 Letter: Premier Furey, We Need a Green New Deal - The Independent The Social Justice Co-op was LIVE at VOCM's Lunch Bunch with Andrew Hawthorne on January 30, 2020, talking about the Green New Deal for NL, events like Green New Drinks, our petition for NL to declare a climate emergency, and MORE! Listen Now "About 100 people gathered at Memorial University's Signal Hill campus Monday afternoon to protest the construction of a British Columbia pipeline. The demonstration — held near Monday's announcement of a Muskrat Falls rate-mitigation agreement, with federal Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan in attendance — was a move of solidarity with the Wet'suwet'en Nation, who oppose the development of a pipeline on their territory in British Columbia, and to protest the RCMP, who arrested Wet'suwet'en members blocking access to the pipeline construction site." - by Mark Quinn Learn More "When thinking about tackling the climate crisis, let’s think beyond the “greenness” of our energy sources and energy efficiency. Let’s reflect about minimizing our demands and finding meaning through caring relationships with the planet and with others, not through consumerism. Committing to minimalism can be the start of new experiences and new behaviours that, once changed, can last long, inspire others and make the change the planet urgently needs." - by Viviana Ramírez Luna Learn More Social Justice Co-op at Lunch Bunch with Andrew Hawthorne January 30, 2020 Learn More "Members of a St. John's non-profit that studied how a few dozen households managed their plastics say they were shocked to find that most of it wound up going in the trash. The Social Justice Co-operative Newfoundland Labrador's Zero Waste Action Team released the finding of its research earlier this week. 'From our preliminary findings, we see that out of the total plastic waste that is generated in a house, 75 per cent of it, as per count … is not getting recycled,' project organizer V. Nikhilesh Paliath said in an interview." St. John's group startled by how much plastic goes to the dump - CBC News March 24, 2021 January 6, 2021 News: News

Call For Equitable Pandemic Response An Open Letter to Our Governments on COVID-19 Now is the time to collaboratively build a robust response to COVID-19 and to create the conditions that will make collective flourishing possible. Join the call for an equitable pandemic response by signing our petition . Sign The Petition Call For Equitable Pandemic Response: About Us In Newfoundland and Labrador, the COVID-19 pandemic comes at a time of significant global and local uncertainty. Across the world, communities are already strained under simultaneous unfolding threats to our physical, psychological, social, and financial health including climate change, economic crises, rising fascism, and ongoing austerity. Here in Newfoundland and Labrador, we are just emerging from the upheaval of a historic storm and ensuing state of emergency. Our province has been wracked in recent years with poor governance, debt, austerity, and economic uncertainty. We have long known that our provincial healthcare system is overburdened and under-resourced, while Newfoundlanders and Labradorians suffer from the highest rates of chronic illness in the country. Call For Equitable Pandemic Response: Text Crisis is no longer approaching: it is at our door and it will impact the most vulnerable people in our province, and across the world, with the greatest intensity. Call For Equitable Pandemic Response: Text The only choice we have now is solidarity. As community members, we will respond with strong measures of physical distancing, social solidarity, and mutual aid. We applaud the leadership that many individuals, organizations, businesses and governments have taken in imposing widespread precautionary measures. But we know that our governments and service providers can do more to ensure an equitable response to COVID-19. As the pandemic evolves, our national, provincial and local responses must also evolve along with it. The specific actions that we are calling for follow. None of these are fanciful -- many have been discussed and some have already been successfully employed elsewhere in Canada and across the world in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Call For Equitable Pandemic Response: Text In all responses to COVID-19 our governments and service providers must prioritize those who are most physiologically and socially vulnerable to this virus and the social response to it. These include: Institutionalized people (e.g., incarcerated people, those in shelters, and in elder and long-term care facilities); Seniors, elders and immunocompromised people; Those who experience racial, cultural, and linguistic discrimination which limits access to healthcare and support systems; Those who are homeless, and those who live alone, without adequate support in their homes, or who live in violent homes; Those engaging in essential work that is traditionally feminized, racialized, low-waged and performed by migrants and people with precarious immigration status (e.g., childcare, homecare, grocery store workers). It also includes people living in rural, remote, Northern and Indigenous communities within Newfoundland and Labrador, who face unique challenges including a lack of clean drinking water, food insecurity, and inadequate healthcare resources. Call For Equitable Pandemic Response: Text People must have security - in terms of employment, finances, immigration status and otherwise - to be able to stay home from work if they are sick, abide by public health measures, and protect themselves and those around them. To this end, we call upon all relevant levels of government to work together to: Institute Universal Basic Income (which is progressively and not regressively taxed) and the following wage supports: Moratorium on firing workers who do not arrive to work because they choose to self-quarantine, who are sick, or who lack childcare. Institutional paid sick leave of at least 21 days for all workers (including those who are self-employed). A living-wage for anyone required to work outside their home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Institute an immediate moratorium on housing evictions (and on cutting off utilities), including for housing programs and shelters. Suspend mortgage payments, rent payments, electricity and heating oil payments. Increase pay and protections for those working in support roles for elder and disabled populations - this work is feminized, racialized, and is often performed by people with precarious immigration status. Introduce supports for parents who have to miss work due to childcare demands or need childcare due to work demands, develop COVID-19 resources for those engaging in childcare, and develop options for providing childcare for those who need it. Require that all relevant service providers institute a “don’t ask, don’t tell policy” regarding immigration status so that undocumented migrants can access services in Newfoundland and Labrador without fear. Consider designating the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador as the first sanctuary province. Immediately offer permanent residency to all Temporary Foreign Workers. Grant immediate Medical Care Plan coverage to recently graduated international students, people who are waiting for work permits, temporary workers and those who are stranded because of COVID-19. Include international students and temporary workers in all federal, provincial and municipal emergency support measures. Offer immediate permanent residency or citizenship for international students and recent graduates. Call For Equitable Pandemic Response: Text Many government institutions – especially the healthcare system – will require increased resources to deal with the COVID-19 crisis. We argue that the community sector also requires increased resources, financial and otherwise, as they are well poised to ensure a just response to the pandemic. To this end, we call upon all relevant levels of government to work together to: Ensure transparency and accessible information-sharing with citizens and community organizations during and after the pandemic; Collaborate with community sector organizations, coalitions, and cooperatives with social justice and equity goals to strengthen the community-led response; Mobilize public and private spaces, in partnership with the community sector, to increase capacity for homeless and precariously housed people, and people living with violence, to practice physical distancing, quarantine, and self-isolation; Potential spaces could include, but are not limited to, community centres, stadiums, hotels and residences; Outline a transparent plan for addressing shortages of supplies and equipment in our healthcare system. These include but are not limited to: testing kits, oxygen, and ventilators. Open fever hospitals in public or private spaces if bed space is lacking; Offer COVID-19-related resources in all languages spoken across the province, and in a variety of formats accessible to people with disabilities; Gather and disseminate anonymized data about the types of supports requested and provided to identify community needs and build future community capacity; Give existing shelters increased financial resources and discretion to adapt their admissions criteria; Release incarcerated people currently on remand to prevent the prison healthcare system from becoming overwhelmed; Provide funding to art-based solutions that maintain social closeness during physical distancing; Collaborate with food banks, community freezers, and meal programs to ensure food reaches people who depend on their services; Further, we condemn racism towards Asian, Pacific Islander, Indigenous, and other racialized communities, and call on all Newfoundlanders and Labradorians to support those who are being targeted by hate crimes and discrimination. Call For Equitable Pandemic Response: Text This pandemic has laid bare the inequities at the root of our current social structures. In responding to it, we must continue to fight for the world we want to see. When we wake up from this current nightmare, we want it to be in the world of our choosing - not a world that a pandemic and an inadequate, unjust system chose for us. Now is the time to collaboratively build a robust response to COVID-19 and to create the conditions that will make collective flourishing possible. In Solidarity, Addressing Islamophobia in NL Project Anti-Poverty NL Anti-Racism Coalition NL Fight for $15 and Fairness Graduate Students’ Union of Memorial University Social Justice Co-operative NL Call For Equitable Pandemic Response: Text