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Statement in Solidarity with Palestine Jan 25, 2024 Written by the Free Palestine Action Team The Social Justice Co-op of Newfoundland and Labrador (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. The Palestinian Territories—the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip—have been occupied by Israel since 1967. Israel imposes different legal, economic and security regimes on the people under its control based on their ethnicity, religion and place of residence. This system can only be described as Apartheid. Palestinians are denied many basic rights and freedoms, including freedom of expression, freedom of movement and the right to vote. The ‘Israeli-Palestinian Conflict’ is not a conflict between two equal nation-states. Only one side has an army, an air force, and a nuclear arsenal. Only one side has self-determination, sovereignty, and international recognition. Only one side has the unconditional support of the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. To remain neutral in light of this asymmetry would be to uphold an unjust and unequal status quo. The Gaza Strip is a walled off piece of land smaller than the City of St. John’s but with more than 20 times the population. The majority of the 2.3 million Palestinians living in Gaza are UN-registered refugees, the descendants of people who fled or were expelled from what is now Israel when that country was founded in 1948. Since 2005, Gaza has been under an Israeli blockade, destroying the territory’s economy. People and goods cannot enter or leave Gaza without specific permission from Israel. The unemployment rate is over 40%, and the majority of residents rely on humanitarian aid. As our members have called out in the past , Gaza is essentially an open-air prison. Israeli attacks on Gaza killed more than 5,000 Palestinians between 2005 and 2022; over the same period, Palestinian militants from Gaza killed some 180 Israelis. On October 7th 2023, Palestinian militants attacked Israeli communities and military bases near the Gaza Strip, killing some 1,200 people and kidnapping over 200. In response, Israel’s bombing campaign has since killed over 25,000 Palestinians, including over 10,000 children. The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) have indiscriminately struck homes, apartment buildings, mosques, churches, hospitals, schools, and bakeries. Israel has also imposed a severe blockade, preventing most food, water, and medicine from entering Gaza. The humanitarian situation inside the Gaza Strip is growing more desperate by the day as people run out of the basic necessities of life. One atrocity cannot be made right by committing another; Israel’s "war" on Gaza will only perpetuate a cycle of violence whose root causes remain unaddressed. True peace can only be achieved when there is justice, equality, dignity, and freedom for all people living in Israel and the Palestinian Territories, regardless of ethnicity or religion. The longer the bombing, siege and occupation of Gaza continue, the farther away this prospect becomes. The current Israeli government is the most extreme in the country’s history. Israeli political leaders and military commanders have made repeated statements advocating for the ethnic cleansing and genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. These statements along with the indiscriminate violence unleashed on Gaza form the basis of the South African case against Israel, under the Genocide Convention, that is currently before the International Court of Justice. We welcome Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s belated call for a “sustainable ceasefire”, but that is not sufficient. In spite of everything that has happened over the past 110 days, Canada remains a staunch ally of Israel, making all of us complicit in Israeli actions. The Government of Canada must end this complicity once and for all. We call on the Members of Parliament for Newfoundland and Labrador to demand an immediate and permanent ceasefire, a lifting of the blockade on Gaza, a two-way arms embargo on Israel, and an end to the occupation and colonization of Palestinian land: Ken McDonald (Avalon), Churence Rogers (Bonavista-Burin-Trinity), Clifford Small (Coast of Bays-Central-Notre Dame), Yvonne Jones (Labrador), Gudie Hutchings (Long Range Mountains), Joanne Thompson (St. John’s East), and Seamus O’Regan (St. John’s South-Mount Pearl). The world is watching, and failure to act now will not be forgotten. Free Palestine Action Team Social Justice Co-op of Newfoundland and Labrador In the spirit of truth and reconciliation, we wish to acknowledge that our website is hosted by Wix.com Ltd., a company we have since learned is headquartered in Israel. In solidarity with the Palestinian people and the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, we are currently pursuing alternative webhosting options. Previous Next

Prisoner Justice Projects The SJC believes in prison abolition and the fight to bring about a world beyond prisons and policing. We believe communities can work together to address harm and hold one another accountable through Restorative and Transformative approaches to justice. Below are some projects we are involved in to connect with, advocate for, and support incarcerated community members. Prison Pen Pal Project We are a group of volunteers building friend ships through letter writing with community members experiencing incarceration in provincial penitentiaries in NL. Learn More about Prison Pen Pal Project Running Down The Walls Join us on October 15th 2023 at 2-5pm for the first ever St John’s Running Down the Walls fun 5k run/jog/walk/strut/roll. Bring $10 to participate or fundraise a minimum of $10. We’ll have water and snacks for all participants! Event starts at 2pm NT at the Corrections Wellness Garden, 89 Forest Road. Social to follow at 5pm NT at the Benevolent Irish Society, 30 Harvey Road. Learn More about Running Down The Walls

Local Elementary Students Need a School Bus Right now in our community 29 children, most of them New Canadians, have no reliable transportation to their school, St. Andrew’s Elementary. Their neighbourhood, in the Crosbie Road area, is 1.6km from the school, which falls within the family responsibility zone . Only a few families have vehicles. Read more and learn how you can help below. Parents have no choice but to walk their children to school through heavy traffic. Students are missing school because they cannot get there safely. The route is not safe. During the winter, students, their parents, and preschool siblings are often forced to walk in the road. This is a commercial area with very high traffic volumes and busy intersections. Children are missing time from school because they cannot get there due to transportation barriers. We believe children in this area are being discriminated against because of their race, immigration status, and economic status. Their right to an education is being impeded by a school district that is refusing to work toward an equitable solution. The solution is simple, either add a bus route or make a second trip with one of the existing buses. We are calling upon the NLESD to provide transportation to and from school for children in this area. This is not unprecedented; there are 3 schools in the area, located within similar high-traffic commercial areas, that have bus stops well within the 1.6km limit. MEDIA COVERAGE CBC recently interviewed two St. Andrew's school councilors who are fighting to get a bus for students who cannot get to school safely. You can check out the article by clicking the button below: Read CBC coverage VIDEO TOUR Valleyview apartments on Crosbie Road to St. Andrew's Elementary on University Avenue JOIN THE CONVERSATION To connect with school councilors, parents, and teachers who are fighting for this bus for their children and students you can join the facebook group by clicking the button below: Go to facebook group

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!

Get Involved! Join The Movement Get Involved: Welcome Come Say Hi! We are happy to provide a variety of ways to start getting involved, from our Monthly General Meeting to a personalized chat with our Welcoming Committee. We also have numerous monthly meetings and public events that anyone is welcome to come to! Lunch 'n Learn with Lea Join our staff, Lea, for lunch every week on Wednesdays for 2pm to say hi or discuss projects further. Email Us Monthly General Meeting Find out what we're up to! We meet online on the 2nd Thursday at 7:00pm NT every month Email Us Welcoming Committee Looking for the best place to volunteer your skills? Book a session with our Welcoming Committee! Email Us Get Involved: Programs Not sure where to start? We're here to help :) Volunteer Form Help us get to know you better by completing our volunteer form & our Volunteer C oordinator will reach out to you. Community Calendar Subscribe To Our Calendar Become A Member The SJCNL is a not-for-profit, member-owned co-operative. Become a member and vote at our upcoming AGM! Join Get Involved: Welcome Join our Anti-Capitalist x Activist Book Club! Join our book club to read about capitalist oppression and what we can do to resist. We read about 50 pages/week and meet once a week at 7:30pm (exact date changes week to week depending on our schedules). Email for more information Donate You can help us keep momentum going by sponsoring our work. Independent donors allow us an uncompromising political voice! Over the coming decade, we will need to educate, advocate, and organize with as much courage, conviction, and independent funding as we can muster! Donate Here

Land Back Fest Community gathered with the Indigenous Activist Collective in Bannerman Park on July 1 to celebrate Land Back Movements and Indigenous Peoples. Thank you to everyone who joined! Why celebrate colonial genocide when we can come together to celebrate and demand the return of Indigenous lands to Indigenous hands!? Have a look at these beautiful people and learn what inspired them to show up. <3 Just click on the photos to enlarge them. read captions, and image descriptions.

Activist Film Collective to host Online Screening of Three Promises Apr 10, 2024 The Activist Film Collective would like to thank all those who helped us meet our fundraising goal to cover licensing and platform fees for an online provincial movie night screening of Three Promises by Yousef Srouji. 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." The organizing team is still in the process of deciding on a date. We welcome more volunteers to join us! Please email activistfilmcollective@gmail.com if you'd like to join the organizing team or for more info on volunteering. To register to receive an invitation to the event once a date as been decided, please submit the following form: To stay in touch with the Activist Film Collective you can follow us on instagram and facebook @activistfilmcollective Previous Next

NEAR HITS PROJECT Have you been hit or nearly hit while: Walking Cycling Using a Mobility Aid or Pushing a Stroller The Challenge Car Culture Coalition is gathering information on dangerous areas for non-motorists in NL Have you had a hit or near-hit with a car while walking, running, rollerblading, skateboarding, using a scooter, moving on a wheelchair, biking, or engaging in some other form of non-motorized movement? Share your story with us and contribute to our map of areas needing to be addressed. Click the button below or image above to submit. We also encourage you to share your story on social media using the hashtags #ChallengeCarCulture and #ThinkOutsideTheCar Questions? Want to get involved? Email nearhitsproject@gmail.com Submit to Near Hits Project

Acerca de The SJC offers a prescription coverage benefit to our members! In partnership with Genrus United and our apex provincial organization for co-operatives, Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Co-operatives (NLFC), SJC is proud to offer our members and our volunteers a health benefit. This prescription program will support members and volunteers without prescription coverage through other sources such as a private or group (employment) health benefit plans. In particular, this program will help people who often have to choose between purchasing necessities like utilities/rent/food and purchasing necessary medications. Cost: $21.95 plus tax per year per person Savings: most people save an average of 30% to 50% on generic medications The Highlights: any SJCNL member or volunteer can join, regardless of age, health history, employment status, or existing medication coverage only operates using independent pharmacies and therefore keeps $$ circulating in the local economy prescription list of more than 150 everyday generic medications, including meds for mental health, birth control, and impotence, as well as meds for high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, ulcers, reflux, and asthma Check the meds list for meds you are already prescribed here . How it works... Are you an interested member, who may or may not also be a current volunteer? Contact the Membership Director at sjcnlboard@gmail.com . The director will confirm your membership details with you and provide the SJC code for registration with Genrus United. Are you an interested volunteer, but not yet an SJC member? Make sure you have registered with Lea, our volunteer coordinator, as a volunteer by filling out this volunteer form . Lea will confirm your volunteer details with you and provide you with the SJC code for registration with Genrus United. After receiving the SJC code, visit genrusunited.ca/community . Sign up for the Genrus United program online using the SJC code. You will receive the first 3 months free; a one-time payment for the year only starts after that time (similar to a Netflix subscription!). You should then inform either a) The Prescription Shoppe in Churchill Square (St. John's) or b) Conception Bay Pharmacy in Holyrood that you are switching to their pharmacy from another pharmacy. Note: Both pharmacies offer free local delivery within a certain radius and paid delivery outside their free radius. The pharmacy in Holyrood is responsible for province-wide delivery through Canada Post which typically takes 24-72 hours. The pharmacist coordinates the switch for you. Tada! To learn more about Genrus United, visit: genrusunited.ca/ Image Description: A smiling, white-coated and Genrus-registered pharmacist helps a client fill their prescriptions at the counter in a pharmacy. Stocked shelves can be seen behind the pharmacist. The photo background is white and beside the image is text that reads "Genrus United: Spend less on the prescription drugs you trust."

sign up to volunteer with the Social Justice Co-op (SJCNL) Volunteer with the SJC The true strength of the SJC comes from the many people who are involved in our movement, who give their time to organize, agitate, and educate. Resourcing a revolution requires a wide variety of skills and experiences and we would love to hear about how your passions and interests align with ours. We'd be grateful if you took a moment to complete this form to create a record of our skills, resources, interests/passions, needs, curiosities, and what we seek from the movement. This will help our Volunteer Coordinator better connect members and volunteers with one another, and with projects or needs among the movement. Check-boxes are to make the process low-burden, not to limit any answers. We've included an "other" option under checkbox questions, which we encourage you to use. <3 After completing the form, our Volunteer Coordinator will contact you for a more in-depth discussion on how to get involved!

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

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