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December 17th: March and vigil – International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers

Action, Santé, Travesti(e)s et Transexuel(le)s du Québec (ASTTeQ), Rézo et Stella, l’amie de Maimie invite the people we work with, our sisters, brothers, friends, families, and allies to: December 17th : International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers JOIN…

Canada must remove Mexico from its “Safe Country” List!

(This effort is endorsed by Solidarity Across Borders) Please sign this petition: www.change.org/p/conservative-government-remove-mexico-from-the-refugee-list-of-safe-countries WE ARE NOT INVENTING DEAD PEOPLE, NEITHER THE FEAR Canada must remove Mexico from the list of safe countries for refugees. Since Mexico signed NAFTA in 1994,…

Triple Launch: Certain Days 2015; Scapegoat on Incarceration; Undocumented: The Architecture of Migrant Detention

(This event is endorsed and supported by Solidarity Across Borders.) Triple-Launch for Three Prison Justice & Prison Abolition Publications: CERTAIN DAYS 2015: Land, Nature, Earth Liberation SCAPEGOAT Issue 07: Incarceration UNDOCUMENTED: The Architecture of Migrant Detention FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 6pm-9pm…

REPORT-BACK: Migrant justice groups outraged by violent legislation

  November 26, 2014 – An early morning welcoming committee was convened yesterday to greet Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander, who was in Montreal to take part in a closed door consultation with a carefully curated list of community…

(8 November) Baile against Borders // Dance party & fundraiser for a family fighting double punishment

BAILE AGAINST BORDERS! LATIN@ BEATS // HIP-HOP // DANCE-PARTY // FUNDRAISER for a Montreal family fighting double punishment SATURDAY NOVEMBER 8 @No Bad Sound (3730 de Courtrai, Côte des Neiges) map: http://goo.gl/maps/t2DSi Doors at 8pm, Bands at 8:30, Dance party…

Support a Montreal woman facing double punishment after more than 20 years in Canada

** Make your donations here! http://igg.me/at/nonaladoublepeine ** Video on double punishment: http://youtu.be/Mt-0PdBIPi8   Dear friends and allies, This week Solidarity Across Borders will be launching a fundraising campaign for a family that is facing the injustices of double punishment. After…

Solidarity disruption: Activists stage a disruption at the Immigration and Refugee Board in solidarity with migrant detainees

A surprise disruption took place this morning at the Guy-Favreau Complex to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the hunger strike undertaken by 191 migrants detained in a maximum-security prison in Lindsay, Ontario. A few PHOTOS from the modest disruption have…

(Monday Sept 22) Press conference for the Awan family – Call for supporters

Justice for the Awan family! Status for Khurshid Begum Awan! PRESS CONFERENCE Monday September 22, at 10am Anglican Diocese of Montreal, 1444 Union St., 2nd floor *** In 2011 Khurshid Begum Awan and her husband Mohammad Khalil Awan came to…

(August 26) Solidarity Across Borders Budget Assembly

To all members of Solidarity Across Borders: Solidarity Across Borders BUDGET ASSEMBLY Tuesday, August 26, 2014, 6:30pm-8pm 1500 de Maisonneuve West, #204 (métro Guy-Concordia)– wheelchair accessible – childcare available on request (please contact us in advance by e-mail) – translation:…

Call to Action: Stop the Deportation of Sarah Maggali and her daughter Kezia Hope

STOP THE DEPORTATION OF SARAH MAGGALI AND HER DAUGHTER KEZIA HOPE KEEP THE PIKA FAMILY UNITED IN QUEBEC AN URGENT CALL TO ACTION -> Hear directly from Sarah Maggali and Kezia Hope in the following video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkGJaFx0xek -> For more info,…

NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION: CRIMINALIZATION COSTS SEX WORKER LIVES

Join Solidarity Across Borders on Saturday in support of this danse-athon against the dangerous recriminalization of sex work. Across the country, sex worker groups along with organizations and individuals that support human rights, labour rights and women’s rights are gathering…