Each month, we will send a list of upcoming events, highlighted resources, and recommended readings right to your inbox. If you have any feedback or suggestions for the next newsletter, please let us know!
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As the new semester gets started, we plan to resume our drop-in hours as soon as possible. Please stay tuned; we will update our website and social media once the schedule is set. In the meantime, our support services are available by appointment! Please book an appointment online or email us with any questions.
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We are happy to be a distribution site for the I’m Ready to Know program. To schedule a time to pick up a free HIV self-testing kit, please email external@sacomss.org. To pick up a kit, please download the I’m Ready, Test app. Peer support, resources, and test results are only available through the app. To pick up a testing kit, show order confirmation to a SACOMSS volunteer!
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South Asian Women's Community Centre
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This organization is dedicated to empowering South Asian women and promoting solidarity. Their services, which include language classes, youth programming, and community events, are available to all women and their families, regardless of their origin or identity.
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The Midnight Kitchen is a non-profit collective that aims to provide accessible food to as many community members as possible. They serve vegan lunches throughout the semester, as well as catering for community events.
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Discover QPIRG’s Alternative Library at their open house on September 2 from 1-6pm. Enjoy free food, button making, and a zine workshop from 3-3:30pm.
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Hot Sauce Garden Workshop
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Join the People’s Potato to harvest ingredients and learn how to turn them into hot sauce. The event will be held in their garden at 7075 Rue de Terrebonne on September 11 from 1-5 pm
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Rent hike at St. Denis building rolled back after tenants' union protest
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In this article for The Link, an independent, student-run newspaper at Concordia, Hannah Scott-Talib recaps tenants’ efforts to resist proposed rent increases. This incident serves as a microcosm for Montreal’s broader housing crisis and the role that tenant unions’ might play in response.
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Moving away from extractivism: a collective effort in Tunisia
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In this blog post, Sabrina Sabourin discusses the textile industry in Tunisia as a case study of neoextractivism in the Global South, considering its ecological, social, and economic impacts. Sabourin then explores several citizen-led initiatives intended to promote workers’ rights and sustainability.
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