Saturday, July 26 - 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
McMaster University Student Centre Room 319
Free
(directions below)
- Lunch provided by donation - pay what you can (please also bring a cup and plate). A kitchen is available if you'd like to bring your own lunch.
- Child-friendly environment. Children are welcome in workshops. There's lots of carpeted space, nooks and crannies, and art supplies will be available. Mind the stairs, elevators and quiet study areas, please.
- Bus tickets available for travel subsidy.
MORNING
9:00-10:00 - Welcome, Introductions, Grounding and Intro to Consensus
10:15-12:15
- Publicity (Outreach and Media)
- Healing (with Mike Smith)
- Food
- Fundraising
- Building (with John Milton)
- Art
(concurrently)12:15 LUNCH (by donation - please bring dishes)
AFTERNOON
1pm-5pm - Nonviolent Direct Action/Civil Disobedience (with Matthew Behrens of Toronto Action for Social Change)
This workshop will also address legal and facilitation/mediation skill areas. All are welcome and encouraged to attend whether or not you see yourself "risking arrest." There is a great introductory booklet to civil disobedience available online through www.hwcn.org/link/hasc/red.html
Rooms will be available in the afternoon for those who prefer to continue working on skill areas addressed in the morning sessions, instead of nonviolent direct action.
Directions:
Click here for a map of the McMaster Campus. Parking lots near the Sterling entrance (from the east, take King Street West into Westdale; make a right on Sterling) are close to the Student Centre.
Bus: From the east, take the 5C-West Hamilton bus. It runs right through McMaster University. Get off at the stop after the yellow parking kiosks. Walk straight - the Student Centre is the yellow brick building straight ahead. You can also take the 5B-Main West CNIB or 52 Dundas buses. You will have to get off in front of the hospital and walk 5 minutes through campus. Call the Hamilton Street Railway for more information at 905.527-4441
For more information contact Rae (905-529-0274) or Andrew (905-526-7982) or email hasc@tao.ca
