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[🚨LOCATION CHANGE: Cité des Hospitalières, 251 Ave Pins, Montreal, Quebec H2W 1R6. In the Salle de la Communauté on 1st floor] Join us Saturday May 3rd to hear from panelists from a variety of divestment movements who will share tactics, strategies, and lessons learned. You will hear from previous student organizers and community members involved in Divestment from South African Apartheid, Demilitarize McGill, Divest for Human Rights, Divest from Fossil Fuels, and divestment for Palestinian Liberation. There will be FREE DINNER! ☀️‼️🔥

📢🔔HAPPENING IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS🔔📢 [correction: Monday APRIL 28] 🤔Are you a student, club member, or SSMU worker at McGill?🤓 🧠Have thoughts or questions about the MoA notice of termination?😵‍💫 🍺Hungry after a long day at OAP?🎉 Come to the MoA Town Hall TOMORROW at 5PM in room 203 of the SSMU building to hear from members of the SSMUnion (SSMU employee union) and the MoA Negotiations Committee. We’ll explain the threat of termination, discuss SSMU’s relationship with McGill admin, and collect your thoughts on the way forward. Plus, free dinner will be served! ********* WHO: YOU! Students, workers, anyone who has a stake in what happens to the SSMU and its resources. WE WANT YOUR THOUGHTS! WHAT: Town hall on the MoA. Overview of the MoA situation followed by Q&A and panel discussion, hosted by the SSMUnion in collab with SSMU EA. FREE DINNER with vegan options! WHEN & WHERE: Monday Apr. 28 @ 5PM in Room 203 of the University Centre (3480 rue McTavish) SEE YOU THERE!

Are YOU a student at McGill? Do you live in Milton-Parc? Do you walk, bus, or bike through Milton-Parc? Do you just generally spend any time in the neighborhood? If any of the above are true, then you are someone whose movements and money influence, and are influenced by, the health of the community, and we highly encourage you to come to this Thursday’s Get Organized workshop on Community Solidarity in Practice and NARCAN TRAINING with Mobilizing for Milton Parc (M4MP), featuring Milton-Parc community members and intervention workers Kevin and Pierre. We’ll talk about the history of Milton-Parc and its relationship with Indigenous communities, the systemic issues underlying houselessness in the neighbourhood, and what it means to exist in community with others. On the practical end, we’ll discuss substantive ways to work collectively towards a better community for all, including community organizing initiatives like Mobilizing for Milton-Parc and mutual aid (including how mutual aid differs from charity), how to approach unhoused community members, and how we can support them as neighbouring students and fellow community members. Finally, we’ll close off the training with a short training session on harm reduction and overdose prevention using naloxone/Narcan. If you’re interested in learning more about the work that M4MP does, you can follow them @mobilizingformp. As always, there will be a delicious FREE meal with vegan options. DETAILS: Thursday April 10th, from 5:30PM-7:30PM, in ROOM 302 of the SSMU Building

Today, April 3rd, will be the Get Organized! workshop on Indigenous solidarity, focusing on the topic of Land Defense and Indigenous Solidarity. This workshop offers insights and skills regarding land defense movements and Indigenous solidarity actions. We will discuss organizing in solidarity at McGill, in Tio:tia:ke more broadly, and what it means to organize around global struggles on the land that we live on. Touching on recent and ongoing anti-pipeline and land defense movements, as well as current connections between Indigenous struggles here and the Palestinian struggle, the workshop will invite critical discussion about Indigenous solidarity action at the university and beyond. *Details*: We will have a delicious, free meal, this time catered by Messy Kitchen Catering in Kahnawake. The menu will include a variety of salads and sandwiches, frybread, and yummy sides. As always, the workshop will begin at 5:30pm in the SSMU Flex Space. ************************************************ Aujourd’hui, 3 avril, aura lieu l'atelier Get Organized! sur la solidarité autochtone, centré sur le thème de la défense des terres et de la solidarité autochtone. Cet atelier offre des idées et des compétences concernant les mouvements de défense des terres et les actions de solidarité autochtone. Nous discuterons de l'organisation de la solidarité à McGill, à Tio:tia:ke plus largement, et de ce que cela signifie de s'organiser autour de luttes globales sur la terre où nous vivons. En abordant les mouvements récents et en cours contre les pipelines et pour la défense des terres, ainsi que les liens actuels entre les luttes autochtones d'ici et la lutte palestinienne, l'atelier invitera à une discussion critique sur les actions de solidarité autochtone à l'université et au-delà. *Détails*: Nous aurons un délicieux repas gratuit, cette fois-ci préparé par Messy Kitchen Catering à Kahnawake. Le menu comprendra probablement une variété de salades et de sandwichs, des pains frits et de délicieux accompagnements. Comme toujours, l'atelier commencera à 17h30 dans le SSMU Flex Space.

Join us this Thursday, March 20 from 5:30-7:30pm, for a migrant justice workshop and community dinner! Hear from members of Students for Migrant Justice and the Immigrant Workers Centre, as well as former Amazon workers who can speak to the company’s recent closure in Quebec and its impact on migrants and international students. Get updates on the recent slate of immigration changes and have a candid discussion about what student-migrant solidarity looks like. Finally, participate in a fun, interactive activity to learn about how to run an effective meeting and make collective decisions, calling on the experience of Amazon workers organizing for the first time. We will have a delicious meal catered by the Afghan Women’s Centre @afghanwomencentremontreal - check out the menu on the next slide!🍲 ***UPDATE: The menu has been changed to be NUT FREE ******************************************* Rejoignez-nous ce jeudi 20 mars de 17h30 à 19h30 pour un atelier sur la justice pour les migrants et un dîner communautaire! Venez écouter des membres de Students for Migrant Justice et du le Centre des travailleurs et travailleuses immigrants, ainsi que d'anciens travailleurs d'Amazon qui pourront vous parler de la récente fermeture de l'entreprise au Québec et de son impact sur les migrants et les étudiants internationaux. Obtenez des mises à jour sur la récente série de changements en matière d'immigration et discutez franchement de ce à quoi ressemble la solidarité entre étudiants et migrants. Enfin, participez à une activité interactive amusante pour apprendre comment organiser une réunion efficace et prendre des décisions collectives, en vous inspirant de l'expérience des travailleurs d'Amazon qui s'organisent pour la première fois. Un délicieux repas sera servi par le Centre des femmes afghanes du Montreal - voir le menu sur la diapositive suivante!🍲

MÀJ: RDV AU 1ER ÉTAGE DU CENTRE UNIVERSITAIRE (3480 McTavish):) Venez célébrer la Journée Internationale de la Francophonie avec l’AÉUM! Tu es francophone? Tu apprends le français? Tu veux en apprendre plus sur la francophonie et la communauté francophone de McGill? L’AÉUM organise une célébration de la Journée internationale de la francophonie. Au programme: collation gratuite, rencontre avec les groupes étudiants francophones de McGill, micro-ouvert, et même des prix à gagner! Rendez-vous le jeudi 20 mars de 13h à 16h au 1er étage du Centre Universitaire (3480 McTavish)!

Recently received a rent increase notice and worried about paying more? On the apartment search and tired of competing with other renters for a landlord’s attention? Considering moving out but upset about how much of your paycheck would be sent directly to your landlord’s pocket? Come join us for a community meal and workshop diving into the fundamentals of tenant unionism, direct action, and neighbourhood councils. Let’s talk shop about organizing your building, the skill of one-on-ones, and abolishing rent. Where: First floor SSMU building (3480 rue McTavish) When: TOMORROW! March 13th, from 5:30PM-7:30PM What: workshop + meal, catered from a family recently arrived from Gaza Who: You! Bring your friends! Your neighbours! The housing crisis impacts us all. Coming together and building power through direct action and community charts a way forward. See you soon! ***************************************** Avez-vous récemment reçu un avis d'augmentation de loyer et craignez de payer plus cher? Êtes-vous à la recherche d'un appartement et en avez assez d'être en concurrence avec d'autres locataires pour attirer l'attention d'un propriétaire? Envisagez-vous déménager, mais vous êtes fâchés que votre salaire va directement dans la poche de votre propriétaire? Venez nous joindre pour un repas communautaire et un atelier sur les principes fondamentaux du syndicalisme des locataires, de l'action directe et des conseils de quartier. Parlons de l'organisation de votre immeuble, de l'habileté des rencontres individuelles et de l'abolition des loyers. Lieu de l'atelier: Premier étage de l'édifice du SSMU (3480 rue McTavish) Quand: DEMAIN le 13 mars, de 17h30 à 19h30 Quoi: Atelier + repas, préparé par une famille récemment arrivée de Gaza Qui: Vous ! Amenez vos amis ! Vos voisins ! La crise du logement a un impact sur nous tous. Se rassembler et renforcer le pouvoir par l'action directe et la communauté nous permet d'aller de l’avant. A bientôt!

DITES «OUI» à la création d’une cotisation de soutient aux affaires francophones! Le but de cette cotisation est d’aider au financement de projets venant de groupes francophones et/ou d’initiatives visant à améliorer l’expérience de la communauté francophone, ainsi que de créer des opportunités d’apprentissage du français dans un cadre plus décontracté pour les non-francophones! Contactez caf@ssmu.ca pour plus d’info. Scannez le code QR pour lire la motion en entier! _____ SAY YES to the creation of a fee to support Francophone Affairs! The goal of this fee is to provide funding for projects and initiatives led by francophone groups and/or initiatives aiming to improve francophone students’ experience, as well as create opportunities for non-francophones to learn French in a more casual setting! Contact caf@ssmu.ca for more information. Scan the QR code to read the full motion!

After years of studies and collaboration, a massive $1.5M dollar investment, and countless executives and external affairs teams, our collaboration with UTILE, a nonprofit which helps societies address housing insecurity, has led to the beginning of construction on a brand new building, le Méridien. As established by our contracts with UTILE and as they have upheld in their continued collaborations with other student societies, rent for students living in the apartments is ensured to be between 15 and 30% below market value depending on the type of unit in question. This is huge. This first collaboration is by no means a silver bullet to address the ongoing affordability crisis affecting all students; however, it is a first and incredibly meaningful step towards concrete remedies, addressing the most fundamental needs of our fellow students. —————————————— The speaker in this video is Hugo-Victor Solomon, current vice president (External Affairs) of the SSMU, who appeared alongside Valerie Plante, Mayor of Montréal as well as Steven Guilbeault, minister of environment, and climate change of Canada.