VICIDS happenings

Terra Dumont — Mon, 05 May 2008 23:21:53 GMT

Kia ora everyone,

There are loads of events on around Wellington this week, so check out below to see what tickles your fancy.

Have a great week!

EVENTS, EVENTS, EVENTS...

* Make Vic Fair Bazaar, Monday 5^th May, 11-3pm

* VicIDS film screening – Granito de Areno (Grain of Sand), Monday 5^th May, 5pm

* World Vision film screening – Black Gold, Monday 5^th May, 7:30pm

* Greens@Vic Fair Trade Gig, Wednesday 7^th May, from 8pm

* Buyer Be Fair – A Fair Trade Fortnight event, Thursday 8^th May, 5:30-7:30pm

* Human Rights Film Festival, Thursday 8^th May to Friday 16^th May

* Talk on Child Soldiers by Dr Mike Wessells, Friday 9^th May, 12:30-1:30pm

* VicIDS panel discussion on Free Trade, Monday 12^th May, 6:30pm

* At the Tipping Point: Thinking Beyond Sustainability with Nandor Tanczos, Wednesday 14^th May, 12pm

* Make Vic Fair Bazaar

Monday 5^th May, 11-3pm

Student Union Atrium and Mount Street Bar, Victoria University

Featuring:

- Live Music: including African drums, Latin American sounds, Warwick Murray (come along at 2pm to hear), local bands and more

- People's Coffee coffee!

- Fair trade chocolate

- Freebees from local sustainable businesses

- Information about Fair Trade

- Local Fair Trade businesses (eg Kow Tow, Trade Aid etc)

- Petition: come sign our brand new Make Vic Fair petition

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* VicIDS film screening – Grano de Areno (Grain of Sand)

Monday 5^th May, 5pm

Room 304, Cotton Building, Victoria University

"For over 20 years, economic globalisation has been dismantling public education in Mexico. But always in the shadow of popular resistance. This is the story of that resistance - the story of a grassroots, non-violent movement of public school teachers who took Mexico by surprise and who have endured brutal repression in their 25-year struggle to defend public education."

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* World Vision film screening – Black Gold

Monday 5^th May, 7:30pm

Ramsey House, Kelburn Parade, Victoria University

World Vision is screening Black Gold, a documentary about coffee and trade. Koha entry.

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*Greens@Vic Fair Trade Fortnight Fundraising Gig

Wednesday 7^th May, from 8pm

MightyMighty, 104 Cuba Street

Join Jamaican dub legend - reggae artiste and 'edutainer' Yasus Afari, local legends The Aviators, and The Washoiyas and guest speaker Russel Norman for a night of celebrating fair trade and good music - all for a good cause.

$10 on the door. Proceeds go to Greens@Vic and 10% to 2K/Learning Links in Jamaica.

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* Buyer Be Fair – A Fair Trade Fortnight Event

Thursday 8^th May, 5:30-7:30pm

Centre for Global Action, Level 2, James Smiths Building, 49-55 Cuba Street

Come and learn more about fair trade. This free event, hosted by Dev-Zone as part of the Fair Trade Fortnight, involves a screening of the film Buyer be Fair. We will meet in the Dev-Zone Library where there will be fair trade tea, coffee and chocolate. The film will begin at 6 pm.

*About the film*: Under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO), globalisation of world trade seems like a juggernaut that will not be stopped. But is there a way to make trade fair? How can retailers and consumers use their purchasing power and market choice to make the world better for people and the environment? What is the promise of product certification and labelling? This film looks at two major trade goods -- timber and coffee -- to find out how certification works and whether it helps the world's poor, and their lands.

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*Human Rights Film Festival

Thursday 8^th May to Friday 16^th May

Paramount Theatre, Courtenay Place

Check out www.humanrightsfilmfest.net.nz for details of all the films that are being screened during the festival.

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*"Child Soldiers: Experiences and Reintegration of Girl Soldiers" by Dr. Mike Wessells

Friday 9^th May, 12:30-1:30pm

St John's in the City hall, corner of Willis and Dixon Streets

World-renowned expert on child protection Dr. Mike Wessells is visiting New Zealand in early May. He is a professor at Columbia University, an advisor to the United Nations and governments, and author of several books. His most recent book, published last year, is Child Soldiers: From Violence to Protection.

In countries around the world, Dr. Wessells helps to develop community-based, culturally grounded programmes that assist children, families, and communities affected by armed conflict and emergencies.

Dr. Wessells will talk about the experiences of child soldiers, the unique challenges of girls who become soldiers, what happens when they return home, and how aid and development agencies are helping with their rehabilitation.

The talks are free of charge. If you would like to attend, please register online at www.childfund.org.nz/register or call 0800 223 111 to give us an idea of numbers.

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* VicIDS panel discussion on Free Trade

Monday 12^th May, 6:30pm

(location to be confirmed)

We are hosting a panel discussion on Free Trade with a range of speakers. More details are coming soon, but make sure that you keep the evening of Monday 12^th May free for what will be an amazing event!

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* At the Tipping Point: Thinking Beyond Sustainability with Nandor Tanczos

Wednesday 14^th May, 12pm

Meeting Room 1, Student Union Building, Victoria University

Green Party MP Nandor Tanczos will brief students and members of the public around New Zealand on how the world's love affair with economic growth impacts on our environment.

He will address the issues of climate change, peak oil, and resource depletion and discuss how rising to these challenges requires a fundamental rethink of current assumptions.

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VicIDS

Victoria International Development Society
Victoria University Wellington, New Zealand - Aotearoa
www.vicids.org.nz

Member of U8 Global Student Partnership for Development
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