Everyone is welcome! We have at least one monthly event or volunteer opportunity. Currently, we often have a monthly film screening of highlights from the Vancouver Film Festival (usually the 2nd Tuesday of each month) and a monthly informal chat and letter writing at a local tea house (usually the third Thursday of each month). Please check the website to verify the date as scheduling is dependent upon the theatre bookings. Special events are planned to mark significant days and will be announced in advance. Please check this page regularly as it is often updated!
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March Human Rights Film: Women's Day |
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Monday, March 8 Planting trees for fuel, food and timber is not what one usually associates with winning a Nobel Peace Prize. Yet with that simple act, Wangari Maathai helped spark a movement to reclaim Kenya’s land from a century of deforestation while providing new sources of livelihood to rural communities. The tree-planting groups that formed gave the women a reason to come together and become involved in resolving their communities' challenges. 
part of the Amnesty Film Series 2009-2010 At the Plaza Theatre 1133 Kensington Road NW Admission by donation |
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Tuesday, May 11 Double Feature Our Land, My People: The Struggle of the Lubicon Cree and The Blood of Kouan Kouan 7:00pm at the Plaza Theatre, 1133 Kensington Road NW. Admission is by donation. Our Land, My People: The Struggle of the Lubicon Cree The documentary follows Lubicon councillors, elders, and band members as they share with Amnesty International the impact of resource exploitation on their way of life and traditional economy. The Canadian authorities have failed to bring about a fair resolution of the long standing land dispute. The Blood of Kouan Kouan In the virgin tropical forests of the Amazon, the region with the richest biodiversity in the world, an unspeakable crime has been and is still being committed against humankind. Ancient native populations are considered invisible and expendable, victims of the oil companies' easy profiteering. They are disappearing on a massive scale, as pollution kills the animals they hunt and causes illnesses until recently unknown to them, such as cancer. This documentary is dedicated to the Tetete and Sansahuari tribes. Their voices were silenced forever at the dawn of the 21st century because of the region's "development". |
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Marda Loop Justice Film Festival |
AI Calgary will be at the NGO Village! Please come to our table to sign our petitions asking for the stop of specific human rights violations. Marda Loop Justice Film Festival - Film Night (Website Link) See hope in action... see injustice... let's respond 
November 17, 2009 - 10:00 am and 1:00 pm S. Leacock Theatre, Mount Royal University Addicted to Plastic
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AM with Filomena Gomes and Cheri McCauley, Sustainable Calgary
PM with Chris Turner, Author - "The Geography of Hope"
November 20-22, 2009
River Park Church Auditorium - 3818 -14A St. SW, Calgary |
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Project Ploughshares Peace Fair |
AI Calgary will have a booth at Project Ploughshares where we will be selling greeting cards and t-shirts! Please email
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if you would like to volunteer at our table. Come and celebrate Project Ploughshares Calgary ’s 25th annual Holiday Peace Fair - 25 years of supporting social justice initiatives in Calgary! When: Saturday November 14th 9:30am – 4pm Where: St. David’s United Church – 3303 Capitol Hill Cres NW (near the University LRT station) Admission: $2 – Free for children under 12 (Light lunch available) Buy unique gifts & seasonal treasures from over 25 vendors working for peace, social justice and the environment. |
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December Film - The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court |
The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal CourtThursday, December 10 @ 7:00 pmat the Plaza Theatre, 1133 Kensington Road NW. Admission is by donation.
The Reckoning follows dynamic International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo and his team for 3 years across 4 continents as he issues arrest warrants for Lord’s Resistance Army leaders in Uganda, puts Congolese warlords on trial, shakes up the Colombian justice system, and charges Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir with genocide in Darfur, challenging the UN Security Council to arrest him. Like a deft thriller, The Reckoning keeps you on the edge of your seat, in this case with two riveting dramas- the prosecution of unspeakable crimes and the ICC’s fight for the efficacy in its paradigm for justice, innocent victims suffer and wait. Will the Prosecutor succeed? Will the world ensure that justice prevails? This film is part of a series Amnesty International will be presenting at the Plaza Theatre. The series will showcase picks from the Amnesty International Film Festivals. |
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