REMINDER: Meeting of Canadian Allies of the CCDA on Sept. 9

To our Education in Action Members,

We have received disturbing news regarding an increase in violence against the CCDA and its community in Guatemala including unlawful arrests and assassination attempts. As such, the CCDA has asked their Canadian friends for some help. Our partners, Breaking the Silence in the east and BC CASA in the west, have scheduled a Zoom meeting with executives from the CCDA to work out a path for us to help them. The meeting will be on Monday September 9, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT. If you would like to attend the meeting just click the link at the time of the meeting.

Below is a link to the PDF version of the email letter we received from BC CASA which has additional description of the situation in Guatemala. It also includes the English translation of the letter of appeal from the CCDA. Links to the BTS letter mentioned in the BC CASA are also listed below.

• BC CASA letter for Meeting of Canadian Allies of the CCDA
• Solidarity Letter as CCDA Faces Attacks and Criminalization
• Carta de Solidaridad ante Ataques y Criminalización

Thank you for your solidarity and support.

Last Call: Café Justicia Roasting

Last call for ordering Café Justicia in the current roasting cycle. Please submit your orders by 12:00 noon, Sunday, June 2, 2024. Our ordering email is edu.in.action@gmail.com. Please indicate the quantity and format with your order.

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Education in Action will be a Café Justicia roasting in a couple of weeks. If you want fresh coffee, please send us your order by 12:00 noon, Sunday, June 2, 2024. Our ordering email is edu.in.action@gmail.com. Please indicate the quantity and format with your order.

• MB: Whole bean medium roast
• MG: Ground medium roast
• DB: Whole bean dark roast
• DG: Ground dark roast

The coffee price is CAD$16.00 per Lbs. For orders outside of the Ottawa/Gatineau area, please include your shipping address with your order. Please note that you will be billed for the shipping cost outside the Ottawa/Gatineau area.

We still have medium roast Café Justicia in stock for those who need coffee now.

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Thank you for your solidarity and support.

Volunteers for Art in the Park 2024 (Reminder)

Volunteers are still needed to donate baked goods and to tend the Education in Action booth at Art in the Park. Please sign up at the link below.

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The 2024 edition of Ottawa's Art in the Park will occur on the weekend of June 8-9, 2024. This event use to be called The New Art Festival. Education in Action has been given the opportunity to fund-raise at his event this year by selling Café Justicia and various treats. Volunteers will be needed to assist us at the booth as well as to provide various baked goods (treats) to sell. If you would like to help, please sign up at this Google spreadsheet:

2024 Art in the Park Volunteer Sign-up

Please note that baked goods MUST be packaged/wrapped individually to comply with Ottawa Public Health regulations. For convenience, they should also be sized for sale at either $1.00 or $2.00 each.

Thank you for your solidarity and support.

EIA Annual General Meeting (Reminder)

REMINDER: Education in Action's Annual General Meeting is this Friday, May 17, 2024 at 6:00 pm. If you are interested in attending, please RSVP Education in Action at edu.in.action@gmail.com for details.

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Due to unforseen circumstances, we have to change the date for the EIA AGM to Friday, May 17, 2024. A potluck dinner will now precede the meeting at 6:00 pm. Once again new time and date for the EIA AGM is 6:00 pm, Friday, May 17, 2024 and it will begin with a potluck dinner.

Please RSVP Education in Action at edu.in.action@gmail.com if you would like to attend and we will confirm with by sending you the meeting agenda.

If you have already RSVP'd, please re-confirm your attendance as a result of the date change.

Thank you for your solidarity and cooperation. We regret any inconvenience that these changes may have caused.

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Education in Action's annual general meeting will take place on Tuesday, May 14, 2024 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. If you are interested in attending, please RSVP Education in Action at edu.in.action@gmail.com for the location and the meeting agenda.

Sandra Moran Webinar (Update: 2024-05-01)

2024-05-01:
If you were unable to attend the webinar, an online video of the event is available. Please concact us at edu.in.action@gmail.com to obtain the weblink and access information.

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2024-04-12: Corrected QR code for the webinar link.

Our partner in British Columbia, BC CASA-Café Justicia, will be hosting a webinar by Sandra Moran. Sandra is a femiinist, artist, and LGTBQ activist in Guatemala. Her talk will focus on the lessons learned from the prevention of the recent slow coup in Guatemala and the upcoming challenges that facing the new government of President Arevalo.

Pre-registration is not required to participate. At the date and time of the webinar (Saturday, April 27, 2024 at 7:00 pm EDT), scan the QR code in the poster below or go to the webinar link https://tinyurl.com/106-days. For more information, please contact cjgreenbean@gmail.com.