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 International Women's Day, March 8th.Join us as we celebrate women around the world on the 8th of March on International Women's Day. International Women's Day is a time for women around the world to commemorate their struggles and celebrate their achievements.
The roots of International Women's Day can be traced back to the struggles of women workers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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 Community Planning Meeting to Mobilize Against the G8 & G20 When: 6:00 p.m. (noon) to 8:00 p.m.,
Sun, March 21, 2010
Where: The Spill (414 George St. N)
This summer Ontario will host meetings for both the G8 (Group of Eight) and G20 (Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors) in Huntsville and Toronto respectively on the weekend of June 25 to 27th, 2010.
The G8 and G20 nations comprise only a small percentage of the world population and these meetings of the wealthiest nations are sites of economic and political strategizing and policy-making that impact the whole world.
The Toronto Community Mobilization Network has invited people ‘from Copenhagen to Toronto’ to participate in community-based resistance to the G8 and G20. March 21, 2010 will be an opportunity for Peterborough to come together to plan how our community can answer this invitation.
Come to the Spill at 6pm on March 21, 2010. Individuals and groups are welcome. Bring ideas about what you’d like to see happen, what kind of resources can you or your group contribute, etc. If you haven’t had time to reflect on this in advance, don’t let this stop you, your interest alone is enough to justify your attendance!
To join the Toronto Community Mobilization Network announcements list, visit: https://masses.tao.ca/lists/listinfo/community.mobilize
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Come out every Wednesday for a free documentary film, presented by OPIRG (and often co-hosted by other social justice and environmental organizations). Students and non-students alike are invited! Wheelchair accessible (from parking lot doors).
The documentaries start at 7pm in Sadleir House, 751 George St. North.The documentary and the organic popcorn are free, but donations are happily accepted!
For more information contact OPIRG at 741-1208. Special thanks to the Trent Film Society
Upcoming Movies
March 10th:No film
March 17th: Diamonds of War- Africa's Blood Diamonds
Hosted by investigative reporter Dominic Cunningham-Reid, this National Geographic TV special follows the international trade of illegal diamonds along a danger-filled route from Sierra Leone to Antwerp. Much of the footage is disturbingly authentic, culled via hidden cameras and surveillance photos. It is clear throughout that Cunningham-Reid and his crew are in grave danger as they article the tie-in between diamond smuggling and the financing of terrorists.
March 24th: Darfur Diaries: Message from Home
Darfur Diaries: Message From Home is a brutally honest inside look into the current tragedy befalling the Darfur region. Filmmakers Adam Shapiro, Jen Marlow and Aisha Bain filmed the personal stories of those affected by the horrors in the Darfur region. This documentary serves not only to educate the world about the genocide being committed on a daily basis, but also as a message that we as a global society must come together and make a difference by helping those who are suffering.
March 31st: The Agronomist
A profile of Haitian radio journalist and human rights activist, Jean Dominique.
It includes: historical footage of Haiti's vivid and tumultuous past; interviews
with Dominique, himself and with Michele Montas--his heroic wife, life-long
love, and extraordinary partner; and incorporates footage shot before
Dominique's assassination on April 3, 2000.
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 Ontario Public Interest Resea rch Group (OPIRG) Peterborough
Established in 1976, OPIRG Peterborough is a campus-based, community-oriented, non-profit organization committed to research, education and action on social justice and environmental issues. Each year, OPIRG staff and volunteers organize speakers, films, conferences, publications and campaigns on a wide variety of topics that fit within our mandate. We also offer skills development workshops and research-for-credit opportunities.
A volunteer board of directors works with one full-time staff person to administer the office and resource library, develop programming, allocate resources, and network with other campus and community organizations. The OPIRG board uses a consensus decision-making process and meets fortnightly during the school year. Board members are elected annually and usually serve a two-year term.
OPIRG Peterborough is an autonomous member of Ontario PIRG, a provincial network of eleven PIRGs. In August of 2005, OPIRG Peterborough became incorporated under the province of Ontario.
 33 Years of Action in Peterborough (and counting!)
For more than three decades, the Peterborough Chapter of the Ontario Public Interest
Research Group (OPIRG) has been pursuing social justice and
environmental activism on the Trent campus and the Peterborough
community. During this long history, OPIRG has worked on a wide range
of issues and has seen its alumni go on to contribute to other social
justice and environmental movements after they leave Trent. Today,
OPIRG continues to be a dynamic organization where many Trent students
learn the skills and knowledge they need to be active citizens. To read more, please click "read more" link below.
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