Fundraising
To get involved with the fundraising committee, to let us know about your upcoming event, or if you have any questions please feel free to contact us at events.g20solidarity@gmail.com.
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The G20 has come and gone; the heads of state and finance ministers of the world’s twenty richest countries and central bank governors have left Toronto to further their policies of systematic exploitation and destruction elsewhere. However, our communities are still very much reeling in the aftermath of the G20 summit. Following the wave of brutal police repression that swept down upon the streets of Toronto, we are mobilizing in response to this blatant and ongoing criminalization of dissent.
Over the course of the summit weekend 1,105 people were arrested, a number unprecedented in Canadian history. Community organizers were picked up in preemptive morning raids. Others were picked up by snatch squads of plain clothed police in unmarked vehicles. Others still were picked up in one of the countless rounds of mass arrests. Of these 1,105, approximately 250 are facing criminal charges, dozens of whom are facing severe conspiracy charges.
The legal battle that now stands ahead of these respected community activists; our cherished friends and allies, will be incredibly long and costly. By conservative estimates legal costs will be in the ballpark of a quarter of a million dollars. In light of this fact, we desperately need your support!
We need our friends freed, we need all of their charges dropped, and unfortunately within this capitalist dystopia we will require substantial funds to make this happen.
There are several ways in which you can support our fundraising efforts!
1) You can donate directly to the G20 legal defence fund.
To transfer funds, transfer to:
OPIRG York
transit number 00646
institution number 842
account number 3542240
Use your online bank account or contact your bank directly to transfer funds. Please put "G20 legal defence" in the memo.
Write a cheque:
G20 Legal Defence Fund
c/o Paul Copeland
Copeland Duncan
31 Prince Arthur Avenue
Toronto, ON M5R 1B2
* Please make the check payable to the TCMN (Toronto Community Mobilization Network).
To donate by PayPal, access the link in the upper right hand corner of the page.
2) Help us spread the word! We understand that not everyone has the resources at their disposal to make a cash donation. That’s ok! Reach out to your contacts, your email listserves, websites etc. to spread the call for support.
3) Organize a fundraising event of some sort. Film screenings, house parties, concerts, bake sales and panel discussions are just some examples of potential fundraising activities. Use your imagination!
* If you are organizing an event please let us know! We can help with promotion and provide fundraising merch (i.e. t-shirts, buttons, and posters) for the event.
4) Last, but certainly not least, get involved with the CSN Fundraising and Events Committee. Help us plan events, design merch and strategy fundraising initiatives.
To get involved with the fundraising committee, to let us know about your upcoming event, or if you have any questions please feel free to contact us at events.g20solidarity@gmail.com.
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The G8/G20 meetings took place in Ontario from June 25-27, 2010. Toronto-based organizations of women, people of colour, indigenous peoples, the poor, the working class, queer and trans people and disabled people organized a peoples convergence with 40,000 people taking to the streets, standing up for justice in collaboration and solidarity!
Activists, community members, inspired and outraged individuals came together as a movement to demand justice for people and the planet. Over a week of mobilizations, events, workshops and direct actions took place in the face of state and police repression, violence and infringements on rights and freedoms.
We must continue to mobilize and build greater solidarity among our communities- an important part of this is supporting all those arrested during the G20 summit, including our allies still in detention, and those released on bail.