• OCTOBER 2008: LPPS Annual General Meeting

  • Our 2008 Annual Regular General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Wednesday 27 October, at 7:00pm (sharp) in the Common Room of the Mary Campbell Housing Co-operative (on Talbot, just south of Central Ave.).
  • Proposed Agenda:
  1. A review of the past year
  2. A report from the Waves of Resistance feminist activism conference in Montreal, from one or more participants
  3. Consideration of constitutional amendments or policy proposals, if any
  4. Election of a new coordinating committee

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  • SEPTEMBER 2008: LPPS Regular General Meeting

  • Our next Regular General Meeting (RGM) will take place on Tuesday, September 16, at 7pm.
  • We have decided not to host a speaker this month, but instead to have a discussion on a short reading for the first forty-five minutes, followed by a slew of interesting LPPS updates.
  • Location: “The New Art Space” - 757 Dundas east
  • Reading: Alan Sears, “Infrastructure of Dissent” is an enjoyable read, which covers the history of Drouillard St. in Windsor, when the left was at its strongest. Drouillard St. was a corridor of radicalism in the 1930’s where community and friendship where synonymous with solidarity and resistance.  It should only take a short amount of time to read it through. If you get a chance, we strongly recommend you read it before you head to the meeting as it will make for a fruitful discussion. If you can’t make it out to the meeting, we strongly recommend the reading anyway.“At its best, the infrastructure of dissent develops capacities for independent analysis and initiative. An effective activist needs to understand the immediate circumstances in the light of a broader perspective, and contribute to suitable forms of mobilization. It takes important collective work to develop independent thinking and creative activism. The rich capacities of the Drouillard Road community remind us of the possibilities and the challenges.” 

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  • JUNE 2008: LPPS Regular General Meeting

  • Our next Regular General Meeting (RGM) is this Friday, 6 June, at 6:30pm in the Common Room of the Tolpuddle Co-op (on Adelaide, just south of Dundas St.).
  • Guest Speaker: A speaker from the London Coalition in Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples

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  • MAY 2008: LPPS Regular General Meeting

  • Our next Regular General Meeting (RGM) is this Friday, May 2 at 6:30pm in the common room of the Mary Campbell Coop (587 Talbot St.).
  • Guest Speaker: Barbara MacQuarrie will be speaking for the first part of the meeting, followed by a discussion. Barb is the Community Director for the Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children at the University of Western Ontario. Please take a few moments to read over her profile as it is very impressive.
  • Speaker’s Bio:
    • Barb MacQuarrie is the Community Director of the Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children at the University of Western Ontario . Formerly she was the Communications Coordinator for the Sexual Assault Centre London. She received an Honours B.A. from McMaster University in 1982. She went on to work in several community organizations including the Ontario Public Interest Research Group in Hamilton, SHAIR International Development Resource Centre also in Hamilton, the Union des Pacifists du Quebec in Montreal and Oxfam, the Cross Cultural Learners Centre and the Sexual Assault Centre in London. Ms. MacQuarrie’s work in the women’s anti-violence movement has been broad ranging. She has developed specific interests in gendered workplace harassment and violence in the lives of girls. She hasco-authored several articles on workplace harassment and violence in the lives of girls. She is the Executive Producer of the video, “The Way Forward: Rethinking the Problem of Workplace Sexual Harassment.”She has been a guest speaker and workshop presenter on a wide range of women’s issues for a variety of audiences. Ms. MacQuarrie is a past president of the London Coordinating Committee to End Woman Abuse and the Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres.She has served as a board member for Across Languages and Margaret’s Haven. Ms. MacQuarrie was honoured to receive a Pride Award in _____________________________________________________________________

  • APRIL 2008: LPPS Regular General Meeting

  • Our next Regular General Meeting (RGM) is this Friday, May 2 at 6:30pm in the common room of the Mary Campbell Coop (587 Talbot St.).
  • The LPPS is holding our next monthly Regular General Meeting this Friday April 4, 7pm at the Mary Campbell Coop (587 Talbot St.). The last meeting was a great success with new folks and ideas. This month, three coordinators from Lifespin will provide us with a half hour presentation on their dynamic organization. There will be a half hour of discussion with the Lifespin group followed by updates from the LPPS coordinators. We will close the meeting off with new proposals and discussion of the next LPPS regular general meeting.

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  • FEBRUARY 2008: LPPS Public Forum

    • TIME: Friday, 22 February, 2008, from 7pm to 9pm.
    • LOCATION: Central Library, 251 Dundas St. (Stevenson & Hunt Room).
    • Come to a free public forum and discussion about strategies for taking back our city from the developers, landlords and corporations that now dominate decisions that affect us all.
    • What can we do to promote an agenda of social and environmental justice in London? How can we create more political and economic democracy in our city?
    • Come hear two great speakers:
      • John Clarke (bio), organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), and
      • Justin Podur (bio), activist, journalist, contributor and editor of Znet, and Environmental Studies professor at York University.

      Click here for the POSTER in PDF format

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  • OCTOBER 2007: LPPS Founding Meeting

    • October 5, 2007, the London Project for a Participatory Society will be holding its founding meeting. If you would like to get more involved with the LPPS, please come out!It will take place from 1-4 at the Mary CampbellCo-operative, 587 Talbot St (near Central), in the common room.If able, bring a snack to share; coffee (fair-trade, organic) will be available.The LPPS is a anti-racist, pro-feminist, anti-capitalist organization committed to building movements for radical social change.
    • More info? Check out http://radicalblogs.org/lpps

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  • SEPTEMBER 2007: LPPS Outreach Meeting

    • September 14, 2007, the London Project for a Participatory Society will be holding our second outreach meeting. If you would like to get more involved with the LPPS, please come out!

    • Our second event took place on Friday, September 14, 2007:

      CLICK HERE FOR THE POSTER

      FINDING DAWN (2006, 75 minutes)….

      Dawn Crey, Ramona Wilson, Daleen Kay Bosse – three of an estimated 500 Aboriginal women who have gone missing or been murdered in Canada over the past thirty years. This epic journey into the dark heart of Native women’s experience takes us from Vancouver’s skid row to the “Highway of Tears” in northern British Columbia, and on to Saskatoon, where murders of Native women remain unresolved. Along the road to honour the dead, acclaimed Métis filmmaker Christine Welsh uncovers inspiring stories of strength, courage and resilience, as communities come together to stem the tide of violence.

      Email LPPS at: participatory.society@gmail.com

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  • JULY 2007: LPPS First Outreach Meeting

    • Our first outreach event took place on July 13, 2007: a showing of the film, “Tear Gas Holiday.”