Lower Mainland August Events

1. Under the Volcano Festival
2. Annual People's Voice Walk-A-Thon
3. Global Day of Action for Honduras
4. Red Star Club monthly meeting
5. Red Star Club monthly discussion group
6. Left Film Night

1. Under the Volcano Festival

Join the Red Star Club of the YCL at the 19th annual Under the Volcano "Festival of Art and Change" in Cates Park (North Vancouver) on Sunday, August 9th.

We will be sharing a table in the info fair with the CPC starting at noon.

For more information on the festival check out http://volcano.resist.ca/

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: If you can help staff the table even for only 1 hour please let us know asap.

2. Annual People's Voice Walk-A-Thon

A fundraiser for the People's Voice (www.peoplesvoice.ca) newspaper, Sunday, August 9th at Bear Creek Park in Surrey. The walk starts at 11am and is followed by a potlatch lunch and cultural program.

For more information call Krishna: 604.940.0420 OR Harjit: 604.543.7179

3. Global Day of Action for Honduras

The Coalition Against Intervention in Latin America, of which the YCL is a member organization, will be holding a picket on Tuesday, August 11th, which has been named a Global Day of Action for Honduras.

The picket will start at 5pm at 666 Burrard St. (across from Burrard Station).

The YCL demands an end to the military coup regime in Honduras and the return of the democratically elected President, Manuel Zelaya.

4. Red Star Club monthly meeting

Our next Club meeting will be Saturday, August 15th at 5pm. It will be held at our office in the Centre for Socialist Education, 706 Clark Dr.

DRAFT AGENDA

Roll Call
Adopt Agenda
Minutes of July 12th/25th

OLD BUSINESS/STANDING ITEMS

-Young Workers movement
- Peace movement
- Student movement
- Cultural work
- Summer Camp report back

NEW BUSINESS

- Pro-Choice action
- August 30th Left Film Night

5. Red Star Club monthly discussion group

Our monthly discussion group will be held on August 30th at 5pm. It will be at the Centre for Socialist Education (706 Clark Dr.). It will be followed by the Left Film Night. Topic TBA after the July 30th meeting.

6. Left Film Night

MILK

Sunday, August 30, 7 pm
at the Centre for Socialist Education
706 Clark Drive, Vancouver (corner of Clark & E. Georgia)

If you missed MILK in the theaters earlier this year, here's your change. Sean Penn deservedly won Best Actor at the 2009 Academy Awards for his portrayal of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man elected to a major political position in the United States. MILK (directed by Gus Van Sant, 128 minutes) presents a fascinating look at two worlds - the flourishing gay and lesbian communities of San Francisco during the 1970s, and the complex and difficult struggle to win progressive reforms through the electoral process at the municipal level. Harvey Milk succeeded in bringing together a broad coalition of gay activists, trade unionists, Latinos and other oppressed minorities, small business owners, tenants, homeowners and other San Franciscans. United, they challenged the city's entrenched elites and undemocratic political structures to bring a powerful voice for the people into City Hall. His tragic assassination sparked a huge upsurge in the struggle for full equality for the LGBT community, a struggle which continues to this day in California and around the world. MILK is both a stunning artistic achievement and a timely political statement.


No admission charge, but donations towards our costs are welcome. Coffee and refreshments available. Left Film Nights are presented by the Centre for Socialist Education, Young Communist League, and the Vancouver East Club of the Communist Party of Canada. Call 604-255-2041 or email for further information.