With the upcoming presidential elections in Zimbabwe early this year, the group may try to hold another simulation to raise awareness of the issues of corruption and coercion that people have experienced.

5:30PM

Dunn 111 (right across from the mini-Wu)

The omnibus crime bill blends nine previous bills that did not pass before the spring 2011 election: mandatory minimum sentencing is one component of the new bill and will force judges to impose a defined minimum sentence for specific offenses. Proponents argue this will be an effective deterrent for potential criminals, particularly those charged with production or trafficking of drugs. Critics protest that this removes judges’ ability to use their own discretion and rule on the specific circumstances of the case.

The event opened with a formal debate and rebuttal by the Debate Society. A more open discussion with all attendees followed.

We decided to base our campaign around Easter, raising awareness of the human rights abuses associated with chocolate in particular and then trying to get them to make different choices over Easter and not buy unfairly traded chocolate even though it may be shaped like a bunny or wrapped in a pink and purple paper. Aside from the numerous posters we made talking about having a “Fair trade Easter”… We held a “Fairly Traded Chocolate Easter event” on the morning of Easter Sunday. We booked the whole first floor of the Dunn (Math and Physics) building and then took over the place. The child (which went in the tree by the student centre for Monday and Tuesday) was set up on the window sill with the poster predominantly displayed above it for all to see as they entered. All of the fair trade questions were still up on the walls and we supplemented them with some Easter balloons and woven coloured paper. We had an “Easter hunt” where people searched for cocoa camino minis as well as some different Fair trade facts. The fair trade facts were also written on all of the white boards so you saw them and could use them to spark conversation wherever you went. We also made Easter bread and had it set up with butter, juice, and tea for people to eat. Children from the community, MtA students and even faculty came out, searched for chocolate and stood around and discussed the lives of the people who produce our chocolate. Fair trade is forever current and everyone should know about the rights that are being violated as people produce the goods that we buy and eat.

Du 5 au 8 février prochain, la Délégation Droits et Démocratie de l’Université de Mount-Allison présente la conférence intitulée “Silver Spoons and AK47s : How Youth Understand Conflict Around the World”.

Pour permettre une véritable compréhension des expériences vécues par les jeunes et les enfants impliqués dans des situations de conflits, cet événement, qui se déroulera sur trois jours, rassemblera des ONG et des experts travaillant sur le terrain, de la Sierra Leone à La Haye. Les participants à la conférence auront la chance d’entendre le Président de Droits et Démocratie, M. Rémy Beauregard, qui viendra partager son expérience de travail avec d’anciens enfants-soldats et des jeunes survivants d’abus sexuels du nord de l’Uganda, Mme Patricia Tobón, une jeune avocate embera, qui travaille depuis longtemps, avec les jeunes population autochtones d’un pays qui vit un conflit armé depuis plusieurs générations. Les participants auront aussi la chance de visiter un camp de personnes réfugiées reconstitué et de profiter d’atelier de formation pratiques qui viseront le développement d’aptitudes autant en termes d’animation d’émission de radio qu’en ce qui concerne le rôles des médias lors de situations de conflits.

Nous vous encourageons de télécharger le formulaire d’inscription, de le remplir, et de le soumettre à l’adresse courriel : silverspoonsandak47s@gmail.com, avant jeudi le 29 janvier 2009.

• Formulaire d’inscription | Événement régional Atlantique 2009 (Word – 75.5 ko)




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