Melissa Albiani

Say "YES!" to a World Without Sexual Violence

M.Albiani — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:57:37 +0000

ConsentFEST takes back empowerment

"YES!"

Giving or not giving consent and having that decision respected is the key to ending sexual violence. We've all seen the 'No means no' campaign to end date rape, but what's the 'Yes means yes' vision of sexual power and a world without rape?

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The Micmac Native Friendship Centre and North End Community Health Centre bid on the St. Pat's Alexandra school site.

M.Albiani — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:21:39 +0000

Keeping the North End community strong and diverse.

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Workers on Labour Day

M.Albiani — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 21:08:39 +0000

'Capitalism isn't working for Workers', but workers are rallying for change.

The September 5th 2011 Labour Day march, rally and BBQ brought hundreds of people throughout the day to the South Commons in Halifax. The annual event is organized by the Halifax-Dartmouth and District Labour Council.

After the march from Victoria Park to the Commons, all ages stayed for speeches by Megan Leslie, Darrell Dexter, Kyle Buott, and Rick Clarke.

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The Law of the Land

M.Albiani — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:40:41 +0000

Re-learning the Peace and Friendship Treaties through First Nations' eyes

The Annual Peace and Friendship Gathering at the Tatamagouche Centre, held this year from August 15 to 19, gets to the root of race relations: a sometimes painful, yet important process.

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Modeling Alternative Societies

M.Albiani — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 11:36:17 +0000

The Halifax left consider strategies

A group of local labour, peace and feminist activists are looking to Toronto, Quebec and the UK for ideas on what could be done in Halifax.

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A String of Town Halls Unite African Nova Scotians

M.Albiani — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:06:20 +0000

The start of a Nova Scotia SRDC Chapter

The first of several Town Halls in Nova Scotia was held during the Annual Africville Reunion on July 30th. The Sixth Region Diaspora Caucus (SRDC) and Ujaama, a community development initiative for African Nova Scotians (ANS), hosted the event.

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Pat Gates helps reclaim quality lives with the visually-impaired

M.Albiani — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:32:08 +0000

Winner of the 2011 Holly Award

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Who supports the postal workers?

M.Albiani — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:25:16 +0000

Click on one of the above photos to view the photo essay.

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The North Star Triangle Project buses into Halifax.

M.Albiani — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:35:37 +0000

LGBTQ refugees are sponsored into Canada by the queer community.

On June 17th, Canada voted in favour of The United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) resolution that recognizes sexual orientation and gender identity as essential human rights. The first ever resolution of its kind, came just a few days short of World Refugee Day with the slogan “One Refugee Without Hope is too Many”.

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Public Supported Post!

M.Albiani — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 19:37:22 +0000

The Halifax public organizes rally to support the locked out postal workers.

On Thursday afternoon, a large group rallied together right outside the Almon Street Canada Post main office in Halifax to support the locked out postal workers. The lockout was declared late Tuesday night by the Canada Post Crown Corporation, after 12 days of rotating strikes.

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