Winnipeg Copwatch

Tasha Hubbard is coming!

Tasha Hubbard will be coming to Winnipeg and doing a public talk on September 27th 2007. In anticipation of this public discussion, Winnipeg Copwatch and the Manitoba Aboriginal Justice Equality Coalition(MAJEC) will be hosting a film screening of Two Worlds Colliding, the film that Tasha directed documenting Saskatoon’s infamous starlight tours. Here is the description of the film from the National Film Board:

Two Worlds Colliding chronicles the painful story of what came to be known as Saskatoon’s infamous “freezing deaths,” and the schism between a fearful, mistrustful Aboriginal community and a police force that must come to terms with a shocking secret.
One frigid night in January 2000, a Native man, Darrell Night, finds himself dumped by two police officers in -20° C temperatures in a barren field on the city outskirts and finds shelter at a nearby power station. He survives the ordeal but is stunned to hear that the frozen body of another Aboriginal man is discovered in the same area. Days later, another victim, also Native, is found.
When Night comes forward with his story, he sets into motion a chain of events: a major RCMP investigation into several suspicious deaths, the conviction of the two constables who abandoned him and the reopening of an old case, leading to a judicial inquiry.
It remains to be seen whether the gulf between the two worlds can be bridged.

So come join us September 20th, and we hope to see you on the 27th as well!

Two Worlds Colliding Film Screening

Thursday September 20th 2007
Urban Shaman Gallery (290 McDermot Avenue) at 7:00pm
There will be snacks and either coffee or hot chocolate provided.

& then…

Behind Two Worlds Colliding

Thursday September 27th 2007
Mondragon Bookstore and Coffeehouse (91 Albert Street) at 7:00pm
Tasty vegan treats will be provided.

Tasha will also be doing a public presentation at the University of Manitoba entitled:

Images of Change: Film, Photography and Social Justice

a presentation by Tasha Hubbard and Edith Regier
Wednesday September 26 2007
Room 409 Tier Building University of Manitoba
2:00 – 4:00pm

This workshop was organized by Winnipeg Copwatch with research and bookwork done by Pro Bono Students Canada. This event was attended by over 60 community members and we came to learn how the law is written vaguely in order to give police more discretion.

Winnipeg Copwatch organized two events in June/07 to raise funds for equipment and supplies.

June 17, 2007

We organized a vegan-dinner at the Mondragon which consisted of lasagna, garlic bread, salad, and dessert. There was also a silent auction with prizes donated by Canadian Dimension, Giant Tiger, G7 Welcoming Committee, Ragpickers, Organic Planet, Natural Cycle, among others.

June 23, 2007

A week and a bit later, we organized a film screening of These Streets are Watching, the 50 minute film takes a fresh look at police accountability through the eyes of three communities; Denver, Cincinnati and Berkeley. Following the film there was a discussion surrounding Copwatch.

Organized by Winnipeg Copwatch, the International Day against Police Brutality first began in 1997 undertaken by the Montreal group Collective Opposed to Police Brutality and the Black Flag collective in Switzerland.