People’s Station of the Cross

People’s Station of the Cross

They killed the body but they cannot kill the spirit.

Join us for an interfaith commemoration of the Passion of the Christ
This Good Friday at 2 p.m., Friday, April 6, 2007
Starting point: In front of Holy Cross Catholic Church, 291 Cosburn Avenue (Corner of Cosburn Ave. and Donlands Ave.)

(Directions: Take bus #56 from Donlands Subway Station and get off at
Cosburn Ave. or Take bus #87 or #87A from Broadview Subway Station and get off at Donlands Ave.)

Stations of the Cross Route: 1. Start from Holy Cross Catholic Church. 2. Cross to the north side of Cosburn Ave. 3. Walk west toward the apartment buildings until Logan Ave. 4. Cross to the south side of Cosburn Ave. at the crosswalk. 5. Walk east back to Bethany Baptist Church on the corner of Cosburn Ave. and Pape Ave. (1041 Pape Ave.)6. End in front of Bethany Baptist Church

Organized by: UFiND-Toronto, UFiND-Mississauga, Damayan Migrant Education and Resource Centre and SIKLAB-Ontario.

Live-in Caregivers and the $10 Minimum wage campaign

SUPPORT THE $10 MINIMUM WAGE CAMPAIGN NOW!

The raise the minimum wage campaign is a fast-growing campaign with the support from labour and community groups. This proves that Canadians from all backgrounds want a just minimum wage.

The Toronto & York Region Labour Council, representing 195,000 unionized workers in the Greater Toronto Area, is spearheading the campaign to raise the minimum wage to $10 an hour. Their decision to do so comes as Ontario NDP MPP Cheri DiNovo had her $10 minimum-wage Bill 150 pass second reading. Third reading is set for March 19, and the provincial elections are coming on Oct 10, 2007.

For Filipino Migrants this is an important undertaking in our struggle for our rights and welfare. Filipinos like other migrant community are at the bottom of the wage scale. They work as caregivers, service providers and factory workers. Here in Canada, Filipino nurses and professionals doing 24 hour home support work as “caregivers or domestic workers” get as low as Cdn$1.50 per hour. In general, the largely Filipino domestic workers earn an average of $7.36 if they work a 44 hour work-week. Majority if not all of them work way more than that because of their live-in condition.

DAMAYAN Migrant Education and Resource Center supports and participate in the “Raise the Minimum Wage Campaign” because raising the wage will temporarily alleviate the low wage burden that migrant Filipinos are carrying. They not only support themselves and their families here but also their families back home. 20% of 80 million population of the Philippines are dependent on the remittances that migrant Filipinos send home. Supporting the campaign is the right and moral thing to do.

Join us in a film screening and discussion on the situation of the live-in caregivers and the $10 minimum wage campaign.

When: Saturday, March 31st at 2:00PM
Where: 3033 Palstan Rd. Suite 210, Mississauga

Bus Route 1 West from Islington Subway or Bus 19A South from Square One transfer
to bus Route 1 East Get off in front Canadian Tire On Dundas and Palstan (close to Dixie and Dundas)

or by car click here for map

For more info call: 416.846.5335, 416.858.3433

Info on the campaign click Labour Council Website

March 4th Human Rights Forum

Members of Damayan Migrant Education and Resource Center answered the call of the Community Alliance for Social Justice (CASJ) for the event that they organized. Philippine human rights activists passed by Toronto on their way to Ottawa and Montreal to speak on the current events and human rights situation in the Philippines. Since 2001 there have been more than 835 victims of summary executions. The targets of these politically motivated killings are union leaders, activists, lawyers, church people, progressive parliamentarians and even human rights defenders are victims themselves. Dr. Chandu Claver, a medical surgeon shared his emotional and first hand experience. He was ambushed in his car by motorcyle riding gunmen that killed his wife.

The group will end their Canadian trip in Montreal and will attend the International Ecumenical Conference sponsored by different church groups in Washington DC. You can see pictures of the event at: http://picasaweb.google.com/damayan.center