Activism Club - Monday, Wednesday Lunch and one afternoon (TBD)
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Climate Change
LGBTQ2+
Feminism
Cost of Living
Important Updates
- Skytrain Public Art Department will get back to us in two weeks regarding mural location.
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- Climate Action grant has been APPROVED!!! Yay for buttons!!!
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- We have found a rapper (Grade 9, Henry Bloor) who has received our sheet of ideas and is working on our rap.
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- 3D Monkey mask templates have been acquired. Cardstock is in backorder, possibly arriving next week.
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TO DO
- All groups - Think of content for website! We need links, info, why the cause is relevant today.
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Example created by Leo -- https://www.monkeyrebel.ca/cost-of-living.html
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- Share with Mrs. J : ajurgensen@sd40.bc.ca
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- LGBTQ group - Start work on all flags and what they mean (less angry, more instructional)
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- Climate change group - Review quickly the rap info, see if anything should be added
TOPICS
- Climate Change and Global Warming
- Suicide Prevention
- Racism
- Human Rights
- Feminism and Women's equality / expectations
- LGBTQ Rights
- Cost of living - Homeless, groceries, housing, etc.
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How to Spread our Message
- A great visual -- catchy and meaningful
- Few powerful words - if you write a paragraph, people won't read it all
- A call to action -- link to donate? Link for more info and donate?
- Link to our organization?
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Action Plan - Ideas
- Buttons - Fundraiser
- Posters -- Put around town!
- Signs around town
- Mural - miniature world with all the issues? Mother earth, flowers, water hair behind it looking down? Do you want to see these go -- Cities around the world sinking or disappearing!!
- Tshirts - Printmaking
- Rap, videos, QR codes with information
- Donation box on Christmas Market - set up paypal?
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Climate Change
- Hopefully getting funded by SD40
- Buttons fundraiser -- who benefits? Treasurers? Classes could raise money
- Mural in town - add QR code to all materials so people can find our website
- Information in website -- students must fill in after proper research.
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Calls to action :
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- LESS MEAT FROM COWS -- Methane
- Less Soy Milk (Amazon Deforestation)
- Elect people who care for the environment
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Gender Identity / Women Rights /
Human Rights
- Tshirt?
- Posters?
- Donations go to Aunt Leah's place -- foster homes, help for teenage pregnancies, finding homes for battered women, assistance to keep custody of children, etc.
Cost of Living
- Raise money!!!
- Vancouver is the perfect city for this project -- highest cost of living (almost) in the world
- Look into Northern Birthday Box Project; some shelters have wish lists
The mural below was located inside a women's shelter for mothers and children, located in Vancouver. It was executed by grade 9s, and it took 3 weeks to plan and only 2 and a half hours to paint.
