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First Nations Target Shaming Ceremony At Canadian Government

July 4, 2014 Stephen Hui, www.straight.com , , ,
First Nations copper cutting ceremony in Ottawa will be “challenge” to all Canadians. When Haida copper is smashed on Parliament Hill on July 27, the ancient shaming ceremony won’t just be sending a message to the federal government. On the first day of the Awalaskenis II journey from Vancouver to Ottawa, Namgis hereditary chief and carver Beau Dick told the Georgia Straight that he sees performing the copper cutting ritual as a “challenge” to all Canadians as well. “It’s about consciousness and about waking up to realize that, as human beings, we have a lot of things to sort out,” Dick said on Wednesday (July 2), as he marched with about 40 people on West Broadway. Dick and the others had just come from the University of British Columbia’s Point Grey campus, where a send-off ceremony for the journey saw copper shields transferred from the Haida to the Kwakwaka’wakw people. Led by three men carrying the coppers, the marchers paused at Granville Street to sing, drum, and dance, before continuing on toward Commercial Drive.

United Methodist Church Divests From US Security Company

June 13, 2014 United Methodist Kairos Response, www.kairosresponse.org , , , ,
The General Board of Pension and Health Benefits (GBPHB) of The United Methodist Church, which manages an investment portfolio of over $20 billion, has instructed its investment manager to sell immediately all shares in G4S, due in part to concerns about the company's involvement in human rights violations in the Israeli prison system and the military occupation of Palestinian territories.

 According to David Wildman, United Methodist Executive Secretary for Human Rights and Racial Justice at the General Board of Global Ministries, "This is the first time that a United Methodist general agency has included human rights violations related to Israel's illegal settlements and military occupation in a decision to divest from a company. We celebrate this strong human rights message both to G4S specifically and to other companies whose business operations support longstanding human rights abuses against Palestinians."

 In addition, the church agency has placed a moratorium on any future purchases of G4S, the world's largest security company with operations in over 120 countries, until a new investment screen is implemented that addresses human rights violations such as those by the Israeli Defense Forces against Palestinians. 


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