Civic Engagement Toronto
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Avengers’ Saturday Cafe for the Homeless
Sat, Nov 14, 4:00 PMNote: You may be removed from the attendance list if you've participated in the previous week's event. This allows for more people to experience this Meetup. Avengers put your costumes on and let’s go and save the world! Well we can’t save the world (yet), but we aim to try to play a small part in the lives of those experiencing homelessness by making their day a bit better! Description: Before the event the organizer will post a list in the comment section of the attendees and what they are responsible to bring (food/drink, kitchen supplies, cleaning supplies). We normally ask each attending member to bring approximately $15-20 worth of ingredients/supplies to our event. We will use the items to prepare and serve food/drink at The Meeting Place. Timeline: We will meet on location at 11:00 am, with lunch served between 12:30-1:00 pm. Membership Dues: Membership dues are $2.00 for the calendar year. Membership dues go towards paying for food/supplies incurred by no-shows. Membership dues are due at the first meetup of the year that you attend. No Shows/Late Un-RSVP: We’re relying on members who RSVP to bring key ingredients for recipes! Please try your best to show-up or alternatively change your RSVP early so another member may fill the empty spot. \*\*\* If you are on the waitlist, keep checking as you may be moved into attendance to replace someone. We will try to message you to confirm your attendance in advance. Donations will be assigned before the event.
Community Meal Service at Good Shepherd (Toronto)
Sat, Nov 14, 6:30 PM✨ **Community Meal Service at Good Shepherd** We're heading back to Good Shepherd to serve meals for people experiencing homelessness and those at risk. Last time we served meals, chopped veggies, made sandwiches, and helped prep pasta. **Only 6 spots!** **How to sign up** 1. **Create your Toronto Joy free account**. It's one-time only and takes about 2 minutes. We ask for an emergency contact and a safety agreement so everyone is looked after. [https://torontojoy.org/register/](https://torontojoy.org/register/) 2. **Go to the event page**, look for November 14 Good Shepherd, and click "Register." [https://torontojoy.org/event/community-meal-service-at-good-shepherd-toronto-4/](https://torontojoy.org/event/community-meal-service-at-good-shepherd-toronto-4/) Already have an account? Skip to step 2. ***Only people registered on our website can reserve a spot.* We share the event on various platforms, so sign-ups occur on the website.** If you sign up, please plan to attend. Good Shepherd counts on our numbers. **When you arrive** Check in at Reception. Staff will take you to the volunteer room, where you can leave your things in a locker and meet the group. **Good to know** ✦ Closed-toe shoes required ✦ Tie back long hair; keep jewelry minimal ✦ Water is available; just ask Reception ✦ Can't make it? Message me as soon as you can 🙏 Full guidelines on what to wear and safety: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1piAyloECv9YUDkPJuoJBdCmh3x8n1un1rGvJSFIkbs4/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1piAyloECv9YUDkPJuoJBdCmh3x8n1un1rGvJSFIkbs4/edit?usp=sharing) Grateful to serve alongside you. Amar and Team
📣11/15‼️FOR ENGLISH SPEAKERS : TORONTO Japanese English Language Exchange
Sun, Nov 15, 2:30 PM#### **This event page is for English speakers only.** **こちらのイベントページは英語話者の方向けです。** **日本人の方は、別のイベントページからお申し込みください！** *** We host a Japanese & English language exchange meeting every Sunday at 9:30 AM. Participants practice in pairs or small groups, with 50 minutes of Japanese practice and 50 minutes of English practice. The study materials used in our sessions are created by professional language teachers. ### **Before Signing Up, Please Read the Following** * **Please make sure to check the comments section of the event page, as all event details and materials will be shared there around Saturday.** * This meeting is intended for people who are genuinely interested in language learning. Participants joining for other purposes may be asked to leave. * We prioritize creating a safe and comfortable environment for all attendees. * Disruptive behavior, solicitation, or sales activities are not allowed. Anyone who does not follow the instructions of the organizer or staff may be removed from the group. * **Participation fee : Refunds and carryovers are not available.** ### **Participation Fee & Donation** Your participation fee will be used by Emiko Tanaka, a Yosakoi Ambassador, to promote Yosakoi Naruko Dance from Kochi, Japan, to the world. For more details, please visit our website: [Yosakoi Ambassador Project](https://yosakoiambassador.com/) We look forward to seeing you at the event!
Practical Philosophy Social!
Thu, Nov 19, 12:30 AMGet to know your fellow hikers more intimately with a night of Practical Philosophy. In partnership with the Practical Philosophy Meetup I thought it would be a fun a social ! **How does it work?** We select a topic like monogomy vs pologomy and divide people in groups of 6-8 with a moderator (so conservations are respectful) ten questions are asked and everyone has a chance to give their take on the subject. Get to know your fellow hikers on a deeper level! You may be surprised! **Opposing views are of course**
Mandarin-English Exchange
Sat, Nov 14, 8:00 PMHello Everybody! 【College Park food court is closed again, so we change the location to the food court in Brookfield Place（181 Bay St., Toronto, ON）, near the Union Station.】 I am helping organize a mandarin-english language exchange downtown. If you want to improve your Mandarin/English, feel free to come by downtown and meet others to practise your language. There will be native Mandarin and English speakers to help you! Or you can share your language skills with others! Every Saturday 3:00pm-5:00pm Brookfield Place Food Court（181 Bay St., Toronto, ON） [ Please find a table with "meetup" label (like the Featured photo).] [ Usually in front of the Longo's supermarket] —————————————— 大家好： 【College Park的food court又给封了，所以我们把活动地点换到了 Brookfield Place的food court （181 Bay St., Toronto, ON），靠近Union Station。】 我正在组织一场中英文交流活动。如果你想提高你的普通话或者英语，那就快来参加吧！你可以在这里认识很多母语为普通话或者英语的新朋友！他们都非常乐于帮你提高你的中英文表达能力！也欢迎你同我们一起分享你的语言技巧! 谢谢! 每周六 3:00pm-5:00pm Brookfield Place Food Court（181 Bay St., Toronto, ON） 【请找到一张桌子，桌上有张纸，写着“Meetup”。】 【位置通常会在longo's超市前面】 ———————————————— 大家好： 【College Park的food court又給封了，所以我們把活動地點換到了Brookfield Place的food court （181 Bay St., Toronto, ON），靠近Union Station。】 我正在組織一場中英文交流活動。如果你想提高你的國語或者英語，那就快來參加吧！你可以在這裡認識很多母語為國語或者英語的新朋友！他們都非常樂於幫你提高你的中英文表達能力！也歡迎你同我們一起分享你的語言技巧！ 謝謝! 每週六 3:00pm-5:00pm Brookfield Place Food Court（181 Bay St., Toronto, ON） 【請找到一張桌子，桌上有張紙，寫著“Meetup”】 【位置通常會在longo's超市前面】
The Emancipation Contract (Centre for Ethics)
Thu, Nov 12, 8:00 PMEmancipation did not fail. It succeeded at reorganizing antiblack domination as freedom. Extending Charles Mills’ racial contract, this talk theorizes the emancipation contract, a post-slavery compact that makes civic incorporation an instrument of domination rather than its remedy. Where the racial contract secures white supremacy primarily through exclusion, the emancipation contract operates through revocable inclusion by two mechanisms: materially, the lease-and-release of black labor and civic standing; ideologically, the myth of black citizenship. Reading the Black Codes, convict-leasing, and the Reconstruction Amendments’ penal and crime exceptions, it demonstrates how conviction converts contractual breach into civic forfeiture, attributing withdrawn rights to the rights holder’s conduct, so that exclusion becomes *the* *effect* of revocable inclusion rather than its cause. Against accounts that treat civic incorporation as the threshold of full democracy, it argues that revocable inclusion is not democratic repair but a form through which liberal democracy reproduces antiblack domination. Derefe Chevannes https://www.politics.utoronto.ca/people/directories/all-faculty/derefe-chevannes Assistant Professor Department of Political Science University of Toronto **About the Speaker:** Derefe Kimarley Chevannes is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto, specializing in Black Political Theory. His research centers on Black liberation and Black radical thought in the modern world, writing at the intersection of Political Theory and Black Studies. His current research focuses on racial and decolonial critiques of democracy and citizenship. Dr. Chevannes has published widely in journals including *Perspectives on Politics*, *Political Research Quarterly*, *PS: Political Science & Politics*, *Philosophy & Global Affairs*, *Critical Philosophy of Race*, *Theory & Event*, among others, as well as book chapters published in several edited volumes. His work interrogates the racial logics of colonial modernity and mobilizes Africana thought as a transformative intellectual tradition for critically rethinking the human condition. **\* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \*** This is a talk with audience Q&A presented by the University of Toronto's Centre for Ethics that is free to attend and open to the public. Free refreshments will be provided at the event. The talk will also be streamed online with live chat here [to be posted]. About the Centre for Ethics (http://ethics.utoronto.ca): The Centre for Ethics is an interdisciplinary centre aimed at advancing research and teaching in the field of ethics, broadly defined. The Centre seeks to bring together the theoretical and practical knowledge of diverse scholars, students, public servants and social leaders in order to increase understanding of the ethical dimensions of individual, social, and political life. In pursuit of its interdisciplinary mission, the Centre fosters lines of inquiry such as (1) foundations of ethics, which encompasses the history of ethics and core concepts in the philosophical study of ethics; (2) ethics in action, which relates theory to practice in key domains of social life, including bioethics, business ethics, and ethics in the public sphere; and (3) ethics in translation, which draws upon the rich multiculturalism of the City of Toronto and addresses the ethics of multicultural societies, ethical discourse across religious and cultural boundaries, and the ethics of international society. The Ethics of A.I. Lab at the Centre For Ethics recently appeared on a list of 10 organizations leading the way in ethical A.I.: https://ocean.sagepub.com/blog/10-organizations-leading-the-way-in-ethical-ai
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