Images from protests around Saskatchewan after the release of the Saskatchewan budget in March 2017, which eliminated an essential transport service (STC) and dramatically cut funding to libraries and other services, while reducing corporate taxes and raising consumption taxes. There are moments in history where local politics have national, and even international, significance. Saskatchewan is
Happy HO HO HOrganizing from The Stand! We have been busy organizing for change last year, working in partnership with many of the committed and inspiring community groups in our city. Our work has included organizing public events and meetings that address: just transitions for oil sector workers, car sharing, electric cars, green burials, new
Making a website for your organization can be easy— but knowing where to start is hard! In the past couple of years, the options for “website platforms” — the software to build a website with — have multiplied. It can be bewildering to a new person: should you use WordPress? Squarespace? Shopify? or something else? What
We’re pleased to announce that singer-songwriter Kevin Mitchell will be gracing The Stand Centre with a wonderful show on August 8! Accompanying Kevin’s music will be a show of ART Photo Posters on the Boreal Forest – a Boreal Series by John Murray and Don Kossick – and also short video clips on the need to protect and preserve the Boreal Forest.
Tickets are $10 at the door at The Stand!
RSVP on the Facebook event! More info after the “Read More.”
We are pleased to have a new board member, Liz James, who will be helping us out on fundraising and events. Over the summer months, Liz will be organizing a number of weekly events (sneak preview – Activist Kids Reading Corner! We’ve got lots of inspiring kids books just waiting to be read to your
The wait is over! If you contributed to our Indiegogo campaign and got one of the perk packages with a t-shirt or print, you can pick them up at Turning the Tide and The Stand – Community Organizing Centre starting December 1. For folks living outside of the Saskatoon area, we will be shipping your
Please join us at our Grand Opening this Saturday December 5, 1:30pm for the Launch of our Community Organizing Fund. It will be followed by tours of our space as well as display tables promoting the important work of some of our community groups and partners: Iskwewuk Ewichiwitochik (Women Walking Together); Saskatoon Coordinating Committee Against