Protests Against Poster Bans

On Thursday February 26th, join OPIRG-Carleton and show your support for
SAIA and SPHR. Come to a public discussion and TWO RALLIES (one after the
other) to call the Administrations at Carleton and the U of O to account by
asking them to clarify why and how these posters were banned.  Show these
administrations that civil discourse is dependent upon rights to free
expression and organizing, especially around contentious issues.

Date: Thursday February 26th 2009

Time for Carleton: 11:30 - 1:00pm.  The regular shuttle service leaves
Carleton at 1:30pm after the Carleton rally will and arrive at the U of O at
1:50pm.  People will gather at the shuttle drop-off location (across from
Montpetit) to begin the rally at the U of O.  The rally at the U of O will
begin in front of the shuttle bus-stop at 2:00pm.


Meeting location at Carleton: C264 Loeb Building
Meeting location at U of O: shuttle bus-stop (across from Monpetit)

*Event Description: The rally at Carleton will be mostly silent.  People
are invited to symbolically cover their mouths.  The rally at the University
of Ottawa will not be silent.  If you have letters (from groups, unions,
organizations or individuals) you would like to deliver to the university
administrations about the banning of the Israeli Apartheid poster please
bring them with you.  Both rallies will end at the presidents' offices.


*Campus Maps:* http://www2.carleton.ca/campus/  and
http://www.uottawa.ca/maps/maincampus.html

Carleton is accessible by public transit. The O-train as well as the number
4,7 and 117 all have stops at Carleton.  The U of O is also highly
accessible by public transit.  Many main downtown routes stop at the U of
O.  To plan your trip or view transit maps please visit:
http://octranspo.com

All are welcome (you don't need to be a university student). People are
welcome to join both rallies or only one.

Spread the word, bring your friends and show your support for the right to
organize on campus by calling the Carleton and U of O Administrations to
account.