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10th Annual Homelessness Marathon (NEW details ... Old Man Luedecke)
Featuring live discussion on Occupy, St. Pat's Alexandra, live music by Old Man Luedecke, Paper Beat Scissors and more
6:00pm
Wednesday February 22 2012 - 8:00am
Thursday February 23 2012
Venue: St. Matthews United Church (Gym)
Address: 1479 Barrington Street
Cost: free
Accessibility: yes
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The 10th Annual Homelessness Marathon
Live discussion on Occupy and St. Pat's Alexandra
DATE: Wednesday, Feb 22nd, 6pm to Feb. 23rd, 8 am
LOCATION: St. Matthews Church Gym, 1479 Barrington St.
SCHEDULE:
7:00 pm ......... St. Pat's Alexandra school: poverty, displacement and development
8:30 pm ......... Live Performance by Old Man Luedecke
9:00 pm ......... Occupy NS / Occupy Wall Street / Occupy and Homelessness.
10:00pm ....... Live music featuring Paper Beat Scissors and more
11:00pm ....... Open Mic and song circle
8:30 pm ......... Live Performance by Old Man Luedecke
9:00 pm ......... Occupy NS / Occupy Wall Street / Occupy and Homelessness.
10:00pm ....... Live music featuring Paper Beat Scissors and more
11:00pm ....... Open Mic and song circle
free hot food, coffee and tea all night long.
Tune in: 88.1 FM
Call in: 1-866-594-7729
CKDU is proud to take the radio to the streets again this year, for the annual Homelessness Marathon, broadcast from Vancouver, Montreal and Halifax. Join in by participating in Canada's largest discussion on poverty, housing and homelessness. Audience members will be welcomed to participate, to make comments and share their stories.
What is the Homelessness Marathon?
Every year, the Homelessness Marathon serves up 14 hours of people-powered radio, broadcast on nearly 40 radio stations across Canada. With the goal of being a consciousness-raising event, the Marathon will provide an opportunity for homeless people and their allies to take to the airwaves, and allow a nationwide discussion on homelessness issues and possible solutions. This year's event, the tenth edition, takes place from Feb 22nd - 23rd, from 6pm - 8am.
CKDU 88.1 FM will be broadcasting live from the St. Matthews United Church from 7 pm to 10 pm. St. Matthew's Church is also the site of the Out of the Cold Emergency Shelter.
History:
The Homelessness Marathon was founded in 1998 by Jeremy Weir Alderson (aka “Nobody”) as an offshoot of his regular radio program, “The Nobody Show,” broadcast weekly on WEOS, an NPR-affiliate in Geneva, NY. “That first year, I was just thinking of it as a matter of conscience,” Alderson says. “Basically, I just wanted to get on the air and say, ‘This isn’t right, and I want no part of it,’ and, of course, I wanted to bolster this argument with the opinions of experts and the voices of homeless people.” He got the idea of broadcasting from outdoors in the dead of winter, he says, because he wanted to dramatize the plight of people with nowhere to go in the cold.
Past guest speakers on CKDU's Homelessness Marathon include:
Wayne McNaughton, anti-poverty activist
Jocelyne Tranquilla, Nova Scotia Common Front for Affordable Housing
Rene Ross, Stepping Stone
Gladys Radek, Walk 4 Justice
Jordan Roberts, Out of the Cold Emergency Shelter
Megan Leslie, Halifax MP
Artists of Creative Spirits East, Veith Street Gallery
Tom Hirst, former member, Halifax Coalition Against Poverty
Kendall Worth, Street Feat newspaper
Stations Broadcasting the Homelessness Marathon:
Nova Scotia
CKDU, 88.1 FM (Halifax, NS)
CICU, 94.1 FM (Eskasoni, NS)
CFXU, 93.3 FM (Antigonish, NS)
AXE Radio (Wolfville, NS)
New Brunswick
CHMA, 106.9 FM (Sackville, NB)
CFMH, 107.3 FM (St-John, NB)
CHSR, 97.9 FM (Fredericton, NB)
Quebec
CKUT, 90.3 FM (Montreal, QC)
CINQ, 102.3 FM (Montreal, QC)
CJLO, 1690 AM (Montreal, QC)
Ontario
CFRC, 101.9 FM (Kingston, ON)
CFBU, 103.7 FM (St-Catherines, ON)
CHCR, 101.9 and 104.5 FM (Killaloe, ON)
CHUO, 89.1 FM (Ottawa, ON)
CHRY, 105.5 FM (Toronto, ON)
CFRU, 93.3 FM (Guelph, ON)
CILU, 102.7 FM (Thunder Bay, ON)
CKMS, 100.3 FM (Waterloo, ON)
CHRW, 94.9 FM (London, ON)
CFFF, 92.7 FM (Peterborough, ON)
Saskatchewan
CJTR, 91.3 FM (Regina, SK)
CFCR, 90.5 FM (Saskatoon, SK)
Manitoba
CKUW, 95.9 FM (Winnipeg, MB)
CJUM, 101.5 FM (Winnipeg, MB)
Alberta
CKXU, 88.3 FM (Lethbridge, AB)
CJSW, 90.9 FM (Calgary, AB)
CJSR, 88.5 FM (Edmonton, AB)
North West Territories
CKLB, 101.9 FM (Yellowknife, NT)
British Columbia
CJSF, 90.1 FM (Burnaby, BC)
CFUV, 101.9 FM (Victoria, BC)
CIVL, 101.7 FM (Abbotsford, BC)
CHLY, 101.7 FM (Nanaimo, BC)
CITR, 101.9 FM (Vancouver, BC)
CFRO, 102.7 FM (Vancouver, BC)
CFBX, 92.5 FM (Kamloops, BC)
CICK, 93.9 FM (Smithers, BC)
CJLY, 93.5 FM (Nelson),
96.5 FM (Crawford Bay),
107.5 FM (New Denver, BC)
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For more information, contact:
Asaf Rashid
Homelessness Marathon Coordinator
902-402-0898
6136 University Avenue
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3H 4J2
Organizer:asaf@ckdu.ca
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