1. Step up for Nepal
A second earthquake has put Nepal’s devastation back on the front page. Rebuilding is a very long-term project, and the need for money is urgent. Help deliver relief by supporting A Concert For Nepal, featuring music by Kyp Harness, Eve Goldberg, the Young Novelists and others at Hugh’s Room, 2261 Dundas West, on Saturday (May 16), 8:30 pm. $27.50, adv $25. hughsroom.com.
2. JUSTICE DENIED
Canadian-connected mining companies that are wreaking environmental havoc and abusing human rights from El Salvador to Colombia are the focus of the Crude Jusice screening series and a talk with activists including Yanira Cortez Estévez of the Salvadoran Human Rights Ombudsman’s office and Marcos Gálvez, who works with the National Roundtable Against Mining in El Salvador. Thursday (May 14) at Beit Zatoun, 7 pm. Free. 612 Markham. beitzatoun.org.
3. TALKING CIVIL RIGHTS
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association marks its 50th year with an info session at the Gladstone Hotel Tuesday (May 19), 6 pm, where the org launches a website about rights in Canada and the book Acting For Freedom: Fifty Years Of Civil Liberties In Canada. Free (pre-register at eventbrite.ca). 1214 Queen West.
