1. SUPPORT SECOND HARVEST
The amount of food we waste – even if it winds up in our recycling bins – is appalling, and Second Harvest is doing something about it. Their mission is to rescue and deliver fresh surplus food to hungry people. This week’s unique food experience from U-Feast is A Wild Affair, a funder for the org offering a spectacular dinner prepared by chefs Michael Hunter (Antler Bar) and Geoff Webb and built around wild foods. Thursday (March 10), 6:45 pm, at Sassafraz, 100 Cumberland. $150. All proceeds go to Second Harvest. Register, more info at ufeast.com.
2. SEEDING A WORKING-CLASS REVOLUTION
U.S. labour activists share their experience fighting for a $15 minimum wage – and strategies for building a North America-wide working-class movement – in a panel discussion at the Central YMCA, 20 Grosvenor, on Friday (March 11) at 6 pm. Free. socialjustice.org.
3. FUNK THE POLICE STATE
Only the power of funk can save us from the security state. ToMacco, MC Mohammed Ali and others headline a benefit concert supporting efforts to fight C-51, at the Central on Saturday (March 12), 9:30 pm. The newly elected Liberal government promised to repeal the Harper government’s so-called anti-terror bill, but the law remains on the books. And so the fight goes on. $10. 603 Markham. stopc51to.org.
