Poetic Justice Foundation invites you to the launch of Ghadar Collective, a coalition-building initiative committed to strengthening organizations, cultivating solidarity, and building collective power across South Asian communities. 

This free inaugural event will screen the award-winning documentary A Time to Rise, followed by a panel discussion on the power of grassroots organizing and collective action, to be followed by a reception.

Please join us for this evening of conversation, connection and community as we bring together South Asian community organizers, movement leaders and community members.

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A Time to Rise – directed by Anand Patwardhan & Jim Monro (1982, 39 min)

On April 6, 1980, the Canadian Farmworkers Union came into existence. This film documents the conditions among Chinese and East Indian immigrant workers in British Columbia that provoked the formation of the union, and the response of growers and labour contractors to the threat of unionization. Made over a period of two years, the film is eloquent testimony to the progress of the workers’ movement from the first stirrings of militancy to the energetic canvassing of union members.

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