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The Mission of Social-Democratic Politics
Liberal socialism or social democracy emerged in mass form in the late 19th century, with the launch of the Second International on Bastille Day in Paris in 1889—100 years before the fall of the Berlin Wall placed its deformed successor in history's dustbin. While its participants were often enthused by a vulgar-Marxist narrative—in which it was conveniently presumed that a catastrophic crisis of capitalism would issue in the socialist utopia—in practice they operated from day to day according to the pragmatic slogan of the German 'revisionist' Eduard Bernstein: the movement is everything, the goal is nothing. Socialism became not an end in itself but what socialist parties did.
So social democracy sought to tame the capitalist tiger, not to kill it. And to do so it aimed, under progressively more universal franchises, to translate the demographic strength of the emerging working class into a parliamentary majority, capable of introducing reforms which would reduce the exposure of members of that class to the risks of unemployment, poverty, ill-health and so on. Its apogee was the post-war 'welfare states' in western Europe, buttressed by Keynesian demand management, which for the first time allowed (male) full employment and a measure of security against social ills for most working-class people, even if there remained significant numbers of the socially marginalised.
Today, globalisation and individualisation have acted as twin social processes, on a world scale, undermining the sense of the working class as a relatively homogenous social majority, exhibiting a 'natural' solidarity. Indeed, the far right has made significant inroads into social democracy's 'core' support, with its illusory message that security will be guaranteed if national preference keeps the twin barbarians of the Immigrant and Islam outside the gate. Witness the advance of Marine Le Pen in France or Geert Wilders in the Netherlands.
There is thus no longer any necessary correspondence between social origin and electoral behaviour. Some, though by no means all, members of the older manual working-class, consumed by insecurity in today's 'risk society' as the state retreats under the banner of austerity, are vulnerable to conservative and populist appeals. Conversely, in a world of mass tertiary education and large-scale public services, some, though by no means all, modern professional workers are amenable to the egalitarian and internationalist appeal of social democracy. If that means that one answer to ethnic division—'class politics'—is past its sell-by date, it means that another—what I will later discuss as cosmopolitanism—has much going for it.
Tackling Ethnic Division: The Austro-Marxists
Actually from the outset social democrats had to face real, often deep, divisions within that supposedly unified working class. Nowhere was this challenge more vivid than for the so-called 'Austro-Marxists', with Otto Bauer and Karl Renner pioneering a way of thinking about ethnic division which avoided the key mistake of reducing it to a plot by the bourgeois parties, instead taking it seriously in its own terms. In the wake of the Russian revolution of 1905, Bauer became concerned about the potential implications for the Habsburg monarchy, and in particular the possibility of worsening relations between German and Czech workers. At the time, a rapidly expanding Vienna had become a multicultural city, with large immigrant populations drawn from a range of nationalities. It was in this context that he wrote The Question of Nationalities and Social Democracy.
The solution Bauer and Renner advanced for coexistence was 'nonterritorial national autonomy'. If in the Ottoman empire the millet system essentially assigned people to separate groups, in the Austro-Marxist scheme autonomous communities were to be organised democratically, based on individual consent to belong. This related to the individualist 'personality principle', which Renner advocated should be formalised as a decision by each citizen as to their nationality upon reaching voting age. Interestingly, this idea originating with the left was able to attract some support from conservatives at the time—and was to influence the revision of German citizenship law as the century came to a close.
National identities were thus conceptualised not as naturally given and invariable but as culturally changeable. This was, ironically, too radical for Lenin, who commissioned Stalin to write his wooden Marxism and the National Question in response. Stalin adopted instead the inherently collectivist approach of defining the 'nation' by a set of taken-for-granted common characteristics (such as language). It was partly for this reason that, after the end of the cold war, 'bureaucratic collectivism'—as the Polish dissidents Kuron and Modzelewski were to describe Soviet-type regimes—could so readily transmute, for some of the nominally leftist parties in power, into ethnic nationalism.
The personality principle, then, would enshrine rights of 'voice' and 'exit' for individuals within the suggested national 'communities'. This remains today an important corrective to what Rogers Brubaker calls the 'groupism' which ethno-political entrepreneurs—and some misguided radical advocates of 'identity politics'—are so keen to impose upon the social world. In so far as these political figures succeed, they establish captive clienteles at the expense of the wider social solidarities which socialists are keen to engender. This has become a serious problem for the Dutch Labour Party.
That is why no one on the left should bemoan the demise of the modern millet system known as 'multiculturalism'—just because Angela Merkel gave it its last rites. Based on the stereotypical imperial gaze, multiculturalism was imported into Europe by the UK and the Netherlands to deal with the diversity brought by immigrants from their former colonies. Its conservative communalism underpinned what Unni Wikan called the 'generous betrayal' of the individual rights of young south Asian women in Norway, subject to forced marriages. As Jeff Spinner-Halev has insightfully put it, the trouble with multiculturalism is that while we may as a result have fellow Catholics or fellow Muslims or fellow Jews, citizens are no longer our fellows.
World War I and 'National Self-determination'
The Habsburg empire collapsed in the furnace of the first world war, in which context different 'national' social-democratic parties fell largely in line with 'their' states and the International faced an acute crisis. But the problem was hardly solved by the post-war Versailles formula—advanced by Lenin as well as Woodrow Wilson—of 'national self-determination'. For this could all too easily translate into a conflict between two equally determined 'selves'.
Instead of addressing the subtle challenge of how individuals of different national affiliations could coexist, as the Austro-Marxists had essayed, the self-determination formula instead proposed the blunt instrument of 'one people, one state', with all its inevitable consequences for minority oppression, partition and secessionism. As Wilson's secretary of state, an international lawyer called Robert Lansing, prophetically warned 'The phrase is simply loaded with dynamite … What misery it will cause!'
It was to be the downfall of the inter-war League of Nations and was to offer Hitler a slogan with which he could challenge the Versailles settlement by raising the plight of the Sudeten Germans now located in Czechoslovakia. The strength of the social democrats among Bohemian Germans played a restraining role in preventing the eruption of national conflict and ensuring the Czech majority took a liberal line—but, tragically, this accommodation was not to last.
World War II and Universal Norms
The destruction and delegitimation of fascism in World War II were to lead to the embrace across the democratic political spectrum in western Europe of the universal norms of democracy, human rights and the rule of law through which it was possible to say 'never again' to the particularistic, nationalistic intolerance and aggressive which had brought ideological civil war to the continent. In the succeeding decades, it was only to be in an arc around the periphery—in Northern Ireland, the Basque Country, Corsica and Cyprus—that ethnic conflict was to remain a periodically violent challenge.
But no such bitter lessons were to be learned on the other side of the Iron Curtain, as the 'people's democracies' rapidly degenerated into Soviet-type totalitarianism. A triumphalist rhetoric around the Great Patriotic War in the USSR and official anti-fascist ideology elsewhere ensured that the cold-war logic of the blocs was accompanied by blocked thinking on nationality and ethnicity.
The collapse of the Stalinist grand narrative thus saw, as Eric Hobsbawm wryly put it, 'the old chickens of Versailles' come home to roost. Multi-ethnic Yugoslavia disintegrated into ugly and competing ethno-nationalisms, as former neighbours were encouraged to perceive themselves once more decked out in the wartime stereotypes of Chetniks and Ustashe.
So is enlightenment universalism—of which socialism, along with liberalism, is an offshoot—dead, as many were quickly to claim? Not quite. Happily, there is something after faddish post-modernism.
Ernesto Laclau made an important distinction between the end of the universal political actor—such as the Proletariat with its supposedly pre-programmed destiny of 'dictatorship' over the rest of society—and the end of universal political values. Far from the latter being redundant, Laclau argued, they remained all the more essential to trump particularistic identities and so make coexistence possible.
What are these universal values that can provide the impetus for a modern socialism which is able to address ethnic division? The best answer we have is the case for cosmopolitanism, advanced by David Held among others, which builds on but transcends the historic contribution of the Austro-Marxists.
Cosmopolitans of All Lands Unite!
In common parlance, cosmopolitanism often conveys a sense of rootlessness, but Held gives it a precise definition, comprising three interrelated elements. First, it entails an 'egalitarian individualism', where the individual—not the state or other particular associations—is the unit of moral worth and the whole of humankind is deemed to comprise a single moral realm. Secondly, it implies 'reciprocal recognition', in the sense that this equal moral worth is recognised by everyone. And, thirdly, it requires that each person enjoy 'impartial treatment' of their claims by public authorities, which therefore must have a 'lay' or neutral character, guaranteeing freedom of conscience for all. Together, these principles provide for peaceful coexistence in a diverse world, in just the same way as their opposites—inequality, communalism and competition for state control—are, in combination, sure-fire guarantees of ethnic conflict.
Cosmopolitanism balances private autonomy with a common public sphere where dialogue can take place in a secure context. It allows cultural diversity to be combined with at least a thin civic allegiance. As Jürgen Habermas argues, democratic citizenship establishes an abstract, legally mediated solidarity among strangers. This is the basis for his notion of constitutional patriotism.
Ulrich Beck provides the corollary, equally mindful of 20th-century German history, in his concept of constitutional tolerance. He contends that today the state must undergo the same paradigm shift vis-à-vis national identity as it did in previous centuries with regard to religion. Just as it was realised that the principle of cuius regio, eius religio—the ruler determines the religion of the state—was a recipe for intolerance in multi-religious states, so in the contemporary context of mass migration the state must be neutral among the various national identities of its denizens if tolerance is to be preserved.
Can this work? Well, it is worth looking more closely at ex-Yugoslavia, as not everywhere erupted in ethnic flames during the 1990s. Tuzla in Bosnia-Hercegovina was, for the most part, a prime example of an enclave of peace amid the ravages of war. Researchers from ex-Yugoslavia and the social-democrat mayor of Tuzla, Jasmim Imamovic, explained how this had been sustained at a Council of Europe seminar in 2003. Society in the town was quite integrated by Bosnian standards, with one in four marriages ethnically mixed. The social democrats (the reformed Communists) had done well in elections in 1990 and there was a broader inter-ethnic municipal leadership committed to peace.
Mr Imamovic described their values thus: 'anti-nationalism was the highest form of patriotism'. When a Serbian Orthodox church was attacked in the town, the council ensured the church—'our' church, as Mr Imamovic, from the Muslim community, tellingly described it—was repaired within three days in an important demonstration of civic leadership.
Thus cosmopolitanism is by no means misplaced idealism. Far from being seen as the exclusive preserve of a globalised business elite—the class consciousness of frequent flyers, Craig Calhoun has called it—as Chan Kwok-Bun puts it, we can look to the unspectacular, practical, everyday life activities that allow movement beyond group identities to the business of simply living together and solving practical problems collectively.
But developing cross-communal civic associations, particularly through the trade unions and the voluntary sector, is a key weapon in tackling ethnocentrism. The trade-union tradition in Tuzla was a strong one and in Northern Ireland the key role of the 1993 peace marches, organised by the trade unions, in bringing about the ceasefires a year later has never been properly recognised.
Similarly, for all that Belfast remains a city divided by nearly 100 sectarian barriers of one sort or another, one area stands out as a neighbourhood integrated in religious and social-class terms: Ballynafeigh. Why should this be? A critical role has been played by the local community association, initiated at the height of polarisation in 1973 by a group of residents who wanted to form an organisation which would preserve the cultural mix of the area. Now at the hub of a dense capillary network of cross-communal local groups, it has ensured the neighbourhood's social fabric can withstand wider political controversies.
Immigration and integration have often proved awkward subjects for social democrats in recent years. Yet cosmopolitanism can be defined at its simplest as the inclusion of the other within oneself—rather than the demonisation of the Other. It is the essence of the solidarity on which social democrats have always relied, reconceptualised for a diverse, 21st century world.
Nor does it require a PhD in political science to understand it. At the social level, it is merely a preference for openness over closure. And just as we know that open societies enjoy the liberty denied by 'really existing socialism', we know that those that embrace what Beck calls 'really existing cosmopolitanisation' will thrive while those that do not will stagnate, in a knowledge economy in which the unfettered and rapid exchange of information is at a premium. Contrast the still dynamic US economy with the lost decades in Japan, as the former social-democrat Austrian chancellor, Alfred Gusenbauer, points out.
At the European level, that means, finally, embracing what Ash Amin calls an ethos of 'hospitality'. Against those who, like Canute, would strive to stop the tidal flows of humanity stimulated by globalisation, social democrats must instead seek to regulate them in a non-discriminatory way for the benefit of all the citizens of the world. Within Europe, that means campaigning for a minimum wage set at 50 per cent of national means, so that immigration can be a source of enrichment for all, rather than a mechanism for wage undercutting in a race to the social bottom.
In recent years, the far right has insidiously pulled the centre-right, and even sections of the left, over to its language of intolerance—Nicholas Sarkozy's presidential re-election campaign has been a low point. By being the most consistent advocates of universal values in favour of integration and intercultural dialogue, social democrats can regain the political initiative by retaking the moral high ground.
This post is part of the 'Basic Values Debate' jointly organised by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and Social Europe Journal. Read more on social democratic integration policy: 'Living together as Equals: Principles of Social Democratic Integration Policy'.


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At the Dec 2006 British Wrestling Association Council meeting there was a discussion entitled "Review of Governance and Policies.
"…in the run up to 2012 the BWA had a unique opportunity to develop our sport…. …Directors of the BWA … …should all be tasked with contributing in some way to the development of wrestling… …one of the first things that must be done is to review the Articles of Association (Constitution) and other policies ensuring that there is a meaningful, workable and dynamic volunteer base. He hoped that Council would agree to evaluate and progress this over the coming months…"
A Steering Group was set up to draw up new Articles of Association (linked on the right) and these Articles guide the British Wrestling Association today.
The structure, various committees and their membership are laid out in the following pages

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One more little known fact about me…
I'm not only an amazing mom!!! hehehe!
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And an incredible seamstress! Hardy har har!!!
I'm also a "Florist!"
I haven't done it since we moved here two years ago! I never got around to getting my Business license for Utah! But I have done a few weddings in my day!
I came across these Fall arrangements I "Once upon a time" created and man it makes me want to get my Thorn ripper out and start arranging again!
These are pretty easy to create. I used a foam pumpkin I picked up at a craft store and hollowed it out. I inserted a vase and threw some fall flowers in!
I love fresh flowers in my house! I need to revisit this one again!
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Stroke It Trailer (2009)
22 September 2009
Megan Looks Beautiful, But Is Not Afraid To Get Messy...Simple, Hot, Gorgeous!' It's all about sex. The tease. The stroke. The mouth. The first penetration. Moving in. Going deep. The twists, the turns and then, since it's B. Skow, a full-on facial. See five vignettes, each with a ball-bursting 20-minute tease, as Skow captures the very essence of incredibly hot Meggan Mallone. All end with a facial, and there's even a onus solo shaving scene with sexy Sara Faye. No plot. All hot. Go ahead...Stroke It.
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Central Coast
Working with the Community
Jawun partners with several local organisations on the Central Coast to bring about positive change for Indigenous communities, including:
- Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council (LALC)
- Bungree Aboriginal Association Inc.
- Mingaletta Aboriginal Corporation
- The Glen Central Coast Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centre
- NAISDA Dance College
- Bara Barang
- Yerin Aboriginal Health Services Inc.
Regional Contacts
Nick Eakin
Jawun General Manager, Regions> Read more
In July 2015, Nick was appointed General Manager, Regions, overseeing Jawun's operations in Inner Sydney, the NSW Central Coast, Goulburn Murray and NPY Lands.
Prior to this, Nick was Regional Director for the NSW Central Coast. He has also worked as Regional Director for Goulburn Murray.
Before he joined Jawun, Nick spent six years living and working in remote Indigenous communities in both Australia and Canada. He worked as the sports and recreation officer with the Alpurrurulam Community Government Council in the Northern Territory, and later moved to Canada, where he held senior management positions with Indigenous healthcare organisations, designing innovative programs focused on building the self-esteem of Indigenous people.
Nick holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Melbourne, a Diploma of Landscape Design, and an MBA from the University of South Australia.
To contact Nick, please email: email@example.com
Corinne Berry
Jawun Regional Manager, Central Coast> Read more
Corinne Berry joined Jawun in April 2016 as Regional Manager on the NSW Central Coast. Corinne is a Central Coast local who loves the sandstone, the angophora trees and the living culture of Darkinjung country.
Corinne is trained as an artist and a teacher, and has spent most of her working life in arts and education, community empowerment and capability building. Through working alongside mainstream educational systems, Corinne developed a respect for flexible and expanded modes of learning.
Corinne has worked in the for purpose, public and private sectors and is passionate about skills transfer, creative capital and personal agency. Before joining Jawun, Corinne managed a Visual Arts Outreach program across five remote communities in the Barkly Region of the Northern Territory.
To contact Corinne, please email: email@example.com
Case Studies
Case studies show how Jawun secondees have achieved real results. If you are interested to learn more about Jawun's work in this region, click on the case studies below.
- Transparent Technologies
- Mentoring and Friendship
- Supporting culturally grounded training for Indigenous artisits through IT
- Supporting the Path to Autonomy for Bara Barang
- Supporting The Glen Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centre
- Helping Central Coast Indigenous Organisations Work Together
- Supporting Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council


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Presentation: About Puerto Vallarta
Aereal View of Vallarta
Puerto Vallarta is one of the world's most famous beach resorts. It is the 5th largest city in Jalisco, Mexico, and is located along the shores of the Pacific Ocean's Bahia de Banderas. It is bordered on the north by the fertile plantations of Valle de Banderas. To the southeast lie the Sierra Madre mountains.
Puerto Vallarta has an area of over 500 square miles, with approximately 25 miles of shoreline and a population of over 150,000. The area also boasts a vast array of natural wonders, such as hills, forests, waterfalls and rivers.
Vallarta Adventures Canopy Tours
The beaches of Puerto Vallarta are filled with rich oceanlife, namely whales, dolphins and sea turtles. Tourists can also enjoy the beautiful view of Banderas Bay. Playa Misamaloya, one of the beaches in Puerto Vallarta, is a hotspot for celebrities. Puerto Vallarta's resorts are also quite popular among couples and provide the perfect setting for weddings and honeymoons.
You can also rent boats at the Puerto Vallarta marina. Cruise ships also frequent the ports of Puerto Vallarta.
There are endless activities you can do in Puerto Vallarta. Watersports are popular in here, specifically scuba-diving, snorkeling, fishing and extreme watersports. Puerto Vallarta is also famous among golf enthusiasts. Canopy tours, horseback riding tours and excursions are also favorite activities of travelers.
Art lovers also enjoy the art tours in various galleries in the area. Sculptures line the streets of the famous boardwalk, known as the Malecón. Painters also sell their artworks to visitors on the streets.
The region's famous Mexican cuisine and authentic alcoholic drinks, such as Tequila, keep tourists coming back again and again. Plus, with its famously buzzing nightlife, Puerto Vallarta is a favorite destination for students during spring break.
What are you waiting for? Come visit the beautiful city of Puerto Vallarta!


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Coventry Carol
By Ralph Ford
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Orchestra - Grade 2.5
Arranged by Ralph Ford. Full Orchestra; Part(s); Score. Belwin Intermediate Full Orchestra. Christmas; Renaissance; Sacred; Winter. 122 pages. Published by Belwin Music (AP.33682).
Item Number: AP.33682
This well-loved carol provides a wonderful introduction to music of the Renaissance and includes many opportunities to work on articulations. A great first full orchestra experience and perfect for any holiday concert!


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US military strategy in Iraq a 'disaster': Analyst
The US military strategy in Iraq to halt the advances of the ISIL terrorist group has been a "disaster" and has wreaked havoc in the region, says a journalist and political commentator in Canada.
The US and its Arab allies, as well as Western intelligence agencies, have been funding and arming ISIL to overthrow the Syrian government, Edward Corrigan told Press TV on Monday.
"American allies of Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia" along with "elements in the CIA and British intelligence have been supporting ISIL," Corrigan said.
That policy poses "a serious threat" to those Arab states, especially to the Saudi kingdom, which has been weakened by "the power struggle in the Saud family," he added.
By supporting militant groups, "the West has created a huge problem in the Middle East and it's spinning out of control," he said.
Corrigan made the comments after senior US military officials recently cautioned the White House against deepening US involvement in Iraq as President Barack Obama was weighing deploying more military personnel to push back ISIL.
The cautious position was most evident in recent White House debates after the Iraqi city of Ramadi fell into the hands of the ISIL terrorists last month, The Washington Post reports.
Obama's top military advisers, including General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have argued against a shift in strategy that would put American military personnel in danger.
"The military advisers are correct that putting more American boots on the ground in Iraq is not an effective strategy," Corrigan said. "The whole American approach towards the Iraq situation has been a disaster from stage one."
Recent setbacks in Iraq and Syria have raised serious doubts about Obama's strategy, months after he announced an open-ended military air campaign to "degrade and ultimately destroy" ISIL forces by enlisting the support of allies.
At a G7 summit in Germany earlier in the week, Obama said "we don't yet have a complete strategy" against the ISIL terrorists.


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Episode Summary: Hōtarō gets ready to head for school at the front door, which is when his sister says good morning. She feels that he will face some trouble of the festival, which he does not believe. She reasons that it is a tradition that the Classics Club always faces some kind of trouble during the festival, which Hōtarō doesn't like the sound of it. He tells Tomoe that if she is so worried about this "tradition", she should give him some kind of lucky charm. In quick response, she tosses something towards Hōtarō. He attempts to catch it but fails. The item is a fountain pen, but as her sister then explains, it is out of ink and also has a broken tip. He attempts to complain to her about how he's being treated like a trash can, but Tomoe tells him that he'll be late if he doesn't leave now. As Hōtarō leaves, Tomoe states that she might come to the festival if she's ever bored, which Hōtarō doesn't want her to do.


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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has praised a rejuvenated Theo Walcott by claiming that the winger is playing with "more freedom and more desire".
Questions were raised over Walcott's long-term future at the Emirates during the summer transfer window after he struggled to get into the team last season.
Now, though, Walcott has found a new lease of life by scoring six times in his last five appearances for the North London outfit.
Ahead of tomorrow's Champions League group game against Ludogorets Razgrad, Wenger told reporters: "[Walcott] lets the passion come out of his body. He plays with more freedom, lets his heart feelings come out.
"He is less calculating. He plays with more freedom and more desire because I think that he is less restricted."
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Clarence Campeau - Footprints
Clarence Campeau: Metis visionary leader, promoted education success
Deceased: 1997
When people say someone is so generous they'd give you the shirt off of their back, they are usually speaking figuratively. With Clarence Campeau, that statement could be taken at face value.
Campeau was a man known for his generosity, for his sense of humor and for his dedication to improving the lot of the Métis people of Saskatchewan.
Campeau was born in 1947 near Rose Valley, Sask. The community he grew up in was predominantly white, but he never noticed any differences between himself and the rest of the people living there. That changed when he was in his early teens and he began dating. He was very handsome and all the girls in town had crushes on him, which made the local boys jealous. Whenever he would go out with a girl the boys would tease her, calling her an Indian lover. Campeau began to feel that he didn't fit in within white society so he decided to try living on reserve. Then, after being thrown off more reserves than he could remember, he discovered that he didn't belong there either. He wandered for a while, lost, without a sense of identity, turning to alcohol to help escape from his problems.
Then when he was 18 he met Napoleon LaFontaine, who was working to establish the Association of Métis and Non-Status Indians of Saskatchewan, the forerunner of today's Métis Nation-Saskatchewan (MNS). LaFontaine told Campeau he was of mixed blood. He was
Métis. He now knew who he was, where he fit. He gave up drinking for good and, once he got his life back on track, he began dedicating himself to helping other Métis people do the same.
Campeau was area director of the MNS Eastern Region II on an off over the years. He left the position once while he was sick with cancer, other times after unsuccessful election bids, but he always came back to it.
While area director he worked to bring in a number of programs designed to improve the lives of Métis people in the region. Looking for ways to create economic opportunities, Campeau formed a construction crew that built homes for Sask. Housing. When that ended, the region branched out into cabinet-making and other ventures. But Campeau aspired to move beyond these types of projects, wanting instead to work toward having Métis people become full and active participants in the mainstream economy.
What Campeau envisioned was to see economic development among the Métis people integrated into mainstream society. That didn't mean assimilation, and it didn't mean segregation. What it meant was continuing to protect and promote Métis culture while working with non-Métis people in true partnership arrangements, where each partner has equal ownership and equal control. He knew the province couldn't afford to run three parallel structures, one for the Métis, one for First Nations and one for non-Aboriginal people. What was needed was one integrated structure shared equally by all three groups, and designed to work for everybody.
He was a strong supporter of the idea of Métis self-government, but he knew that for self-government to work first the Métis people would have to be self-sufficient. And before they could be self-sufficient, they had to deal with the social challenges facing Métis people, addictions and family violence among them.
Under Campeau's leadership the region began offering programs that addressed all of these needs. Social programs were started, along with education and training programs that took a holistic approach, dealing not only with the students but with their families and communities to help students overcome the challenges they faced in trying to get an education.
Campeau, who only had a Grade 8 education, was by and large a self-taught man who could hold his own with anyone regardless of how educated they were or how highly placed. But he knew the value of an education, and spent much time and effort getting the message out to Métis youth that they needed to stay in school. They needed to get an education in order to be successful. He'd often tell them that once you had an education, no one could take it from you.
The region started offering a preparatory class, then added a two-year business administration class and a social work program.
Someone once asked Campeau why the region would run a social work program when there were already too many social workers. He answered that there may have been too many social workers, but there weren't enough Métis social workers.
His dedication to the Métis people went far beyond just offering programs. He also got personally involved in helping people as well. It wasn't uncommon for him to give a person down on their luck clothes right out of his own closet, or to bring a young person who had lost their way into his home until they could get back on their feet.
Those who knew him call him a statesman and a visionary. He was a gifted negotiator, able to diffuse even the tensest of situations. He had a great sense of humor and loved to tell stories. He treated everyone with respect, with no regard to skin color or social standing. And he brought out the best in everyone he had dealings with. He had a way of making everyone feel special, from his wife and children to the people he dedicated his life to helping.
In 1997 Campeau was having problems with his heart. His arteries were clogged and he needed bypass surgery. He went into the hospital for tests and doctors injected dye into his veins so they could see where the blockages were, but it proved too much for him and his arteries collapsed.
He was only 50 years old when he died. When family and friends think back on what he'd accomplished, they also wonder how much more he could have done if he'd only had more time.
Campeau's name and legacy live on through the Clarence Campeau Development Fund (CCDF), which was established by the Métis Society of Saskatchewan in 1997. Campeau had been involved in the negotiations with the provincial government that would lead to creation of the fund, but passed away before the organization became a reality.
The aim of the CCDF, which gets funding from the province's gaming revenues, is to help improve the economic circumstances of Métis people in the province by providing funds for business development and community economic development. It also provides assistance with business planning and training to help new Métis-owned businesses succeed. It provides a first step towards Campeau's goal of self-sufficiency for the Métis people.
His legacy also lives on in the cultural camp he started 10 years ago for Métis youth age eight to 12 where they go and learn about who they are, where they fit in, and what the future holds for them if they stay in school and get an education.
It lives on through his friends, family and colleagues who still speak of him often, remembering the way he touched their lives. And it lives on through the many programs that he started and that others have carried on out of their own commitment to the Métis people and their commitment to Campeau himself. His picture still hangs in the main office of the Eastern Region II office and, even though he's been gone for seven years, in a way the people working there feel like they still report to him. Even now, they don't want to let him down.
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July 14, 2014, Memphis, TN – Dog lovers and live music fans will come together to raise money for Real Good Dog Rescue on Wednesday, August 20. The Real Good Party will take place on the 33rd floor of Clark Tower at the Tower Center from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The evening of music features Good Company Trio, Hank and Nora, Chuck and Nora are Retroactive, and Judith Johnstone. Handmade and vintage jewelry and original art will be for sale with a percentage going to the rescue. Silent auction items are being donated by businesses and individual supporters. The $20 ticket price includes an appetizer buffet and sweet bites by Wade and Company Catering, and a cash bar with Happy Hour drink prices.
"All of my musical partners agreed to donate their talents for a night of music. John Albertson, multi-instrumentalist for Good Company Trio, offered to provide the sound system for the night free of charge," said Tucker, co-organizer of the event.
- Good Company Trio is John Albertson on guitar, mandolin, violin and vocals, John Chambliss on upright bass, and Nora Tucker on guitar and vocals. At the Tower Center Lounge every second Wednesday of the month, they mix jazzy New Orleans funk ballad folk country rock favs.
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- Chuck and Nora are Retroactive is a new project of soulful duets by Chuck Parr and Tucker.
- Judith Johnstone is a composer, guitarist and singer who recently produced a CD with Jack Holder titled Of Dragons.
Barbara Standing co-organizer of the event and president of the new non-profit, Pet Sector, is also a jewelry maker. "I will be selling my fun jewelry, some of it pet-themed, and donate a percentage of sales to Real Good Dog Rescue," said Standing. "Chuck Parr will offer vintage items and Sandra Phelps creates adorable pet portraits."
Tucker knows Real Good Dog Rescue well. "The poster of their adoptable dogs hangs in the entry of my vet, Utopia Animal Hospital. I see Lisa Trenthem bringing in mostly small breed dogs for vetting there all the time. When I found a small dog on Poplar Avenue, Lisa agreed to take her to be fully vetted. " Molly, the terrier mix, has since found a home in the Tucker pack.
Lisa Trenthem started Real Good Dog Rescue in 2004. She and all of the staff are volunteers. There is no physical location, so volunteers stay busy finding foster homes, taking dogs to weekly adoption days for potential owners to meet, and managing negotiations for adoption. Their success is very impressive:
- Since July 1, 2013, 350 dogs have been adopted through Real Good Dog Rescue
- There are currently 60 dogs on the roster
- They host one to three adoption events every weekend. Some of the dogs can be seen at the Downtown Farmer's Market once a month, and at Hollywood Feed stores on Saturdays and Sundays. Dog profiles and adoption event schedules are listed at realgooddogrescue.com
- Adoption fees cover about 90% of the vetting, but other complications including heartworm and other injuries make those costs soar.
"I don't do this rescue alone. It takes several key people and currently 19 foster homes," says Trenthem. Volunteer Cindy Russell manages the web site, marketing, adoption set up, and all things technical; she is assisted by Alicia Dorsey who also does our photography. Mary Burrows and Julie Russnogle do creative photography/design and videos. Don and Marion Jones are a couple who volunteer together to move animals/equipment weekly to events. Our foster parents are so hard working and so important! And we have a network of shelter-based volunteers who connect with me to move animals out of kill shelters and into rescue."
"We are always looking for committed foster homes. The more fosters we have, the more dogs we can save," explained Trenthem. Foster volunteers provide the food, trips to the vet, and participate in at least two adoption events per month. The rescue covers the costs of all vetting and medications including heartworm and flea preventative.
Dr. Jennifer Clay of Utopia Animal Hospital is the vet for RDGR. "I have been so glad to partner with Real Good Dog rescue over the last six years', says Dr. Jen. "We are glad we can help them treat their animals and Lisa kindly refers us wonderful clients. I am in awe of the number of dogs Lisa and her team re-home each year. I am glad we can be a part of it."
Tucker knows attendees of the event will be thrilled with the location. "This breathtaking space has an indescribable view of the city. The food and hospitality of the Tower Center is always wonderful. They are donating the space, set up, the appetizer buffet and sweets table for the evening. We couldn't have found a better spot for a party."
Along with Tower Center/Wade and Company Catering, the event sponsors include Utopia Animal Hospital that provides vetting for Real Good Dog Rescue, Hollywood Feed Stores that host the weekly pet adoption events, Pet Sector a non-profit organization that provides pet wellbeing education, and Signature Advertising. Artwork is donated by Monty Shane and sound is donated by John Albertson. All of the musicians are donating their time: John Albertson, John Chambliss, Nora Tucker, Hank Sable, Chuck Parr and Judith Johnstone.
Real Good Dog Rescue needs YOUR help to find Jovi and bring him to safety.
We brought Jovi home to the Evergreen district on Thursday, January 9, 2014. He escaped the home and was seen around 10pm that night headed south on McLean, south of Poplar.
On January 11 he was seen on Morrison, between Union and Madison.
Will you please network/share this post? We've prepared a simple flyer (located here in PDF) and if you can post the flyer in the general areas where he's been spotted we'd be ever so grateful.
Thank you for doing all you can to help us get Jovi back to safety.
The Booksellers at Laurelwood (formerly Davis-Kidd Booksellers) at 387 Perkins Road Extended is a great supporter of Real Good Dog Rescue. They are also a great place to purchase your holiday gifts AND have them gift wrapped.
We will be at The Booksellers at Laurelwood on the following days/times wrapping YOUR holiday gifts for donations. ALL donations are helpful to us as we rescue more dogs & puppies and provide ongoing care to the ones we've already rescued.
- Friday, November 29, 10a-8p
- Saturday, November 30, 10a-8p
- Sunday, December 1, 10a-3p
- Monday, December 2, 10a – 3p
- Tuesday, December 3, 3p – 8p
- Thursday, December 5, 10a – 3p
- Friday, December 6, 3p – 8p
- Monday, December 9, 10a – 3p
- Tuesday, December 10, 3p – 8p
- Wednesday, December 11, 10a – 3p
- Thursday, December 12, 10a – 3p
- Friday, December 13, 3p – 8p
- Sunday, December 15, 3p – 8p
- Monday, December 16, 3p – 8p
- Tuesday, December 24, 10a – 6p
Please drop by at one of the above days/times. Purchase your gifts from The Booksellers at Laurelwood. Drop by our table to chat with a volunteer, pet one of our adoptable pets who'll be with us, and make a donation to a great cause!
Do you have some spare time during any of the listed days/times? If so, please email firstname.lastname@example.com with your availability. We can often use extra hands – if even to give a tired gift-wrapping volunteer a break to get off their feet for a few minutes! Having wrapping company makes the time go so much faster! And it's lots of fun!
Thank you for helping us help more!
Petfinder isn't showing all our VERY cute adoptable dogs and puppies, so we've pulled together their pics here along with links so you can read their stories, see more of their pics, and apply to adopt them. Click on any of the pictures below to get their info!
Please share this post with your friends and family who might be looking for their happy ever after doggie! We promise you that our dogs and puppies are REAL GOOD and just waiting to get into their perfect forever home!
Ashley is a precious little 9-pound small breed mix. We think maybe a Brussels Griffon, Chihuahua mix. She's about 2 years old.
Ashley is a lap baby who loves to stay as close to her human as possible. She will sit with you, follow you around, and, of course, sleep with you!
Ashley is the perfect pet for someone who wants this kind of interaction with a small dog.
She's ready for her new home – up-to-date with her routine shots, spayed, microchipped, and heartworm negative.
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IMPORTANT: Easter Begg Hunt was rescheduled to Saturday, March 30, 10am-12pm. Please join us then!
Real Good Dog Rescue is honored to participate in the Easter Begg Hunt for Dogs being held at Memphis Botanic Garden, 750 Cherry Road, Memphis, RESCHEDULED to Saturday, March 30, 2013 from 10am-12pm. Sponsored by Three Dog Bakery with special support provided by the BrownDog Lodge, this event promises to be LOTS of funs for canines and humans alike.
Activities include:
- Separate Easter Begg hunts for small and large dogs
- Easter Bone-net costume parade with prizes
- Easter Bunny personal photos
- Canine cake for everyone
- Several dog rescue groups will be in attendance, so if you don't yet have a best furry friend to share the Begg Hunt with you can come and adopt one!
Purchase tickets at this link. On the 2nd page there is a space for a coupon code and if you'll enter REALGOODDOG into that area, Real Good Dog Rescue will get $2.50 out of the $10 ticket price. What a great way to fund raise for the group AND have a fun afternoon!
Please share this information with family, friends, and others who'd enjoy a fun and festive afternoon.
Thanks for all you do to Help Us Help More!
Lisa Trenthem and the dogs of Real Good Dog Rescue want to take a moment to THANK all those folks that are keeping us afloat. Our life saver is the foster homes who house the dogs. I cannot thank you enough. We also cannot function without the adopters or the generous donors. I just want to especially acknowledge the volunteers who have stuck with me for a long time: Vivian Lowder, Julie Clark, Cindy and Jerry Russell, Cheryl Kent, Mindy Rice, Donna Watson, Lisa Barr, Paula Cates, Sylvia Cox. Thank you to those who have worked so hard for this rescue and have other things in your lives now: Robin Tate, Julie Russnogle, Ann Fritz, Betty Thorn, Michelle Simkin, Becky Gribble and Sandra Norvell. Thanks to some of our newest fosters: Joann Kim and Eliza Burrows.
I know I am leaving out specific people but look at the difference you have made in MANY dog's lives. I hope you have a great holiday season!
We have many great dogs who have been waiting so long for a permanent home. We are offering at $75 adoption fees these fully vetted, fostered pets that we are able to perfectly match with an adopter because we know so much about their personalities and needs. These pets are either seniors, special needs or we have had them at least six months and our foster space is extremely scarce. The pets are Andrew, Bentley,Bindi, Bodie,Buddy P,Dusty Zu, Gladys, Nadia, Parker,Peppy, Roxy and Snuggles. You can find more information about each pet by going to their bio's at realgooddogrescue.com
Adopters must still qualify and be approved by filling out our online adoption application at realgooddogrescue.com/adopt.html
We have recently acquired some injured pets and had pets injured in foster care. We are in desperate need for fosters who can handle two special needs pets. Gayle is a three month old puppy who suffered a crush injury to her spine when she was dropped. She now has no movement in her back legs, no bladder or bowel control. Gayle is a super little girl who loves life. Her foster mom has rigged up some wheels for her to move about. We started getting acupuncture therapy for Gayle but have had problems transporting Gayle to appointments. If we could find a person who lives closer to Bartlett and has flexibility Gayle could get the necessary treatment and possibly regain some skills. She also needs three times a day therapy that simply involves moving her legs and rubbing her toes. Please contact Lisa at firstname.lastname@example.com or phone 901-276-7751.
Max is a precious 7 lb yorkie who was brought to us when it was discovered he has a broken jaw. Max is quite lively and we are treating this with pain meds and a diet that is totally pureed, which he is eating well. Contact Lisa at the above numbers if you can help.
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It's not cheap running a rescue organization. In addition to fees that we pay to "spring" dogs and puppies from animal shelters, we also provide vaccinations, other shots, spay/neuter, and microchipping. For many dogs we pay for grooming. For all dogs we make sure they have regular heartworm prevention. And those are the regular and routine expenses!
Some dogs that we bring into rescue are heartworm positive and require expensive treatment. Others may have early-onset cataracts or other issues that, because of the importance of addressing them for the dog's quality of life, we must address. None of these expenses are cheap.
The Wag the Tail Garage Sale is an annual event we do to raise money to help defray some of these costs. Here's the details and how you can help!
Sale takes place Friday, Sept 21 and Saturday, Sept 22, in conjunction with the huge Countrywood Garage Sale. We go sunup to sundown, rain or shine at 2331 Carrollwood Lane, Cordova, TN. Click here for a map.
We need your donations of lightly used items that we can sell. Call or email us with your donations.
We need people to help BEFORE the sale as we price items.
We need volunteers to help the two days of the sale – it gets very busy and the more hands we have on deck the better we can sell all we have!
We need everyone who reads this to pass it on to your family, friends, acquaintances, and neighbors so that they'll donate or come shop the sale.
Details for calling/emailing to provide assistance of donations or time:
Cindy & Jerry Russell
email@example.com & firstname.lastname@example.com
901-377-1731 & 901-834-0225
Our GREAT dogs and puppies will APPRECIATE all that you do to help them!
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Rawalpindi, Feb 2(ANI): An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Pakistan has postponed the indictment of Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri, the self-confessed assassin of late Punjab Governor Salman Taseer, till February 4.
According to the details, the hearing of the Taseer assassination case was held in Adiala Jail due to security threats, and the judge adjourned the hearing till February 4 after hearing the case.
Qadri's indictment could not take place because the prosecution failed to present policemen's statements before the court, The Nation reports.
The court also acquitted two clerics after Investigation Officer SHO Hakim Khan told the court that they were no more required for further investigation in the case.
Meanwhile, almost 150 protestors from different seminaries gathered outside Adiala Jail and raised slogans in Qadri's favour, and also demanded of the government and the court to release the assassin.
The protestors also came in front of the judge's car when he arrived for the hearing at the prison and shouted slogans, however, no untoward incident took place.
The killer's lawyer told the reporters: "Qadri's health was not good and we are concerned about this," and added that the administration would be responsible if anything happened to him. (ANI)